Box office: “En fanfare” hits the million mark, another Nice surprise for French cinema

The great year for French cinema is confirmed. Three weeks after its release, the social comedy A fanfare has just crossed the symbolic barrier of one million entries, supported by unanimous criticism and enthusiastic word of mouth. In his third film behind the camera, actor-director Emmanuel Courcoul features Thibaut, a famous conductor suffering from devastating leukemia. In search of a bone marrow transplant, he discovers the existence of his younger brother Jimmy, a canteen employee in a small northern town… and a trumpet player in the municipal brass band.

Performed by Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin, this feel good movie à la française was released on November 27, at a time when screens were starting to be crowded with Christmas blockbusters. If the last Disney Vaiana 2 largely dominates the box office, with almost 5 million admissions, A fanfare clings to second place with another 216,603 entries in the third week. Which allows him to get ahead Never without my therapist the comedy with Christian Clavier, with 176,673 admissions in the first week.

Nice start for “Vingt Dieux”

Behind, we find the ecclesiastical thriller Conclave with Ralph Fiennes (410,139 admissions in two weeks) or even Wickedthe adaptation of the Broadway musical which is struggling to appeal to us (415,261 admissions in two weeks). Nice start also for Twenty Godsthe agricultural drama by Louise Courvoisier which managed to attract 152,565 spectators in its first week on a limited cinema circuit. Another nice surprise for French cinema! Disappointment on the other hand forr Saint-Ex by Pablo Agüero with Louis Garrel, with only 60,240 admissions in the first week. And for Their children after themthe adaptation of Nicolas Mathieu’s Goncourt by the Boukherma brothers which peaked at 208,825 admissions in two weeks.

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A fanfare is the tenth French film of 2024 to cross the million admissions mark. The previous ones? A little something extra et Le Comte de Monte Cristowhich are also the two biggest hits of the year in theaters, with 10.8 million and 9.3 million admissions respectively. The other French “millionaires” are comedies Cocorico, Retirement home 2 et Dog and Catthe adventure film The Last Jaguarthe biopic Mr Aznavour, Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard and Love phew by Gilles Lellouche. An eclectic list which shows that our cinema manages to appeal to very different worlds.