news culture Avatar 2’s reign is over. Asterix and Obelix The Middle Kingdom conquers the box office!
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Since mid-December, Avatar: The Way of the Water has reigned supreme at the box office, both in France and around the world, but that dominance ended in early February with the arrival of the irreducible Gauls in the Hexagon.
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- By toutatis!
- Another spring French blockbuster
By toutatis!
Avatar: The Way of the Water has ranked first at the French box office since its theatrical release on December 14, 2022. For 7 weeks, James Cameron’s new film left the competition with crumbs (or almost), but let them reign unchallenged ended on February 1, 2023. Indeed The new adventure of the most famous character of the Franco-Belgian comic strip has made a sensational entrance into the dark rooms. Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire even dethroned the fourth highest-grossing film of all time in its home market.
In France, Avatar 2 now has no fewer than 13 million visitors on French soil alone, including 319,482 visitors in its eighth week of release. However, that wasn’t enough to rival Asterix’s fifth live-action adaptation. Directed by Guillaume Canet, the film attracted 1,362,290 admissions in France in its first week in cinemas, to which must be added the 275,000 spectators who came for previews. Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom has 1,637,948 entries
Another spring French blockbuster
Vincent Cassel, interpreter of “JUL” César in the final adventure of the irreducible Gauls directed by Guillaume Canet, will be available in 2023 for another blockbuster “made in France”. On April 5, 2023, the remake of the bestseller written by Alexandre Dumas between March and July 1844 will hit the big screen. The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan takes up the literary myth of the same name by starring François Civil (D’Artagnan), Pio Marmaï (Porthos), Romain Duris (Aramis), Eva Green (Milady de Winter) and thus Vincent Cassel in the title roles (Athos) previously mentioned.
Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom hits theaters on February 1, 2023.
