Box office: Pixar’s Elementary wins first day in France

France’s first day on Wednesday, June 21, 2023

1 – Elementary: 116,727 entries (including 53,731 in AVP)

2 – Asteroid City: 19,259 entries (including 7,424 AVPs)

3 – 38°5 Quai des Orfèvres: 7,205 admissions (including 1,441 in AVP)

4 – Sisu – Gold and Blood: 6,254 admissions (including 1,372 in AVP)

5 – Challenge: 6048 entries (including 282 in AVP)

6 – Il Boemo: 5,803 admissions (including 2,409 in AVP)

7 – Magnificat: 5,047 receptions (including 1,212 in AVP)

8 – Pornomelancholia: 1,403 admissions (including 1,120 in AVP)

9 – Polaris: 1,051 entries (including 971 in AVP)

10 – Nezouh: 598 entries (including 249 in AVP)

to remember

his first day in france elementary, the new movie from Pixar Studios, is going to win at the box office. Peter Sohn’s film recorded 116,727 admissions, bettering Le Voyage d’Arlo, the director’s previous film, which drew 69,046 on its first day in November 2015.

On the other hand, the feature film whose hero is the elements is doing less well than Buzz Lightyear, which collected 144,993 admissions on its first day in France, just a year ago.

Asteroid City Wes Anderson is second with 19,259 receivers. The feature in competition at the recent Cannes Film Festival, starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks and even Tilda Swinton, fared less well than The French Dispatch, which drew 42,566 on its first day in France.

And finally, Benjamin Lehrer’s comedy, 38°5 Quai des Orfèvres With Didier Bourdon, Caroline Anglade and Jan Papin on the final step of the podium, 7,205 participants, including 1,441 in the preview. The film won the Grand Prix OCS at the recent Comedy Film Festival in Alpe d’Oise.