List of Pakistani films of 2018

This is a list of Pakistani films released in 2018. Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 is the all time grossing pakistani film released on EidulAzha this year.

Highest grossing films

See also: List of highest-grossing Pakistani films

The top 10 films released in 2018 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Background color   indicates the current releases

Highest-grossing films of 2018

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross	Ref.
1	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2	Six Sigma Plus Salman Iqbal Films ARY Films	Rs. 73.00 crore (US$2.5 million)	[1] [2]
2	Teefa in Trouble	Lightingale Productions Geo Films	Rs. 50.00 crore (US$1.7 million)	[3]
3	Parwaaz Hai Junoon	Momina & Duraid Films	Rs. 43.20 crore (US$1.5 million)	[4]
4	The Donkey King	Talisman Studios Geo Films	Rs. 40.20 crore (US$1.4 million)	[5] [6]
5	Parchi	IRK Films ARY Films	Rs. 17.10 crore (US$590,000)	[7]
6	Load Wedding	Filmwala Pictures	Rs. 13.50 crore (US$470,000)	[8]
7	7 Din Mohabbat In	Excellency Films Dawn Films	Rs. 13.00 crore (US$450,000)
8	Cake	Parvez Malik Films Excellency Films	Rs. 12.00 crore (US$420,000)
9	Azaadi	Excellency Films ARY Films	Rs. 8.40 crore (US$290,000)
10	3 Bahadur: Rise of the Warriors	Waadi Animations ARY Films	Rs. 6.17 crore (US$210,000)	[9]

Events

Award ceremonies

Date	Event	Host	Location
22 February 2018	17th Lux Style Awards	Vasay Chaudhry	Karachi, Pakistan
28 July 2018	6th Hum Awards	Bushra Ansari and Ahmad Ali Butt	Hamilton, Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1 September 2018	3rd Hum Style Awards	Syra Shehroz	Karachi, Pakistan
9 September 2018	2nd IPPA Awards	Ali Kazmi	London, England

Film festivals

Date	Event	Host	Location	Ref.
30 March - 2 April	Pakistan International Film Festival (PIFF)		Karachi, Pakistan
6 to 9 July	2nd Pakistan Film Festival (New York)	Maliha Lodhi	New York, United States	[10]

Releases

January – April

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref.
JAN	5	Parchi	Azfar Jafri	Hareem Farooq, Ali Rehman Khan, Shafqat Cheema, Ahmed Ali, Usman Mukhtar, Shafqat Khan, Faiza Saleem	[11]
FEB	2	Allahyar & The Legend of Markhor	Uzair Zaheer Khan	Produced by 3rd World Studios :- Characters voiced by: Natasha Humera Ejaz, Ali Noor	[12]
		Maan Jao Na	Aabis Raza	Elnaaz Norouzi, Adeel Chaudhry, Ayaz Samoo, Hajra Yameen, Ghana Ali, Naeem Haq, Asif Raza Mir, Asma Abbas, Nayyer Ejaz
		Pari	Syed Atif Ali	Qavi Khan, Rasheed Naz, Saleem Mairaj
	9	Azad	Rehan Sheikh	Sanam Saeed, Rehan Sheikh, Nimra Bucha, Angeline Malik, Zahid Ahmed, Salman Shahid, Sabreen Hisbani, Imran Abbas	[13]
	16	Aks	Asif Parvez	Roma Khan, Faiza Asif, Arslan Sheraz, Jyoti Doger, Shyraa Roy, Meera, Fahad Rajpoot
MAR	23	Tick Tock	Umer Hassan	Ahsan Khan, Alyy Khan, Maria Memon and Ghulam Mohiuddin	[14]
	30	Cake	Asim Abbasi	Aamina Sheikh, Sanam Saeed, Adnan Malik, Faris Khalid, Hira Hussain	[15]
APR	20	Motorcycle Girl	Adnan Sarwar	Sohai Ali Abro, Samina Peerzada	[16]
	25	Your Order Has Arrived	Hassan Islma	Hassan Islam, Many More

May – August

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref.
JUN	EID	7 Din Mohabbat In	Meenu Gaur & Farjad Nabi	Mahira Khan, Sheheryar Munawar, Jawed Sheikh, Amna Ilyas, Ayesha Omer, Hina Dilpazeer, Mira Sethi, Imran Aslam, Rimal Ali, Aamir Qureshi.	[17]
		Azaadi	Imran Malik	Moammar Rana, Sonya Hussain, Nadeem Baig	[18]
		Na Band Na Baraati	Mehmood Akhtar	Mikaal Zulfiqar, Shayan Khan, Qavi Khan, Ali Kazmi and Atiqa Odho	[19]
		Wajood	Jawed Sheikh	Danish Taimoor, Saeeda Imtiaz	[20]
	29	Shor Sharaba	Hasnain Hyderabadwala	Adnan Khan, Rabi Peerzada, Meera	[21] [22]
JUL	6	Jackpot	Shoaib Khan	Jawed Sheikh, Noor Hassan Rizvi, Sanam Chaudhry, Sana Fakhar
	20	Teefa in Trouble	Ahsan Rahim	Ali Zafar, Maya Ali	[23]
AUG	EID	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2	Nadeem Baig	Humayun Saeed, Ahmed Ali Butt, Fahad Mustafa, Mawra Hocane Kubra Khan, Vasay Chaudhry, Uzma Khan, Sarwat Gilani	[24]
		Load Wedding	Nabeel Qureshi	Fahad Mustafa, Mehwish Hayat, Samina Ahmed, Noor Ul Hasan, Faiza Hasan, Qaiser Piya	[25]
		Parwaaz Hai Junoon	Haseeb Hassan	Hamza Ali Abbasi, Ahad Raza Mir, Hania Amir, Kubra Khan	[26]
	15	Indus Blues	Jawad Sharif	Mai Dhai, Krishan Laal Bheel, Faqir Zulfiqar, Ejaz Sarhadi, Sachu Khan, Zohaib Hassan, Ustad Ziauddin	[27] [28]

September – December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref.
OCT	13	The Donkey King	Aziz Jindani	Jan Rambo, Ismail Tara, Hina Dilpazeer, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Jawed Sheikh	[29]
	15	72 Ghantay	Anjum Parvez	Mohsin Mushtaq, Anjum Parvez, Rukhsar Ali, Diya Butt, Honey Albela, Sadaf, Shahzada Baghi, Ibrar Hashmi, Mishi
NOV	23	Altered Skin	Adnan Ahmed	Robin Dunne, Salman Shahid, Nimra Bucha, Khalid Aman, Mansha Pasha, Ali Kazmi and Aamir Qureshi.
DEC	7	Pinky Memsaab	Shazia Ali Khan	Hajra Yamin, Kiran Malik, Adnan Jafar, Khalid Ahmed, Hajra Khan and Shameem Hilaly	[30] [31]
	14	3 Bahadur: Rise of the Warriors	Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy	Zuhab Khan, Arisha Razi, Bashar Shafi, Mehwish Hayat, Fahad Mustafa, Sarwat Gillani, Nimra Bucha, Behroze Sabzwari, Sarwan Ali Palijo	[32] [33]
	17	Nagin	Ahmad Virk	Kiran Malik, Farooq Ali Sheikh, Usman Chaudhary, Maqsood Anwar, Naveed Khan, Asif Shahzad

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