Are there Cinemas in the Kingdom?

Yes, cinemas are spread across about twenty cities in the Kingdom, such as Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Abha, and Taif. The number of cinemas reached fifty-six by 2022, totaling 518 screens. Over 1,144 films from thirty-eight countries in twenty-two languages have been screened, including approximately twenty-two Saudi films. Ticket sales amounted to approximately 30,860,956 tickets

Cinema was present in the Kingdom since the 1950s until the end of the 1970s. The first appearance of a Saudi local film titled "al-Dhubab" was in 1950, starring Hassan al-Ghanim, who is considered the first Saudi film actor. Cinemas started spreading during that time in Riyadh, Jeddah, Taif, and Abha. At one point, Jeddah alone had around thirty cinema theaters.