Box office results for French films: January 2011

Rank	Title	Admissions	Revenues	No. of Prints	No. of Countries	Total Adms.
1	Nothing to Declare	254,700	1,630,083	56	1	254,700
2	Of Gods and Men	252,252	1,657,479	228	7	881,760
3	Heartbreaker	228,940	1,582,891	318	1	977,644
4	My Afternoons with Marguerite	188,505	1,265,955	79	2	407,749
5	Small World	79,247	625,987	73	2	157,646
6	Sarah's Key	50,668	365,864	78	3	540,913
7	The Illusionist	50,105	265,518	34	4	151,492
8	Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds	41,097	264,327	219	1	586,116
9	Potiche	39,316	245,364	57	4	388,982
10	Incendies	33,909	200,124	45	3	33,909
11	Romantics Anonymous	33,202	220,288	20	2	67,616
12	22 Bullets	27,240	191,887	95	1	1,003,931
13	La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet	22,604	165,932	39	2	182,097
14	The Human Resources Manager	14,195	78,393	16	2	41,870
15	The Name of Love	11,742	97,461	14	2	50,285
16	The Round Up	11,553	53,421	46	2	133,983
17	A View of Love	10,968	79,368	17	2	27,611
18	The Concert	10,421	64,585	32	2	1,936,886
19	Little Nicholas	10,267	41,554	68	2	2,016,250
20	Beautiful Lies	7,775	57,107	14	2	38,105

Dany Boon’s film Nothing to Declare has been launched on the international circuit, with its release in Belgium at the same time as in France. It achieved the most successful opening to date for a French film in this territory, with 254,000 admissions registered. The film looks set to cross the million admissions threshold, matching the score of Welcome to the Sticks in 2008 (1.1 million admissions).

In Spain, Of Gods and Men clocked up 86,000 admissions in two weeks. Xavier Beauvois’s film is well on its way to reaching 200,000 admissions by the end of its run. Also on German screens at this time, the film has attracted 187,000 spectators after seven weeks and should finish up with around 250,000 admissions. Following a successful run in Italy (220,000 admissions), Belgium (160,000), and the UK (110,000), and soon to hit screens in the USA on February 25, Of Gods and Men now totals 900,000 admissions abroad.

My Afternoons with Marguerite continues its fine international career in Germany, where it has registered 186,000 spectators to date on a maximum of 77 prints. The 300,000 admissions threshold is now within its grasp, marking a new success for the film’s director Jean Becker after earning 125,000 admissions in Spain six months ago. Currenly boasting over 400,000 admissions abroad, My Afternoons with Marguerite has now outshined Becker’s previous film, Love Me No More (165,000 admissions). It is now on its way to bettering the 701,000 admissions score registered by Children of the Marshland.
Also in Germany, where French films have enjoyed a strong start to the year, Heartbreaker has raked in 230,000 admissions after four weeks and is likely to top 250,000 admissions. It now tallies 1 million spectators abroad, thanks notably to 180,000 admissions registered in Russia, 152,000 in Spain, and 135,000 in the United Kingdom.

In the United States, The Illusionist attracted 57,000 moviegoers in five weeks on a maximum of 15 prints. The film’s Academy Award nomination in the Best Animated Film category should lead to an extended career on US screens, resulting in at least 200,000 admissions all up. It is worth remembering that the animated film The Triplets of Belleville pulled in over 1 million admissions in the USA in 2003.

Sarah’s Key continues its impressive run in the Netherlands, where it has won over an additional 15,000 moviegoers, bringing its total to 476,000 admissions in this territory alone. This smash hit has set a new record for French films in the Netherlands, far outscoring the first installment of the Asterix series in 1999, which registered 320,000 admissions.

Even before it hit the screens in France, Small World achieved fine results in a number of territories, with 104,000 admissions registered in Germany in seven weeks and 54,000 admissions in German-speaking Switzerland in ten weeks, a score that no French film achieved in 2010.

Another surprise hit, this time in French-speaking Switzerland, was The Name of Love, which registered 40,000 admissions on an 8-print release. The film is set to reach 50,000 admissions, matching results of successful titles such as The Ghost Writer.

Potiche has crossed the 100,000 admissions mark in Belgium on a maximum of 28 prints, registering 150,000 admissions in Italy. The film by François Ozon is coming close to reaching 500,000 admissions abroad.

Mademoiselle Chambon has just completed its run in the United States, tallying 68,000 admissions. Stéphane Brizé’s film has performed better than Heartbreaker and almost as well as the first episode of the Mesrine series.

Also in the USA, the re-release of the Jean-Luc Godard classic, Breathless (by Rialto) has met with great success, amassing 50,000 admissions thanks to an extended run in a handful of theaters.

Released in Spain late October, Certified Copy has registered 121,000 admissions to date, a fine score that can also be attributed to stable results over a number of weeks.