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France Solidifies Stance as Europe’s Healthiest Box Office in 2024 With 181.3 Million Admissions From Local Blockbusters, Disney Tentpoles
After surging back from the pandemic in 2023, France's box office continued to grow in 2024 with $1.41 billion grossed from 183.1 million admissions.
While the increase may appear modest, it nevertheless solidifies France as Europe’s healthiest theatrical market, and one that shows the biggest signs of post-COVID recovery even in a year that saw the country host the Olympic Games. A wide-ranging duo of French movies beat Hollywood heavyweights to take the first two slots of this year’s box office chart: “ A Little Something Extra ” (“Un p’tit truc en plus”), a heartwarming French comedy helmed by and starring comedian Artus alongside a cast of non-professional actors with disabilities which sold more than 10.8 million admissions and was released by indie distributor Pan-Europeene, followed by “ The Count of Monte Cristo,” a sweeping three-hour epic adventure film adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ classic, directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière (“The Three Musketeers”) which sold more than 9.4 million tickets and was released by Pathé. Referring to France’s wealth of incentives and subsidies contributing to the development and financing of local movies, Henrard says these box office results are the “best proof of the artistic and industrial excellence of our model of cultural exception.”
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