Matloub Aaeleyan tops Egypt's box office with over EGP 43 million

Karim Abdel Aziz's comedy was still the day's top earner on 21 October, two weeks after release, just ahead of the new Nour El Nabawy film Wala Kan Ala El-Bal.

Matloub Aaeleyan tops Egypt's box office with over EGP 43 millionEgypt

Matloub Aaeleyan, the comedy starring Karim Abdel Aziz and Yasmine Sabri, led Egypt's box office on Wednesday 21 October, two weeks after it opened, according to figures from the Cinema Track platform reported by FilFan. It took EGP 1,013,370 from 6,508 tickets that day and has now made EGP 43,438,115 in total.

Close behind was Wala Kan Ala El-Bal, the Nour El Nabawy comedy that opened that same day, with EGP 1,010,139 from 5,976 tickets. Mahmoud El Tany came third on the day with EGP 127,763 and has reached EGP 85.6 million in total, followed by Red Flag (EGP 37.6 million in total) and Shish Do.

Khalli Balak Min Nafsak was sixth on the day but has the highest total of the films tracked, at EGP 90.6 million. The six films together sold 14,205 tickets and took about EGP 2.29 million on Wednesday.

Both of the week's top two films are showing in cinemas across Cairo and Giza now. Showtimes and ticket prices vary by cinema, so check the cinema's own app or site before you go.

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