“We’re not complaining, we knew pre-Covid levels would be hard to find,” says Children of Paradise programmer Olivia Reggiani. The Chartrain cinema had an attendance of 324,847 for the whole of 2022. This is a decrease of 33% compared to 2019, the last full year of reference before the Covid period. In 2018, the cinema had an attendance of around 460,000, a figure that was already declining at the time.
Chartres cinema diversifies its offers and programming
“The market has to stabilize again. American productions had almost all stopped filming during the Covid period. There has never been such a rare offering in US films this year. The range of films on offer this year was generally less attractive as well. We also lost many Disney movies that went straight to streaming platforms. »
Olivia Reggiani (Programmer Children of Heaven)
“It’s multifactorial. Some were still afraid of Covid. Some habits will come back little by little,” he adds.
The success of American films on display
Unsurprisingly, American films attracted the most viewers. “It’s no surprise, French comedies have failed this year,” analyzes the programmer. The Chartres top 5 is also the same as the national box office. Blow. American films have attracted viewers. No French film in the Top 10: the first time since 1989.
1. Avatar: The Way of Water it generated an attendance of 24,300. Though only released in theaters on December 14th, the film drew crowds. It took ten years for James Cameron, its director, to design the technological tools needed to design the film. The film had no difficulty reaching all age groups. The film amassed nearly 8 million admissions in France.
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2. Maverick Top Gun. With 16,484 admissions in Chartres, the film, starring Tom Cruise, drew parents and teenagers into darkened rooms. The second part of the film Top Gun, released in 1986, attracted 6.6 million French.
3. Minions 2: Once Upon a Time Gru. 9,733 spectators came to see the sequel to the film about these adorable child characters, the first part of which was released in 2015. The film had 3.8 million admissions in France.
4. Jurassic World: The World After. The American blockbuster attracted 9,370 spectators to Enfants du Paradis’s Chartres cinemas. 3.48 million French people were curious to see the new adventures of these modern-day dinosaurs.
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 9,342 people went to see the sequel to this Marvel film released in 2018. A success despite the death of actor Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in 2020, in the title role. The film was seen by 3.41 million people in France.
No French film in the Top 10. A novelty since 1989!
Same observation in Chartres. The first French film comes twelfth. The comedy What the hell did we all do? with Christian Clavier was seen 6,339 times in Chartres. Novemberon the Paris attacks of 2015, it is 13th in the Chartres ranking with 6,047 entries.
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The cinema continues to diversify its activities with, in particular, debates and events for young people in order to attract different audiences. “We have to continue. We hope to have a great event to offer in February. The cinema was also able to count on the price of a theater labeled Excellence by the Superior and Technical Commission for Sound and Image (CST). “Only fifteen theaters in France have obtained it,” says Sébastien Lefebvre, CST’s communications manager.
Thomas Desprez
