Iran box office top hits revealed

The list of bestselling films at Iranian box office for August 10-16, 2018, has been unveiled, with ‘Millipede' breaking new record in the history of Iranian cinema.

‘Millipede' by Abolhassan Davoudi (Weekly gross: 39,182,510,000 Rials, Total gross: 254,959,440,000 Rials), 'The Lost strait' by Bahram Tavakkoli (Weekly gross: 5,646,090,000, Total gross: 6,031,920,000), 'The Redtails' by Arash Moayyerian (Weekly gross: 4,123,400,000 Rials, Total gross: 8,122,920,000 Rials), 'Katyusha' by Ali Atshani (Weekly gross: 3,189,400,000 Rials, Total gross: 11,435,810,000 Rials), 'Auntie Frog' by Afshin Hashemi (Weekly gross: 2,184,490,000 Rials, Total gross: 19,812,270,000 Rials).

“Reza, a criminal, finds out that a rich female doctor at war veteran hospital vows to marry a veteran. Reza who is an amputee without a leg wants to marry the doctor. However, things get out of hand in the middle,” a short synopsis for 'Millipede' reads.

'The Lost Strait' depicts how Iran’s Ammar battalion battled against the Iraqi forces in an unequal encounter in the Abu Ghuraib Strait near Dehloran in Iran’s Ilam Province.

"We fell asleep to escape the truth, but we faced a nightmare," a short synopsis for 'The Redtails' reads.

“If I want to be successful in my life, I do not have to look at life like you do," a short synopsis for 'Katyusha' reads.

‘Auntie Frog’ aims to introduce family concepts and close-knitted relations of grandmothers and their grandchildren as well as pathways to collective collaboration in dealing with issues.

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