Ice 3

Ice 3 (Лёд 3) is a 2024 Russian musical romantic drama sports film directed by Yuri Khmelnitsky. It stars Alexander Petrov and Mariya Aronova, they were also joined by Anna Savranskaya as Nadya grew up and dreams of becoming a figure skater, like her mother, which her father categorically dislikes. This is the third part of the Russian trilogy, and, as stated by the creators, the final one.

The film is a continuation of the stories Ice (2018 film) and Ice 2 (2020 film), and its predecessors, it became a blockbuster and grossed more than 1.855 billion rubles, becoming a box office success, and also received positive reviews from critics.

Ice 3 was theatrically released in Russia on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2024, by National Media Group Film Distribution.

Plot
Nadya grew up and became a figure skater. Her father is against her sports career. Suddenly, during one training session, she meets a hockey player from the capital and they fall in love with each other. However, the father does not believe that their love is real, and he decides to separate them.

Cast

 * Alexander Petrov as Alexander 'Sasha' Gorin, a hockey player, team coach
 * Mariya Aronova as Irina Shatalina, Nadya's coach
 * Anna Savranskaya as Nadezhda 'Nadya' Gorina
 * Vitaliya Korniyenko as Nadezhda 'Nadya' Gorina in childhood
 * Stepan Belozyorov as Sergey Orlov, a hockey player from Moscow, Nadya's boyfriend
 * Sergey Lavygin as Sergey Ivanovich, team coach, deputy president of the club
 * Elena Nikolaeva as Tamara Bezhanova, a coach from Moscow
 * Sergey Belyaev as Reutov, a hockey player
 * Vasily Kopeikin as Simonov, a hockey player
 * Veronika Zhilina as Albina, a figure skater
 * Nikolai Kreivis as Grisha, cameraman
 * Evgeniya Shipova as nurse Shatalina, a physician at the hockey club
 * Irina Ulanovskaya as Alevtina
 * Aglaya Tarasova as Nadya Gorina's mother

Filming
Principal photography began in March 2023 on Lake Baikal, at a time when the ice is crystal clear and there are no people within a kilometer radius. The main screenwriter of the film was Andrey Zolotarev, and the general producer was Fyodor Bondarchuk. The film's budget is 500 million rubles.

Marketing
Ice 3 premiered at the Karo 11 October cinema center on New Arbat Avenue in Moscow on February 13, 2024, and the release in the Russian Federation on February 14 by National Media Group Film Distribution.

Box office
In the first ten days of release, the film collected one billion rubles.