What is the highest grossing film in France in 2023? What are the top 10 of the year? And what is the total number of movie theater tickets sold last year? The National Center for Cinematography and Motion Pictures (CNC) released its annual report this morning.
The assessment is still closely watched after attendance figures were halved in 2021 due to the Covid crisis and various health measures taken, which inevitably affected theater attendance in 2021 and again in 2022.
“2023 was the first year since the pandemic that cinemas were not subject to health restrictions. At 180.76 million attendees, attendance shows a drop of just 13.1% from the historically high average from 2017 to 2019. This progress confirms the attachment of the French to the cinema experience and their penchant for variety on offer.“, – it is mentioned in the CNC press release.
Although attendance has increased in 2023, it has not yet returned to pre-Covid levels. Previously the attendance was about 200 million; This year, it sold almost 181 million tickets for 2023.
Like 2022, 2023 will remain quite uneven with periods of the year and periods enhanced by great success and especially this summer with the combination “Barbenheimer”: Barbie and Oppenheimer (+ 9.3% compared to the pre-crisis month. July (13.8 million admissions) and -1.3% for the month of August (10.5 million)). The start of the year was also fun, thanks to the Avatar 2 sequel. About 5 million of Avatar 2’s 14 million were recorded between January and March 2022.
On the hollow side, the CNC highlights the “The beginning of September and the end of the year are more difficult levels about 20% below the pre-crisis levels, especially because of the Rugby World Cup, which recorded a good television audience.“.
In 2023, 42 films will earn more than one million admissions, including two sequels (Avatar: Waterway and Boots 2, released in December 2022) and 16 more than two million admissions. In 2023, three films will receive more than five million admissions, including Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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What are the top 10 highest grossing movies of 2023?
It’s time to reveal the top 10 movies with the highest grosses. Considering the video game and toy! Licenses and other franchises continue to grow. On the other hand, apart from Guardians of the Galaxy 3, no other superhero movie makes it to this top.
1 – Super Mario Bros., the movie: 7.15 million entries
2 – Barbie : 5.8 million records
3 – Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom: 4.45 million records
4 – Oppenheimer : 4.39 million records
5 – Alibi.com 2: 4.18 million entries
6 – Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3: 3.45 million records
7 – The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan: 3.33 million admissions
8 – Elementary: 3.15 million entries
9 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fortune: 2.88 million records
10 – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1: 2.6 million records
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What are the 10 most successful French films released in 2023?
In 2022, no French film made it into the top 10 of the year. This year there will be three: Asterix and Obelix, Alibi.com 2 and The Three Musketeers d’Artagnan.
What are the results of French films in the annual report? “Once again, French cinema showed its strength and vitality in theaters with a great variety of works that met their audiences, such as Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (4.5 million), Alibi.com 2 (4.2 million), Two Parts of the Three Musketeers (approx. 5.0 million cumulative), 3 Days Max (1.9 million), Miracle – The Movie (1.6 million), Anatomy of the Fall (1.2 million), Trailers (1.1 million), I’ll Always See Your Face ( 1.1 million), My Crime (1.1 million), Animal Kingdom (1.0 million), Small Victories (about 900,000 admissions), Consent (600,000 admissions) or the documentary Sur l’Adamant (125,000 admissions) and Les Filles d’Olfa (126,000 admissions)“, – it is mentioned in the CNC press release.
“During the year, French films generated 71.9 million admissions, representing a market share of 39.8% (41.1% in 2022 and 37.2% on average in 2017-2019).“- our colleagues clarify Boxoffice Pro.
The 10 best French films released between January 1 and December 31, 2023:
1 – Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom : 4.45 million records
2 – Alibi.com 2 : 4.18 million records
3 – The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan : 3.33 million records
4 – 3 days maximum: 1.88 million entries
5 – The Miracle Movie: 1.64 million admissions
6 – Anatomy of a Fall: 1.3 million records
7 – Tirailleurs: 1.19 million entries
8 – The Three Musketeers Miley Cyrus: 1.17 million admissions
9 – I’ll Always See Your Face: 1.16 million records
10 – My Crime: 1.09 million records
We note in this top the presence of Autumn Anatomy, the 2023 Palme d’Or branch, which was therefore able to combine critical and public success. Chosen to represent France at the Oscars, Dodin Bouffant’s Passion failed to attract a large audience and settled for 228,038 entries.
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CNC ultimately provides some keys to attending internationally: “Globally, France is one of the areas where the attendance recovery is the most dynamic, driven essentially by national production. Germany and the UK are also two markets where the recovery will be vigorous, although the trend is dominated by American films. Italy and Spain, which were hit hard by the crisis, recorded strong growth in 2023, but are far from returning to pre-crisis levels.“.
Source: Allocine
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