Is Dog 51 stronger than Buck Nord? What started at the French box office with Adele Exarchopoulos and Gilles Lelouch for a sci-fi film?

France box office from October 15 to October 21, 2025

1 – Dog 51: 425,088 records (news)

2 – One Battle After Another: 200,393 entries (cumulative: 1,169,643)

3 – Tomorrow Was Better: 192,826 entries (cumulative: 419,495)

4 – Bunker and Ground Secret: 182,356 entries (news)

5 – Tron Ares: 139,341 entries (cumulative: 339,738)

6 – Gabby and the Magical House: 133,345 entries (cumulative: 292,781)

7 – D-Day: 132,735 entries (news)

8 – Simple Accident: 121,505 entries (cumulative: 468,210)

9 – Black Phone 2: 93,942 entries (new)

10 – Two Pianos: 91,992 entries (new)

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As one of the most anticipated French films of the year, due to the budget, casting and previous success of the director, who has crossed the 2 million mark with his last two features, Dog 51 He had everything to sink his teeth into the French box office. And it didn’t fail, as this sci-fi story took control in the first week of operation and dethroned it. One fight after another.

But its start is slightly lower than Bac Nord (483,381 viewers in August 2021, in the middle of the health period in theaters) and in November (592,681 receptions in October 2022), the two previous performances of Cédric Jimenez. If Dog 51 follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, it could flirt with the 2 million torn ticket mark by the end of its run, but everything will depend on its retention, helped by the school holidays, the effect of which will be felt on the sequel films. One fight after another, including the former leader, who lost only 12% of his records compared to the previous week.

Already convinced that Paul Thomas Anderson’s greatest success in France, the feature film is now the twenty-first millionaire of Leonardo DiCaprio’s career in our region (counting the 3D release of Titanic, which reached this milestone). And twenty-sixth among the new releases of 2025, a list that Chien 51 will no doubt be joining in the coming weeks. Even Tomorrow was better.

For the third time this week, Didier Bourdon and Elsa Silberstein’s comedy about the clash of generations and eras approaches 500,000 admissions, and its good performance (only -15%), a sign of positive talk, allows it to take advantage of the holidays to stock up and achieve its goal.

And while Black phone 2 and Two pianos is neck and neck in many aspects (number of records and copies and average number of viewers per screen); A simple accident It’s also heading for a quasi-steady 500,000 audience (3% fewer torn tickets than last week), which would allow the 2025 Palme d’Or to finish close to last year’s Anora with 653,546 points. If not more, to the extent that it still attracted over 100,000 people in recent days.

Figures: CBO – Box-Office