Russian films. Ukrainian film director Sergei Loznitsa spoke out against banning Russian films. He said: "Among Russian filmmakers, there are people who have condemned the war, who oppose the regime and openly expressed their condemnation. And in a way they’re victims of this whole conflict like the rest of us." And: "We must not judge people based on their passports. We can judge them on their acts." Dissident Russian film director Kirill Serebrennikov also spoke out against the boycott. Russian film production There are around 400 private production companies. They do not have their own facilities for creating films, and therefore must rent out spaces and equipment from their qualified partners. There are 35 film studios (9 of them are governmental) that are the major service for renting space. The studios have 107 shooting pavilions. There are 23 private companies on the Russian market that rent their equipment of all kinds to the production teams. Leading production companies on the market The list is composed by the Cinema Foundation of Russia. It allows companies get governmental financial support. In 2017 the number of market leaders was increased up to 10 companies. Bazelevs Company run by Timur Bekmambetov Art Pictures Studio run by Fyodor Bondarchuk and Dmitri Rudovsky СТВ run by Sergey Selyanov Trite run by Nikita Mikhalkov Enjoy Movies run by Andreasyan brothers and Georgy Malkov Non-Stop Production run by Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov Central Partnership part of Gazprom holding Film Direction run by Anatoly Maksimov Profit run by Igor Tolstunov VBD Group List of highest-grossing films According to Kinopoisk.ru, highest-grossing Russian films, as of early 2020, are the following: List of highest-grossing Russian films Note: This list does not include earlier Soviet films, which are listed separately on the list of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union. Film distribution There are 600 companies that release films all around Russia that includes 105 chain cinema theatres and 495 independent theatres. Chain companies consist of 29 federal, 19 regional and 57 local theatres. According to Neva Research, as of 1 July 2016 there were 1,227 cinemas with 4,067 screens in Russia. Ten major cinema companies hold 346 theatres with 1,772 screens, which corresponds to 43.6% of the whole amount. In 2015 all the cinemas were finally digitalized. In the beginning of 2016 Russia has 33 theatres with 4D technology, 80 theatres with premium sound system, 43 theatres with 3D IMAX effect.