In November, an action film appealed to Mexican spectators, an animated film crossed the million admissions threshold, while an historical thriller launched in China.
# | Title | Admissions | Box Office Revenues (€) | No. of Prints | No. of Countries | Total Admissions |
1 | Overdrive | 235,092 | 508,291 | 489 | 7 | 1,683,916 |
2 | The Jungle Bunch (The Movie) | 225,499 | 669,760 | 983 | 17 | 1,106,306 |
3 | The Man with the Iron Heart | 185,483 | 898,709 | 112 | 5 | 380,007 |
4 | C'est la vie! | 179,919 | 1,274,653 | 241 | 8 | 314,693 |
5 | Marry Me, Dude | 144,967 | 764,766 | 356 | 5 | 149,286 |
6 | Gauguin | 78,817 | 513,676 | 353 | 6 | 85,989 |
7 | Happy End | 50,330 | 398,469 | 173 | 6 | 172,262 |
8 | Back to Burgundy | 46,608 | 287,295 | 176 | 10 | 431,987 |
9 | Les Ex | 39,642 | 111,877 | 88 | 3 | 42,285 |
10 | Amant double | 38,808 | 136,840 | 40 | 8 | 363,824 |
11 | Dr. Knock | 37,522 | 199,123 | 39 | 3 | 65,042 |
12 | See You Up There | 32,658 | 269,893 | 55 | 2 | 48,131 |
13 | Django | 31,846 | 261,923 | 137 | 5 | 117,371 |
14 | À bras ouverts | 28,397 | 182,784 | 106 | 3 | 453,873 |
15 | Miss Sloane | 25,434 | 235,957 | 58 | 2 | 1,103,371 |
16 | Faces, Places | 24,094 | 170,474 | 33 | 2 | 81,719 |
17 | School of Life | 22153 | 160,732 | 39 | 3 | 34,776 |
18 | Madame | 21,150 | 145,571 | 61 | 5 | 98,348 |
19 | The New Adventures of Cinderella | 20,956 | 152,124 | 26 | 2 | 48,655 |
20 | March of the Penguins 2 - The Call | 20,745 | 167,291 | 199 | 5 | 84,215 |
In November, Mexico was the leading foreign territory in terms of admission figures (400,000) for French titles, followed by Belgium (243,000) and the USA (241,000). After dominating the monthly ratings during four consecutive months, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets relinquished its number 1 position.
Already present in the top monthly ratings 3 times, Overdrive became the French title that generated the highest number of admissions abroad during the month of November. Almost all of this score was produced in Mexico: Overdrive was released in 430 theaters and attracted 221,500 spectators and €464,500 in box office revenues. The film hence achieved its best international release here, and even doubled, in a single week, the film's performance in Russia (212,000 admissions) and Italy (204,000 admissions), to reach a total of 1.68 million spectators abroad.
The Jungle Bunch (The Movie) remained stable in 2nd position and presented a much higher score than in the previous month. The film began its Mexican career at the same time as Overdrive: programed in 457 theaters, it appealed to 113,500 spectators (€222,500 in box office revenues). It wasn't easy to claim a place in a market charmed by Coco (Walt Disney – 22 million spectators!), but the film succeeded and also achieved its best second international launch, following on from the Russian release (130,000 admissions, 281,000 in total). The good Mexican perfomance, added to those in Serbia (23,500 admissions), Croatia (21,000 admissions), and in Britain, where it continued to be shown (GBP170,000 in box office revenues, GBP1.58 million and 216,500 spectators in total), allowed it to cross the symbolic threshold of one million spectators abroad (1.10 million)!
For the very first time, The Man with the Iron Heart made its way on to the podium. The thriller launched in China, which in 2017 once again became the foreign territory where French films have generated the highest number of admissions, but succeeded in attracting only 122,500 spectators (€476,500 in box office revenues). In Portugal, the film was selected by 9,000 spectators during its release on 26 screens (€48,500 in box office revenues). To date, HHhH has been director Cédric Jimenez's greatest international success and, although its career is low-key, we should note that the film appealed to 100,000 spectators in Spain.
Outside the top 3, Le Sens de la fête has currently enjoyed a fine career in Belgium, where it has earned close to €1 million in box office revenues (being around 141,000 admissions), followed by the The Netherlands (€311,000 at the box office, 38,500 spectators), French-speaking Switzerland (36,000 admissions), and Israel (62,000 spectators). Marry Me, Dude has generated €378,500 in Belgium (around 54,000 spectators), 40,000 admissions in Russia and 36,500 in Ukraine. Besides Russia, the film, in which Tarek Boudali and Philippe Lacheau have worked together once again, is achieving a greater success in these territories than its director's earlier Alibi.com.