Avatar, released in cinemas on September 21 for a limited time, continues to dominate the French box office for the second week in a row.
BOX-OFFICE FROM SEPTEMBER 28 TO OCTOBER 4, 2022: THE TOP 10
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The inhabitants of Pandora are blue, but the lights are still green for Avatar ! With nearly 230,000 new admissions in one week, James Cameron’s feature film remains at the top of the weekly box office.
It is now expected to leave theaters and return to Disney+ after amassing over 560,000 fans. No, you are not (re)reading an article dating from the end of 2009: we are in September 2022, and it is the release of the biggest success of all time that dominates the debates.
This great success should reassure exhibitors about the potential of episode 2, entitled La Voie de l’Eau. In second position, the horror film Smile smiles from ear to ear with 226,000 horror movie aficionados! This is the best start for a horror title in 2022 ahead of Nope and Scream.
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Behind the Na’Vi of James Cameron and the deadly smiles of Smile, Ahmed Sylla and Bertrand Usclat seizes the 3rd step of the podium with the comedy Twins but not too many.
La Belle course of Dany Boon and Line Renaud, 2nd last week, drops to 5th position, overtaken by Without filter, the Palme d’Or 2022. With 180,000 admissions, the film surpasses the Palme 2021, Titane, which had attracted 88,000 onlookers in the first week. Moreover, director Ruben Östlund beat the score of his previous film, The Square, which had totaled 125,000 tickets sold for its start.
The Woman King, worn by Viola Davis, got off to a good start with just over 100,000 tickets torn up. As for Don’t Worry Darlingled by Florence Pugh, he is sandwiched between two feature films with Virginie Efira, Other people’s children and See Paris again.
Despite a difficult subject, which is inspired by the attacks of November 13, 2015, Alice Winocour’s film today has 457,404 admissions, and should end its run beyond 500,000. Kompromata breathtaking thriller starring Gilles Lellouche, brings up the rear with 81,000 more spectators, bringing its total to 550,000 admissions.
Source: CBO Box Office