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French Movies Saw 11% Drop in International Box Office in 2024 With Estimated $255 Million Gross Despite Success of ‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’
French movies saw a 11% drop in international revenues despite thriving at home, according to figures unveiled Monday by CNC and Unifrance.
The epic swashbuckling movie, which was directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière, stars Pierre Niney as Edmond Dantès, a sailor wrongly accused of treason and imprisoned for 14 years, who sets off to take his revenge after losing everything. While presenting the figures, the CNC’s interim president Olivier Henrard and Unifrance’s co-managing director Gilles Renouard also pointed out the international performance of French cinema in 2024 closely mirrors the downward trend of the global box office, which was 9% down during the first 11 months of the year compared with 2023. French movies were out in force at the top 10 international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice and Berlin, repping 22.8% of the selections — a bigger presence than that of any other country.
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