Riyadh: The Sauids will have a chance to watch a science fiction adventure film on April 18 when the Kingdom will open first theatre on its land in 35 years. Citing sources Al Arabiya reported that Marvel’s superhero sci-fi adventure drama ‘Black Panther’ has been selected to be the first film to hit the Riyadh theatres.
The film has been leading at the box office in the United States and worldwide for weeks and has received vast critical acclaim. The movie also became one of the most profitable at the global box office in cinema history, after its revenues touched more than $1.27 billion.
‘Black Panther’ will be exhibited in a theatre that can accommodate 620 people at the King Abdullah Financial Center in Riyadh, and the American operator AMC has also scheduled a special event for the historic opening. The tickets for the show has been priced at 50 Saudi riyals initially, according to the American company officials.
The Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information had in the last week signed an agreement with AMC to open around 40 cinemas in 15 Saudi cities over the next five years. The license, the first of its kind, will allow one of the world’s largest film companies, to operate cinemas in the Kingdom, Arab News said.
Saudi Arabia, with a population of 32 million, mostly under the age of 30, is expected to be the region’s largest market for movie theaters. Last December, the Ministry of Culture and Information announced that commercial cinemas would be allowed to operate in the Kingdom starting from 2018, for the first time in more than 35 years. Some 350 cinemas with more than 2,500 screens will be opened by 2030, the Kingdom's leading English daily said.
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