Saudi Comedy “Alzarfa: Escape Hanounia Hale” Weekend dominated the box office Saudi ArabiaBeating global blockbusters “Jurassic World: Rebirth“And” F1: The Movie. ,
The Nirala Hist Caper, about a bottled attempt by three friends, now topped the Saudi box office chart to steal a treasure called “The Golden Rashrash” from a museum owned by a freak billionaire named Abdulratif al-Honhouni, which is for 213,000 entry and $ 2. 2.7 million for a box office.
In contrast, “Jurassic World Riberth” weighs in number three in Saudi, with only 55,000 admissions, grossing over $ 800,000 in its first frame.
“F1,” in its second frame, the Saudi came second at the box office with 70,000 $ 1.2 million entry and $ 3.8 million with a cumulative gaoss-to-date.
“Alzarfa: Escape from Hhanhunia Hell” is produced by Saudi’s Alshimasi Films and Telfaz 11, the Kingdom’s all-time local box office hits behind the local box office hit “Sattar”, which is in partnership with Big Time Fund, while Kanwat is handling distribution. In 2023, “Sattar” scored over $ 10 million at the home box office, which became the highest -grossing local title in the state as the Kingdom canceled a 35 -year ban on the operation of commercial movie theater in December 2017.
The “Alzarfa” combines the heest film and the film-Vithin-e-film styles, which ended behind the bars after the efforts of their unsuccessful successor, later being banquet by a fad Saudi tycoon in a film, which they tried to rob. Regarding the history of Tycoon’s family, the film has been set to the same places that all three tried to rob. The location is also that “The Golden Rashrash”, which they are on a mission to recur, were stopped.
Abdullah Majed’s feature film is debut in the action comedy, which includes short films “Safra Night” and TV drama “Urem: Balni Hotel”.
The “Alzarfa” artists include a special appearance by Mohammad Shaif, Hammed Shari, Ahmed al-Kabi, Ibrahim Alakharallah and American actor Robert Noper (“Gel Brake”).
After the big bending in Saudi, the “Alzarfa” is now ready for a broad regional rollout in the coming weeks.
The way it seems at Saudi Arabia’s box office that it is between $ 200 to $ $ 250 million per year, it is common in local cinemas to beat Hollywood blockbusters and watch Saudi films.
Prior to “Alzarfa”, the most recent case in this point is the play “Hobal” by Saudi filmmaker Abdulziz Alshlai, which was about the clashes between tradition and modernity within a Saudi family in the early 1990s. In February, “Hobal” made Hollywood titles “Mufasa: The Lion King,” Flight Risk “and” Dane of Chor 2: Pantera “in Saudi theaters.
Ibrahim Alakharallah, executive producer and CEO of Alshimasi Films, said in a statement, “The Saudi film is incredibly exciting to watch another Saudi film during a pack summer slate.”
He said, “After the success of” “Sattar”, “Alzarfa” is further evidence that the audience is telling the locally root stories in our own voice, but on a scale that can rival the biggest global titles, “he said.
