Cinema of Kuwait

Cinema of Kuwait
No. 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

Cinema Operators

The company known as Cinescape,[8] started in 1956,used to have exclusive rights to operate cinemas in Kuwait for 50 years which ends in 2006. Grand Cinemas [9] and SKY Cinemas [10] are the new cinema operators. there is rumors about more cinema operators will join Kuwait market which is VOX Cinemas [11] from UAE and OZON Cinemas [12] from Egypt.

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".
  8. ↑ Cinescape Online
  9. ↑ Grand Cinemas Online
  10. ↑ Sky Cinemas Online
  11. ↑ http://Vox%20cinemas https://uae.voxcinemas.com/careers
  12. ↑ http://OZON%20cinemas http://www.alraimedia.com/ar/article/economics/2015/06/08/596918/nr/kuwait
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