French box office: 7 million admissions for The Count of Monte Cristo! What a start for Emilia Pérez? – Cinema News
Who reigns supreme at the box office this week? A certain “Count of Monte Cristo” manages to stand up to the Hollywood giants! We take stock.
France box office from August 21 to 27, 2024
1 – The Count of Monte Cristo: 457,032 admissions (cumulative: 7,333,505)
2 – Deadpool & Wolverine: 284,538 admissions (cumulative: 3,255,134)
3 – Never again: 278,695 admissions (cumulative: 602,084)
4 – Alien Romulus: 267,578 admissions (cumulative: 745,561)
5 – Emilia Perez: 256,771 entries (New)
6 – Despicable Me 4: 190,042 admissions (cumulative: 4,015,339)
7 – A little something extra: 172,091 entries (cumulative: 10,320,985)
8 – Trap: 143,111 entries (cumulative: 712,194)
9 – Inside Out 2: 139,148 admissions (total: 8,151,243)
10 – Golo and Ritchie: 103,786 admissions (cumulative: 252,857)
To remember
After 9 weeks of operation, The Count of Monte Cristo continues to hold its own against Hollywood productions! With more than 457,000 new tickets sold, the film with Pierre Niney has passed the 7 million admissions mark! The film has the luxury of doing better than Tom Cruise and his Top Gun Maverick (6.6 million). It is ahead of Deadpool and Wolverinewhich for its part has passed the milestone of 3 million tickets torn up.
On the 3rd step of the podium, the drama Never againworn by Blake Lively, creates a surprise by passing in front Alien RomulusThe new film in the saga of the slimy xenomorphs has been ejected from the Top 3; it has nevertheless accumulated nearly 800,000 admissions and should reach a million soon.
Emilia Perezthe new feature film by director Jacques Audiard, has had a good start with more than 250,000 curious viewers. In one week, it has done better than the final score of his previous film, Les Olympiades, which ended its run with 194,000 tickets sold in 2021.
At the bottom of the ranking, Despicable Me 4 passes 4 million spectators; for its part, A little something extra continues to be in the Top 10, now totaling 10.3 million admissions after 17 weeks in theaters. Finally, the chef's surprise comes to us from the documentary Golo and Ritchiewhich brings together 252,000 people in 2 weeks.
Figures: CBO – Box-Office