The international box office for French cinema dropped by 11% in 2024, according to data released by Unifrance on Monday, but the film and TV export agency said the figures only gave part of the picture.
Unifrance said French film productions racked up 33.4M admissions internationally in the first 50 weeks of 2024 for a €222.8M ($227.09M) gross.
The body gave a preliminary forecast for the entire year of 38M admissions for €250M ($254M) of revenue, which it said corresponded to a 11% drop compared to 2023.
The top performing French film in international markets was The Count of Monte Cristo, which generated 3.3M admissions for a €20.7M ($21.2) gross.
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