2024-01-02 09:34:23
Relief for French cinemas after three years marked by the Covid pandemic, with 181 million admissions in 2023, an increase in their attendance of 18.9% compared to the previous year, according to figures from the National Center of cinema (CNC) published Tuesday January 2.
“The French continue to return to theaters”observes the National Center for Cinema and Animated Images, which however notes a decline in attendance compared to the years before the health crisis despite “a gap which continues to largely narrow”.
152 million admissions in 2022
If the year which has just ended represents a rebound compared to the 152 million admissions for 2022, the results remain lower than the years 2017 to 2019, which were “among the best years in fifty years for French cinema” (207,9 millions).
In 2023, the top 5 films give pride of place to American blockbusters (Super Mario Bros, Barbie, Oppenheimer…) but sees two French productions exceed 4 million admissions, with Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom et Alibi.com 2.
The market share of French films remains at 40%, compared to 41.3% for American films. “We are one of the countries with the highest market share for local cinema, far ahead of the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Italy”underlines the CNC.
“Super Mario Bros, the Movie”, success of the year
Super Mario Bros, the filmsdirected by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, was the biggest success of the year in France, with 7.15 million admissions since its release on April 5, according to the authority.
“What really worked were the films that had very clear narrative propositions”said Eric Marti, specialist at Comscore, an audience analysis company, on Friday.
With The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan, Skirmishers » (with Omar Sy) or the Palme d’Or Anatomy of a fall in the most viewed French films of 2023, the past year is “rejoicing since the diversity of French successes shows that all audiences have returned to cinemas”he adds.
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