The best cinemas in Tehran and Iran

Iran's highest-grossing cinema with the most admissions in 1404 (2025/26) was Kourosh Multiplex in Tehran: 1068466 admissions and about 101 billion tomans in revenue. Behind it came Iran Mall Multiplex with 83 billion tomans and Hedish Multiplex with 54 billion tomans. These figures are from the Statistical Yearbook of Film Sales and Cinema in Iran, which the Cinema Organization of Iran publishes from sales recorded in the SAMFA (cinema box office system) system. This page presents a list of Tehran cinemas with the most admissions, features of several well-known multiplexes, and the highest-grossing cinemas in other cities.

Tehran cinemas at a glance

Tehran province in 1404 (2025/26) had seventy-nine active cinemas with 319 screens and 56140 seats. Together these cinemas sold 9428168 tickets and their revenue was about 810 billion tomans. Kourosh Multiplex alone accounted for about eleven percent of the province's admissions. The average ticket price in Tehran province was about 86 thousand tomans.

List of Tehran cinemas with the most admissions (1404 (2025/26))

The table is ordered by number of admissions, the same order the yearbook gives for cinemas in Tehran province. Revenue is rounded to billion tomans.

Cinema	Screens	Seats	Admissions	Revenue (billion tomans)
Kourosh Multiplex	13	3122	1068466	101.4
Iran Mall Multiplex	12	1887	835144	83.4
Azadi Multiplex	10	1474	477383	45.0
Bahman Sabz mobile cinema	2	1000	460006	16.2
Hedish Multiplex	8	456	449323	54.5
Mega Mall Multiplex	18	1407	366425	32.5
Lotus Mall Multiplex	14	2064	335803	29.3
Bam Niayesh Multiplex	9	1429	295511	32.0
Mellat Multiplex	13	2813	274683	26.4
Bagh-e Ketab Multiplex	11	1298	272461	24.6
Shokoufeh Cinema	3	770	226188	15.9
Hemial Multiplex	7	882	209398	23.8
Charsou Multiplex	6	1049	199799	18.5
Narcis Multiplex	5	423	189385	16.7
Shemiran Multiplex	5	369	180321	16.4

There are two points in this table. Bahman Sabz mobile cinema, with cheap tickets (an average of about 35 thousand tomans), became Tehran's fourth cinema by admissions, but its revenue is lower than most cinemas in this table. Hedish Multiplex, with only 456 seats, had the most expensive tickets in the country (an average of about 121 thousand tomans) and each of its seats was filled 985 times in the year; the highest seat productivity in all of Iran.

Kourosh Multiplex

Kourosh Multiplex is in District 5 of Tehran, in the Kourosh shopping complex, and opened in 1393 (2014/15). With thirteen screens and 3122 seats it has the most seats among Tehran cinemas, and in 1404 (2025/26) it was the only cinema in Iran whose revenue passed one hundred billion tomans. The Art and Experience group's screens also have programs at this multiplex. In the 1401 (2022/23) yearbook too, Kourosh, with 42.5 billion tomans, was the country's highest-grossing cinema.

Iran Mall Multiplex

Iran Mall Multiplex in District 22 of Tehran, in the Iran Mall complex, started work at the same time as the 37th Fajr Film Festival in Bahman (January–February) 1397 (2018/19). In 1404 (2025/26), with twelve screens and 1887 seats, it was the country's second highest-grossing cinema and second by admissions. Its average ticket was about 100 thousand tomans, higher than Kourosh. Several screens at this multiplex have VIP seating rows with adjustable backrests and footrests, and its Hall 1 has a laser projector.

Azadi Multiplex

Azadi Cinema operated before the Islamic Revolution under the name Shahr-e Farang on Beheshti Street and is one of Tehran's oldest cinema hangouts. The old building gave way to a new multiplex, and it now has ten screens and 1474 seats. In 1404 (2025/26) it was Tehran's third cinema by admissions and the country's fourth highest-grossing cinema.

Mellat Multiplex

The Tehran Municipality Organization for the Development of Cultural Spaces opened Mellat Multiplex in 1387 (2008/09) beside Mellat Park. The building was designed by Reza Daneshmir and Catherine Spiridonoff and has won several architecture awards. Mellat, with thirteen screens and 2813 seats, is Tehran's second-largest cinema by seats and has been the Fajr Film Festival palace for several editions. With this capacity, its admissions in 1404 (2025/26) were less than half of Kourosh's.

Charsou Multiplex

Charsou Multiplex in the city center, at the intersection of Hafez and Jomhuri streets, opened in Bahman (January–February) 1393 (2014/15) and since then has repeatedly hosted the Fajr, Tehran Short Film and Cinema Verite festivals. It has six screens and 1049 seats.

The most screens: Mega Mall and Lotus Mall

Mega Mall Multiplex in Tehran, with eighteen screens, has the most screens among cinemas in the country. After it comes Lotus Mall in Tehran with fourteen screens, and then Kourosh, Mellat and Atlas Multiplex in Mashhad, each with thirteen screens. Bagh-e Ketab Multiplex with eleven screens and Iran Mall with twelve screens are also among Tehran's large multiplexes.

Highest-grossing cinemas in other cities

Of the country's ten highest-grossing cinemas in 1404 (2025/26), five were in Tehran and five were in other cities:

Cinema	City	Screens	Admissions	Revenue (billion tomans)
Honarshahr Aftab	Shiraz	9	493124	41.6
Ecomall Multiplex	Karaj	7	435678	40.1
Hoveyzeh Multiplex	Mashhad	9	462247	38.3
City Center Multiplex	Isfahan	8	361445	33.4
Sahel Multiplex	Isfahan	9	368717	32.6

Honarshahr Aftab in Shiraz is in the Persian Gulf complex and in 1404 (2025/26) was Iran's cinema with the most admissions outside Tehran. Hoveyzeh Multiplex in Mashhad is a reconstruction of the old Diamond cinema and reopened in 1391 (2012/13) with eight screens. City Center in Isfahan has the most seats among these five cinemas (2061 seats).

Where is the best cinema row?

In most halls in Iran, row one is the closest row to the screen and row numbers increase toward the back. The front rows are tiring for long films, because you have to keep your head up and the whole screen does not fit in your view. Usually the best place is the middle of the row and about two-thirds of the way back in the hall; where the screen is fully visible and the sound arrives evenly from the speakers on both sides. In stadium-seating halls, the rows higher than the middle also have a good view. On the seat maps of ticket-sales systems, the screen is at the top of the map; so the lower-numbered rows on the map are farther back in the hall.

Where can we see Tehran cinema screening times?

Daily screening schedules and films currently showing are published by ticket-sales systems such as Cinematicket and Gisheh7, and tickets are also bought there. You can also follow weekly film and cinema sales on the SAMFA (cinema box office system) dashboard: cinema and theater ticket sales.

Frequently asked questions

Which is Tehran's highest-grossing cinema?

Kourosh Multiplex, with about 101 billion tomans in revenue and 1068466 admissions in 1404 (2025/26). Iran Mall and Hedish are second and third.

How many cinemas does Tehran have?

In 1404 (2025/26) Tehran province had seventy-nine active cinemas with 319 screens. This figure counts only cinemas connected to the SAMFA (cinema box office system) sales system.

Which is Iran's largest cinema?

By number of screens, Mega Mall Multiplex in Tehran with eighteen screens. By seats, Kourosh Multiplex with 3122 seats.

Where is the most expensive cinema ticket?

Hedish Multiplex in Tehran, with an average of about 121 thousand tomans per ticket in 1404 (2025/26). The cheapest ticket in the country belonged to Farhang Cinema in Abarkuh, Yazd, about 32 thousand tomans.

See the number of cinemas and screens in each province in cinema statistics nationwide by province and the trend in admissions in the cinema yearbook dashboard: screens and admissions.

Sources

• Cinema Organization of Iran, Deputy for Technology Development and Cinema Studies: Statistical Yearbook of Film Sales and Cinema in Iran 1404 (2025/26), tables 8, 9 and 43 (full text in the reference reports). The data are based on cinemas connected to SAMFA (cinema box office system) and Fajr Festival sales are not included.
• Statistical Yearbook of Film Sales and Cinema in Iran 1401 (2022/23) (full text).