French box office: top smurfs, Kev Adams and Michael Youn Floppe
The month of July is complicated for French films in the face of competition from American blockbusters.
Salsepareille tour for Smurfs ! The new animated film adapted from the famous Peyo comic strip successfully started in French theaters. With 570,000 output entries, he took the lead in the classification in front Jurassic World : Renaissancewhich exceeds 2 million spectators accumulated, and Supermanalmost millionaire.
James Gunn’s film does not work as much with us as in the United States, but Warner Bros. can always bet on the success of F1: the filmoffered on nearly 1000 copies in the 4th week, which attracted 340,000 new curious people. As a result, Remember last summer must be satisfied with 5th place, with 175,000 tickets sold.
Other new features are doing even less well. Began Some love it bald. Relegated at the end of Top 10, the comedy with Michaël Youn and Kev Adams Teasé during the last Cannes Film Festival did not find its audience with only 100,000 spectators. A blow for the duo, who probably had other ambitions. But competition is tough in July …
Finally, in 10th place, Eddington Get pretty well. 80,000 spectators for a film with Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone, it seems little. But it is already better than the total of the last Ari Aster in France, Beau is Afraid (already carried by Phoenix), who had obtained 35,000 admissions in the first week, and ended his career just above 70,000.