2023-09-01 15:40:00
The Toulouse studio, which specializes in animated films, is it on its way to establishing its admissions record? In cinemas in France since August 16, the film Jungle Bunch 2 produced by TAT Productions had a very good first week. According to the company, it made it possible to accumulate 260,000 admissions, placing the film in 3rd place at the box office, behind Barbie et Oppenheimer.
” We are very happy. This is what we had hoped for as a first week. It’s our most successful first week (…) We have proven that the film has an audience”, rejoices Jean-François Tostï, producer and co-founder of TAT Productions who nevertheless wishes to remain cautious.
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On the first weekend, which is measured from Wednesday to Sunday evening in the cinematographic environment, the new production of the Toulouse studio accumulated 178,000 admissions and the second no less than 180,000. As of Monday August 28, the film Jungle Bunch 2 had reached 440,000 entries. This Friday, the milestone of 550,000 entries would be very close…
“School holidays boost animated films like ours. Add to that the heat waves or the gloomy summer in certain parts of the country and all of this encourages family outings to the cinema. In addition, we left late but we are taking advantage of the back-to-school effect”, analyzes the manager.
Approaching one million admissions in France?
Internally, the company, which employs nearly 250 people, aims to achieve at least the same performance as the first part of the Aces of the Jungle, i.e. 700,000 entries. ” I don’t see how we could do worse than the first… My feeling is that we will finish between 800 and 900,000 “, projects Jean-François Tostï. With such a start, it is also not impossible that cinemas will keep the Toulouse film on display until the next All Saints’ Day holidays…
Today, its entry record is held by Pattie is the wrath of Poseidon and its 875,000 admissions in France alone, out of a total of five feature films. After the Ace of the Jungle 1 and 2 (2017 and 2023), Terra Willy (2019), Pil (2021) et Pattie is Poseidon’s Wrath (2023), TAT Productions plans to release another feature film in 2025, Pets on a Train. In the meantime, she will release a series on Asterix in 2024 for the American platform Netflix. actor and director Alain Chabat and the VO platform have chosen the Toulouse studio to produce a series of five episodes dedicated to the famous Gaul and expected for 2025.
This ramp-up of the company will be enabled by a global investment plan of 10 million euros over five years, as revealed exclusively by the Tribune last May. A third of the sum will come from the France 2030 plan and the State’s “La Grande Fabrique de l’image” call for projects. Eventually, TAT Productions should employ 400 people and expects to be among the world leaders in animated films.
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