International box office results for French films: May 2010

08 JUNE 2010

Oceans, The Ghost Writer, and From Paris With Love have continued to top international box office charts since the beginning of the year, while Babies has won over American audiences.


Rank	Title	Admissions	Receipts	No. of prints	No. of countries	Total admissions
1	Oceans	1 257 518	7 594 439	1723	9	5 448 683
2	The Ghost Writer	891 335	5 200 705	1078	12	5 350 049
3	Babies	724 015	4 416 653	547	2	724 015
4	From Paris With Love	414 763	3 013 248	719	9	5 951 342
5	The Concert	200 422	1 762 390	122	4	1 153 106
6	The Hedgehog	127 146	858 169	97	4	806 732
7	Camping 2	98 390	659 680	35	2	131 464
8	Wild Grass	63 061	366 555	73	3	115 634
9	Little Nicholas	42 124	256 087	98	4	1 461 114
10	Mr. Nobody	37 620	199 286	10	2	161 836
11	Vincere	35 315	218 122	59	3	103 267
12	Welcome to the Land of Ch'tis	35 142	187 317	92	1	6 184 721
13	A Prophet	33 517	197 127	91	6	991 223
14	Micmacs	32 894	155 569	160	2	323 709
15	Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky	32 472	208 069	74	4	214 411
16	The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec	31 666	228 711	32	2	62 394
17	Vengeance	26 803	153 964	80	1	64 045
18	Certified Copy	24 292	135 051	64	3	24 292
19	The Perfect Date	21 140	161 474	15	2	21 140
20	Gainsbourg: Je t'aime...Moi non plus	18 948	154 524	19	2	147 955

Oceans continues its dazzling international career. In the United States, the film's excellent launch at the end of April has been confirmed by the 2.5 million spectators who've since filled theaters during the first month of release. When the 170,000 admissions achieved in Spain during May, followed by the 45,000 in Mexico after one week alone, are added to this figure, the May tally for the documentary by Jacques Cluzaud and Jacques Perrin reaches 1.250 million spectators, bringing admission figures to a total of 5 million since the beginning of the year.

Babies by Thomas Balmes ventured to American theaters for its first release. Out on more than 500 prints, the documentairy produced by Alain Chabat has already attracted 725,000 American and Quebec spectators. These illustrious beginnings are very promising for the film's career. It was released on June 16 in France, and releases in many other territories will follow in the months ahead.

After achieving remarkable results in Italy and Spain, The Concert carried off a third successful release in Japan (130,000 admissions), thereby racking up more than 1 million admissions abroad. The film by Radu Mihaileanu is slated for release in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada (Quebec) this summer.

In a more discreet fashion, Camping 2 got off to a good start in Switzerland and, most particularly, Belgium (107,000 since the end of April), where it leads the French films seen by the highest number of spectators since the beginning of the year.

Apart from Oceans, during the month of May, the 5 million admissions mark has also been crossed by the French-majority production The Ghost Writer, in particular thanks to its release in Spain (825,000 admissions), in Italy (580,000), and the United Kingdom (770,000). This thriller has already outclassed the international results tallied by Oliver Twist, Roman Polanski's previous film.

Oceans and The Ghost Writer are therefore now only a few steps behind From Paris With Love, which continues to maintain its first place position of 2010, with almost 6 million spectators. The fine career of Luc Besson's production continued this month, in particular thanks to its successful release in Japan (200,000 admissions) and Mexico (140,000 admissions in its first week).