sentences:  The film premiered on March 20, 2003, reportedly becoming one of the first Russian animated feature film released to theatres in nearly 40 years.On December 23, 2004, the feature film "Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey" (Алёша Попович и Тугарин Змей) was released, directed by Konstantin Bronzit.The film was completed on a $4 million budget, and took in about $1.7 million at the box office.