French-language feelgood drama The Marching Band, about an orchestra conductor who discovers he has a brother who performs the trombone in a neighborhood band, has out-performed the opening of Common Photos’ Depraved on the French field workplace.
Diaphana’s movie held at second in its second week on launch, with 342,700 admissions (which interprets as an estimated* gross of €2.5 million), in comparison with Depraved’s 290,000 admissions (€2.14m) on its opening week.
Disney’s Moana 2 took the highest spot in its second week in cinemas with an extra 1.65 million admissions for a 4 million ticket complete, the seventh greatest performing movie of the 12 months.
Directed by Emmanuel Courcol, and starring Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin, The Marching Band was produced by Agat Movies – Ex Nihilo’s Marc Bordure and Robert Guédiguin.
As of December 11, it had posted a complete of 789,500 tickets offered for an estimated gross of €5.8 million. This makes it the eleventh greatest French movie of the 12 months.
The Marching Band premiered within the Cannes Premiere part of the 2024 competition. It went on to promote broadly for Playtime and gained the viewers award on the San Sebastian Worldwide Movie Competition (SSIFF) and The American French Movie Competition (TAFFF).
Robust phrase of mouth and good opinions have pushed the movie’s shock success. The celebs are recognised however not big stars and the forged is a mix of actors and actual marching- band musicians.
It opened on some 630 screens in its first week earlier than increasing to almost 700, whereas Depraved opened on 600 screens.
Whereas a robust IP in English-speaking territories, the Broadway musical on which Depraved is predicated is way much less in style in France. Nonetheless Depraved can nonetheless woo audiences as the vacation season approaches, however it’s going to face theatrical competitors from December releases together with Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King, Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and one other French-made musical, Diastème’s Hear Me Love (Joli Joli).
Common will subsequent launch Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu in French cinemas on December 25.
*Field-office grosses are all estimates primarily based on a median ticket worth of €7.40
