Led by Ralph Fienne and Anya Taylor-Joy, the mysterious culinary thriller “Le Menu” takes the lead in releases on Wednesday November 23, ahead of “Les Miens” by Roschy Zem.
1 – The Menu: 22,164 entries (including 7,110 in AVP)
2 – Mine: 18,135 entries (including 5,908 in AVP)
3 – Saint-Omer: 10,816 entries (including 5,468 in AVP)
4 – She Said: 8,664 admissions (including 2,709 in AVP)
5 – Bones and All: 5,965 entries
6 – Operation Father Christmas: 4,277 entries (including 2,322 in AVP)
7 – No bears: 3,646 entries (including 841 in AVP)
8 – Long live the winter wind! : 3,488 entries (including 2,438 in AVP)
9 – Inu-Oh: 3,050 entries (including 1,903 in AVP)
10 – Bad girls: 1,914 entries (including 1,663 in AVP)
11 – The King of the World: 643 admissions (including 570 in AVP)
12 – La Générale: 412 admissions (including 358 in AVP)
12 – Theorem [Reprise] : 118 entries
13 – Public service: 103 entries
14 – Driver [Reprise] : 91 entries
15 – Rimini: 40 entries
16 – Cambio de Sexo [Reprise] : 35 entries
17 – Ubeur: 23 entries
18 – This won’t be our last Christmas: 19 entries
Gastronomic day as this November 23 in dark rooms, where the thriller Le Menu faced the cannibal romance Bones and All, carried by Timothée Chalamet. And it was the first that prevailed over the second, released on a close number of copies but whose potential is limited by its ban on those under 16 years old.
Incarnated by Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult, Le Menu signs the best start of the novelties of November 23rd. With 22,164 spectators gathered at its table, it is ahead of Roschdy Zem’s new production, Les Miens (18,135 admissions), which is the biggest release of the week, from the top of its 366 screens.
Twice rewarded at the last Deauville Festival (Grand Prix and trophy for Best First Film), Saint-Omer climbed directly to the third step of the podium with its 10,816 torn tickets. French representative in the race for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Alice Diop’s feature film is ahead of She Said (8,664 admissions) and offers a better average per print than Les Miens (54 spectators per screen against 50 for Roschdy Zem).
An encouraging start that word of mouth and possible nominations and prizes at the Golden Globes, César and Oscars will be able to consolidate in the weeks to come.
Source figures: CBO Box office