2014 year of all records for French cinema – Le Figaro

Despite a decline in production, balance sheet, as presented each year just days before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, confirms the good crop of last year, after a raw duller 2013 .

The French cinema is doing well despite a fall in production: in 2014, the number of French films distributed in theaters and the number of Entries crossed record ever achieved for over 30 years, according to the National Cinema Centre (CNC).

This report, presented as every year a few days before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival to be held from May 13 to 24, confirms the good crop of last year, after a lackluster 2013 vintage. French sign of vitality, theatrical distribution side, the number of French films screened (343 films) has never been higher “since at least 1975,” according to the CNC.

Side attendance at Total 208 970 000 spectators bought tickets (+ 7.9%) in 2014, including 91.26 million for the only French films (+ 41.2%), the latter figure constitutes a record for 30 years. These performances enable French films to approach attendance Americans whose inputs fell 9.5% to 93.37 million, representing a market share of 45.4%.

And suddenly, France remains by far the largest European market in terms of cinema attendance, ahead of Great Britain (157.5 million tickets sold, 4.9%), Germany (121.7 million , -6.1%) and Italy (99.3 million, -6.1%), a total of 911 million tickets sold in the European Union (+ 0.7%). On average, nearly 40 million viewers (+ 4%) went to the movies 5.3 times last year, according to statistics from the CNC. One movie What we did to God? , comedy on the coexistence of religions in French society, achieved more than 12 million entries by itself.

Main black spot in the table, film production declined in 2014 in France (-12 films 258), primarily after a “sharp decline in foreign investment” (-47.6%) in co-productions, shows the CNC in a statement. Overall, the country produced less than big budget films (-12 movies with budgets exceeding € 10 million) and fewer low-budget films (-5 films less than 2 million euros).

The investment in cinema television channels remained broadly stable at 291 170 000 euros: that of pay channels fell 6.4% to 177.96 million euros and those clear chains increased 10.1% to 111.84 million euros.