Last year, Russian theaters were openly screening illegal copies of The Batman and Turning Red. Barbie has been no different, with movie theaters employing a workaround to give audiences access to the Western films they want to watch.
Movies produced in the United States made up around 70 percent of the Russian film market before the war, according to state media. Their exit has caused a crisis among Russian movie theaters, whose revenues dropped by 44 percent from 2021 to 2022, according to Russia's Association of Theater Owners.
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