“Napoleon” by Ridley Scott conquers first place at the French box office

The theatrical release of the biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte by the British filmmaker was preceded by mixed reviews, to say the least. The film topped the box office in France at the end of the first week of release.

Napoleon by Ridley Scott topped the box office in France for its first week of operation, according to CBO figures compiled on Wednesday November 30. The nearly $200 million film, which sees actor Joaquin Phoenix wearing the Emperor’s cocked hat, attracted nearly one in three spectators this week. In total, 764,000 visitors discovered the biopic in 743 theaters.

Even before its release, the film had been the subject of severe criticism and controversy for the liberties taken inith the real life of Napoleon. Stung, Ridley Scott even responded, in an interview with the BBC: “The French don’t even like themselves“.

“Hunger Games” in second place

The feature film leaves in its wake the last part of Hunger Games : the ballad of the serpent and the songbirdby Francis Lawrence which had 370,000 admissions (983,000 in total two weeks after its release). The boy and the heronthe Japanese animated film by master Hayao Miyazaki, slips to third place on the podium with 138,000 admissions (1.3 million after 4 weeks of release).

1. Napoleon : 764,419 entries on 743 copies (new)

2. Hunger Games – the ballad of the serpent and the songbird : 370,275 entries on 674 copies (983,466 entries in two weeks)

3. The Boy and the Heron : 138,088 entries on 926 copies (1,369,028 entries in four weeks)

4. Abbé Pierre, a life of combat : 120,998 entries on 760 copies (666,495 entries in three weeks)

5. The Marvels : 107,796 entries on 623 copies (660,648 entries in three weeks)