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EuropaCorp on a roll

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With Luc Besson’s Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard [+see also:
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(282,000 admissions on 925 screens during its first day on release) and Radu Mihaileanu’s The Concert [+see also:
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(1.14m viewers in four weeks), EuropaCorp Distribution is currently enjoying double success at the box office.

The Concert, which was launched on 343 screens, is benefiting from excellent word-of-mouth publicity. Admissions for the feature dropped by only 19% in its fourth week (after -14% and -30% in its second and third week) and it still occupies fifth place in the weekly rankings on a slightly increased print-run of 347.

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Meanwhile, Xavier Giannoli’s In the Beginning [+see also:
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has amassed 310,000 admissions in three weeks. Distributed by EuropaCorp, the film is still showing on 229 screens.

Dominated by US blockbusters 2012 and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, box-office figures for the period October 25-December 1 confirm the good start achieved by Albert Dupontel’s comedy The Villain [+see also:
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. Distributed by StudioCanal on 354 screens, the film has attracted 355,000 fans of scathing humour.

Laurent Tirard’s Little Nicolas [+see also:
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is still in eighth position in the weekly rankings in its ninth week on release (467 screens - Wild Bunch Distribution) and has so far garnered 5.3m admissions.

Next in line is Lucas Belvaux’s French/Belgian co-production, Rapt [+see also:
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, which clocks in with 260,000 admissions in two weeks (Diaphana on 179 screens).

This week’s Top 10 closes with Claude Berri and François Dupeyron’s Treasure [+see also:
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, which has drawn a total of 613,000 cinemagoers in three weeks (Pathé Distribution on 412 screens).

Italian director Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere [+see also:
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has garnered almost 61,000 admissions on 75 screens (Ad Vitam Distribution), claiming this week’s third highest per-screen average, while Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon [+see also:
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logs in at 542,000 admissions after six weeks (Les Films du Losange - 194 screens).

Alain ResnaisWild Grass [+see also:
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has amassed 384,000 admissions in four weeks (distributed by StudioCanal), while Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs [+see also:
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clocks in at 1.23m in five weeks (Warner).

Finally, James Huth’s Lucky Luke is nearing the end of its run, having drawn 1.8m viewers in six weeks (UGC Distribution).

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(Translated from French)

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