The latest state of the cinema box office and the uncertain broadcast of football
While less than 100,000 people have gone to the cinema in the last five days, the owners of the theaters and the films that are showing are waiting to see what will happen to the movie “Bucharest”, which has officially started its release today.
Charso Press: The comedy film “Bucharest” directed by Masoud Atyabi, after several weeks when a new film did not accept the risk of release, was finally added to the release cycle on Tuesday, November 24, but exactly in the first three days of the release of this film, the conditions of the society progressed in such a way. According to the director, today, Friday should be considered as the official release of this film.
A few days ago, Atyabi told ISNA: Considering that some cinemas were closed in the past days and also due to the fact that the promotional materials were not ready and the theaters were not completed, it is planned that “Bucharest” will start its serious screening on November 27.
The sale of the movie in these three days and in the cinemas that showed “Bucharest” has reached 460 million Tomans and about 15 thousand people have bought tickets to watch this movie.
Currently, the number of theaters showing this movie has reached 200 theaters and screenings have been added.
“Bucharest” has been released while the recent social unrest has caused a decrease in cinema audiences and concerns are being raised for the state of the cinema, especially the livelihood of its employees and activists. According to the plans that were made in the summer, the cinema was supposed to show audience-friendly movies this fall and continue with the World Cup. Their owners show that they are all waiting to see the fate of the movie “Bukharast” and the level of public acceptance of its release; Even some cinematographers believe that the sales of this film can affect the production of new films.
In addition, cinema owners are also worried about the drop in cinema box office sales, while they hoped that the broadcast of football matches in cinemas would be a temporary solution to the stagnation of these cinema days, but while there are only two days left before the start of the World Cup, the final task is still to be done. The broadcast of matches in cinemas has not been determined.
Currently, films such as “Ablaq”, “Infradi”, “Biro”, “Shin”, “Floor One and a Half”, “Amphibian” and animations “Lupto”, “Bam Bala” and “Dolphin Boy” are being released in cinemas. .
According to the information of the Samfa system, the latest sales statistics of the entire cinema from the beginning of the year is 292 billion tomans and the total number of viewers has reached 9 million and 407 thousand people. Comparing these statistics until the end of November 22 shows that in the last five days only about 96 thousand people They have gone to the cinema.