The children's and young adult genre's share of Iranian cinema

An examination of the performance of children and young adult genre films in Iranian cinema over the past decade

The children and young adult genre is one of the most important parts of the cinema industry and has high economic importance. On this basis, the Namafar Center has turned to examining the performance of children and young adult genre films in Iranian cinema over the past decade and has reviewed children and young adult cinema from the standpoint of number of works, audience, box office, and so on.

In the past decade, 1398 (2019/20), with 16 children and young adult genre feature films, has accounted for the highest number of films released. In 1402 (2023/24), children and young adult cinema, with 16.6 percent, had the highest share of feature films released.

1393 (2014/15) was by a wide margin the best year in terms of attracting audiences for children and young adult cinema, because 20 percent of all Iranian cinema audiences in that year chose works of this genre to watch. The feature film "City of Mice 2," which was the highest-grossing film of 1393 (2014/15), played an important role in this outcome.

In terms of revenue as well, in 1393 (2014/15), children and young adult cinema by a wide margin experienced its most profitable year; such that revenue from the box office of films in this genre was 19.16 percent of the total revenue of Iranian cinema.