Poor creatures: Yórgos Lánthimos makes his best start in France
Weather conditions must be taken into consideration regarding the low attendance of dark rooms.
The new film from the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Creatures, successfully launched in France. The feature film carried by Emma Stone takes the lead in front Like a prince ofAli Marhyar and another creature, the Japanese blockbuster Godzilla: Minus One of Takashi Yamazaki.
Even if attendance at the theaters was rather calm, Poor Creatures was able to pique the curiosity of the French public with 20,000 curious people going to cinemas for its first day of release for 245 copies. Note that the weather conditions did not play in favor of dark rooms. This start signs the best score of Yorgos Lanthimos for the first day of release. It’s better than The Favorite which had recorded 16,000 entries for 169 copies.
With Ahmed Sylla Featured, Like a prince rose to second position in the ranking with nearly 12,000 spectators. The dramatic comedy about a boxing champion forced to end his career at the age of 27 achieved a low average of 26 tickets per screen. In comparison, Our tiny weddingwith also Ahmed Sylla headlining, had 25,000 entries last year, with an average of 81 tickets out of 464 copies.
Godzilla: Minus One36th film dedicated to the monster since Godzilla of 1954, closes the podium with 10,000 tickets. The journey in pajamas of Pascal Thomas comes fourth in French starts with 2,600 entries. This sentimental comedy recorded an average of 16 tickets out of its 169 copies. Another sentimental story, A romantic comedy of Thibault Segouin signed 1,102 entries for its first day with a low average of 17 tickets for its 148 copies.
Stella, a German life occupies fifth position in this top. With 2,068 entries recorded on 85 copies. The greatest historical betrayal of the Second World War marks the filmmaker’s best start Kilian Riedhofsince You won’t have my hatred (2022) had not exceeded 1000 tickets sold excluding previews.
French box office first day of January 17, 2024: