French exhibitors can begin 2024 with renewed confidence as new figures launched by the Nationwide Cinema Middle (CNC) present that audiences are heading again to the massive display screen.
The CNC has recorded 181 million theater admissions for 2023, an 18.9 % soar in contrast with 2022. Nonetheless, the nationwide movie physique states that the determine stays round 13.1% behind the typical admissions within the pre-COVID years between 2017 and 2019. 2023 was the primary 12 months post-COVID with no well being restrictions on cinemas in France.
U.S. movies topped the French admissions charts in 2023, with Common’s The Tremendous Mario Brothers main the way in which with 7.15 million admissions, adopted by WBD’s cultural hit Barbie with 5.80 million and Disney’s Avatar: The Manner of Water with 5.18 million. The one native title to sneak into the highest 5 was Guillaume Canet’s Asterix & Obelix: The Center Kingdom, the newest within the comedy franchise. The movie clocked 4.48 million in admissions. Christopher Nolan’s atomic biopic Oppenheimer closed out the highest 5 with 4.39 million.
The market share for French movies in 2023 was 39.8%, the CNC reported. That share equates to round 71.9 in admissions. The determine in 2022 was 41.1%, and 37.2% was the typical between 2017 and 2019.
“Attendance in French cinemas in 2023 confirms the highly effective dynamic initiated final 12 months. France has achieved one of the best restoration amongst comparable international locations because of the range of works provided, notably French, and the dedication of our cinemas,” mentioned Dominique Boutonnat, president of the CNC.
“Successes like Asterix and Obelix: The Center Kingdom, Alibi.com 2, the 2 elements of The Three Musketeers, or, after all, Anatomy of a Fall, or All Your Faces, The Animal Kingdom, but in addition different successes like Barbie, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon and The Boy and the Heron, illustrate the extent to which the French public is curious and eclectic.”
