Box Office: Pakistani film ‘Waar’ opens up to a tremendous start in UK

Pakistani action thriller film ‘Waar’ has opened to a whopping response at the UK box office, BizAsia can confirm.

‘Waar’, which is a production of Hassan Waqas Rana, is being distributed by ARY Films. ‘Waar’ opened up at 23 screens across the UK including Cineworld, Odeon and Vue cinemas. The movie will retain all its sites and will add Cineworld Luton, VUE Halifax, VUE Blackburn and Cineworld Crawley to its listings.

The film collected �104,000 in its opening weekend alone, one of the biggest openings ever for a Pakistani movie. When the film opened up in Pakistan in October last year, it became one of the highest grossing films in Pakistan of all time.

‘Waar’ stars Shaan Shahid, Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Khan and Kamran Lashari.