The highest-grossing movie of last year was “The Salesman”, which earned a total of 161.05 billion rials ($4.29 million) after 18 weeks in local movie theatres, Financial Tribune reported.
Iran’s movie industry has seen a steady climb over the past three years. It generated 613 billion rials ($16.34 million) and 733 billion rials ($19.54 million) in the Iranian fiscal March 2014-15 and March 2015-16, respectively.
