A gloomy August for cinema. The French rooms have attracted only 9.97 million viewers, according to estimates published Tuesday by the National Center for Cinema and Animated Image. A little more than 4 million viewers less and a 29.4% drop compared to August 2024, a cross Monte Christ EITHER Dead Pool.
This year, three American box office success occupy the top of the ranking, the animated film Bad boys 2 (Launched on July 30), The Fantastic Four: First Steps (released on July 23), then Faint (Launched on August 6). The first French film, Dracula (Released on July 30) is in fourth position.
Then it comes F1 (Released on June 25), which continues to transmit the peaks of the box office, with more than three million admissions.
15.1% decrease since January 2025
More than umbrellas figures that confirm the decrease in recent months. Last July, the withdrawal had reached -17.3%, with about 14.8 million admissions in a month, against 17.9 million the previous year.
Hollywood blockbusters launched in recent weeks, such as Jurassic World: Renaissance, Superman, the fantastic four: the first steps EITHER Smurfs: The movieTherefore, he could not reverse this trend down.
Since January 1, 2025, cinemas have registered 99.98 million admissions, decreasing 15.1% compared to the same period in 2024 (117.74 million admissions sold). The market share of French films is estimated at 35.7%, while American feature films is around 35.6% during the first eight months of the year.
However, comparisons are particularly painful this year, such as the figures ofA small extra thingof Count of Monte-Christ either Vice versa 2 It had been exceptional last year.
Source: BFM TV
