Box office France: the flop for Ridley Scott, the miracle for Fallen from the Sky

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still at the top with more than 7.7 million admissions while The Dog Stars marks the filmmaker’s worst start in France since Covid.

Ridley Scott leaves his share to the dog.

Less than 180,000 spectators went to discover The Dog Stars in French cinemas, for its first week. A particularly weak result for the British filmmaker, who here signed a new post-apocalyptic blockbuster starring Gen Z star, Jacob Elordi.

For comparison, Gladiator II had attracted 1.3 million spectators in its first week (2024), and 764,000 for Napoleon (2023) and even almost 300,000 for House of Gucci (2021). The Dog Stars in sign of Ridley Scott’s worst French start since The Last Duel (145,000 entries in 2021 to end at 400,000) whose exit had been disrupted by the health crisis.

Conversely, the good move of the week comes from Fallen from the sky. Mohamed Hamidi’s comedy shows the best evolution in the ranking, with a drop limited to only 3%. It still attracts nearly 500,000 spectators and now exceeds 1.5 million entries.

The film even allows itself to double the indestructible in the ranking Odyssey by Christopher Nolan, which now has 7.3 million admissions after seven weeks of operation. Still an exceptional performance for the director, but which makes him lose ground in the race for the title of biggest French success of 2026.

Because before him, Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to be a hit. The Marvel film still shows a more marked decline with the end of the school holidays. For its fifth week of operation, distributed in 854 theaters, it still attracted 601,091 spectators. But its cumulative number has now reached 7.7 million entries. Already become the biggest success of all time for a superhero film in France by surpassing Spider-Man: No Way Homethe new component can now continue to widen the gap with The Odyssey and consolidate its number 1 position.

Finally, the Palme d’Or Fjord brings together 130,000 additional spectators for its second week and exceeds 300,000 admissions since its release. A commercial journey set back compared to the previous Palmes (Anora, A Simple Accident) in French cinemas.