The French field workplace fell 4% in February yr on yr to 14.48 million admissions, based on CNC estimates.
To this point this yr, complete admissions are 28 million, 1.7% lower than the identical interval in 2024. Ticket gross sales reached €104.8m in February and €202.7m since January primarily based on a mean ticket value of €7.24.
The month’s prime titles had British connections, with the primary spot taken by comedy God Save The Tuche (Pathe), a French manufacturing a couple of household experiencing tradition shock as they meet British royalty, with 2.4m admissions.
Paddington in Peru (Studiocanal) took the second prime spot with 1.3 million and Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (Studiocanal) boasted the fifth finest tally of the month with 614,000 tickets bought after two weeks in cinemas.
Disney titles rounded out the highest 5 with Captain America: Courageous New World promoting 1 million tickets after two weeks and A Full Unknown 875,600 tickets over a four-week interval.
There have been notable arthouse successes, with The Brutalist (Common) taking 258,600 after two weeks and Karine Tardieu’s The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement) opening with 264,180 after only one week for Diaphana.
My Favourite Cake (Arizona) has bought 100,000 tickets after three weeks because the movie’s administrators Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha face trial in Iran. Arizona not too long ago launched a petition in help of the filmmakers.
Regardless of the small drop this yr, ticket gross sales over the previous 12 months (March 2024- February 2025) are up 2.4% to 180.5 million admissions (€1.3bn).
“French movies are as soon as once more proving their enchantment, with a market share over the past 12 months that continues to be excessive at 43.4%, in contrast with 39.4% for American productions, significantly with the newest instalment within the Tuche franchise, and all kinds of auteur movies”, the CNC’s just-appointed new president Gaëtan Bruel mentioned of the figures.
56 movies have been launched for the primary time in France over February’s 4 weeks, on par with final yr’s 55 titles.
Native titles to be launched in March embrace Treasure Hunters: On The Tracks Of Khufu (SND), Off To India (Studiocanal), and Enya Baroux’s Bon Voyage Marie (Zinc).
Bong Joon-Ho’s Mickey 17 (Warner Bros), Steven Soderbergh’s The Insider (Common) and Marc Webb’s Snow White (Disney) are additionally aiming to woo audiences this month.
