VIDEO – “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, “Dune” … Here are the 10 films that (almost) saved the French box office in 2021

After a black year, marked by 162 days of total closure, French cinemas are far from having regained the level of attendance of a world without Covid. But the bill is not as steep as one might have feared. According to figures from the box office company Comscore stopped on December 21, France is the country with the smallest decline among the 5 major European countries, just ahead of Great Britain and Spain.

If the rooms remained closed until May 19, before being subjected to gauges and then to the presentation of the health pass, attendance increased by 47% compared to 2020, with a total of 96 million tickets sold. In 2019, the last year before the pandemic, it stood at 213.3 million. In December alone, theaters recorded 20.43 million admissions against 22.68 million in 2019. Almost a return to normal, therefore.

So what are the 10 films that stood out in this uncertain period? Blockbusters, of course! With 4.6 million spectators as of Wednesday, Spider-Man: No Way Home headdress on the wire To die can wait, the latest James Bond with Daniel Craig, who has just passed the 4 million admissions mark. The leading trio is completed by Dune, the new adaptation of the famous SF novel with Timothée Chalamet which attracted 3.1 million spectators.

There are then two French films in fourth and fifth place: Kaamelott Premier Volet by and with Alexandre Astier (2.6 million admissions) and the controversial thriller North Bac (2.2 million admissions). Follow the latest Disney Encanto, the fantastic Madrigal family (2.1 million), Fast and Furious 9 (2 millions), The Tuche 4 (1.9 million), Conjuring: under the influence of the devil (1.8 million) and Black widow (1.7 million).