In 2022, the top 10 most watched films in cinemas are dominated by American blockbusters such as Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of the Water Where Minions 2.
This is a first since 1989: no French production is in the top 10 of the most viewed films at the cinema this year. According to the latest figures from the CNC, relayed by multiple mediait is the American blockbusters that are popular at the French box office in 2022.
While the country’s dark rooms are struggling to regain their pre-Covid-19 pandemic attendance, viewers have favored big franchises such as Top Gun: Maverick which tops the rankings with 6.6 million admissions or the new Avatar: The Way of the Water (4.5 million), yet released only last December.
Next in the ranking Minions 2, Jurassic World, Black Panther 2 and third part of fantastic animals.
The first French film in 11th place
In 2021 several French films such as Kaamelott: First Part, Les Tuches 4 Where BAC North – also directed by Cédric Jimenez – had managed to climb into the top 10 at the box office.
But this year, the first French film is this time in 11th position. It is What have we all done to God?, third film in the saga directed by Philippe de Chauveron with Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby which was seen by 2.4 million spectators.
This feature film is closely followed in the rankings by November by Cédric Jimenez (12th place) and Simone, the trip of the century (13th place) with 2.3 million admissions each.
November, best month of 2022 for French cinema
But if we expand the analysis of the box office further, the finding is less alarming for French cinema: of the 56 films that have exceeded 500,000 admissions, 26 are French, 26 others are American and the remaining four are from France. other origins (Japan, Spain…).
However, French productions achieved 27.2 million admissions in total against 54.5 million tickets sold for American productions.
These figures from the CNC come out as cinema attendance, which experienced its historic low for 40 years in September 2022, is gradually picking up: with 14.78 million admissions in November, theaters obscure French women sign their best month of the year.
If this attendance remains higher than that recorded in 2021, it is nevertheless still very far from that before Covid since French cinemas only total 133.88 million tickets sold in 2022, i.e. 29.9% less than on the same period in 2019, before the pandemic.
