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Box Office in Arab Countries ‘Resilient’ Despite Iran Conflict, Indicating Wartime Moviegoing Trend (EXCLUSIVE)

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Box Office in Arab Countries ‘Resilient’ Despite Iran Conflict, Indicating Wartime Moviegoing Trend (EXCLUSIVE)
Mar 24, 2026 6:54am PT Box Office in Arab Countries ‘Resilient’ Despite Iran Conflict, Indicating Wartime Moviegoing Trend (EXCLUSIVE)

Early indications are that the conflict’s impact on moviegoing in the affected Arab countries is not catastrophic 

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Nick Vivarelli

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As the U.S.-Israel-Iran war enters its fourth week, amid air strikes that comprise Gulf states and Lebanon, early indications are that the conflict’s impact on moviegoing in the affected Arab countries is, quite surprisingly, not catastrophic. 

In terms of movie theatre closures, there have only been brief reported disruptions. In one of these, the Novo Cinemas chain shuttered for a couple of days in Doha on Saturday Feb. 28, when Iran filed dozens of missiles at Qatar. But on the following Monday they were open again.

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