The movie beloved by little fans around the world, Miraculous is now available on Disney+. Jeremy Zag’s animated film, released in July 2023 in 26 territories, was the French film most seen by foreign audiences last year. The musical feature film based on the hit TV series brought in 7.15 million viewers in theaters and earned 31.8 million internationally.
Adapted from the animated series broadcast on TF1 since 2015, A miracle, a movie It goes back to the beginnings of LadyBug and Cat Noir and is aimed at both loyal viewers and newcomers.
What is the movie miracle about?
In the feature film, Ladybug must join forces with Cat Noir to face Butterfly and her horde of supervillains as they threaten Paris with destruction. But while the two heroes grow closer, Marinette doesn’t know that behind her mysterious accomplice is Adrien, a classmate with whom she has a crush…
Like the animated series, the action takes place in Paris and presents us with an idyllic image of the capital: cobbled streets, the Louvre pyramid, the Plaza Athene Palace, the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower… so many emblematic places that make the film real. City of Light postcard.
for that Jeremy ZagSeries producer and feature film director Paris is one of the reasons why the series is doing so well overseas.
He explains in the press kit: “Our art director Jerome Cointry Transform Paris into a fairy tale world that serves as a backdrop to the story. This is another reason why Saga has so many fans all over the world. People will enjoy discovering the different neighborhoods of Paris and its emblematic monuments, and we’ve brought that dimension to the film.
This is the first time, or almost, that an animated musical film has been shot in Paris. We don’t have giant buildings like the New York skyscrapers that are often used in superhero movies. But the architecture of the city has character, it has a family history, and a lot of emotions come out of it.”
It is a successful series
Created by Thomas Astruc, the event series is a French-Korean-Japanese co-production between Zagtoon, Toei Animation, Method Animation, De Agostini and SAMG Animation. consists of 5 seasons to date, A miracle worker Broadcast in over 120 countries and has over 32 billion views on YouTube worldwide.
The special episode of Miraculous World: Shanghai, The Legend of Lady Dragon, broadcast on April 4, 2021, recorded 1.3 million viewers.
2nd most expensive French film in history
Impressive figures that explain the considerable budget of a feature film. A miracle worker It actually cost 80 million euros. It is the second most expensive French film in history after Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and with an astronomical budget of €197 million.
Therefore, Miracle is ahead of The Fifth Element, which had a budget of 75 million euros, Asterix at the Olympic Games by Thomas Langman and Frédéric Forestier (74 million euros) and the last Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom by Guillaume Canet, which cost 66 million euros. .
In comparison, Totally Spies! The film (2009), adapted from the successful Franco-Korean series, cost 5.8 million euros.
A miracle, a movie Currently on Disney+.
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