TEHRAN -- Iranian cinemas 
recorded a strong week at the box office, generating approximately 83 billion tomans ($307,407) in ticket sales, an increase of around 22 billion tomans ($81,481) from the previous week, according to figures released by the country’s Samfa cinema ticketing system.
The figures cover the seven-day period through 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. During that period, cinemas held 20,900 screenings and attracted 650,546 moviegoers.
The week’s leading title was “Scholarship” (Boursieh), the comedy written and directed by Borzou Niknejad and produced by Kamran Hejazi. Released on Oct. 28, the film sold 299,066 tickets, generating 41.418 billion tomans, or approximately $153,400, to claim the top position on the weekly chart.
The film stars Javad Ezzati, Amir Jafari, Abbas Jamshidifar and Pantea Panahiha.
Meanwhile, “Khanom Valede,” directed by Soheil Movaffagh and produced by Seyed Ebrahim Amerian, ranked second for the week, earning 19.829 billion tomans (approximately $73,441) from 153,838 tickets.
The comedy, which opened Sept. 16, tells the story of two indebted brothers who unexpectedly learn that they are about to inherit a fortune. Reza Attaran and Abbas Jamshidifar lead the cast, alongside Shabnam Ghorbani, Gholamreza Nikkhah, Iman Safa, Giti Ghasemi and Ali Dehkordi.
The film also crossed a major box-office milestone, with cumulative earnings reaching 302.359 billion tomans, equivalent to approximately $1.12 million. It joins “Fossil” and “70-30” as Iranian releases to have surpassed the 300-billion-toman mark.
“Bi-Dar” (Killing Without Killing), directed by Hussein Domari, took third place in the weekly rankings, earning 5.566 billion tomans (approximately $20,615) from 38,672 admissions. Its cast includes Muhammad Reza Foroutan, Anahita Afshar, Shahab Husseini, Naser Hashemi and Behnaz Jafari.
The animated feature “The Savior Ship,” directed by Hadi Muhammadian and produced by Muhammad Amin Hamdani, ranked fourth, with 5.45 billion tomans (approximately $20,185) in weekly revenue from 62,262 tickets.
The film follows Darya, a girl on a distant planet awaiting a legendary hero to save her people, and Hani, a boy who dreams of becoming a hero but finds himself stranded in space after an accidental journey.
Rounding out the top five was “Bamboolak 2,” directed by Muhammad Matin Ojani, which earned 2.956 billion tomans (approximately $10,948) from 28,159 tickets.
Other weekly performers included Yousef Hatamikia’s action drama “Escort,” which grossed 1.609 billion tomans ($5,959), and Elham Ebrahimi’s animated feature “Battle of the Kites,” which earned 1.503 billion tomans ($5,567).
Kazem Daneshi’s crime drama “The Death Bath” (Zendeh Shour) added 1.421 billion tomans (approximately $5,263) during the week. The film, featuring Bahram Afshari, Sara Bahrami, Hamed Behdad, Amir Jafari and Shabnam Moghaddami, has accumulated 198.965 billion tomans, or approximately $736,907, since its July release.
Mehdi Shamuhammadi’s “Successor” generated 1.122 billion tomans ($4,156), while Hamid Nematollah’s “The Idol” earned 723 million tomans ($2,678).
The cumulative box-office rankings show “Khanom Valede” firmly in first place, followed by “The Death Bath” and Soroush Sehhat’s “The Pool” (Estakhr).
The leading titles and their reported lifetime earnings, converted at the specified exchange rate, are:
“Khanom Valede” — 302.359 billion tomans ($1,119,848).
 “The Death Bath” — 198.965 billion tomans ($736,907).
“The Pool” — 175.880 billion tomans ($651,407).
“Escort” — 65.368 billion tomans ($242,104).
“The Savior Ship” — 59.109 billion tomans ($218,922).
“Scholarship” — 41.565 billion tomans ($153,944).
“Killing Without Killing” — 28.863 billion tomans ($106,900).
“Napoleon in the Apricot Garden” — 23.549 billion tomans ($87,219).
“Successor” — 11.032 billion tomans ($40,859).
“The Roof” — 9.689 billion tomans ($35,885).
Other films on the chart include “Bamboolak,” “The Idol,” “Battle With the Crab,” “Battle of the Kites,” “Snow White,” “Both of Them,” “I’m Scared” and “Cafe Sultan.”
The week also saw the theatrical debut of “Hashiyeh,” directed by Muhammad Alizadeh-Fard and produced by Yousef Mansouri.
The film opened Wednesday, Nov. 4, but recorded a modest start, selling just 70 tickets and generating 10 million tomans, approximately $37, by the reported cutoff.
Its cast includes Hadi Kazemi, Mehran Ahmadi, Sajjad Babaei, Venus Kaneli, Mitra Rafie, Javad Ghamati and Mahmoud Nazaralian.