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1561 Paris 14h for JW4 (1779 for JW3). I was honestly expecting more, but let's wait for OD numbers. Paris+Périphérie 14h is flat from JW4 though. 4.3/5 audience score, which is really good. Press reviews at 3.7/5 (down from 3.8 yesterday) are also impressive, since these type of movies typically don't get such high scores.

Extremely strong start for Creed III (best of the year) in Paris-Périphérie, although its score is inflated by the holidays. 10 011 admissions (Creed : 3746 and Creed 2 : 4536).

I managed to get tickets to the other showing. Not a fan of the film though.

Glad to see As Bestas doing well.

I intended to go to the Paris one on Monday, but the two shows sold out too quickly...

64 923 admissions OD (including 15 000 in previews) for Fabelmans. Much higher than WSS (20k) and similar to The Post (44k). WOM is very positive with a 4.3/5 audience score on Allociné.

Stong score for Fabelmans, same as The Post (93), higher than WSS (69).

It's somewhat of a wild card. Pathé seems confident with it as they've just greenlit a 35M euro new Dumas adaptation (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) from the same screenwriters. I've heard people say the film is really good and a crowdpleaser. I'm personally hoping for 5M+, but who knows honestly...

The 2pm Paris number for Avatar was 5 337 admissions (-21% Avatar ; -46% NWH) despite little to no WC impact given that the semi started at 8

Weekly top 20 : Rang TITRE Entrées Variation hebdo Cumul (Millions) Budget Nbre de copies Moy / Copie 1 Thor : Love and thunder 1 151 000 New 1,151 250 M$ 638 1 804 2 Les Minions 2 655 000 - 52 % 2,016 80 M$ 964 680 3 Ducobu président ! 295 000 New 0,295 9,9 M€ 625 472 4 Menteur 242 000 New 0,242 11,6 M€ 516 469 5 Top gun Maverick 211 000 - 35 % 5,328 170 M$ 668 315 6 Buzz l'éclair 120 000 - 44 % 1,281 200 M$ 842 142 7 Jurassic world : Le monde d'après 108 000 - 55 % 3,209 165 M$ 639 168 8 Elvis 104 000 - 43 % 0,942 85 M$ 901 115 9 La nuit du 12 97 000 New 0,097 - M$ 199 486 10 Irréductible 77 000 - 51 % 0,671 11,5 M$ 648 119 11 Decision to leave 42 000 - 31 % 0,206 - M$ 387 108 12 La traversée 41 000 - 60 % 0,333 5,8 M$ 486 84 13 Rifkin festival 39 000 New 0,039 - M$ 260 152 14 Les nuits de Mashaad 30 000 New 0,030 - M$ 123 244 15 Black phone 27 000 - 63 % 0,369 - M$ 306 88 16 Peter Von Kant 17 000 - 59 % 0,060 3,2 M€ 226 77 17 Ennio 17 000 - 23 % 0,040 - M€ 153 108 18 El buen patron 14 000 - 47 % 0,141 - M€ 315 44 19 Arthur, malédiction 10 000 - 79 % 0,182 2,2 M$ 267 39 20 Incroyable mais vrai 10 000 - 55 % 0,302 4,6 M€ 180 56 3,384M admissions were sold this week, -10% vs 2021 (+1% in Paris) Thor's opening is right in line with The Dark World (1,16M admissions) and Ragnarok (1,14M), but it had more previews than both. It has very little competition until september, but WOM is horrible (2.7/5 user score and dropping - in comparison TDW and Eternals are at 3.4, MoM is at 3.6). Maybe 2.2-2.3M total. Fine start for Ducobu Président although behind previous installments. Should cross 1M admissions. La Nuit du 12 is doing extremely well with a strong PTA. WOM and reviews are great (4.1/4.5). TGM and Decision To Leave are holding well, with the latter on track to become the biggest Park Chan Wook film in France (Handmaiden ended with 300 000 admissions). Arthur, Malédiction had a spectacular drop (-79%) and should sell less than 5% of what the original Arthur et les Minimoys film did (6,4M). Incroyable mais vrai became the biggest Quentin Dupieux film in France. This week, Rodrigo Sorogoyen's latest film, As Bestas is off to a great start and sold 11 375 admissions on OD. 70-80k admissions if it follows El Reino. Joyeuse Retraite 2 had a weak od with 32 178 admissions (including 6 389 previews).

A bit lower than expected. Lower than Joker (290 000 including previews) and TDKR (423 000) but similar to TDK.

67k admissions (137k including pre-sales) at 5pm. Looks like 200k OD plus previews (probably ~100k).

6k admissions (80k including pre-sales) so-far.

Ok/good start but might be deflated by the nationwide previews yesterday. 4.1/5 audience score so far.

A Hero #14 with 47 000 admissions over the weekend and likely around 70k full week, way lower than Everybody knows (380k) and A Separation (150k). Looks like maybe Matrix is heading for 180k admissions OD, Sing 2 90k ? Good for both but slighly underwhelming.

Eternals OD Pre-Sales (D-2) - 757 tickets sold /12 505 seats (5 theaters) 1.5x Shang-Chi OD - 147 000 admissions 0.76x Dune OD - 90 000 admissions I think 130-140k admissions / around 800k OWeek is a good goal. Buzz seems much higher than SC but reviews are so-so.

ODs 20/10 Rank Title Distributor Admissions Previews Shows PTA Cume 1 VENOM : LET THERE BE CARNAGE SONY 85 514 76 160 2 470 35 161 674 2 ILLUSIONS PERDUES GAUMONT 22 746 10 806 1283 18 33 552 3 HALLOWEEN KILLS UNIVERSAL 15 387 719 21 15 387 4 RON DÉBLOQUE DISNEY 13 194 9 170 1 408 9 22 364 5 LE TRÉSOR DU PETIT NICOLAS WARNER 10 648 13 343 1 539 7 23 991 6 TOUT NOUS SOURIT UGC 7 298 5 094 1 032 7 12 392 7 PEUPLE LOUP HAUT ET COURT 3 406 9 860 350 10 13 266 8 FIRST COW CONDOR 2 035 3 234 110 19 5 269 9 PLEASURE LES BOOKMAKERS 1 402 475 86 16 1 877 10 À LA VIE TANDEM Weak ODs for almost everything. Venom 2 is down 55% from Venom 1(excluding previews). It's even worse for Halloween Kills and Le Tresor du Petit Nicolas, which are down respectively 75% and 90-95% from their predecessors. Illusions Perdues, which has stellar reviews and WOM, is off to an OK start but it's selling almost half of its admissions in Paris.

Top releases in 2021 : 1. Dune - 2 655 361 admissions 2. Kaamelott - 2 641 396 3. No Time To Die - 2 163 053 4. Bac Nord - 2 104 377 5. F9 - 1 976 654 6. The Conjuring 3 - 1 887 284 7. Black Widow - 1 664 277 8. OSS 117 - 1 616 095 9. Cruella - 1 420 732 10. Paw Patrol - 1 400 350 11. Shang-Chi - 1 343 241 12. The Croods 2 - 1 100 998 13. Boîte Noire - 1 037 372 14. Boss Baby 2 - 970 641 15. Peter Rabbit 2 - 886 316 *italic indicates still in release Dune is now the #1 film of 2021, but No Time will soon dethrone it.

13/11-19/11 week top 20 Rang TITRE Entrées Variation hebdo Cumul (Millions) Budget Nbre de copies Moy / Copie 1 Mourir peut attendre 778 000 - 44 % 2,163 250 M$ 860 905 2 Eiffel 409 000 New 0,409 23,3 M€ 685 597 3 Le loup et le lion 199 000 New 0,199 10,7 M€ 568 351 4 Dune 187 000 - 32 % 2,655 165 M$ 757 247 5 La famille Addams 2 156 000 New 0,156 - M$ 590 265 6 Le dernier duel 147 000 New 0,147 - M$ 364 404 7 Julie (en 12 chapitres) 68 000 New 0,068 - M€ 144 469 8 Boîte noire 67 000 - 33 % 1,037 10,6 M€ 444 151 9 Bac Nord 64 000 - 29 % 2,104 12,3 M€ 345 185 10 Shang-Chi et la légende des dix anneaux 39 000 - 39 % 1,343 150 M$ 295 132 11 Eugénie Grandet 35 000 - 25 % 0,152 3,7 M€ 468 75 12 Debout les femmes ! 34 000 New 0,034 0,2 M€ 93 365 13 L'homme de la cave 31 000 New 0,031 4,9 M€ 185 166 14 Pourris gâtés 27 000 - 48 % 0,423 6,1 M€ 372 74 15 Les intranquilles 25 000 - 28 % 0,114 - M€ 300 85 16 Tralala 23 000 - 46 % 0,064 4 M€ 267 85 17 Tout s'est bien passé 21 000 - 54 % 0,242 6,7 M€ 430 49 18 Le sommet des dieux 21 000 - 28 % 0,144 9,3 M€ 236 90 19 Candyman 19 000 - 52 % 0,133 8 M$ 255 75 20 Stillwater 19 000 - 56 % 0,291 - M$ 411 45 Lackluster opening for Eiffel (I was expecting an opening closer to 550k). WOM is middling but it should easily pass 1M admissions. No Time To Die was #1 again, but with a rather steep drop. Holidays should help it stabilise. 3.6-3.8M admissions (around Quantum of Solace but well below Spectre and Skyfall) should be a reasonable goal. Julie (en 12 chapitres) (The Worst Person In the World) posted a great opening considering that it's only playing on 144 screens - Joachim Trier's Oslo, 31st August finaled with 141 424 admissions back in 2012. Julie should become the biggest norvegian release in France since Aïtanga in 1948. Boîte Noire and Bac Nord continue their impressive run. Bac Nord hit a 4.4x multi from its opening week.

Fantastic start for Illusions Perdues (which will might not be translated outside of Paris). So-so for Venom.

NTTD is recovering from a weak start. It should be over 1.2M admissions by the end of Sunday (1.5M full OWeek).

Worst Bond Paris 14h in 25 years. Paris is probably underperforming though. Nationwide pre-sales indicate roughly 1.4M admissions OWeek, which would still be the biggest opening of the year.

Yeah, it released in France a few months ago. Didn't quite connect with it, but it's a great film.

How's Titane doing?

Pretty sure they're bluffing, but this news comes right in the middle of Congrès des Exploitants, the yearly meeting for theater owners. Top 20 15/09-23/09 Rank Title Admissions Hold Cume (Millions) Budget Prints PTA 1 Dune 1 030 687 New 1,031 165 M$ 892 1 155 2 Boîte noire 213 910 - 27 % 0,506 10,6 M€ 515 415 3 Bac Nord 198 462 - 22 % 1,657 12,3 M€ 643 309 4 Shang-Chi et la légende des dix anneaux 197 000 - 37 % 0,992 150 M$ 556 354 5 Pourris gâtés 149 000 New 0,149 6,1 M€ 437 340 6 L'origine du monde 118 000 New 0,118 6,8 M€ 490 241 7 Délicieux 81 000 - 38 % 0,211 6,1 M€ 524 154 8 La Pat'patrouille - Le film 63 000 - 6 % 1,279 - M$ 793 80 9 Baby boss 2 59 000 + 0 % 0,838 82 M$ 693 85 10 Un triomphe 44 000 - 41 % 0,263 3,6 M€ 675 65 11 La proie d'une ombre 35 000 New 0,035 - M$ 190 184 12 Les méchants 35 000 - 55 % 0,112 - M€ 325 108 13 Respect 35 000 - 45 % 0,099 - M$ 347 101 14 Kaamelott - Premier volet 35 000 - 30 % 2,597 14,8 M€ 318 110 15 OSS 117 : Alerte rouge en Afrique noire 30 000 - 43 % 1,583 18,4 M€ 253 119 16 Les amours d'Anaïs (27 000) New 0,027 3,1 M€ 174 155 17 Serre moi fort (26 000) - 41 % 0,070 4,8 M€ 206 126 18 Pil (22 000) + 10 % 0,353 7,7 M€ 293 75 19 Malignant (20 000) - 56 % 0,134 -M$ 192 104 20 Drive my car (20 000) - 26 % 0,169 - M$ 270 74 Solid opening for Dune, +89% over Blade Runner 2049. It had a 8.98 True OD to OWeek multi, which is extremely strong. Audience score on Allociné stands at 4.4/5. It has three weeks to itself before NTTD, so a 3.0-3.5M admissions finish should be doable given strong WOM. Shang-Chi (4.1 score) is also enjoying good holds and should reach 1.5M admissions. Boîte Noire and Bac Nord are also WOM hits (respectively 4.2 and 4.3 score). Boîte Noire will pass the 1M admission mark and Bac Nord, which has been holding incredibly well in the last weeks, will hit 2.1M admissions (4x+ multi ! from OWeek), just a tad under Les Misérables's score in 2019. Pourris Gâtés and L'origine du monde, two french comedies post weak openings. Drive My Car, which won Best Screenplay at Cannes, will also have a 4x multi to reach 220k admissions. It's Ryosuke Hamaguchi's biggest film in France, surpassing Asako, despite being three hours long. 2.6 million admissions were sold this week, which is higher than the same weeks in 2019 and 2020.