Iran box office top hits revealed

Weekly list of Bestselling films at Iranian box office has been unveiled with ‘SHEEPLE’ shining at the top.

According to the Iranian official website reporting box office top hits of the week, the top 5 bestselling Iranian movies of the week are:

‘SHEEPLE’ directed by Houman Seyyedi (Weekly gross: 6,302,530,000 Rials, Total gross: 114,877,440,000 Rials)

“Two brothers are running and making Crystal meth in a hidden laboratory in middle of nowhere at an urban jungle and they do care for the honor of their neighborhood. All of a sudden a mobile footage on their sister’s spreading everywhere and this causes some strange incidents,” a short synopsis of the 'Sheeple' reads.

‘MISS YAYA’ directed by Abdolreza Kahani (Weekly gross: 6,231,030,000 Rials, Total gross: 23,755,210,000 Rials).

The movie depicts the story of 2 brother-in-laws who try to follow their father-in-law’s style in business and go to China. Before getting to China they spend a few days in Pattaya (a city in Thailand). In Pattaya they meet old friend and everything is changed.  

‘ASTIGMATISM’ directed by Majid-Reza Mostafavi, (Weekly gross: 5,077,600,000 Rials, Total gross: 5,077,600,000 Rials).

The movie narrates the story of a couple, Ensi and Zabin, who lives in the suburbs of Tehran expecting a baby, however, the destiny is not as they could predict.

‘Lasagna’ directed by Hossein Ghena’at, (Weekly gross: 3,813,460,000 Rials, Total gross: 35,231,940,000 Rials)

“I’m consumed with your desire!… Literally consumed! I won’t leave you till I have you,” the tagline for ‘Lasagna’ read.

'Los Angeles-Tehran', directed by Tina Pakravan, (Weekly gross: 3,792,660,000 Rials, Total gross: 67,877,210,000 Rials)

“Two men coming to Iran, a so called French Monsieur and a standup comedian. As the plot of the film develops, the audience will see funny moments such as an old woman falling in love,” a short synopsis for 'Los Angeles-Tehran’' reads.

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