Exclusive: Pierre Morel-directed action movie Al Kameen (The Ambush) has just become the highest-grossing Emirati or Arabic-language film ever in the UAE after posting a mammoth opening weekend relative to the market.
The big-budget movie, which is a co-production between AGC International and Image Nation Abu Dhabi, scored 101,000 cinema admissions between November 25 and November 29, making it the fifth largest opening this year in the UAE, behind only Fast 9, Venom 2, No Time to Die and Godzilla vs Kong. It has logged another 22,000 admissions since then.
Vox Distribution is releasing the movie, which stars an all-Emirati lead cast and was filmed in the UAE.
One of the largest ever Arabic-language features shot in the Gcc, the movie had its world premiere at Vox Cinemas Yas Mall, which was attended by director Morel (Taken), producers Derek Dauchy and Jennifer Roth (Black Swan), and the cast, alongside the...
The big-budget movie, which is a co-production between AGC International and Image Nation Abu Dhabi, scored 101,000 cinema admissions between November 25 and November 29, making it the fifth largest opening this year in the UAE, behind only Fast 9, Venom 2, No Time to Die and Godzilla vs Kong. It has logged another 22,000 admissions since then.
Vox Distribution is releasing the movie, which stars an all-Emirati lead cast and was filmed in the UAE.
One of the largest ever Arabic-language features shot in the Gcc, the movie had its world premiere at Vox Cinemas Yas Mall, which was attended by director Morel (Taken), producers Derek Dauchy and Jennifer Roth (Black Swan), and the cast, alongside the...
- 12/1/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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