In a highly competitive digital subscription market, the primary challenge for streaming platforms extends beyond attracting one-off audiences with high-profile releases to cultivating sustainable user habits.
For the second consecutive week, unauthorized releases topped the Russian box office, with Hollywood animated feature Minions & Monsters remaining the market leader.
Na Hong-jin’s sci-fi thriller Hope dominated the South Korean box office for a second consecutive weekend. According to KOBIS data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the big-budget feature grossed $5.5 million over the weekend, drawing 767,300 moviegoers and capturing a 66.8% market share.
The newly enacted law “On Supporting the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Russian Federation” grants AI developers the right to train neural networks on online intellectual property free of charge.
A major fire broke out on the set of Konstantin Buslov’s historical drama Battle of Molodi (Molodinskaya Bitva), located in the village of Bolshoye Kobyakovo in the Tver Region.
Yandex has published its unaudited financial and operational results for the second quarter and first half of 2026. The group posted double-digit growth across key financial metrics, with the Plus and Entertainment Services segment serving as a primary driver of audience engagement.
Russian online streaming services expanded their original content slates in the first half of 2026. According to data from the Kinopoisk Pro Index, streaming platforms debuted 75 original titles—a 6% increase compared to the same period last year.
Christopher Nolan’s historical epic The Odyssey has made cinematic history as the first feature film shot frame-for-frame on 65mm IMAX film cameras.
Russian consumers spend approximately 50 billion rubles per month on ecosystem subscriptions, yet a substantial portion of these paid digital services remains completely unused.
Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey, released by Universal Pictures, continues its dominant theatrical run at both the domestic and international box office. In its second weekend, the feature pulled in $90 million across 3,943 theaters in the US and Canada.
