TEHRAN -- Iranian cinemas recorded 71.555 billion tomans ($272,000) in ticket sales during the week ending Oct. 16, with Soheil Movaffagh’s Khanom Valede dominating admissions.
The country’s cinemas attracted 558,124 moviegoers during the 30th week of the Iranian calendar year, spanning Oct. 10–16, according to figures released by CinemaShahr and reported by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
At an exchange rate of 263,000 tomans per dollar, the weekly box office total amounted to approximately $272,072.
Khanom Valede, directed by Soheil Movaffagh, topped the charts with 322,147 admissions, accounting for nearly 58 percent of total attendance.
Hadi Muhammadian’s animated feature Savior Ship ranked second with 59,337 admissions, followed by Hossein Amiri-Domari’s Bidar (Killing Without Killing) with 40,103.
Yousef Hatamikia’s Escort (Guardian) placed fourth with 34,443 admissions, while Kazem Daneshi’s Zendeh Shour (The Death Bath) rounded out the top five with 29,629.
Tehran’s Kourosh Cinema Complex led venue attendance with 22,746 admissions, followed by Iran Mall Cinema Complex with 18,296 and Azadi Cinema Complex with 11,670.
Ecomall Cinema Complex in Karaj ranked fourth with 11,196 admissions, while Hadish Cinema Complex placed fifth with 10,378.
The figures highlight the strong concentration of weekly admissions around the leading title, with Khanom Valede attracting more than five times the audience of the second-ranked film.