2023-11-30 08:25:48
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published yesterday at 9:53 p.m., Updated 4 minutes ago
Vanessa Kirby and Joaquin Phoenix seduced the French public despite the often disappointing press criticism of Napoleon. Apple
The Ridley Scott biopic attracted nearly one in three spectators this week in the 743 French theaters where it was screened, or 764,000 visitors.
The biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte by Ridley Scott took first place at the box office in France for its first week of operation, according to CBO figures compiled on Wednesday.
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The nearly $200 million film, which sees actor Joaquin Phoenix wearing the emperor’s cocked hat, attracted nearly one in three spectators this week (764,000 visitors in 743 theaters).
He leaves in his wake the last part of Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbirdby Francis Lawrence, with 370,000 admissions (983,000 in total two weeks after its release).
The boy and the heronJapanese animated film by master Hayao Miyazaki, slips to third place on the podium with 138,000 admissions (1.3 million after 4 weeks of operation).
1. Napoleon : 764,419 entries out of 743 copies (new)
2. Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird : 370,275 entries out of 674 copies (983,466 entries in two weeks)
3. The boy and the heron : 138,088 entries on 926 copies (1,369,028 entries in four weeks)
4. Abbé Pierre, a life of combat : 120,998 entries on 760 copies (666,495 entries in three weeks)
5. The Marvels : 107,796 entries on 623 copies (660,648 entries in three weeks)
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