Tunisia · 2026-11-05

BAKMA holds Tunisia lead with an FDI of 38.7

WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ climbed to second place after rising 12.1 points in a week.

• BAKMA leads Tunisia with an FDI of 38.7.
• WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ rose 12.1 points in a week.
• BAKMA sold 000,000Unlock tickets last weekend.

BAKMA remains the film Tunisia most wants to see, holding first place with an FDI of 38.7 while WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ presses from second place with an FDI of 26.7. The SEATmio Film Demand Index (FDI) is a film's share, in percent, of all tickets SEATmio tracks in Tunisia: tickets for the last 7 days of screenings plus advance tickets for screenings still to come. Ticket counts are rounded SEATmio estimates. The leader is down, though, after falling 10.3 points in a week.

The race tightened behind it because WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ climbed from third to second, overtaking Weekend. It sold 000,000Unlock tickets in the last 7 days and had 000,000Unlock tickets in advance sales, while Weekend slipped from second to third after falling 4.4 points. Weekend now has an FDI of 13.8 and sold 000,000Unlock tickets in the last 7 days.

BAKMA is also the defining local production in the market. Abdelhamid Bouchnak's horror film, from the director of Dachra and Kaaba Halwa, stars Aziz Jebali, Hedy Krissane and Mounira Zakraoui in a story about investigators confronting a ritualistic murder. It sold 000,000Unlock tickets in the last 7 days and had 000,000Unlock tickets in advance sales.

The other Tunisian title near the top is Dar El3ers, which stayed in fourth place but rose 3.0 points to an FDI of 12.8. Heifel Ben Youssef's comedy, from the director of Startup and Parasol, follows two contrasting families trying to assemble a wedding in one week. It sold 000,000Unlock tickets in the last 7 days, keeping local productions in two of the top four places.

Below the local leaders, Forgotten Island moved into fifth place with an FDI of 1.1 after overtaking LAST CHANCE - لص شايح. Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford's animated adventure follows two friends who reach a fantastical island where their memories become the cost of going home. BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in São Paulo is close behind in sixth place with an FDI of 1.1, driven by demand for a delayed presentation of the São Paulo concert.

Last weekend belonged to BAKMA again. No film in the weekend top five opened that weekend, and BAKMA led with 000,000Unlock tickets while rising 8% from the previous weekend. WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ followed with 000,000Unlock tickets and rose 125%, while Dar El3ers took 000,000Unlock tickets and rose 99%. Weekend was third for the frame with 000,000Unlock tickets after falling 14%.

The forward-looking pressure is already visible in the films selling before wider play. WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ had the strongest advance base among the top contenders with 000,000Unlock tickets in advance sales as of November 5. BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in São Paulo also sits in the top six before reaching cinemas, while Dar El3ers has already built fourth-place demand around a local comedy premise.

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<h1>BAKMA holds Tunisia lead with an FDI of 38.7</h1> <p><strong>WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ climbed to second place after rising 12.1 points in a week.</strong></p> <p>BAKMA remains the film Tunisia most wants to see, holding first place with an FDI of 38.7 while WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ presses from second place with an FDI of 26.7. The SEATmio Film Demand Index (FDI) is a film&#39;s share, in percent, of all tickets SEATmio tracks in Tunisia: tickets for the last 7 days of screenings plus advance tickets for screenings still to come. Ticket counts are rounded SEATmio estimates. The leader is down, though, after falling 10.3 points in a week.</p> <p>The race tightened behind it because WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ climbed from third to second, overtaking Weekend. It sold [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets in the last 7 days and had [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets in advance sales, while Weekend slipped from second to third after falling 4.4 points. Weekend now has an FDI of 13.8 and sold [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets in the last 7 days.</p> <p>BAKMA is also the defining local production in the market. Abdelhamid Bouchnak&#39;s horror film, from the director of Dachra and Kaaba Halwa, stars Aziz Jebali, Hedy Krissane and Mounira Zakraoui in a story about investigators confronting a ritualistic murder. It sold [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets in the last 7 days and had [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets in advance sales.</p> <p>The other Tunisian title near the top is Dar El3ers, which stayed in fourth place but rose 3.0 points to an FDI of 12.8. Heifel Ben Youssef&#39;s comedy, from the director of Startup and Parasol, follows two contrasting families trying to assemble a wedding in one week. It sold [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets in the last 7 days, keeping local productions in two of the top four places.</p> <p>Below the local leaders, Forgotten Island moved into fifth place with an FDI of 1.1 after overtaking LAST CHANCE - لص شايح. Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford&#39;s animated adventure follows two friends who reach a fantastical island where their memories become the cost of going home. BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in São Paulo is close behind in sixth place with an FDI of 1.1, driven by demand for a delayed presentation of the São Paulo concert.</p> <p>Last weekend belonged to BAKMA again. No film in the weekend top five opened that weekend, and BAKMA led with [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets while rising 8% from the previous weekend. WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ followed with [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets and rose 125%, while Dar El3ers took [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets and rose 99%. Weekend was third for the frame with [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets after falling 14%.</p> <p>The forward-looking pressure is already visible in the films selling before wider play. WHAT ELSE ? / فانا محط بش تتحط ؟ had the strongest advance base among the top contenders with [figure on filmdemandindex.com] tickets in advance sales as of November 5. BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in São Paulo also sits in the top six before reaching cinemas, while Dar El3ers has already built fourth-place demand around a local comedy premise.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://filmdemandindex.com/news/1038-bakma-holds-tunisia-lead-with-an-fdi-of-38-7">SEATmio Film Demand Index (FDI)</a></p> Copy

This story was produced automatically from index data and checked against it by software. Figures are SEATmio estimates.