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BOX OFFICE France

Blue is the Warmest Colour keeps its promises

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- The Palme d'Or from Cannes welcomes 261,000 spectators during its first week despite its length, which deprives it from a daily screening

Blue is the Warmest Colour keeps its promises

Launched by Wild Bunch Distribution on 285 screens, the Palme d'Or for Cannes 2013, Blue is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
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by Abdellatif Kechiche had a very successful start in French theatres, welcoming 261,000 spectators in its first week despite its length (2h59) which means it is shown once less than most films daily. The film is released today in Poland, on Thursday, October 24 in Italy, Friday 25 in Spain, 31 on Greece, November 1 in Romania, 15 in Norway, 22 in Sweden and the UK, 28 in the Czech Republic, December 5 in Denmark and 19 in Germany. 

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French cinema, whose market share reaches 31.5% over the first three trimesters of 2013 and is at its lowest in 13 years, is hoping to do better with the comedy Eyjafjallajökull (The Volcano [+see also:
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) by Alexandre Coffre, second in the weekly box-office and which attracted nearly 874,000 spectators in two weeks (Mars Distribution on 655 screens).

It is also worth mentioning the good numbers of the documentary On The Way to School [+see also:
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by Pascal Plisson, unveiled in Locarno and already totalling 307,000 admissions in 21 days, only losing 11 % in its third week (The Walt Disney Company France on 199 screens) and the competitor from Berlin On My Way [+see also:
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by Emmanuelle Bercot (333,000 admissions in four weeks - Wild Bunch Distribution on 258 screens; the film was released yesterday in Denmark and will reach Dutch theatres on the October 31). Finally, another feature distributed by Wild Bunch, 9 Month Stretch [+see also:
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by Albert Dupontel, had an excellent and promising start yesterday with 66,100 spectators.

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(Translated from French)

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