Cinema of Kuwait

Cinema of Kuwait
Number of screens 61 (2010)[1]
 • Per capita 2.3 per 100,000 (2010)[1]
Number of admissions (2008)[2]
Total 2,200,000
Gross box office (2008)[2]
Total $19.8 million

The Cinema of Kuwait includes a wide range of films. . Kuwaiti movie theatres includes many movies from around the world, typically released a few weeks after their initial release in the US. The first Kuwaiti feature-film, Bas ya Bahar, was released in 1972.[3] Bas Ya Bahar is the first feature film ever to be made in one of the GCC countries.

Films shot in Kuwait

Kuwaiti directors

History of Cinema

The company known as Cinescape, started in 1956, has exclusive rights to show movies in cinemas in Kuwait. Grand Cinemas is a cinema that is not run by Cinescape and is located in the new Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "History of Cinema in Kuwait". filmbirth. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  4. ↑ "The Carpet (Al Zooliyyah)".
  5. ↑ "090 (2014)".
  6. ↑ "Kuwait gets a taste of Tollywood – First Indian movie made in Kuwait to hit cinemas soon".
  7. ↑ "Sohan Roy, I.V.Sasi join hands to make film on Kuwait war".

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