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A 5,8% decrease in the number of admissions for the first three trimesters of 2013

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- The month of September confirms the negative trend in French theatres. The 2013 market share for French films is of 31,5 %

A 5,8% decrease in the number of admissions for the first three trimesters of 2013

After an increase in the number of admissions in August, the box-office of French theatres is not doing so well again in September with 10.42 million admissions, that is 6.4 % less than for the same month in 2012, according to CNC estimates. The first three trimesters of this year represent a total of 135.70 million spectators, or 5,8 % less than over the January-September period in 2012. For now, the balance sheet of monthly statistics shows a 2013 year with six months of decrease (January, February, April, June, July, and September) versus only three showing an increase (March, May, and August) and it already seems certain that this year’s box-office won’t reach the 200 million admissions it achieved in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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The identifiable causes behind this trend are numerous: the impact of global economic tension on the volume and selective decisions in terms of leisure activities, the less attractive nature of cinemas for the digital age youth generations, a cannibalisation of admissions linked to the concentration of releases over the traditionally more successful periods, and the failure of many national comedies, which were probably too formatted for a public who has become more demanding.    

Nevertheless, French cinema still has a few rounds to play before the end of 2013 with amongst others the Palme d'Or from Cannes Blue is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Abdellatif Kechiche
film profile
]
(photo) by Abdellatif Kechiche (in theatres this Wednesday), The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile
]
by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and 9 Months Stretch [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Albert Dupontel (October 16), Malavita [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile
]
by Luc Besson (October 23), Blood Ties [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Guillaume Canet and Attila Marcel by Sylvain Chomet (October 30), Quai d'Orsay [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Bertrand Tavernier, En solitaire by Christophe Offenstein and Violette [+see also:
trailer
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]
by Martin Provost (an example of simultaneous releases on November 6 which might damage their respective scores), Il était une forêt by Luc Jacquet and Venus in Fur [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Roman Polanski
film profile
]
by Roman Polanski (November 13), Me Myself and Mum [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Guillaume Gallienne (November 20), Before the Winter Chill [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Philippe Claudel (November 27), Casse-tête chinois by Cédric Klapisch (December 4), Playing Dead [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Jean-Paul Salomé (December 11) and 16 ans ou presque by Tristan Séguéla and Belle et Sébastien by Nicolas Vanier on December 18.

The market share of French films is estimated at 31.5 % for the first nine months of 2013 versus 58.6 % for American productions and 9,9 % for feature films from other countries.

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(Translated from French)

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