Dragons flies to the top of the French box office, Lilo & Stitch approaches the 4 million admissions

Live-action remakes of animation classics are on the rise in theaters today. Faced with these summer behemoths, Life of Chuck is struggling to exist.

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Live action Dragonsproduced by Universalstands out directly at the top of the French box office, with more than 700,000 entries For his first week in theaters.

Distributed in 702 roomsthis remake of the animated saga DreamWorks surfs on the nostalgia and the curiosity of the public. For the record, animated films Dragons had started at 543,000 entries For the first (2010), 861,000 for the second (2014), and 784,000 For the third opus (2019). On the cumulative side, they had all finished between 2.3 and 3 million spectators. Scores that can legitimate the remake 2025.

Despite a 56 % logical drop in fourth week, Lilo & Stitch retains second place with nearly 350,000 additional admissionsbringing his total to almost 4 million entries ! The film confirms its status as a surprise cardboard for Disney, and is more than ever the biggest success of 2025 in France at the moment, ahead God Save the Tuche.

In third position, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning fall in 47 %but passes a symbolic course: that of 2 million cumulative entries. Four weeks after its release, the franchise led by Tom Cruise continues to attract, even if this last part remains below the scores of the previous opus in France. He should end his career under 2.7 million Dead Reckoning in 2024.

In fourth position, The arrival of the futurethe new film of Cédric Klapischstill attracts 100,000 spectators and now combines 655,000 admissions. It is an honest score but back from his previous feature film, In bodywho had finished his race at 1.3 million entries in 2022.

Fifth, Ballerina loses a little more than half of its audience (-53 %) with 91,000 entriesfor a total of almost 300,000 spectators. The spin-off carried by Ana de Armas should be able to exceed the French scores of the first two John Wick (respectively 400,000 And 335,000 entries) even if it will remain very far from the success of Chapter 4 (1.7 million).

Life of Chuckanother major novelty of the week, distributed by Nour Filmsrecord only 80,000 entries on 301 copies. A modest score, especially with regard to a very generous and enthusiastic press cover. Adaptation of the story of Stephen King Probably suffered from a more contemplative proposal and a less seller’s name than other adaptations of the master of horror.

Finally, Indomitablenew comedy of and with Thomas Ngijolstarts modestly with 40,000 entries For its first week in France, in an extremely reduced circuit: only 171 copies. A modest performance but to be put into perspective in view of this very small distribution.