Official France Box Office Thread

[SchumacherFTW]

I have a question for any french natives. What was it about Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis that resonated with you guys so much. I saw it for the first time last night after renting it from my college library, and while I enjoyed it i'm stumped as to why it became so big. I can understand Intouchables, but not this. Not a knock against the film, like I said I enjoyed it, just curiosity.

[jerem4502]

Thank you. If you have any questions, do not hesitate. My English is not perfect unfortunately.

[jerem4502]

It is difficult to explain this success. The actor and director Dany Boon is a French comedian, well known. The success was a surprise, but also logical. The third Asterix has greatly disappointed one month before.Bienvenue chez les ch'tis was the hit comedy replacement. The theme targeting a french region with its dialect particular was very appreciated.

The duo of actors Boon / Merad worked. The promotion of the film was very good. The French comedies are very apreciate in France.

 

This success is a mystery, however. A fun movie that everyone wanted to see. That's it!Sometimes there is no explanation.

 

But it is a success that could not be exported because the film touches France and its culture. With difficulty understandable abroad.

Edited February 28, 2013 by jerem4502

[jerem4502]

Opening day :

 

1/Boule et Bill 204 534 (623 theaters) it's very very good!!! Best opening of the year.

 

2/Mobius 95 717 (464 theaters) it's very good for a spy movie with Jean Dujardin.

 

3/Beautiful Creatures 90 787 (518 theaters) it's very good. It's better that Hunger Games (80 138 admissions), but worse than Twilight 1 (140 960 admissions)

 

This is the holidays in France.

 

[jerem4502]

Best opening day in 2013 :

1. Boule et Bill : 204 534 (623)2. Django Unchained : 139 966 (610)3. Die Hard 5 : 112 213 (650)4. Möbius : 95 717 (464)5. Sublimes créatures (Beautiful creatures) : 90 787 (518)6. Hôtel Transylvanie : 61 892 (647)7. Amitiés sincères : 56 530 (450)8. Vive la France : 54 371 (477)9. Lincoln : 50 872 (312)10. Gangster Squad : 42 246 (450)

Edited February 28, 2013 by jerem4502

[jerem4502]

Wednesday releases:

 

Hansel et Gretel 400 theaters

20 ans d'écart 371 theaters

Au bout du conte 335 theaters

Spring Breakers 235 theaters

Edited March 6, 2013 by jerem4502

[jerem4502]

Opening 14h Paris :

 

1/AU BOUT DU CONTE : 3 133 admissions for 29 theaters. Very good for a french comedy.

 

2/SPRING BREAKERS : 1 994 admissions for 18 theaters

 

3/20 ANS D'ECART : 1 598 admissions for 17 theaters. An other french comedy.

 

4/HANSEL ET GRETEL : 843 admissions for 12 theaters

[terrestrial]

Do you know accidentally the age recommendations for H&G WH? It is still 'only' reommendations in France, or?

[jerem4502]

12 years

[Rudolf]

I have a question for any french natives. What was it about Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis that resonated with you guys so much. I saw it for the first time last night after renting it from my college library, and while I enjoyed it i'm stumped as to why it became so big. I can understand Intouchables, but not this. Not a knock against the film, like I said I enjoyed it, just curiosity.

Did you see it in French with English subtitles?

It may have lost a lot of jokes and content that way.

The German version is thought to be a good example of a well done dubbing, where they tried to create a dialect that carries the same jokes as in French.

 

And the story and characters work universally in my opinion.

Edited March 6, 2013 by Rudolf

[Rudolf]

It is difficult to explain this success. The actor and director Dany Boon is a French comedian, well known. The success was a surprise, but also logical. The third Asterix has greatly disappointed one month before.Bienvenue chez les ch'tis was the hit comedy replacement. The theme targeting a french region with its dialect particular was very appreciated.

The duo of actors Boon / Merad worked. The promotion of the film was very good. The French comedies are very apreciate in France.

 

This success is a mystery, however. A fun movie that everyone wanted to see. That's it!Sometimes there is no explanation.

 

But it is a success that could not be exported because the film touches France and its culture. With difficulty understandable abroad.

The Italian remakes are also ultra successful.

[jerem4502]

Week of February 27 to March 5, 2013 :

 

1/Boule et Bill 871 475 admissions NEW

2/Mobius 506 675 NEW

3/Die Hard 5 : 478 149 -42% = 1 308 279 after 2 weeks

4/Beautiful creatures 438 226 NEW

5/Hotel Transylvanie 341 437 -24% = 1 215 584 after 3 weeks

6/Vive la France 312 638 -33% = 776 918 after 2 weeks

7/Django unchained 200 492 -26% = 3 990 139 after 7 weeks

8/La vraie vie des profs 128 382 -30% = 312 046 after 2 weeks

9/Happiness Therapy (Silver linings playbook) 126 527 -11% = 917 849 after 5 weeks

10/Lincoln 118 829 -23% = 1 194 885 after 5 weeks

[jerem4502]

Opening day:

 

20 ANS D’ECART 75 198 (371)AU BOUT DU CONTE 62 030 (335)HANSEL ET GRETEL 59 512 (401)SPRING BREAKERS 58 225 (237)

 

It's good !!!

Edited March 7, 2013 by jerem4502

[dashrendar44]

I have a question for any french natives. What was it about Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis that resonated with you guys so much. I saw it for the first time last night after renting it from my college library, and while I enjoyed it i'm stumped as to why it became so big. I can understand Intouchables, but not this. Not a knock against the film, like I said I enjoyed it, just curiosity.

 

I'm french and I didn't understand its success either but you got to take in account that local people which that movie was based on and targeted (the CHTIS people aka North France people who speak a very special dialect) kinda boost the attendance. I mean each of them probably saw the movie many times with their entire family and relatives. Every single one inhabitants of that region saw the movie like 15 times minimum in theaters. That was so nuts, it became a lame contest just to beat Titanic which was number one in attendance since 1998.

Edited March 7, 2013 by dashrendar44

[jerem4502]

Wednesday releases:

 

Oz The Great and Powerful 620 theaters

Jappeloup 533 theaters a french biopic on the life a horse

This is 40 : 179 theaters

Cloud Atlas 160 theaters

[jerem4502]

Opening 14h Paris :

 

1/Oz The Great and Powerful 2 433 admissions (23 theaters) it's good.

 

2/Jappeloup 1 719 (23)

 

3/Cloud Atlas 1 070(14)

 

4/This is 40 : 553 (13)

 

5/The last exorcism part 2 : 259 (7)

[jerem4502]

Week of March 6 to March 12, 2013 :

 

1/Boule et Bill 539 970 -38% = 1 411 445 admissions after 2 weeks

2/20 ans d'écart 433 517 NEW

3/Au bout du conte 369 847 NEW

4/Hansel and Gretel 357 266 NEW

5/Sping Breakers 277 968 NEW

6/Mobius 260 605 -49% = 767 279 after 2 weeks

7/Die Hard 5 : 251 303 -47% = 1 559 582 after 3 weeks

8/Hotel transylvania 245 595 -28% = 1 461 179 after 4 weeks

9/Beautiful creatures 205 416 -53% = 643 642 after 2 weeks

10/Vive la France 169 004 -46% = 945 922 after 3 weeks.

[jerem4502]

Opening day:

 

1/Oz The Great and Powerful 123 741 admissions (620 theaters) it's very good!!!

2/Jappeloup  100 372 (533) it's very good!!!

3/Cloud Atlas 16 893 (160)

4/The last exorcism part 2 : 14 735 (143)

5/This is 40 : 9 261 (180)

 

Northern France was paralyzed by snow, yesterday. The holidays are over, almost everywhere. Oz and Jappeloup are real success. In addition, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, cinemas in France will be celebrating spring. The price of a ticket will be half the price. Admissions will be boosted.

Edited March 15, 2013 by jerem4502

[jerem4502]

Week of March 13 to March 19, 2013 :

1/LE MONDE FANTASTIQUE D'OZ : 788 437 (620 theaters) NEW 2/JAPPELOUP : 761 958 (533) NEW 3/20 ANS D'ECART : 407 933 (371) -6% = 841 450 after 2 weeks 4/BOULE ET BILL : 300 504 (623) -44% = 1 711949 after 3 weeks 5/AU BOUT DU CONTE : 293 747 (440) -21% = 663 594 after 2 weeks 6/HANSEL & GRETEL : WITCH HUNTERS : 286 266 (421) -20% = 643 532 after 2 weeks 7/CLOUD ATLAS : 202 952 (160) NEW 8/MOBIUS : 196 989 (477) -24% = 964 268 after 3 weeks 9/SPRING BREAKERS : 195 450 (239) -30% = 473 418 after 2 weeks 10/DIE HARD : BELLE JOURNEE POUR MOURIR : 173 404 (495) -31% = 1 732 986 after 4 weeks 11/40 ANS MODE D'EMPLOI : 125 161 (180) NEW 12/HOTEL TRANSYLVANIE : 118 928 (502) -52% = 1 580 107 after 5 weeks 13/LE DERNIER EXORCISME PART II : 115 453 (143) NEW 14/SUBLIMES CREATURES : 110 531 (464) -46% = 754 173 after 3 weeks 15/VIVE LA FRANCE : 97 731 (401) -42% = 1 043 653 after 4 weeks

[jerem4502]

release last week : Opening day :

 

1/Warm bodies 33 381 admissions (265 theaters)

2/The place beyond the pines 31 485 (197)

3/Olympus Has Fallen 26 923 (180)