France at the box office: Mufasa finally brought down?

France box office from January 15 to January 21, 2025

1 – Mufasa – The Lion King: 285,466 entries (cumulative: 4,252,260)

2 – Jurassic Bear: 219,136 entries (cumulative: 935,875)

3 – Sonic 3: 152,401 entries (cumulative: 2,241,303)

4 – Room Next Door: 148,986 Logins (Cumulative: 377,263)

5 – Babygirl: 132,656 entries (news)

6 – Fanfare: 127,873 entries (cumulative: 2,143,868)

7 – Wayana 2: 107,560 entries (cumulative: 7,768,394)

8 – I’m Still Here: 92,358 entries (news)

9 – Love in the Present: 85,957 entries (cumulative: 348,617)

10 – Wolf Man: 78,697 entries (news)

to remember

It’s still a story of a lion and a bear fighting for dominance at the box office. With a hedgehog joining the fray and a werewolf who would love it, but ends up behind the pack. As last week, the result is the same: Mufasa Retains that crown, which it clearly has no intention of letting go, even in the face of opposition from director Frank Dubosky’s third feature.

well worded A bear in the Jurassic Losing just 17% of admissions from last week, it’s just days away from becoming the first release of 2025 to cross the million mark in theaters. Where, meanwhile, Mufasa had just surpassed four and could finish his run below five.

fourth last week Sonic 3 Fueled by a return to the podium and officially Saga’s biggest success in France, a total of 2,241,303 tickets were snapped up on the evening of Tuesday 21 January. With over two million films, the franchise has shown consistency, and it will have a chance to prove it with a fourth film slated for release in March 2027.

As for Pedro Almodóvar, who lost his place in the ranking, the million is already out of reach. neighboring roomwhich should finish close to the score of its last feature films (about 700,000 participants). Unless the Oscar nominations, which were announced on Thursday, January 23, boost it, which seems unlikely at this point, since it rarely happens in discussions of this topic.

As for new releases, there are three in the top 10. And two of them make a strong impression by offering last week’s best averages: Nicole Kidman honored in Venice, little girl It’s in fifth place with 415 viewers per screen, but it’s doing less well than I’m still here (screenplay prize at the same festival), which collected 513.

Already recognized in his native Brazil, Walter Sales’ drama could benefit from a positive word of mouth that continues to excite.with fanfare Or Twenty-Gods, out of the top 10 this week, but with a possible million mark that no one would have bet on at the time of its release.

The third and last news in this top 10, wolf man It will be difficult to follow in the footsteps of the invisible man, Lee Whannell’s previous work based on one of the famous universal monsters. 2020, which then ended its run (admittedly slowed by COVID) with 776,426.

Figures: CBO – Box-Office