Unsurprisingly, “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1” took the lead at the French box office. But what start did the film carried by Tom Cruise achieve?
BOX-OFFICE FRANCE FROM JULY 12 TO 18, 2023
1 – Mission Impossible 7: 930,141 entries (Novelty)
2 – Indiana Jones and the Dial…: 390,681 admissions (cumulative: 2,124,270)
3 – Elementary: 342,490 entries (total: 1,741,844)
4 – Miraculous, the film: 294,174 admissions (cumulative: 954,595)
5 – Insidious – The Red Door: 160,642 admissions (cumulative: 466,749)
6 – Green Algae: 125,566 admissions (Novelty)
7 – Asterix & Obelix – Mission Cleopatra: 103,366 admissions (total: 286,700)
8 – Master Poutifard’s Revenge: 81,974 admissions (cumulative: 380,437)
9 – Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse: 77,394 entries (cumulative: 1,815,688)
10 – Yo Mama: 42,432 admissions (cumulative: 121,149)
TO REMEMBER
Could it be otherwise? While Tom Cruise faces an artificial intelligence that seems to foresee all his actions, the takeover of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning on the box office France seemed inevitable. And it did not fail because the seventh opus of the saga of action and espionage begins its journey as a leader.
Tom Cruise is even approaching the milestone of one million spectators, which he will cross without difficulty in the days to come, for the twenty-ninth time in his career. With 930,141 admissions in one week, the feature film is only the sixth start of the franchise in France. Far behind the 1,713,919 of the first opus, the 1,169,669 of its predecessor Fallout, released in 2018. Or the 1,529,608 of Top Gun: Maverick last May.
As in the United States, the mission “first place” of Ethan Hunt is accomplished without breaking a record. This does not prevent the film signed Christopher McQuarrie from remaining in good place to be the biggest success of the summer, in France and in the world, while Barbie and Oppenheimer land in front of him.
In the meantime, Ethan Hunt is closely followed by another cinema icon: Indiana Jones. Passed by Cannes, The Dial of Destiny took advantage of this new week of operation to cross the 2 million mark. But he will not be able to do better than finish fifth in the classification of a saga accustomed to crossing the 4 in the worst case.
A half-hearted destiny shared Elementary, the latest from Pixar studios, is on track to be one of its weakest results. Devant En avant, whose theatrical career had been hampered by the Covid in 2020. For the moment, it is ahead of another animated film, Miraculousex-leader who nevertheless joins the clan of millionaires after only two weeks of operation.
In the midst of all these big productions which easily find their audience in this summer period and to which we must add Insidiouswhich proves that horror is always successful, Green Algae manages to find a place in the Top 10. The drama against the backdrop of an ecological scandal by Pierre Jolivet captivates 125,566 curious people and enters directly in sixth position.
In front of the restored version ofAsterix & Obelix – Mission Cleopatra, which confirms the cult status of Alain Chabat’s film, with 286,700 additional viewers since its release on July 5. Enough to offer Christian Clavier and Isabelle Nanty a double presence in the ranking, since Master Poutifard’s Revenge ranks just behind, even if it will have a hard time reaching and exceeding 500,000 admissions.
Figures: CBO – Box Office