Flight 404 | |||
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Director: | Hany Khalifa | ||
Starring: | Mona Zaki | ||
Language: | Egyptian Arabic | ||
Gross: | $4.03 million |
Flight 404 (<big>404 الرحلة</big>|Rehla 404) is a 2024 Egyptian film starring Mona Zaki and produced by Mohamed Hefzy.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Ghada attempts to obtain money for her mother's sudden emergency surgery while preparing to depart Egypt to perform the Hajj. She is forced to reconnect with people from her past and make difficult ethical decisions.
According to Zaki, she was first introduced to the script in 2013 when she was filming the "Asia" tv show and that it then had to be postponed as she was working on other projects.[5]
It is the first Egyptian film to be filmed in Saudi Arabia.[6]
Ragaa's script received a Sawiris Cultural Award for young writers and screenwriters.
In Egypt, the film grossed more than six million Egyptian pounds (approximately $123,390) within the first week of its January 25 release[7] and twenty million Egyptian pounds (approximately $411,300) by the end of its theatrical run.
Within the first month of its release, the film counted 450,000 admissions across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, breaking Egyptian box office records for a female-led film. In Saudi Arabia, the region's biggest market, Flight 404 led the Saudi box office for four weeks in a row, grossing $4 million with 280,000 admissions.[8]
In the UAE, the film grossed over $500,000 by the end of its theatrical run in March.[9]
It was released in theaters in the United States and Canada through AM Media on February 23 2024.[10]
The film won the Special Jury Award (Tutankhamun’s Silver Mask), and the Best Actress Award for Mona Zaki at the 13th edition of the Luxor African Film Festival[11] .