Juror No. 2 becomes Clint Eastwood's 15th film millionaire at the French box office

Will it reach 3 million like Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, A Perfect World, American Sniper and Invictus?

If Warner Bros has decided to release the latest film of Clint Eastwood on the sly in the United States, in France, it's a different story. Offered on 448 screens on October 30, the trial film Juror #2 was seen by more than 450,000 curious people in the first week, then nearly 400,000 during the following. This weekend he crossed the million countermarks exchanged, which places him in the top 15 for filmmakers.

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Since the 1980s, Clint Eastwood has enjoyed enormous success in France as a director. From the 60's, it was already a hit with us thanks to the westerns of Siergo Leone, For a handful of dollars, And for a few dollars moreAnd The Good, the Bad and the Uglywhich attracted between 4.1 and 6.3 million curious people, then he again passed the million mark as an actor with Sierra Torridby Don Siegel, in 1970.

From 1985, it was mainly thanks to his own films that he again crossed this symbolic threshold: Pale Rider And The Warmaster were millionaires during this period. Ten years later, Clint would have two big successes: A perfect worldwith 3.1 million entries, and On the road to Madison and its 1.4 million tickets sold in France. Then reborn in the heart of the 2000s thanks to Million Dollar Babey and Grand Torinoboth of which attract more than 3 million curious people. Without forgetting the millionaires Invictus, Mystic River, The Exchange And J.Edgarin which he does not play.

In 2011, Beyond came close to 2 million entries, then American Sniper accumulated 3.1 and Sully also crossed the million mark. His last big success in French theaters dates from 2019: The Mule was seen by 1.8 million people.

If Jersey Boys or more recently Cry Macho did not do as well, hovering around 200,000 tickets sold in France, it should be noted that several Eastwood films stopped just short of the million mark here: Full Power, Space Cowboys, Sudden Impact And Found guilty have all recorded more than 900,000 tickets, Bird And Firefox more than 800,000 and Ruthless Or The Richard Jewell Casemore than 700,000.

Here is the top 15 of this very popular filmmaker in France:

1. Grand Torino has been seen by 3,411,031 spectators since 2009
2. Million Dollar Baby has been seen by 3,160,585 spectators since 2005
3. A perfect world has been seen by 3,148,826 spectators since 1993
4. American Sniper has been seen by 3,130,991 spectators since 2015
5. Invictus has been seen by 3,110,394 spectators since 2010
6. Beyond has been seen by 1,905,487 spectators since 2011
7. The Mule has been seen by 1,860,358 spectators since 2019
8. On the road to Madison has been seen by 1,457,496 spectators since 1995
9. The Exchange has been seen by 1,451,139 spectators since 2008
10. J.Edgar has been seen by 1,443,476 spectators since 2012
11. Mystic River has been seen by 1,210,568 spectators since 2003
12. Sully has been seen by 1,199,157 spectators since 2016
13. Pale Rider has been seen by 1,155,162 spectators since 1985
14. The Warmaster has been seen by 1,124,240 spectators since 1987
15. Juror #2 has been seen by a million spectators since October 2024 (for now).

In the rest of the world, the biggest success of Clint Eastwood's career as a director is American Sniperwith 547 million dollars collected in 2014, including more than 350 in the United States alone. Since then, the filmmaker has once again crossed the 100 million revenue mark thanks to Sully And The Mulebut his films The 15:17 to Paris, The Richard Jewell Case And Cry Macho worked less well. Especially the latter, which accumulates less than 15 million at the worldwide box office. Juror #2 is not likely to offer a new domestic success to the 94-year-old director, since it was only released on a limited basis, in around fifty American theaters.

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