7 Dogs (2026)

Interesting facts

• Box office: $18.4M

7 Dogs is a 2026 Saudi Arabian action film directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and written by Mohamed El-Dabbah from a story by Turki Alalshikh. The film stars Ahmed Ezz and Karim Abdel Aziz as an Interpol officer and a criminal figure who form an alliance against a transnational criminal network. The ensemble cast also includes Monica Bellucci, Nasser Al Qasabi, Sayed Ragab, Tara Emad, Sandy Bella, Giancarlo Esposito, Max Huang, Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt.

Production and release

The film's story was conceived by Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority. The project moved forward after Alalshikh met directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah in Riyadh during the 2024 promotional tour for Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Mohamed El-Dabbah wrote the screenplay.

The film was sponsored by the General Entertainment Authority and Riyadh Season, and was produced by Sela Production Services by Black Bear, with Ivan Atkinson serving as producer. The production crew included cinematographer Robrecht Heyvaert, production designer Paul Kirby, costume designers Beatrice Giannini and Mark Bouman, hair and make-up artist Jacqueline Russon, and special-effects supervisor Duncan Capp.

The film was shot largely in Riyadh, including at Alhisn Big Time Studios, King Abdullah Financial District and Boulevard City, in the spring of 2025. The production used Saudi crew members and created locations representing several countries within Riyadh.

During filming in Riyadh on 29 August 2025 Sela Studios achieved two Guinness World Records for film stunt explosions: the largest film stunt explosion, measured at 170.7 tonnes of TNT equivalent, surpassing the previous record held by the James Bond film Spectre; and the most high explosives detonated in a single film take, measured at 405.85 kilograms of TNT equivalent, surpassing the previous record held by No Time to Die.

A teaser trailer for the film was released in February 2026. The film had a red-carpet premiere in Cairo on 22 May 2026 ahead of its release in Arab countries on 27 May. The initial release plan covered more than 600 cinemas in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. It was also theatrically released in India on 21 August, in English and Hindi languages.

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