Day 1 France: Did Jacques Audiard Emilia Perez Succeed at the Box Office?

First day France from Wednesday 21 August 2024

1 – Emilia Perez: 45,353 entries (including 8,780 in AVP)

2 – Blink twice: 13,862 entries

3 – Crow: 13,601 entries

4 – Sylvanian Families Freya’s Gift: 5651 entries (including 2526 entries)

5 – Anzu, the ghost cat: 3,567 entries (including 976 in AVP)

6 – Project: Silence: 2912 entries (including 206 AVP)

7 – Girls Will Be Girls: 2,318 entries (including 904 AVPs)

8 – Zénithal: 812 entries (including 170 in AVP)

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9 – last bus: 284 entry

10 – Hijo de Sicario: 171 entries

11 – Blue Soldier (reprise): 66 entries

to remember

Jacques Audiard is first in France on day one, ahead of new US releases The Crow and Blink Twice. The filmmaker can count on very good critical reception and initial audience ratings (an excellent rating of 4.3 out of 5 on AlloCiné).

The film won a double prize at the Cannes Film Festival Emilia Perez Gets off to a strong start and is the 3rd best opening for a film directed by Jacques Audiard, behind Rust and Bones and The Prophet. It totals 45,353 entries (including 8,780 in AVP).

For the record, Jacques Audiard’s film – his 10th – won the Jury Prize and Best Actress for all actors, Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Carla Sofia Gascon. The latter is the great discovery of this unique musical comedy. He plays the lead role and at the age of 52 starts a new chapter in his life as an actor (see interview above).

The new American frees neck and neck

in the 2nd and 3rd position, Blink twice (13862 records) and spade (13,601 entries) that follow each other very closely.

All other movies of the week have scores below 5000. Two animated films perform well, in 4th and 5th place.

Figures: CBO Cash