After three weeks of gloomy forecasts, here’s a top 10 that any box-office head can be happy with. It may still be top-heavy, but with two of the best 7-day performances of the year so far, the lack of juice for releases further down the top 10 is just maths.
And even then, those films’ holds demonstrate they have some staying power: continuing releases in the top 20 averaged a very solid -20% WoW drop-off. In a reassuring turnaround, the muted FR responses to otherwise globally successful films (*Project Hail Mary, Hoppers, Scream 7*) is dissipating. Historically, this week resembles nothing if not the spring in the late 2000s (before four-quardrant tent-poles started releasing in March), when the box-office roared to life after an influx of highly-anticipated Hollywood releases.
Checking-in on local cinema, no release has boomed since *Marsupilami* (still #1 for 2026 with ~6.1M tickets sold). However, the current crop are holding well & complement the blockbusters nicely. Until the end of May, we can expect more counter-programming to US releases. Rom coms & prestige movies timing their release with the Cannes film festival, for instance. However, French studios roll-out their big guns next month & that’s when things could get very, very crowded.
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Btw this is true: box office is measured in “admissions”
Not just currency when you’re really in the business.
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After three weeks of gloomy forecasts, here’s a top 10 that any box-office head can be happy with. It may still be top-heavy, but with two of the best 7-day performances of the year so far, the lack of juice for releases further down the top 10 is just maths.
And even then, those films’ holds demonstrate they have some staying power: continuing releases in the top 20 averaged a very solid -20% WoW drop-off. In a reassuring turnaround, the muted FR responses to otherwise globally successful films (*Project Hail Mary, Hoppers, Scream 7*) is dissipating. Historically, this week resembles nothing if not the spring in the late 2000s (before four-quardrant tent-poles started releasing in March), when the box-office roared to life after an influx of highly-anticipated Hollywood releases.
Checking-in on local cinema, no release has boomed since *Marsupilami* (still #1 for 2026 with ~6.1M tickets sold). However, the current crop are holding well & complement the blockbusters nicely. Until the end of May, we can expect more counter-programming to US releases. Rom coms & prestige movies timing their release with the Cannes film festival, for instance. However, French studios roll-out their big guns next month & that’s when things could get very, very crowded.
Btw this is true: box office is measured in “admissions”
Not just currency when you’re really in the business.
I guess pixels come at a premium in France.