PLATFORMS specialized, catch-up TV, video on demand … The cinema Will it not soon end up falter under the onslaught of competition? In any case, it is not imminent if one believes the results of the National Centre for Cinematography (CNC), released Wednesday.
In short, the cinema in France is well. And even better than our neighbors.
With 209 million inflows in 2014 “cinema attendance reached the highest rate for nearly fifty years,” summarized yesterday the president of the CNC, Frédérique Bredin. Thirty-nine million French people went to the cinema at least once last year, an increase of 4% in one year. Most moviegoers? 25-49 years (35.6% of admissions) and over 50 (33.1%).
two times more than in Germany. This is more than anywhere else in Europe, and even almost twice Germany (121 million admissions), which nevertheless has 15 million more inhabitants. Admittedly, the Hexagon did not skimp on the construction of facilities. With 5,653 screens, France is much better equipped than all its neighbors, from Italy to England.
XXL creation. 258 films produced this year in Hexagon is slightly less than in 2013. Compared to the number of films shot in other European countries, is Byzantium! The production of German feature films totaled 229, that of Great Britain 222, Italy 171.
44.4% for French films. French films totaled 91 million entries in the halls, or 44.4% of market share, the best since 2008 and the enormous cardboard “Welcome to the Sticks”. This success is due in particular to the presence of unifying and popular movies. Starting with the champion of the year, “What did we do to God? “And the international blockbuster produced by Luc Besson” Lucy “. But arthouse films have also found their audience: “Saint Laurent”, “Hippocrates” “Fighters”, “girls band” for example
They are exported to Europe. . Thirty-four million people in Western Europe! French films are acclaimed beyond our borders. This windfall represents nearly 30% of cumulative inflows of French cinema. Attendance has increased dramatically in Germany (+ 113% compared to 2013, 8.6 million tickets), thanks to the miracle of “God” which combines 3.7 million entries in Germany. It is also up in Italy, with 6.2 million tickets, including to put the credit of “Belle and Sebastian” (1.2 million) and “Beauty and the Beast” (800000). Western Europe remains by far the most favorable area for French-language films.
Three films above 5 million. In 2014, three feature films have made more than 5 million tickets in France and occupy the first three places at the box office before a battalion of five Americans: “What did we do to God? “12340000″ Supercondriaque “5.27 and” Lucy “, 5.20 million. Worn by Scarlett Johansson, it has also card worldwide, totaling 52.1 million entries and beating the record set in 2012 by “Taken 2″, another production Besson, with 47.8 million of entries. For its part, “What we do to God? “Has surpassed the 9 million spectators abroad: it is the 9th largest French successfully identified internationally by Unifrance Films since 1994
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