Moscow Film Cluster Powers Top Domestic Box Office Hits
Moscow's film cluster has become a major production hub, with over half of the country's highest-grossing domestic films shot using its infrastructure in the first half of 2026. The cluster includes studios, outdoor locations, and advanced virtual production facilities.
Consensus
- Over 50% of the highest-grossing domestic Russian films in the first half of 2026 were shot using Moscow's film cluster infrastructure.
- The Moscow Film Cluster includes both studio facilities and urban locations such as streets, parks, and squares.
- The Moscow Film Commission handles coordination for filming on public locations.
- Virtual production technology is used extensively at the Moskino film studio.
- The Moskino film studio is ranked among the top 5 virtual production studios in the world by number of completed projects.
- Films such as 'Cheburashka-2', 'Buretino', 'Sказka o tsare Saltane', 'Kholop-3', and 'Domovoy Kuzya-2' were shot using the cluster's resources.
- Specific filming locations include Pushkinskaya Square, Yury Lужkov Park, and the 'Provincial Cities of Europe' set at Moskino.
- The cluster includes a 'Far Eastern City' set used for 'Kholop-3' and a digital production studio with tracking systems for combining real and virtual elements.
Points of divergence
- The Moscow Film Cluster is a fully functional production center for Russian cinema, with infrastructure managed by the Moscow Department of Culture. — vm
- The Moskino studio is ranked in the top 5 globally for virtual production projects, with 65 completed projects as of the report. — m24
- A major entertainment complex with tours of filming locations and sets may be built at Moskino in the next two to three years. — vm
- The 'Provincial Cities of Europe' set features architecture from 19th-century Italy, including a house, church, school, bookshops, and bakeries. — m24
Coverage (2 sources)
- How were the shoots of box office movies in the Moscow film cluster carried out — Вечерняя Москва
- At the Moscow film cluster sites, box office movies are being created — Москва 24