Clayface leads Saudi Arabia demand with an FDI of 17.0
The Mongoose climbed from 21st to second after selling Unlock tickets in the last 7 days.
- The Mongoose rose 10.0 points in a week.
- Avengers: Doomsday has Unlock advance tickets.
- Family Wanted fell 49% from the previous weekend.
Clayface remains the film Saudi Arabia most wants to see, holding first place as of November 4 with an FDI of 17.0. The SEATmio Film Demand Index (FDI) is a film's share, in percent, of all tickets SEATmio tracks in Saudi Arabia, including the last 7 days of screenings and advance tickets for future screenings. James Watkins' horror thriller, from the director of Speak No Evil and Eden Lake, sold Unlock tickets in the last 7 days and has Unlock advance tickets, though its score fell 4.6 points in a week.
The race behind it changed sharply. The Mongoose climbed from 21st to second, overtaking Family Wanted, Whalefall, Verity, Resident Evil and a long run of titles that had been ahead of it last week. Mark Vanselow's action thriller, starring Liam Neeson and Marisa Tomei, has an FDI of 10.7 after rising 10.0 points, with Unlock tickets sold in the last 7 days.
Never Crossed the Mind made a similar move, climbing from 22nd to third and passing the same pack of holdovers. Ahmed Emad's romance comedy, from the director of Wala Kan Ala El Bal, follows a multilingual tour-group mishap in Luxor that turns into a love story. It has an FDI of 7.8 after rising 7.1 points, with Unlock tickets sold in the last 7 days.
Avengers: Doomsday is the strongest unreleased film in the top tier. The Russo brothers' science-fiction action adventure, from the directors of Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, is 42 days from its December 16 release and already has Unlock advance tickets. Its FDI rose 7.0 points to 7.2, putting it fourth and just ahead of Family Wanted, which slid from second to fifth as its score fell 7.8 points.
Last weekend, Clayface also led actual ticket sales, selling Unlock tickets and rising 1% from the previous weekend. The Mongoose opened in second place with Unlock tickets, while Never Crossed the Mind opened with Unlock and NASEEB - Arabic opened with Unlock. Family Wanted placed fifth for the weekend with Unlock tickets, down 49% from the previous weekend; all ticket counts are rounded SEATmio estimates.
New competition arrives quickly. Godzilla Minus Zero, Takashi Yamazaki's science-fiction horror action film from the director of Godzilla Minus One, opens November 5 with an FDI of 1.0 and Unlock advance tickets. The Cat in the Hat also opens November 5 with an FDI of 0.8 and Unlock advance tickets, while Hadota follows on November 12 with an FDI of 0.5 and Unlock advance tickets.
Most wanted films
| # | Film | FDI | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Clayface | 17.0 | -4.6 |
| 2 |  The Mongoose | 10.7 | +10.0 |
| 3 |  Never Crossed the Mind | 7.8 | +7.1 |
| 4 |  Avengers: Doomsday | 7.2 | +7.0 |
| 5 |  Family Wanted | 7.1 | -7.8 |
| 6 |  NASEEB - Arabic | 7.0 | +6.1 |
| 7 |  Whalefall | 6.1 | -5.2 |
| 8 |  Verity | 4.8 | -3.8 |
| 9 |  Wildwood | 4.0 | +3.9 |
| 10 |  Resident Evil | 3.8 | -2.1 |
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