Fahad Mustafa’s Zombeid had a great week on Eid Ul Azha. As per reports, it has managed to collect a total of 21.3 Crore all across the country in the first week of its release. International release had even better outcomes but actual numbers are not been revealed yet.
Box Office:
Shaan Shahid’s Bullah managed to collect 26 Crore during 2 months of screening (including OTT, Music Rights, and YouTube rights). Bullah was filmed was a budget of estimate 5 Crore. Shaan Shahid’s Eid Ul Azha released movie Psycho has managed to defeat Zombeid in Cinema. Psycho overall had a preferable hand in international cinema. Zombeid managed to stay average with earning of 21 Crore in first week with total expected collection to go double.
Farhan Saeed’s Luv Di Saun is also in the competition with total collection crossing 20 Crore but the film could not manage to get positive critic opinions. The film is rated 2.7/10 on IMDB while the social media response is event worst.
As of now, Cinema is still taken over by the 4 years old film The Legend of Maula Jutt which has further extended its total Box Office collection to 400-500 Crore during its release in China.
Letter of Maryam Aurangzeb
Despite earning close to 1 Million$, production house does not seem to be happy with the movie’s output. Fahad Mustafa, the leading actor, wrote an open letter to Maryam Aurangzeb requesting for extending closing time for Malls, Shopping Centers, and Cinemas since it is affecting their newly released films. Fahad further detailed that extending the closing times will not only increase the sale of their tickets but will be convenient for families to watch the movie on Eid since all the shows are already houseful.
Fahad thanked the Senior Minister of Punjab for creating opportunities for film makers in the past. He also mentioned the Film City project in Punjab. He regarded Aurangzeb for her support for Showbiz industry in the end.
Fahad Mustafa’s appeal attracted a negative response mainly because of political reasons. Some comments questioned Fahad whether cinema is more important than health and education. Punjab government is scheduling commercial activities to curb the petrol and electricity overuse because of ongoing US-Israel war against Iran that is causing energy crisis in the region.