Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20171206004220/@comment-3048593-20180406193456

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: KalKent wrote: 'Black Panther' Will Be the First Film Shown in Saudi Arabian Cinemas in 35 Years. My guess is it will be sold pretty well there since Saudi Arabia is a monarchy, and the protagonist of the movie is a monarch, although I don't know how well the end message will be sold to the general audience over there. Wait, Saudi Arabia hasn't shown a single movie in 35 years? Or foreign films? Because if it's the first one, I don't understand how those movie theaters are still in working condition. It's presumably something they've been prepping for. Ordering and installing new equipment, and renovating their old locales for screening movies. For 'Black Panther' specifically, it will be in a newly opened AMC theatre as specified in the article.

"Most Saudi cinemas were shuttered during the early 1980s following the country’s adoption of hardline religious legal codes, but some improvised cinema screens persisted. Earlier this year, 'The Emoji Movie' was shown on one such screen, Reuters reported."