Roman Prygunov's film Dukhless based on the book by popular writer Sergey Minaev has set a box-office record among Russian films in the first weekend.

      In the past weekend Dukhless earned 160 million rubles and thus set up a record among Russian films. The previous leaders - films August 8 and 8 First Dates - made 141 and 125 million rubles respectively.

      Dukhless is the screen version of Sergey Minaev’s debut novel. The protagonist of the story - Maxim (Daniel Kozlowski) is a modern version of Eugene Onegin.

      He is a top manager who earns a lot and spends a lot - on parties, bars and girls. However, his acquaintance with the modern version of Tatyana Larina makes him reconsider his attitude to life. The film budget made about 80 million rubles.