Deadpool 3 starts in Paris (but without a record)

Amélie Poulain is back in theaters… and in the top 3. (Source: Le Film Français)

Across the Atlantic, Deadpool & Wolverine has a chance of start very strong this weekend, but with 2,616 admissions recorded in 25 Parisian theaters yesterday, Shawn Levy's blockbuster did not break any records: the first two installments had done better in 2016 and 2018, with respectively 4,054 and 3,558 tickets sold in the first screenings, then more than 200,000 on the first day, more than 1 million in the first week and finally 3.7 and 2.6 million spectators moved at the end of the run.

With the competition of Twisters, The Count of Monte Cristo, A little something extras or even Despicable Me 4 And Inside Out 2this continuation of Dead Pool Will it reach a million in its first week? In any case, it is accompanied by generally positive reviews.

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“Have you seen Amélie in Paris?”

Deadpool & Wolverine Coming out without much competition on Wednesday July 26, it is followed very far behind by My perfect strangerby Joahanna Pyykko, which sold 261 tickets for 5 screens, and The fabulous destiny of Amelie Poulainby Jean-Pierre Jeunet, which is being re-released in theaters with English subtitles in the hope of attracting tourists who came to Paris for the Olympic Games. Shown in 10 cinemas in the capital, the cult film starring Audrey Tautou has so far been seen by 140 curious people, which allows it to be on the podium.

In the spring of 2001, Amelie Poulain had been a huge success in French cinemas, selling 4,285 tickets in its first showings, then 1.1 million in seven days and finally 8.6 million in total. It remains its director's most popular film, ahead of the 4.4 million spectators ofA Long Engagement Sunday (2004) and the 2.6 millionAlien: Resurrection.

We also note several other repetitions in this ranking: ten films by Marcel Pagnol are back in theaters, 50 years after the artist's death, as well as three works by Sean Bakerwho has just received the Palme d'Or for Anora: Tangerine, The Florida Project And Red Rocket. The family film Paddington (2014) is also back in theaters this summer.

Here is the ranking of the first Parisian sessions on Wednesday July 26, 2024: