The revenues of Mona Zaki's movie 90 pounds in a week ... frustration dominates the Egyptian filmmakers
A state of frustration prevailed among workers in the Egyptian cinema industry, due to the meager revenues generated by the films shown in the midst of the Corona pandemic, and the public's fear of attending the shows despite the precautionary measures followed, and the control of only 25% of the scheduled number of any cinema.
Although Egyptian cinema is currently devoid of big films in terms of budgets and stars, many are waiting for Eid al-Fitr, Al-Adha and the summer season, hoping that conditions will improve and the virus recedes.
The revenues of some films that were continuing to show deteriorated to the point that the owners of cinemas decided to remove these films because they did not generate any revenues, including the movie "The Black Box" starring Mona Zaki, Muhammad Farraj, Mustafa Khater, Sherif Salama, Asma Jalal and Karim Sobhi, as it was decided to remove it from theaters. The offer after its revenues declined significantly over the past week, as it achieved only 90 pounds.
The film is about the story and directed by Mahmoud Kamel, the screenplay and dialogue of Ahmad Al-Dahan and Haitham Al-Dahan,
as well as the film "Imp-Transit" due to its lack of revenue in recent weeks. It is directed by Yasser Huwaidi, and starring Bayoumi Fouad, Muhammad Tharwat, Asmaa Abu Al-Yazid, Mahmoud Al-Laithi, Muhammad Jumaa and Mahmoud Hafez.
Among the guests of honor in the film are Ahmed Fahmy, Sheiko, Mustafa Khater, Hamdi Al-Mirghani, and Muhammad Abdul-Rahman.
A group of films starring non-first-class stars are currently showing, and the revenues came during the last week in Egyptian theaters as follows: For the
seventh consecutive week, the film “A Men’s Stand”, starring Bayoumi Fouad, and Sayed Ragab topped the box office list, after That this week achieved revenues of two million 500 thousand pounds, while its combined revenues reached 18 million and 700 thousand pounds.
The film "Before the Forty" came in second place, and during the last week it achieved revenues of 186 thousand pounds, and the value of its revenues since the beginning of the show reached 1.5 million pounds.
And in third place came the movie "The Floating Plan", starring Ghada Adel, Amr Abdel Jalil, Ali Rabie and Mohamed Abdel Rahman, after it achieved 86 thousand pounds in a week, and the value of its revenues since the beginning of the show last October reached 12 million.
The movie "Shaoming" came in fourth place, by Salah Abdullah and Bayoumi Fouad, and in a week it achieved revenues of 41 thousand pounds, and its revenues reached 640 thousand pounds.
The film "Rima" by Maya Nasri came in fifth place, and within a week it achieved 36 thousand pounds, bringing its total revenues since the beginning of the show to two million and 200 thousand pounds.
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