Cinema is finally back in color! According to the National Center for Motion Pictures and Motion Pictures, movie theater attendance reached 19.01 million in April 2023, an increase of 37.8% from April 2022 and higher. 2.7% compared to the 2017-2019 average.
The CNC states that 59 films were released for the first time in April 2023 (compared to 65 in April 2022). In the past month, 5 American and 32 French films were released in theaters, compared to 6 and 40 in April 2022, respectively.
This is the first time since cinemas opened on May 19, 2021, that cinema attendance has shown a higher result than before the health crisis.
Since the start of 2023, theaters have recorded 68.07 million admissions, up 34.0% from the first four months of 2022, but still 13.9% below the 2017-2019 average for the first four months.
7 million for Super Mario Bros. and The Three Musketeers
Both Super Mario Bros, released on April 5 (4.8 million viewers to date in French cinemas) and Martin Bourboulon’s The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (2.3 million viewers to date), brought French audiences back to cinemas, as in their French cinemas alone a total of 7, There were 1 million viewers.
The animated film adapted from the Nintendo video game is currently at the top of the list of movies to be released in 2023. Cloak and Dagger by François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Pio Marmay and Romain Durys is second in the top 5 films. For the month of April, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor of Thieves (released on April 12) is on the third step of the podium.
French film I’ll Always See Your Face, released on March 29, is in fourth place with a total of 842,445, while John Wick 4, which opened in theaters on March 22, is the fifth most-watched movie in theaters for the month of April. .
The CNC indicates that the market share of French films is estimated at 47.4% in the first four months of the year, while the share of American films is 42.5%.
Great results that prove viewers want to find movie theaters.
Source: Allocine
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