Artus and his band of amateur actors attracted nearly 280,000 spectators, 24 hours after the official release of the film on Wednesday.
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A successful debut for Artus’ first steps as a director. The comedy of the actor and comedian, A little something extra, which addresses the subject of mental disability, signed, Wednesday May 1, the best start of the year, according to figures collected by CBO Box-Office. Released on a public holiday, the film attracted 279,635 spectators, doing better than blockbusters like Dune: part two (260,811 spectators on February 28), released in twice as many theaters, or Kung Fu Panda 4 (198,774 spectators on March 27).
The feature film, with Artus, Clovis Cornillac and Alice Belaïdi, features a father and his son on the run, who escape the police by posing as a specialized educator and a resident in a summer camp for young people with disabilities. a mental disability. Around ten amateur actors with disabilities respond to the professional actors.
Over the past week, from April 24 to 30, the biopic authorized by those close to Amy Winehouse, Back to Blackrose to the top of the box office with 367,000 admissions, ahead of Kung Fu Panda 4 and French comedy Never confesswith André Dussollier and Sabine Azéma.
