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Top 10 highest earning movies in Egyptian Box office History


Tue 28 Aug 2018 | 03:00 PM
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We are currently in the Eid- El Adha movie season , and what better way to promote the current movies than mentioning the previous movies who excelled at the Egyptian box office.

Egypt had it’s fair share of monumental block buster movies over the year, some movies out performed others, while some movies failed to live up the the hype that was built around them but one thing is for certain, The Egyptian cinema industry is the biggest in the Arab region and will continue to dominate the scene for years to come.

Below are the top 10 highest earning movies in Egyptian Cinema History

1.) Harb Kermoz "Kermoz War"

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The events of the movie revolve around an Egyptian police officer named General Yousef Al Masri (Amir Karara), who lives in the Karamouz neighborhood of Alexandria. The film dates back to the period of King Farouk'' regime before the 1952 revolution. Film earned approximately  57,634,545 Egyptian pounds.

2) El Khalya “cell”

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The film “The Cell” was shown in the 2017 Eid al-Adha season, and although it was released among a large number of films, it has produced the highest revenues in the Egyptian Cinema Industry

After three months of its performance, it reached a new record, making it the second highest revenue in the history of Egyptian cinema, earning revenues of LE 53 million and 890 thousand.

 

3) Horoob Edterary “Forced Escape” 2017

Ahmed El Sakka’s “Forced Escape” competed in the 2017 film festival, and it's revenues kept rising day after day.

Since it’s release in the theaters, the film the has attracted about half of the total revenue for the Eid al-Fitr films.

The film witnessed a steady and steady public demand, which brought it an average daily income of about 600 to 700 thousand pounds per day. It achieved revenues of LE 47 million to rank third.

 

4) Laf We Dawaran “Spinning and Circling ” 2016

Ahmed Helmy’s film which was released in 2016, generated a total revenue of LE 43,277,037.

 

The movie was shown during the Eid al-Adha season in 2016. Ahmed Hilmi participated in the project with Donia Samir Ghanem, Bayoumi Fuad, Jamila Awad and Sabreen.

 

The film’s story is a comedy centered around the role of Egyptian women, and about social relations between people, it is stared by  a person who works as a tour guide, and is exposed to a number of positions, and comic paradoxes.

 

5) El Gezyra 2 “Island 2” 2014

 

Al-Jazeera 2 ranked 5th on our list, this is the second move for Ahmed Al-Sakka to feature on the list, with 35,132,780 Egyptian pounds.

 

“Al Jazeera 2” is the second part of the film “Al Jazeera”, which was shown in 2007, directed by Sharif and starring Ahmed Al Sakka, Hind Sabri, Khalid Saleh and Khaled Al Sawi. The story of the film is inspired by the true story “The Story of Izzat Hanafi”.

 

6) “Hell in India” 2016

 

The fifth place on the list of the film “Hell in India” starring Mohammed Adel Imam for 32,166,584 pounds.

 

The Movie starred Mohamed Adel Imam Yasmin Sabri and Bayoumi Fuad and was produced by Zain Kurdi and directed by Moataz al-Tuni,

 

The film revolves around a comedy framework where special forces are assigned to rescue the Egyptian ambassador in India after his abduction. Special Forces.

 

7) The Blue Elephant 2014

The Blue Elephant, which was shown in 2014, generated a total revenue of 31,395,445 pounds ranking 7th in the list of the highest revenues in Egyptian cinema.

 

The movie is a drama and mystery film directed by Marwan Hamed and written by Ahmad Murad and starring Karim Abdel Aziz, Nelly Karim, Khaled Al Sawi and Darin Haddad.

 

8) World War III 2014

“World War III” starred by Hisham Majid and Ahmed Fahmy and Chico, where he earned revenues of 30,675,474 Egyptian pounds.

 

The film revolves around a young man (Ahmed Fahmy) visiting the museum one night, but when the clock is ticked at 12 am, the museum goes back to life. Tutankhamun awakens from his stupor, and with him (Hitler), Dracula, (Hulaku) and (Aladdin), (Hitler) in partnership with (Abu Lahab) to restore their glory to occupy and declare war on the world, and it is up to Ahmed Fahmy to prevent them and address them

 

9) X-LARGE 2011

The 9th place is the film “X-Larg” by Ahmed Hilmi, which was released 2011 total revenues of 30,226,320 Egyptian pounds.

 

“X-Larg” is a social comedy film starring Ahmed Hilmi, Donya Samir Ghanem, Ibrahim Nasr and directed by Sherif Arafa, dealing with the tragedy of a young painter suffering from excessive obesity and the problems he has in marrying his loved one because of being overweight.

 

10) Tesbah Ala Kheir.

The Movie stars Tamer Hosny as a successful engineer, but decides to change his life through trying a dream machine which drives him into an alternate reality.