Sébastien Vansteene has a smile. The year 2024 was exceptional for the cinema he directs in Blois. Indeed, Cap'Ciné recorded 343,455 admissions, an increase of 6% compared to 2023. This increase is well above the national average (+ 1%).
The director sees two reasons for the return of the public to cinemas: “The bad weather (in Loir-et-Cher) and the success of French films. »
The top 5 biggest hits
Cocorico! Three tricolor films have received more than 64,000 admissions: A little something extra d’Artus (at the top of the ranking with 32,304 entries), Le Comte de Monte Cristo by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte (second, 21,790 entries) and Love phew by Gilles Lellouche (fifth, 10,289 entries).
We have to go back to 2011, the year ofUntouchables by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano and Nothing to declare by Dany Boon, to find such figures.
181,3
In 2024, France displays 181.3 million admissions to cinemasup by almost a million compared to 2023.
France is experiencing the best post-covid recovery of all comparable countries, including the United States.
In 2024 at Cap'Ciné, in addition to the three French hits, the two other films in the top 5 are American: Vice-versa 2directed by Kelsey Mann completes the podium with 18,110 entries; in fourth place, we find Vaiana 2 (15.000 entrées).
Director Sébastien Vansteene deciphers these successes: “ For “A little thing in addition”, there was a buzz effect. And then Artus was known for his sketches. For “The Count of Monte Cristo” we didn't expect it, but it's a film that has stood out over time. And finally, quite logically, we find two Disneys in the Top 5.”
The spectators, analyzes the manager, “come mainly from Blois and its surrounding area, and also from Orléans and Tours”.
Recently, the interim president of the CNC indicated that France was “the only country in the world where almost half of the tickets sold are to see national films”. Above all, “in 2024, we are the only country in the world where more people have traveled to the cinema than in 2023”.
Despite this, attendance at Cap'Ciné remains below the pre-Covid average. “The year 2019 marks a record with 427,000 entries”recalls director Sébastien Vansteene. “The epidemic was a real disastercontinues the manager. However, we realize that the more content there is, the more people come back. »
Films to see this year
The year 2025 promises to be full of emotion again for the 7the art, with the return of big names in cinema, biopics, French films and blockbusters.
Over the next twelve months, biopics of music stars will be released. Timothée Chalamet is eagerly awaited as Bob Dylan in A complete stranger by James Mangold, in theaters from January 29. Later this year, other singers will be entitled to their biopic, a major trend in the film industry: Michael Jackson with the film Michaelin theaters on 1is next October, and Bruce Springsteen with Deliver Me from Nowhere.
As for French films, Sébastien Vansteene immediately cites God Save the Tuchethe fifth episode of the saga which will be on screens from February 5.
There will also be film adaptations of Snow White et Lilo & Stitch by Disney. Two huge blockbusters will conclude the year: Mission Impossible, The Final Reckoning on May 21, and Avatar 3 by James Cameron, just before Christmas, December 17.
