Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has completed his plans by visiting Los Angeles and holding meetings to accelerate changes. His visit to the global cinema stronghold wasn’t for the sake of knowledge but to implement required changes and put them on the right track
To serve a population of more than 32 million, Saudi Arabia wants to set up around 350 cinemas in the coming years. Every cinema will contain eight to ten screens (maybe more).
AMC Theaters is not the biggest cinema institution but the oldest, founded in 1920, ahead of Regal Entertainment Group and Cinemark Theaters. The Company didn’t cease growing, especially in the past two years. In 2016, it acquired similar firms such as Odeon, UCI and Carmike, adding 2,200 screens in 244 cinemas in Europe alone, in addition to 8,200 screens in 661 cinemas in the United States.
Black Panther will be the first movie shown in a Saudi Arabian movie theater on April 18.
This movie is considered among the most successful movies of the year – its most recent box revenues surpassed billion American dollars. It is a US comics figure, which was founded by Marvel in 1966, which was the premier appearance of the African hero of superpowers.
Unlike other super heroes, Black Panther has other features such as intelligence, fighting skills, capabilities to endure gravity and control time. The message of the movie wouldn’t be complete without mentioning that he doesn’t fight alone but has a female assistant.
The kingdom’s decision to open cinemas and allow the showing of movies has been described as the event of the year 2017.
