What is the highest-grossing film in the Eid al-Adha season?

Although a large number of Egyptian movie stars announced the readiness of their films for public screening, and expected that the Eid al-Adha film season would constitute a “bone-breaking battle” between major art makers, the surprise was that the showing of most works was postponed until the summer season, which will begin in the last week of this month of June, coinciding with the summer vacation for schools and universities. Many films have emerged from the revenue competition, such as: “Samson and Delilah” starring Ahmed Al-Awadi and Mai Omar, “Saqr and Canary” starring Mohamed Imam and Chico, “The Weakest Creation” starring Ahmed Helmy and Hend Sabry, “Al-Jawaherji” starring Mohamed Henedy and Mona Zaki, “Take Care of Yourself” starring Ahmed El-Sakka and Yasmine Abdel Aziz, and “Big Ramy” starring Ramez Jalal. And Basma Bousil.

Competition map:

The public competition was limited to attracting the audience, during the Eid al-Adha season, between the films: “7DOGS” by the two stars: Karim Abdel Aziz and Ahmed Ezz, “Lion” by the two stars: Mohamed Ramadan and Razan Gamal, “Talk About What” by the two stars: Ahmed Hatem and Mustafa Gharib, and “Ithma” by the two stars: Ahmed Dawoud and Salma Abu Deif, in addition to the continued showing of the movie “Barshama” by the two stars: Hisham Majed and Reham Abdel Ghafour, which has been extending since the happy Eid al-Fitr season.

“7DOGS” leads the Eid al-Adha film revenue race:

The film “7DOGS” starring Karim Abdel Aziz and Ahmed Ezz, along with the Indian star Salman Khan, the Italian star Monica Bellucci, Sanjay Dutt, and Max Huang, in addition to Tara Emad, Sandy Bella, Nasser Al-Qasabi, and Sayed Ragab, achieved the highest revenues achieved by Arab cinema. He made up to $7 million during the Eid days. The film is directed by Bilal Al-Arabi and Adel Falah.

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“Assad” .. Mohamed Ramadan in second place:

Despite the launch of screenings of the film “Lion”, starring Mohamed Ramadan and Razan Gamal, along with the star Majed El-Kedwany, in Egypt since May 14, and in the Arab world since May 21, it declined in the revenue race at the end of the holiday to second place, achieving about 70 million Egyptian pounds.

The film is directed by Mohamed Diab, and written by the trio: Sherine Diab, Mohamed Diab, and Khaled Diab. While musician Hisham Nazih composed the soundtrack, Ahmed Al-Bashari managed the photography, Ahmed Hafez handled the editing, Reem Al-Adl handled the costume design, Ahmed Fayez the decor, Ahmed Adnan the sound engineering, and the artistic producer Majed Youssef, with the battle and movement design assigned to Kaloyan Vodenisharov.

“What are we talking about?” Comedy in third place:

It seems that the dose of suspense and visual dazzle factors that distinguished the films: “7 DOGS” and “Lion” outweighed the dose of comedy that the stars of the movie “Talk on What” relied on; The film collected about 45 million Egyptian pounds. The work stars: Ahmed Hatem, Mustafa Gharib, Hatem Salah, Sayed Ragab, Khaled Kamal, Donia Sami, Aya Samaha, Jihan Al-Shamasherji, Intisar, and Donia Maher, in a balance between the young generation and experience. It is directed by Sandro Kanaan and written by Ahmed Badawi.

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Surprise Eid Al Adha movie screenings:

In fourth place was the movie “Ithma” by the two stars: Ahmed Dawoud and Salma Abu Deif, achieving total revenues of 7 million and 382 thousand Egyptian pounds. Its events revolve around “Issa Al-Shawaf”, a young man in his thirties who loses his passion for life after going through a mid-life crisis and a harsh emotional separation experience. Where his life suddenly turns; When he receives a mysterious message from himself, when he is 18, it leads him to an old forgotten treasure game, which then begins a journey full of surprises to rediscover himself, reconcile with his past, and meet his childhood friend, Sera.

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While the movie “Barshama” was able to maintain its actual presence during the season, despite the fact that more than two months have passed since its cinematic showings since Eid al-Fitr. After achieving large revenues when he launched his shows, he was content with achieving modest returns amounting to about 200 thousand Egyptian pounds. The film stars: Hisham Majed, Reham Abdel Ghafour, Basem Samra, Mustafa Gharib, Hatem Salah, Kamal Abu Rayya, Arifa Abdel Rasoul, and Michel Milad. It is written by Ahmed Al Zoghbi, in cooperation with Khaled and Sherine Diab, and directed by Khaled Diab.

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