List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales

Here are the films of the USSR with the greatest number of ticket sales during the year in question.^[1] Note that, in line with the definition above, this list does not include many Soviet TV series and other TV movies, which were not shown in cinemas of the USSR.

Accordingly, the list includes sales during each year only, which often means that the total number of tickets sold was even bigger. As an example, according to the list below the film "The Red Snowball Tree", the top seller of the year 1974, sold 62.5M tickets during that year. But the total number of sold tickets during all years was in fact 140M.^[2]

Year	Russian title	English title	Tickets sold (millions)	IMDB entry
1940	Истребители	The Fighters	27.1
1944	В шесть часов вечера после войны	Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War	26.1
1945	Без вины виноватые	Guilty Without Guilt	28.91
1946	Каменный цветок	The Stone Flower	23.17
1947	Подвиг разведчика	Secret Agent	22.73
1948	Молодая гвардия	The Young Guard	42.4
1949	Встреча на Эльбе	Encounter at the Elbe	24.2
1950	Смелые люди	Courageous People	41.2
1951	В мирные дни	In Peaceful Time	23.5
1952	Незабываемый год 1919	The Unforgettable Year 1919	31.6
1953	Любовь Яровая	Lyubov Yarovaya	46.4
1954	Судьба Марины	Marina's Destiny	37.9
1955	Солдат Иван Бровкин	Soldier Ivan Brovkin	40.37
1956	Карнавальная ночь	Carnival Night	48.64
1957	Сёстры	The Sisters	42.5
1958	Над Тиссой	Over the Tissa	45.74
1959	Ч.П.-Чрезвычайное Происшествие	Extraordinary Accident	47.5
1960	Вдали от Родины	Far from the Motherland	42.0
1961	Полосатый рейс	Striped Trip	32.34
1962	Человек-амфибия	The Amphibian Man	65.5
1963	Оптимистическая трагедия	Optimistic Tragedy	46.0
1964	Живые и мёртвые	The Alive and the Dead	41.5
1965	Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика	Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures	69.6
1966	По тонкому льду	On Thin Ice	42.5
1967	Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика	Kidnapping, Caucasian Style	76.54
1968	Щит и меч	The Shield and the Sword	68.3
1969	Бриллиантовая рука	The Diamond Arm	76.7
1970	Неподсуден	Not Under the Jurisdiction	43.3
1971	Офицеры	Officers	53.4
1972	Джентльмены удачи	Gentlemen of Fortune	65.02
1973	Всадник без головы	The Headless Horseman	64.9
1974	Калина красная	The Red Snowball Tree	62.5
1975	Афоня	Afonya	62.2
1976	Табор уходит в небо	Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven	64.9
1977	Несовершеннолетние	The Age of Innocence	44.6
1978	Служебный роман	Office Romance	58.4
1979	Женщина, которая поёт	A Woman Who Sings	54.9
1980	Пираты ХХ века	Pirates of the 20th Century	87.6
1981	Тегеран-43	Teheran 43	47.5
1982	Спортлото-82	Sportloto 82	55.2
1983	Вокзал для двоих	Station for Two	35.8
1984	Любовь и голуби	Love and Pigeons	44.5
1985	Самая обаятельная и привлекательная	The Most Charming and Attractive	44.9
1986	Двойной капкан	Double Trap	42.9
1987	Человек с бульвара Капуцинов	A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines	39.8
1988	Маленькая Вера	Little Vera	54.9
1989	Интердевочка	Intergirl	41.3

References

1. "Prokat2". Kinokultura.com. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
2. "Interview with Boris Pavlenok, deputy director of the USSR GosKino". Kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2012-10-09.