Viking (2016 film)

This article is about the 2016 Russian film. For other films, see Viking (disambiguation).

Viking
Viking official Russian poster; Danila Kozlovsky as Vladimir I
Directed byAndrei Kravchuk
Screenplay by
Based on'Primary Chronicle
Kings' sagas
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyIgor Grinyakin (ru)
Edited by
  • Ilya Lebedev
  • Aleksey Kumakshin
  • Anna Krutiy
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release dates
  • December 29, 2016 (2016-12-29) (Russia)
  • January 6, 2017 (2017-01-06) (Other countries)
Running time
128 min (12+)
133 min (18+)
142 min (Blu-ray)
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian, Swedish/Norwegian
Budget$20.8 million[1]
(₽1.25 billion)
Box office
  • $27 million [Russia][1]
    (₽1.5 billion)
  • $6.7 million (worldwide)[2]
  • $33.7 million (Net Gross)

Viking (Russian: Викинг) is a 2016 Russian historical film about medieval prince Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod directed by Andrei Kravchuk and co-produced by Konstantin Ernst and Anatoliy Maksimov. The film stars Danila Kozlovsky, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Maksim Sukhanov, Aleksandra Bortich, Igor Petrenko, Andrey Smolyakov, Kirill Pletnyov, Aleksandr Ustyugov and Joakim Nätterqvist. The movie is inspired by historical accounts such as Primary Chronicle and Icelandic Kings' sagas.

Viking was released in Russia by Central Partnership on December 29, 2016, and the world premiere took place on January 6, 2017. Two versions were released: a 12+ (128 minutes) and an 18+ (133 minutes). With a budget of $20.8 million, Viking was the third most expensive Russian film (after two parts of Burnt by the Sun 2) by the time of its release.[3] The movie was met with mixed reviews by Russian film critics.[4] grossed $32.3 million in box office.[1] It grossed $25 million at the box office in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, becoming the top-grossing Russian film to be released in 2016.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Викинг (2016) — кассовые сборы — КиноПоиск
  2. ^ Barraclough, Leo (16 January 2017). "Russian Box Office Grows 9.5% to $727 Million in 2016". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ Камалетдинов, Дамир (28 December 2016). ""Викинг" Эрнста: денежный вопрос одного из самых дорогих российских фильмов". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference kritik was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "International Newswire: 'Game of Thrones' Draws Overseas Plaudits, Huge Ratings". 29 August 2017.