Mightier than Asterix: The Biggest Hit of 2023 Will Make Millions at the Box Office

Box office France from April 19 to 25, 2023

1 – Super Mario Bros. : 1,416,779 entries (cumulative: 4,820,259)

2 – The Three Musketeers: 583,506 admissions (Total: 2,322,149)

3 – Real Life: 423,667 admissions (news)

4 – Dungeons & Dragons: 314,725 entries (Total: 734,893)

5 – Evil Dead Rise: 235,926 admissions (news)

6 – 10 days still without a mother: 205,327 entries (cumulative: 462,080)

7 – I’ll Always See Your Face: 166,148 records (cumulative: 842,445)

8 – Suzume: 128,662 entries (Total: 309,694)

9 – Kingdom of Naia: 92,831 admissions (cumulative: 395,702)

10 – John Wick 4: 68,436 admissions (cumulative: 964,652)

to remember

Mario goes super! Nintendo’s plumber took just three weeks to overtake Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire, Alibi.com 2 and more Creed III to become the biggest hit of 2023 in French cinemas. The animated feature currently shows a total of 4,820,259 downloads and will soon cross the 5 million mark.

But the hero is not going to stop there. Given its meteoric growth and stability (down 8% viewers from last week), Super Mario Bros. could finish his run well behind the 7 million mark, which would allow him, if he’s no longer in the lead, to be well placed at the finish line on December 31. and to be one of France’s thirty greatest animated successes.

released same day in our cinemas, This is a musketeer firmly remains on the second step of the podium. If he has trouble resisting the fury of Super Mario Bros. Martin Bourbulon’s feature film just crossed the 2 million mark, surpassing Creed III to become the year’s fourth biggest hit.

Also, with good stability, the three musketeers should take advantage of the holidays to continue to increase their points and the 3 million entry bar should be just a formality. Pathé’s bet to revive a popular local cinema based on a great literary classic is a winner and is awaiting the release of the sequel on December 13.

The best news featured in this weekly ranking, in terms of attendance, life in reality He also struggles to resist the two behemoths of the moment, offering Danny Boone to step in at number three. It’s certainly his first feat to pull in less than a million viewers for his debut since Welcome to the Ch’tis. But his score is far from disgraceful, considering the competition.

The score of La Maison du bonheur (1,146,962) should also surpass a million in the coming weeks, but it will have a hard time finding other films. Millionaire’s Club, which will be hosted soon John Wick 4 (The first installment of the franchise to reach this milestone) and Dungeons & Dragons.

or I will always see your faces, is already very close to becoming its director Gene Hare’s biggest hit, with 855,946 pupils. And since we’re talking about records, Evil Dead Rise marks the best start in the saga’s history in France, while Suzume Offers its distributor Eurozoom the biggest theatrical success and can think of ending its run with about 500 torn tickets.

Figures: CBO – box office