France

French exhibitors breathed a collective sigh of relief this week with the confirmation that Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will go ahead with its theatrical release in the country on November 9. The Black Panther sequel...

Disney has announced that Strange World, the studio’s 61st animated feature film, will release directly to Disney+ subscribers in France, effectively foregoing a theatrical release in Europe’s second-biggest and the world’s fourth-largest box office market. The move challenges the recently...

In an exclusive interview with Boxoffice Pro France, Jocelyn Bouyssy, CEO of CGR Cinémas, the second-largest exhibition circuit in France and sixth-largest in Europe, reveals current owners Luc and Charles Raymond are exploring the sale of the circuit. CGR Cinémas...

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins talk about their predictions for Black Widow’s debut, Quentin Tarantino’s purchase of Los Angeles’ historic Vista Theatre, and movies to look forward...

France’s theatrical exhibition industry is experiencing a major recovery in the pandemic’s latter days, Comscore reports, noting that admissions over the weekend of June 18-20 were above the attendance for the equivalent weekends in 2019 and 2018. The company’s exclusive...

French exhibitors were dealt a blow this week when Prime Minister Jean Castex announced cinemas would be forced to stay closed through the holiday period. Cinemas across the country had been ordered to shutter on November 24 for a period...

The worldwide theatrical market remains in flux, with cinemas domestically and internationally re-closing and re-opening in response to rising Covid-19 numbers and their attendant government restrictions. When cinemas are open, one of the major concerns is what to play—namely, how...

Cinemas across Europe are dealing with a new wave of government-mandated closures and restrictions as the Covid-19 infection rate continues to rise across the continent. Today, major markets France and Germany became the latest territories ordered to close the doors...

The French Cinema Federation (FNCF) is calling on the nation’s government to provide additional aid to its struggling cinema sector. Movie theaters have struggled to find traction in the market since being allowed to reopen on June 22, with a...