Washington: Three Hollywood movies namely The Lion King, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Green Book have paved the way to the nominations for Golden Eagles awards in the best foreign feature category.
The Golden Eagle Award, which is the Russian equivalent of the Oscars, is an award given by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia to recognise the excellence of professionals of directors, actors and writers in the film industry.
According to news reports, the American musical film The Lion King grossed $46.7 million at the local box office which could be Russia's top-grossing movie by the end of the year.
The Quentin Tarantino directorial titled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood which got released on August 2019 in India is currently the year's 12th highest-grossing movie with a total of $19 million.
The 2018 release Green Book directed by Peter Farrelly is in 23rd place with a gross of $9.2 million.
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The three nominated movies have been making the right noise among the cine lovers right from the beginning of its release in India and have also enjoyed high user rating on KinoPoisk, the Russian equivalent of IMDB.
According to latest media reports, the average ratings of comedy-drama Green Book is 8.3, The Lion King saw 7.1 ratings while Quentin Tarantino's latest film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood saw an average rating of 7.6 out of 10.
The Golden Eagles will be handed out at a ceremony scheduled to run at Moscow's Mosfilm studio on Jan 24, 2020.
