{"id":2219997,"date":"2026-01-02T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2219997"},"modified":"2026-01-02T16:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:15:33","slug":"french-box-office-drops-by-13-to-roughly-1-17-billion-in-2025-but-year-end-rebound-signals-positive-momentum-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/french-box-office-drops-by-13-to-roughly-1-17-billion-in-2025-but-year-end-rebound-signals-positive-momentum-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"French Box Office Drops by 13% to Roughly $1.17 Billion in 2025, but Year-End Rebound Signals \u2018Positive Momentum\u2019 for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">After a bullish year bolstered by local blockbusters, the 2025 French box office dropped by 13.6% to 156.79 million admissions, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0861913\/\">National Film Board<\/a> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0245606\/\">Cnc<\/a>) and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0637125\/\">Comscore<\/a> reports. Based on the average ticket price of \u20ac7.45 ($8.75), the box office grossed an estimated $1.17 billion.<\/p>\n<p>While the market share of French films rose to 37.7% \u2014 which is \u201cunrivaled anywhere else in Europe,\u201d per the Cnc \u2014 the box office suffered from the absence of a local tentpole and was essentially dominated by Hollywood fare. Disney took the first three slots of the year with \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt26443597\/\">Zootopia 2<\/a>,\u201d which topped the chart with 6.18 million admissions, followed by \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11655566\/\">Lilo &amp; Stitch<\/a>\u201d (5.10 million) and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000116\/\">James Cameron<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1757678\/\">Avatar: Fire &amp; Ash<\/a>\u201d (4.58 million). Then came <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0546168\/\">Apple<\/a> and Plan B\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000093\/\">Brad Pitt<\/a> racing drama \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt16311594\/\">F1: The Movie<\/a>\u201d (3.31 million) and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0784875\/\">Universal<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31036941\/\">Jurassic World: Renaissance<\/a>\u201d (2.97 million).<\/p>\n<p>The biggest local hit of 2025, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt33613785\/\">God Save the Tuche<\/a>\u201d \u2014 the fifth installment in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0022869\/\">Path\u00e9<\/a>\u2019s comedy&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a bullish year bolstered by local blockbusters, the 2025 French box office dropped by 13.6% to 156.79 million admissions, according to the National Film Board (Cnc) and Comscore reports. Based on the average ticket price of \u20ac7.45 ($8.75), the box office grossed an estimated $1.17 billion. 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