A Russian movie reboot including famous Soviet animation character Cheburashka has actually become Russias highest-grossing film of all time, exceeding the very first part of James Camerons Avatar in spite of only being launched two weeks back, according to data released by the Russian Cinema Fund.

The overall box office from Cheburashka, which was released on Jan.

1, has currently gone beyond 3.5 billion rubles ($50 million) with over 1.3 billion rubles taken in the films opening weekend alone.

The movie, directed by Dmitry Dyachenko, features the eponymous CGI hero Cheburashka, who first appeared on screens in a 1969 movie by Soviet animator Roman Kachanov.

The film informs the story of a furry creature who gets transported to a small Russian resort town where adventures and brand-new relationships await him.

The initial animation became an instant traditional across the Soviet Union, while the mouse-like Cheburashka later continued to make appearances on Russian television, even becoming the official mascot of the Russian Olympic group in the 2000s.

Even though major Hollywood studios have suspended new cinematic releases in Russia because the intrusion of Ukraine, Cheburashkas runaway success in such a short time period suggests that the film would have been a huge hit even if it had actually been forced to take on the most recent Hollywood releases.As well as Avatar, Cheburashkas takings throughout its first two weeks in cinemas exceeded those of other Hollywood blockbusters including Spider-Man: No Way Home and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.