Kuwait ·
Clayface holds Kuwait lead with an FDI of 16.7
NASEEB - Arabic jumped from 18th to second after overtaking Family Wanted and Whalefall.
- Clayface leads Kuwait with an FDI of 16.7.
- NASEEB - Arabic rose 11.2 points over the week.
- Godzilla Minus Zero has Unlock advance tickets before opening.
Clayface is still Kuwait’s most in-demand film, but the race tightened sharply after a wave of October 29 releases. James Watkins’ horror-thriller has an FDI of 16.7, ahead of NASEEB - Arabic at 11.8, even after Clayface fell 16.8 points over the week. The SEATmio Film Demand Index (FDI) is a film’s share, in percent, of all tickets SEATmio tracks in Kuwait, combining the last 7 days of screenings and advance tickets for future shows.
Clayface, from the director of Speak No Evil and Eden Lake, stars Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie and Eddie Marsan in a story about a disfigured actor whose treatment restores his appearance but unravels his grip on reality. It sold Unlock tickets in the last 7 days and holds Unlock advance tickets; all ticket counts in this article are rounded SEATmio estimates. Last weekend, it was still the market’s top seller with Unlock tickets, though it fell 51% from the previous weekend.
The strongest move came from NASEEB - Arabic, which climbed from 18th to second and rose 11.2 points in a week. It sold Unlock tickets in the last 7 days, passing Family Wanted, Whalefall, Jailer 2 and several other titles that were ahead of it a week earlier. Its surge put it between the market leader and The Mongoose, turning the top of the chart into a three-film contest.
The Mongoose climbed from 15th to third, rose 9.3 points and sold Unlock tickets. Mark Vanselow’s action-thriller stars Liam Neeson, Marisa Tomei and Ving Rhames in a story about a falsely accused war hero leading a televised cross-country chase. Wildwood also broke through, climbing from 19th to fourth with an FDI of 9.4 after passing Never Crossed the Mind and other holdovers.
Never Crossed the Mind gave Arabic-language comedy another strong place in the market, rising to fifth with an FDI of 7.3. Ahmed Emad’s romance-comedy-drama, from the director of Wala Kan Ala El Bal, follows a Luxor tour guide drawn into love and comic confusion across four languages. Family Wanted, by contrast, dropped from second to sixth and fell 6.1 points, despite selling Unlock tickets in the last 7 days.
Over the October 30-November 1 weekend, Clayface sold the most tickets, while the new openers supplied nearly all of the immediate pressure behind it. Naseeb (Egyptian) - Arabic opened in second place with Unlock tickets. The Mongoose opened with Unlock, just ahead of Wildwood at Unlock, while Never Crossed the Mind began with Unlock.
The next wave starts this week. Godzilla Minus Zero opens November 5 with an FDI of 3.2 and Unlock advance tickets. Ramayana: Rise of a Legend opens the same day with an FDI of 2.3 and Unlock advance tickets, while The Cat in the Hat has 1.6 and Unlock. Scene follows on November 6 with an FDI of 1.1.
Most wanted films
| # | Film | FDI | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Clayface | 16.7 | -16.8 |
| 2 |  NASEEB - Arabic | 11.8 | +11.2 |
| 3 |  The Mongoose | 10.4 | +9.3 |
| 4 |  Wildwood | 9.4 | +8.8 |
| 5 |  Never Crossed the Mind | 7.3 | +6.7 |
| 6 |  Family Wanted | 5.3 | -6.1 |
| 7 |  Sense and Sensibility | 5.0 | +4.6 |
| 8 |  Hope | 3.5 | +3.2 |
| 9 |  Whalefall | 3.4 | -6.3 |
| 10 |  Godzilla Minus Zero | 3.2 | +3.2 |
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This story was produced automatically from index data and checked against it by software. Figures are SEATmio estimates.