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Americana Plaza
Sixth of October, Sheikh Zayed next to Ceramica Cleopatra behind Hyper one. Tel: 010 2002 0033
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*Ballerina
*I Know What You Did Last Summer
*Jurassic World: Rebirth
*Lilo & Stitch
*Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
*Restart
*Al-Shater (The Clever One)
*Smurfs
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
CINE COMFORT
*Ballerina
*Al-Mashrou X (Project X)
*40 Acres
IMAX
*Superman
MX4D
*Superman
City Centre Almaza
Sheraton Al-Mattar, Cairo-Suez Road
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*Ballerina
*Bride Hard
*Dangerous Animals
*Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback
*Elio
*Fi Ezz Al-Dohr (In Broad Daylight)
*Hitpig
*How to Train your Dragon
*Jurassic World: Rebirth
*Lilo & Stitch
*Al-Mashrou X (Project X)
*Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
*M3GAN 2.0
*Restart
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
*28 Years Later
Dandy Mall
Beginning of Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road. Tel: 018 919 6438
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*Blackwater Lane
*Elio
*Fluxx
*In the Lost Lands
*Jurassic World: Rebirth
*Lilo & Stitch
*Locked
*Al-Mashrou X (Project X)
*Out of the Nest
*Restart
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
Downtown
8 Emadeddine St, Downtown. Tel: 02 2579 8367
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*I Know What You Did Last Summer
*Jurassic World: Rebirth
*Al-Mashrou X (Project X)
*Restart
*Al-Shater (The Clever One)
*Superman
Madinaty
Open Air Mall, Madinaty, New Cairo
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*Ballerina
*Blackwater Lane
*Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback
*Elio
*Fluxx
*How to Train your Dragon
*In the Lost Lands
*Jurassic World: Rebirth
*Lilo & Stitch
*Locked
*Al-Mashrou X (Project X)
*Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
*Out of the Nest
*Restart
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
*28 Years Later
VIP
*F1: The Movie
Point 90
Point 90 Mall in front of AUC gate 5, New Cairo
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*I Know What You Did Last Summer
*Jurassic World: Rebirth
*Lilo & Stitch
*Al-Mashrou X (Project X)
*Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
*Al-Shater (The Clever One)
*Smurfs
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
MX4D
*F1: The Movie
Al-Rehab
Mall 1, Al-Rehab City, New Cairo. Tel: 010 9493 9119
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*Al-Mashrou X (Project X)
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
Stars
City Stars Mall: Omar Ibn Al-Khattab St, Heliopolis. Tel: 02 2480 2013/4
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*Ballerina
*Elio
*Fi Ezz Al-Dohr (In Broad Daylight)
*Final Destination: Bloodlines
*I Know What You Did Last Summer
*Jurassic World: Rebirth
*Al-Mashrou X (Project X)
*Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
*Restart
*Al-Shater (The Clever One)
*Siko Siko
*Smurfs
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
VIP
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*Al-Shater (The Clever One)
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
DELUXE
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*I Know What Your Did Last Summer
*Al-Shater (The Clever One)
*Restart
DBOX
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
Zamalek
13 Shagaret Al-Dorr St, Zamalek. Tel: 02 2735 0320
*Ahmed & Ahmed
*Al-Shater (The Clever One)
*Superman
*F1: The Movie
Zawya
15 Emadeddine St, Downtown. Tel: 010 1433 1779
*Memento
*F1: The Movie
Cairo Cinema Days
*East of Noon
*In My Blood It Runs
*Mother Valley
* A version of this article appears in print in the 17 July, 2025 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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