Artus’ feature film on disability has broken all records since its theatrical release. However, the actors in the film have not necessarily received more than their initial fee. During an interview for “Le Parisien” this Tuesday, September 10, actress Alice Belaïdi reveals what the production decided to do.
It’s the box office hit of the year and no one expected it. A little something extra is approaching today 11 million entries in France after 15 weeks of operation. A feat that had not been achieved since 2014 with What have we done to the good Lord? and its 12.3 million admissions. With his feature film on disability, Artus seems to be on the right track to realizing his dream: “Entering the Top 10 of the biggest box office successes for a French production in France“, what the comedian had declared to Parisian last July.
With a budget of 6.1 million euros, the film is barely above the average budget for French-initiated feature films (4.8 million euros according to the CNC in 2023). But with the film’s stratospheric success in movie theaters, it is raking in quite a bit of revenue. In the columns of Parisianactress Alice Belaïdi, who plays an educator, talks about the phenomenon A little something extra. She reveals what Actors do not receive any percentage of the entries more than “as producers are very classy people, we will perhaps have a little extra salary“. “Marie told me the other day: I have loads of money in my account because we had 10 million tickets sold!” laughs Alice Belaïdi.
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