France posted box-office admissions of 13.8m in January, a slight improve of 0.8% year-on-year. This interprets to roughly €100m, primarily based on a mean ticket worth of €7.24.
The month was powered by continuations of late 2024 US franchise titles, led by Mufasa: The Lion King (Disney) that added 1.9 million ticket gross sales to its almost 4.5m cumulative and Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (Paramount) that added 1.1 million admissions to it 2.3m whole.
Disney’s Moana 2 additionally added some 900,000 tickets to take its whole admissions to almost 8m.
Gaumont’s darkish comedy How To Make A Killing, starring Laure Calamy, is the very best new launch of 2025 with 1.1m admissions.
It’s a couple of couple dwelling a quiet life within the mountains till they develop into unintended criminals following an incident with a bear, two lifeless drug sellers and tens of millions of Euros in loot.
Different native titles making noise embrace Diaphana’sThe Marching Band, that added some 640,000 extra ticket gross sales to its 2.3 million whole. The movie about an orchestra conductor who discovers he has a brother who performs the trombone in a neighborhood band has been nominated for greatest movie on the Cesar awards.
Seventy movies had been launched in France over the 5 weeks of January 2025 in comparison with 59 over the 4 weeks of January 2024.
