variety.com - 4/16/2009
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International News: Lack of local blockbuster drags down figures -- Total cinema theater tix sold in France plummeted a whopping year-on-year 15.2% January-March, according to CNC stats.
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... But as John Hopewell, writing in Variety, notes, this is not a result of the recession dragging down the market. The annual decline in admissions has come about because the first quarter of 2008 saw exceptional business on the back of the runaway success of Dany Boon's Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (Welcome to the Sticks), which opened at the end of February. The film sold most tickets in March 2008 and went on to become the top performing French film of all time. ...
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