French cinema broke records in 2014 – Challenges.fr

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 Centre Cinema (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 vintage 2013 duller.

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Sign of French vitality, theatrical distribution side, the number of French films screened (343 films) has never been so high “for at least 1975, “the CNC.

Side attendance, total 208.97 million 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.

equal game with the Americans

These performances allow French films virtually back at the hand Market of American films (44.4% against 45.4%), the inputs fell 9.5% in 2014 to 93.37 million.

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%).

The French often go cinema

On average, nearly 40 million viewers (+ 4%) went to the movies 5.3 times last year, according to statistics from the CNC.

“C. is the second highest level in 20 years. In 20 years, we have gained an additional 10 million viewers. In addition, the French often go to the cinema 3.3 times on average in 2014, against 2.5 times for an Englishman, 1.9 times for a Spaniard, 1.5 times for a German and an Italian “was welcomed the AcSB Chair, Frédérique Bredin.

“What we did to God?” triumphed

A film, “What is that we did in God? “, comedy on the coexistence of religions in French society, achieved more than 12 million entries by itself.

Main downside in this table, the 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.

(With AFP)