Saudi Arabia Becomes the Top Theatrical Market in the Middle East

Saudi Arabia Becomes Top Middle East Theatrical Market, Bucking COVID-Era Downward Trend  While box office returns in 2020 will suffer an estimated 80% global drop due to COVID-19. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is bucking this downward trend, having grown since 2019 to become the Middle East’s top-grossing territory this year to date. Fresh figures released during the recent META Cinema Forum exhibitors’ conference reveal, that Saudi Arabia this year has overtaken the United Arab Emirates and is currently the region’s top-grossing territory, wit…