08/10/2008

Audience figures in French theatres picked up again in September after four consecutive months of decline, according to estimates published yesterday by the National Film Centre (CNC). With 9.98m viewers (+6.6% compared to the same month in 2007), September brings the 2008 total so far to 139.27m admissions (+2.6% compared to January-September 2007).

For the moment, French film dominates the 2008 market share with 47.3% (36.2% for the same period in 2007) compared to 45.4% for US productions. The domestic titles currently showing in theatres increase this advantage for Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or-winner The Class [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Cantet
film profile] had garnered almost 750,000 admissions after 11 days on release (distributed by Haut et Court on an increased print run of 507).

Within the same period, Christophe Barratier’s Paris 36 [+see also:
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Impressive French production Go Fast [+see also:
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Launched by Gaumont on 367 screens, Josiane Balasko’s Client [+see also:
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Released by Diaphana on a print run of 161, Martin Provost’s Séraphine [+see also:
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(Translated from French)