France Solidifies Stance as Europe’s Healthiest Box Office in 2024 With 181.3 Million Admissions From Local Blockbusters, Disney Tentpoles

variety.com:

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent After surging back from the pandemic with a 16% growth in 2023, France’s box office continued to grow in 2024 with €1.36 billion ($1.41 billion) grossed from 183.1 million admissions sold, a 0.5% year-on rise, according to Comscore and the National Film Board (CNC).

While the increase may appear modest, it nevertheless solidifies France as Europe’s healthiest theatrical market, and one that shows the biggest signs of post-COVID recovery even in a year that saw the country host the Olympic Games.

Elsewhere in Europe (including in the U.K., Germany, Italy and Spain), ticket sales dipped in 2024, per Comscore France. The market share of French movies reached 44.4% compared to 36.7% for American movies, according to the CNC, which notes that “it’s one of the highest level for local releases ever recorded.” A wide-ranging duo of French movies beat Hollywood heavyweights to take the first two slots of this year’s box office chart: “A Little Something Extra” (“Un p’tit truc en plus”), a heartwarming French comedy helmed by and starring comedian Artus alongside a cast of non-professional actors with disabilities which sold more than 10.8 million admissions and was released by indie distributor Pan-Europeene, followed by “The Count of Monte Cristo,” a sweeping three-hour epic adventure film adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ classic, directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière (“The Three Musketeers”) which sold more than 9.4 million tickets and was released by Pathé.