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80 138 admissions on approx. 700 screens.5th start of the year behind La Vérité Si Je Mens (395 283), Les Infidèles (219 403), Sherlock Holmes 2 (135 043) and Cloclo (110 392). Next is Chronicle (76 929).

It has now overtaken Spirited Away / Chihiro as the first (non-Hollywood) non-english language movie at the all time international box office.It opens this week in Netherlands and South Korea.Edit : oops, Greece is for next week.

Not ouch actually.1st - 940 000 would be the 4th best first week of the year. Plus it's 2h30 long.2nd - the core audience of Cloclo is a week-end kind of public, not a Wednesday kind of publicMovies are released on Wednesday in France because it's the "day of the children", ie it's a school-free day for the kids in primary schools and a school free-afternoon in junior highschools and highschools.Cloclo (I think the international title is "My Way", since Claude François is actually the co-creator and the original singer of the song) is a biopic about a huge french pop idol singer who died in 1978 from electrocution at age 39, causing a Lady Di-size national mourning. It primarily appeals to people 35 yo +. If kids go and see Cloclo, it's because their parents will go and take them during the week-end. That's where the potential of Cloclo will be evaluated accurately.Actually I've seen the movie and found it gorgeous, beyond my expectations. I know people averse to anything Claude François who didn't expect to but loved the movie as well. Cloclo is the first big contender for next year's Cesars. I'd expect an excellent word of mouth for this one and a long career on screens.

No but there is the Printemps du Cinéma (Spring of Cinema).Tickets will be 3.5€ for 3 days (next Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) everywhere.Between 2 and 3 millions tickets are usually sold during those 3 days. It's a booster for admission numbers.Hi BTW.