Box office France: Which adventure saga has the best start this week?

First day France from Wednesday 27 March 2024

1 – Kung Fu Panda 4: 198,774 entries (including 100,997 in AVP)

2 – Green Promise: 48,570 entries (including 31,558 in AVP)

3- No Waves: 27,973 entries (including 8,164 in AVP)

4 – Queen’s Game: 18,952 entries (including 6,583 in AVP)

5 – Paternal: 6,111 entries (including 3,425 in AVP)

6 – Boxing Theory: 3,658 entries (including 3,226 in AVP)

7 – We’ll Always Be Here: 2,658 entries (including 2,548 in AVP)

8 – O Cornot, History of Women: 2648 entries (including 1616 in AVP)

9 – Los Delincuentes: The Records (Including AVP)

10 – Abel Treme case: 1615 entries (including 642 in AVP)

11 – Golden Antelope, Vixen and Hare: 1,327 entries (including 422 in AVP)

to remember

Going strong for that Kung Fu Panda 4 ! The DreamWorks animated film takes the top spot with nearly 200,000 downloads on its first day in France, including half in previews. It’s the second-best opening of 2024, behind Dune 2 (260,811 first-day admissions) and ahead of only Bob Marley: One Love (197,950 admissions).

In terms of the Kung Fu Panda saga, it is better than Kung Fu Panda 3 in 2016 (184,019), but worse than Kung Fu Panda 2 in 2011 (237,752) and the first part in 2008 (201,066).

Two French films on the podium

On the 2nd and 3rd positions we find two French films: The Green Promise By Edouard Bergeon, who can count on a significant number of revisions and No waveswith Francois Civil. Note, in position 4, the film is in competition at Cannes in May 2023: Queen’s gameUnidentified Jude Law as King Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander.

Figures: CBO Cash