International box office: the missing link in Iranian cinema

IranAnimation1403 (2024/25)

Box office of the animation "Inside Out 2": 64 times the revenue of Iranian cinema in 1402 (2023/24)

The animation "Inside Out 2," with sales of 1.46 billion dollars, became the highest-grossing animated film in history.
"Inside Out 2" is so far the highest-grossing film of 2024 and has been able to play an important role in raising box office revenue. 861 million dollars of this film's revenue has belonged to international sales.

Earning revenue from international box offices is the principal factor in the success of blockbuster films. For example, an examination of the world's 10 highest-grossing animated films, broken down by domestic and international sales, shows that sales at the international box office have constituted the major part of their revenue.

The 64-fold revenue of the animation "Inside Out 2" relative to the total box office of Iranian cinema in 1402 (2023/24) well shows that taking a small share of the international box office can transform the state of Iran's cinema industry.

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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian

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