The picture telling about the feat of the defenders of Donetsk airport during the war in the east of Ukraine collected 8 million 186 thousand 701 hryvnias in cinemas in the week, the head of the State Agency of Ukraine for movie Philip Illienko reported on his Facebook page.
"The film "Cyborgs" set a new record of national films for the box office ... In the first weekend - 8 186 701, - Philip Ilenko noted. - Congratulations to all who made this result possible."
The premiere of the film "Cyborgs" of Crimean director Akhtem Seitablaev was held in Ukraine on December 7.
The creators of the film intend to transfer 5 hryvnias from each purchased movie ticket to the families of the deceased defenders of the Donetsk airport.
The film "Cyborgs" based and was filmed on the true events that took place in the east of Ukraine in 2014-2015, when Ukrainian servicemen for 242 days defended the Donetsk airport, which the formations of the "DNR" militants with the help of servicemen related to the Russian army tried to seize.
Already, Baltic countries, Poland, Canada are interested in the distribution of this film. Also, there is an agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about showing the film in Ukrainian embassies in other countries of the world.