Iran box office takings revealed

Latest sales figures for Iran movies on the big screen have been released with ‘Patrol 2’ and ‘The Good, the Bad and the Corny’ dominating Iran box office.

According to Iran film distribution managers, as of Thursday, ‘Patrol 2’ by Saeed Soheili has gained a staggering 190.85 billion rials (nearly USD 5.9 million) while ‘The Good, the Bad and the Corny’ by Peyman Ghasem Khani follows suit with over 160 billion rials (nearly USD 4.9 million). 

Meanwhile, ‘Sperm Whale 2’ by Saman Moghadam and ‘My Brother Khosrow’ by Ehsan Biglari raked in 120.1 billion rials (nearly USD 3.7 million) and 10. 35 billion rials (nearly USD 320,000), respectively. 

The announced figures showed ‘Under the Smokey Roof’ by Pouran Derakhshandeh sold 800 million rials (nearly USD 24,665) in its opening week while Monir Qeidi’s ‘Villa Residents’ clinched 5.90 billion rials (nearly USD 159,000). Kazem Rastgoftar’s ‘Ashoub’ also made 3.73 billion rials (nearly USD 115,100).

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