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Shelter Hits $2.23M Opening in MENA Region

2/4/2026

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Shelter grossed $2.23 million in its opening weekend in the Middle East and North Africa, the region's largest opening for an independently produced title since A Working Man (April 2025).
The film is distributed by Front Row Filmed Entertainment and Kuwait National Cinema Company.
In Saudi Arabia and the UAE, admissions were 34.5% and 37,000, generating $1 million and $681,000, Gianluca Chakra of Front Row Filmed Entertainment said.

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Shelter grossed $2.23 million in its opening weekend in the Middle East and North Africa, the region's largest opening for an independently produced title since A Working Man (April 2025).
The film is distributed by Front Row Filmed Entertainment and Kuwait National Cinema Company.
In Saudi Arabia and the UAE, admissions were 34.5% and 37,000, generating $1 million and $681,000, Gianluca Chakra of Front Row Filmed Entertainment said.