Iran chart toppers out for this week

Highest grossing films at Iran domestic box office are out for August 10-18, 2017 with ‘Sara and Aida’ making way up the chart.  

According to a media report published Friday, five high grossing films in Iran were published ascending from ‘Subdued’ By Hamid Nematollah, ‘Sperm Whale 2’ by Saman Moqaddam, ‘Sara and Aida’ by Maziar Miri, ‘Oxidan’ by Hamed Mohammadi and ‘5 PM’ by Mehran Modiri.

Latest work by great Iranian comedian/director Modiri raked in 9,334,080,000 rials while newly released Iranian film ‘Sara and Aida’ performed quite well at the ticket window with 3,640,560,000 rials in ticket sales.  

Notable among the cast of ‘Sara and Aida’ are Ghazal Shakeri, Pegah Ahangarani, Mostafa Zamani and Tina Pakravan.

Ghazal Shakeri’s performance in the feature won a nom for Best Female Actress in a Leading Role at the 35th Fajr Film Festival.

The 2017 film depicts the story of two intimate friends, Sara and Aida. When the reputation of one of them is threatened, they try to find a joint solution. But how far will they go to support each other?

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