“The year 2023 will necessarily be better than the year 2022”, estimates the president of the National Federation of French Cinemas

“The year 2023 will inevitably be better than the year 2022, which is excellent news”welcomes Richard Patry, president of the National Federation of French Cinemas (FNCF), Friday November 3 on franceinfo. “We are going to pass the mark today of 152 million spectators”in cinemas in France, he adds.

And even if “we’re not yet”at the pre-Covid level, since“we are around less than 10-15% […]we will end the year at the level of 195 million spectators”, underlines Richard Patry. Nevertheless, “we are approaching this symbolic bar of 200 million, this is the level of attendance over the years 2010-2020, pre-Covid”he ponders.

“There is a bad weather effect and especially films which boost attendance”

The president of the FNCF recognizes that these two weeks of vacation were particularly good, “there is a bad weather effect and especially films which boost attendance”. And to quote the second part of Paw Patrolthe third part of Trollsbut also the French genre film The Animal Kingdom, which has already had more than 800,000 entries. A film that works thanks to “by word of mouth”according to Richard Patry, “a little different, which brings a new perspective”.

He also highlights the success of Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heronreleased Wednesday in theaters and which has already made “200,000 spectators”. “We are very happy”concludes Richard Patry, who also presages “A very good end to the year”with anticipated films, such as the biopics on L’Abbee Pierre and Napoléon.