Potter and Potiche top the charts
European productions are currently dominating the French box office, led by David Yates’s UK/US film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 [+see also:
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In the weekly rankings, François Ozon’s Potiche [+see also:
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Other French productions doing well are Eric Lartigau’s The Big Picture [+see also:
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Finally, ending their lengthy runs, Luc Besson’s Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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