There is a glimmer of hope for French cinemas. According to figures launched through the French National Cinema Centre (CNC), target market numbers had been three-quarters in their pre-Covid attendance numbers – with 152 million admissions in 2022.
The end result represents a powerful rebound from the 95.5 million admissions in 2021 (+59.2%), however stays “down 26.9% compared to the pre-COVID period and the record high average between 2017 to 2019” (207.9 million other people).
The CNC additionally identified that the availability of promising movies in 2022 used to be nonetheless no longer an identical to that of the pre-Covid years.
“This is a very encouraging result in a still atypical context. France is recording one of the best recoveries in the world, with a more limited decline compared, for example, to the United States, South Korea, Germany, Spain or Italy,” stated Dominique Boutonnat, president of the CNC, in a remark.
In 2022, the highest 5 promoting movies stay American blockbusters – together with Avatar, Top Gun, and the Minions, to call a couple of.
But the marketplace percentage of French movies “has been maintained at the high levels it has reached since 2020,” in particular on account of the pandemic and the “relative scarcity of supply of American films,” notes the CNC.
This percentage rose to 40.9% from a median of 37.2% from 2017 to 2019. As for the proportion of American movies, it remained at 40.5%.
“Avatar: The Way of the Water” through James Cameron used to be the most important hit of the 12 months in France, with 7.6 million admissions since its unlock on December 14.
