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The Cairo Trilogy
Movie Saga2017 – 2025

The Cairo Trilogy

3 Films
6.8 Avg Rating
$5.2M Saga Box Office
0.25x Commercial Multiplier

This modern trio of films features actor Fares Fares. The films operate as a searing critique of Egyptian political, religious, and social institutions. The Nile Hilton Incident (2017): A neo-noir thriller set in Cairo just before the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Cairo Conspiracy / Boy from Heaven (2022): An intense political drama set inside Cairo's Al-Azhar University. Eagles of the Republic (2025): Concludes the trilogy by focusing on an Egyptian actor pressured to star in government propaganda.

Franchise Box Office Economics

Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 3 installments.

Profitable Franchise (0.25x ROI)

Total Worldwide Gross

$5.2M

Cumulative box office receipts

Total Production Budget

$20.8M

Combined studio investments

Average Gross / Film

$1.7M

Average theatrical return

Commercial Multiple

0.25x

Worldwide Gross vs Budget

Films in Saga(3)

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The Nile Hilton Incident
6.6(412)1h 51m

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

Cairo Conspiracy
6.8(303)2h 1m

A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite.

Eagles of the Republic
6.9(81)2h 8m

George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like moth drawn to flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the project.