Russia Box Office: 'Gods of Egypt' Comes in No. 1 With $3.8M

Disney's animated tentpole 'Zootopia' was at No. 2, setting a record for preview screenings.

Lionsgate's Gods of Egypt debuted atop the Russian box office, while Zootopia set a new record for preview screenings a week before its official release.

Alex Proyas' ancient fantasy epic took in $3.8 million, making Russia the top-grossing market for Gods, which tanked overall in the U.S. and most other countries.

Fantasy-adventure movies set in ancient times have traditionally done well in Russia. Tarsem Singh's Immortals grossed $15.6 million in 2011, and Paul W.S. Anderson's Pompeii took in $11.4 million in 2014.

Disney's animation tentpole Zootopia, which officially opens in Russia on Thursday, debuted in second place thanks to two days of record-breaking preview screenings. The film took in $1.5 million, the top preview number ever for an original animated title.

Fox's Deadpool slipped to third place after two weekends at No. 1. Ryan Reynolds' anti-hero movie based on the Marvel comic book character took in $902,000 for a cume of $21.1 million, according to the studio.

International Weekend 2/28/16

Comscore for Weekend of 2/28/16 Weekend Cume 1. Deadpool $40.2M $324.1M 2. Zootopia $30.0M $81.4M 3. Mei Ren Yu $28.0M $485.0M 4. Gods of Egypt $24.0M $24.2M 5. The Revenant $14.1M $233.5M 6. The Monkey King 2 $8.5M $177.0M 7. Pattaya $6.5M $6.5M 8. How to Be Single $6.1M $22.9M 9. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip $6.1M $139.7M 10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny $5.5M $36.0M

Local comedy Den vyborov 2 (Election Day 2), distributed by Universal, slipped to fourth place, grossing another $633,000 for a cume of $3.5 million, according to data from research company Movie Research.

Another local comedy, Pyatnitsa (Friday) by Yevgeny Shelyakin, opened at No. 5 with $609,000.