Iran

123% Increase in Iran’s Box Office Takings

Iranian cinema takings stood at a record high of 1.63 trillion rials ($43.62 million) last Iranian year, up 123% compared to the year before.

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.

Golrokh Askarieh

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