Wonka starring Timothée Chalamet is doing miracles at the box office. With what score? We take stock of this week’s box office, placed under the sign of the end-of-year holidays.
BOX-OFFICE FRANCE FROM DECEMBER 27, 2023 TO JANUARY 2, 2024
1 – Wonka: 971,060 entries (Cumulative: 2,350,572 entries)
2 – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: 679,852 entries (Cumulative: 1,231,957 entries)
3 – The Three Musketeers Milady: 641,616 entries (Cumulative: 1,814,688 entries)
4 – SEGPA skiing: 594,410 entries (New)
5 – Wish – Asha and the lucky star: 544,120 entries (Cumulative: 2,226,460 entries)
6 – Private preserve: 499,019 entries (Cumulative: 828,427)
7 – Migration: 366,036 entries (Cumulative: 984,880 entries)
8 – Jeff Panacloc – In pursuit of Jean-Marc: 239,211 entries (Cumulative: 414,296 entries)
9 – La Tresse: 138,307 entries (Cumulative: 912,648 entries)
10 – Kina & Yuk: 135,637 entries (New)
TO REMEMBER
There were a lot of people in the room during this holiday and end-of-year celebration period! Family films were full of spectators, starting with Wonka which exceeds 2 million tickets sold. The film directed by Timothée Chalamet recorded +64% compared to last week, also benefiting from good word of mouth.
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The French box office, a little dull this fall, is regaining color thanks to this period favorable to taking refuge in the warmth with family or friends. Thus, even continuation films continued to attract crowds, like Wonka, but not only that.
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Several films boost their admissions, like Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2nd, + 23%), The Three Musketeers Milady (3rd, + 39%) or even Wish – Asha and the lucky star (5th, + 61%), Preserve (6th, + 51%) and especially the animated film Migration (+98%), 7th this week and now on the verge of a million entries.
What room for new things? The SEGPA on skis is the first of the new products to find a place in the Top with nearly 600,000 entries in one week. This is much higher than the first film which attracted 228,318 spectators in its first week in April 2022.
If certain media have relayed disturbances which would have taken place in several theaters, our colleagues from Le Parisien indicate that this would have only concerned 8 screenings out of 1,050. The director of the film also spoke on the subject, to calm the start of the controversy.
The only other new feature in this top 10 is in 10th place: it is the animal documentary Kina & Yuk, narrated by Virginie Efira.
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To pick up ideas for films to watch or catch up on during this period, listen to our two podcasts reviewing the 2023 cinema year:
A word about the horror film Vermin, outside the Top 10: this new release has a more than respectable score with 93,896 admissions, and ranks 12th. Viewers dared to brave their fear of spiders with this counter-programming film for the holidays!
Figures: CBO Box office