TEHRAN -- Iranian movie “Fossil” has sold 1,500 billion rials ($3 million) at the box office, putting the musical comedy on a path to set impressive records in terms of sales and number of viewers.
Directed by Karim Amini, Fossil sold 25 billion rials ($5000) on Friday, which is a weekend day in Iran, exceeding a total sale of 1.5 trillion rials, IRNA reported.
A total of 3.35 million people have bought tickets to watch the hit movie in theater halls across the country, breaking the previous record of 3.3 million viewers set by “The Singer” (2019).
With these figures, Fossil is just one step away from becoming the most-watched movie of the past decade in Iranian cinema.
However, this might be an uphill battle for Fossil as it needs to break the record of 4.25 million viewers set by “Centipede” (2018) in the remaining 50 days it will be on screen.