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WILHELM SCREAM: When the hotel is being destroyed, just after the man in the bathrobe gets knocked down.
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Surpassed 9th Company in January 2006 to become the highest-grossing movie in post-communist Russia.
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Anton is seen jumping through an advertising of the film 9th Company, the previous record holder at Russia's theatrical box-office.
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The film has a tagline "First film of the year" because it was released on January 1, 2006 (the premiere took place at 3 a.m. in a Moscow theatre of "Oktyabr").
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It is the first movie in post-Communist Russia to surpass the $30-million mark at the box office.
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When Kostya's father, played by Valeriy Zolotukhin, arrives at Yegor's party, he is greeted by Anton "Valeri Sergeyevich". "Valeri Sergeyevich" is Zolotukhin's real name.
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The original movie title was "Nochnoy dozor 2: Mel Sudby" (Night Watch 2: The Chalk of Fate), as the movie is based on two stories from Sergey Lukyanenko's book "Night Watch". A teaser trailer with the title "Nochnoy dozor 2" could be seen on the Russian DVD of Turetskiy gambit. A few months before release, the title was changed to "Dnevnoy dozor" (Day Watch). The end credits reflect the title change to "Dnevnoy dozor", though they keep the subtitle "Mel Sudby".
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At the celebration of Yegor's birthday, many Russian celebrities are present, among others: artist Nikas Safronov, music critic Artemiy Troitskiy, producer Yuri Ayzenshpis, leader of the band "Leningrad" Sergey Shnurov and singer Boris Moiseev.
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When Anton picks Svetlana up from her school classes for Light Others, several Russian Sci-Fi writers can be seen as students: Sergey Lukyanenko (author of the "Watch" novels), Vladimir Vasilyev (co-author of the novel "Day Watch"), Oleg Divov and Eduard Gevorkyan.
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The clips of the soccer match featured in the film were taken from a friendly match of national teams: Russia 4-3 Lithuania (the match took place on 18 August 2004).
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The scene in Moscow subway was actually filmed at the Saint-Petersburg subway station "Politekhnicheskaya". It was shot late at night when the station was closed.
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The conqueror Tamerlane, whose character appears in the film, is also known as Timur, i.e. director Timur Bekmambetov is his namesake.
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The restaurant that Svetlana invites Anton to is called "Khram drakona" ("Dragon's Temple").
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