Saudi director Ali Kalthami’s thriller Night Courier (Mandoob) has posted a record-breaking opening at home, generating 114,000 admissions for a $1.58 million gross to beat Warner Bros. blockbuster Wonka.
Front Row Arabia, the joint distribution label of Front Row Filmed Entertainment and local exhibitor muvi Cinemas, launched the title theatrically in all of Saudi Arabia’s 63 cinema theatres on 121 screens on December 14.
Wonka, which also opened in Saudi on December 14, drew roughly 38,000 spectators for a $616,000 gross to come in second, followed by Studio Ghibli’s The Boy And The Heron.
Night Courier is the latest production from rising content company Telfaz11, which is already riding high this year on the back of the success of its freestyle wrestling comedy Sattar.
The opening numbers for Night Courier trump those of Sattar, which previously held the opening record for a Saudi film. That film, which was also handled by Front Row Arabia, drew...
Front Row Arabia, the joint distribution label of Front Row Filmed Entertainment and local exhibitor muvi Cinemas, launched the title theatrically in all of Saudi Arabia’s 63 cinema theatres on 121 screens on December 14.
Wonka, which also opened in Saudi on December 14, drew roughly 38,000 spectators for a $616,000 gross to come in second, followed by Studio Ghibli’s The Boy And The Heron.
Night Courier is the latest production from rising content company Telfaz11, which is already riding high this year on the back of the success of its freestyle wrestling comedy Sattar.
The opening numbers for Night Courier trump those of Sattar, which previously held the opening record for a Saudi film. That film, which was also handled by Front Row Arabia, drew...
- 12/18/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Saudi Arabian family comedy Sattar, set against the world of freestyle wrestling, has continued its record-breaking run at home to become one of the top five highest-grossing movies in the territory ever.
Since its release on December 29, the film has sold 723,000 tickets for a box office gross of $9.2M to date.
Distributor Front Row Arabia said that the film now sits in the fifth slot in Saudi Arabia’s historic box office charts after Top Gun: Maverick ($22.6M), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($17.4M) and two Egyptian films, Bahebek ($15.7M) and Waafet Regala ($15.6M).
The success comes just five years after the lifting of Saudi Arabia’s 35-year cinema ban at the end of 2017, and bodes well for the country’s burgeoning local filmmaking scene.
Kuwaiti filmmaker Abdullah Al Arak directs a cast led by stars popular Saudi actor and stand-up comedian Ibrahim Al Hajjaj, best known for the hit action...
Since its release on December 29, the film has sold 723,000 tickets for a box office gross of $9.2M to date.
Distributor Front Row Arabia said that the film now sits in the fifth slot in Saudi Arabia’s historic box office charts after Top Gun: Maverick ($22.6M), Spider-Man: No Way Home ($17.4M) and two Egyptian films, Bahebek ($15.7M) and Waafet Regala ($15.6M).
The success comes just five years after the lifting of Saudi Arabia’s 35-year cinema ban at the end of 2017, and bodes well for the country’s burgeoning local filmmaking scene.
Kuwaiti filmmaker Abdullah Al Arak directs a cast led by stars popular Saudi actor and stand-up comedian Ibrahim Al Hajjaj, best known for the hit action...
- 3/2/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Beyoncé and Madonna have teamed up for a royal collaboration, “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix).” The latest remix of Beyoncé’s Renaissance single arrived on Friday, just in time to get the weekend party started.
The percolating remix interpolates Madonna’s “Vogue” with Beyoncé flipping the script for the iconic spoke-sung section of the 1990 song, where the Material Girl lists Hollywood stars from the Golden Age. In Bey’s take, she pays homage to both current and past influential Black women who have been game-changers for the culture — from Aaliyah,...
The percolating remix interpolates Madonna’s “Vogue” with Beyoncé flipping the script for the iconic spoke-sung section of the 1990 song, where the Material Girl lists Hollywood stars from the Golden Age. In Bey’s take, she pays homage to both current and past influential Black women who have been game-changers for the culture — from Aaliyah,...
- 8/5/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Egyptian romcom “Bahebek” (“I Love You”) toplining local megastar Tamer Hosni has scored a smashing opening frame across West Asia grossing 4.2 million thanks to more than 300,000 admissions.
Hosni stars as a self-made businessman torn between the woman he’s about to marry and and old flame
The first four-day haul for “I Love You” marks the highest opening weekend in the region for an Arabic film, said Carlo Vincenti, head of distributor Italia Film. His company released the hit pic in Saudi Arabia, the region’s top market, where it opened at 2.3 million. This past weekend coincided with the Muslim holiday of Eid al–Adha.
Hosni, a multi-hyphenate who is a pop singer, actor, director, producer and more, also sings the main track in the pic, titled “Hadalaani,” which is also already a hit.
“Hosni has proven once again that his star power within Arab speaking communities is undeniably massive,...
Hosni stars as a self-made businessman torn between the woman he’s about to marry and and old flame
The first four-day haul for “I Love You” marks the highest opening weekend in the region for an Arabic film, said Carlo Vincenti, head of distributor Italia Film. His company released the hit pic in Saudi Arabia, the region’s top market, where it opened at 2.3 million. This past weekend coincided with the Muslim holiday of Eid al–Adha.
Hosni, a multi-hyphenate who is a pop singer, actor, director, producer and more, also sings the main track in the pic, titled “Hadalaani,” which is also already a hit.
“Hosni has proven once again that his star power within Arab speaking communities is undeniably massive,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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