With 4 million admissions, The Count of Monte Cristo returns to the top of the French box office

The arrival of Twisters does not shake Pierre Niney, who experiences a comeback against Despicable Me 4 (Source: Le Film Français).

One would have thought that the tornado caused by Twistersthe disaster movie starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones, would have swept everything away in its path. But it is not. It is barely a gust of wind, a slight ember that allows the cards to be shuffled. The film places fourth for its first week of operation and accumulates approximately 310,000 admissions. In comparison, Twisterits elder, released in 1996, had recorded more than a million admissions during its first week. An extra -s in the title was clearly not enough to bring the public back to the cinema (in France, at least, because In the United States, it's a big hit !).

In the top, the count of Monte Cristo is still going strong, which has allowed it to overtake the animated film from Illumination Studios. Last week, barely released, Gru and his Minions narrowly overtook the film with Pierre Niney. With 992,295 tickets sold this week, the count of Monte Cristo has regained first place in the rankings and surpassed the four million admissions mark. It becomes the biggest success for a film by Alexandre De La Pattelière, but also with Pierre Niney. Nearly a hundred copies have also been added. Positive reviews, word of mouth and social networks can explain this enthusiasm. As for Despicable Me 4, he seconds him and just like him sees his number of copies skyrocket. Gru has therefore not said his last word.

On the other side of the animation, Inside Out 2 maintains third place. Having recently become internationally the biggest success of all time for an animated filmin France, it sold nearly 576,000 tickets last week, compared to 860,850 previously, and has accumulated more than six million admissions – much more than the first Vice versa which had peaked at around four million. A slight drop that does not lead Anxiety to take control.

Further down the rankings, A little something extra hangs on and despite its twelve weeks of operation manages to stay in the race. On the other hand, for the first time, its number of copies has drastically dropped, falling below the 900 mark. Is this a sign that the Artus effect has slowly dissipated into the air? Gone and replaced by that of Pierre Niney, Gru and Glen Powell? With 9.4 million admissions, it could however reach 10 million by the end of the summer.

Behind him, we find The Minionanother comedy with Kad Merad which brought almost 115,000 spectators to the theater in its first week.

On the horror side, A Quiet Place: Day 1 has been blown back, dropping two places and barely surpassing 64,000 tickets sold this week. It still remains ahead Longlegs with Nicolas Cage only dropping one notch. A phenomenon in the United States, in France, nothing that shakes the spectators.

And then the race ends To The Moon just one week into operation, Bad Boys: Ride or DieAnd Elyasthe Kevin Costner western, falls considerably in the rankings, dropping from sixth to ninth place. While it had a score of more than 71,000 admissions last week, it falls back to around 47,000. Fewer spectators for Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1, but slightly more copies are made available to operators. A small victory for the cowboy?

At the bottom, but ultimately not so far from Kevin Costner, Santosh, selected this year in the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival achieves an honorable score for its first week of operation. It is therefore a film from India that closes this weekly ranking.

The release yesterday of Deadpool & Wolverinethe new hope of Marvel Studios, will she blow the whole thing up next week? the count of Monte Cristo Will he resist the superpowers of both of them combined?

Here is the box office for the week of Wednesday July 17 to Tuesday July 23, 2024 :

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