2023-12-03 12:47:00
The biggest French success of 2023 on the North American market, and having crossed the million spectator mark abroad, Justine Triet’s film, Palme d’Or this year, has succeeded in its export.
Anatomy of a Fall continues its career abroad and scores points in the Oscar campaign, the 96th ceremony of which will take place in Los Angeles on March 10. Double awarded at the end of November at the Gotham Awards which reward independent cinema (a prize for best international feature film ahead of serious competitors Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer and Poor Creatures by Yórgos Lánthimos, coupled with a prize for best screenplay), honored in the wake of the New York Film Critics Circle, Justine Triet’s film crossed the symbolic milestone of one million admissions abroad, Unifrance announced. Over the last twenty years, only two other French films awarded the Palme d’Or have achieved this performance: The Pianist in 2002 (17.9 million spectators internationally) and The Life of Adèle in 2013 (1.81 million).
The film was particularly successful among audiences in the United States. Launched on the North American market on October 13 in only five cinemas, Anatomy of a Fall has since recorded the biggest success of 2023 for a majority French production (with 321,000 cumulative admissions, or $3.37 million in revenue). ), following the record held in 2020 by Portrait of the Girl on Fire (410,000 admissions). The two films have in common that they are distributed by the American company Neon.
The Palme d’Or also pockets the title of the most viewed French film of the year in the United Kingdom (142,000 admissions in three weeks), measuring itself against the performance of Intouchables in 2012. And will continue its international momentum in 2024 with releases planned in Latin America, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland and Portugal.
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