Box office: cinemas are full in November, “L'Amour ouf” does not weaken

Once upon a time there was an improbable comeback. Last June, attendance at French cinemas showed a spectacular decline of 38.4% over one year. A direct consequence of the strike of screenwriters and actors in Hollywood which delayed the release of many blockbusters by several months. And then a miracle happened…

With 17.69 million spectators in November, an increase of 16.6% compared to the same period last year, the 2024 box office now seems able to equal or even exceed that of 2023. performance that he owes largely to French films. After A little something extra of Artus in the spring, then Le Comte de Monte Cristo with Pierre Niney this summer, it’s indeed Love phew which is doing well in the fall.

One in two tickets for French cinema

With a cumulative total of 4.5 million admissions, Gilles Lellouche exceeds the score of his previous directorial film, The Great Bathreleased in 2018. And it doubles Despicable Me 4 to become the fourth biggest hit of the year. In November, he is ahead of Gladiator II by Ridley Scott with 2.2 million entries, Mr Aznavour with 1.9 million entries or even Venom 3 : The Last Dance et Juror #2 by Clint Eastwood both above 1.4 million entries.

Since the start of the year, around ten French films have crossed the million admissions mark. A performance which allows French cinema to reverse the usual balance of power and gain the largest market share with 45.6% of admissions compared to 33.8% for American cinema.

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