Financial Tribune - Iran's box office earnings during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21) stood at 2.51 trillion rials ($19.32 million) to register an increase of 517.27 billion rials ($3.97 million) or 25.93% compared with last years similar period. A total of 59 movie titles were released in Iranian theaters and ...

The Guardian | Saeed Kamali Dehghan: As they rose to their feet for the national anthem, the mood among the crowd was sombre. Irans leading film festival, usually seven days of red carpet premieres and gong-giving, was forgoing the glamour of the silver screen as the country outside suffered the chill of economic hardship. The organisers had months ...

Financial Tribune- The comedy 5 PM written and directed by comedian, actor, director and musician Mehran Modiri set some new records at the box office on its opening day. Selling over 7 billion rials ($185,000) on Friday in 50 cinemas, the movie crossed the previous record-holder Salaam Mumbai by Qorban Mohammadpour, which took in $155,000 on its ...

Tehran, Sept 26, IRNA Muhammad (S), the Messenger of God, renowned Iranian director Majid Majidis latest film about the Prophet of Islam (S), has jumped into the lead in Iran with box office receipts totaling 70 billion rials (about $2 million) since its release a month ago. The film is currently on screen at Tehrans 45 movie theaters and cinemas,...