With 3.4 million admissions, cinemas regain unmatched attendance since July

The latest superhero film to date,

Sony-produced

, has taken the box office lead, with French theaters filled as rarely since the start of the pandemic, figures show Wednesday. by CBO Box-Office.

The film tells how an investigative journalist, played by Briton Tom Hardy, who is given superpowers by an alien parasite, tries to stop a serial killer, Woody Harrelson, who escaped from prison after merging with another extraterrestrial.

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postponed because of the Delta variant

It was a hit in the United States and made a very good start in France, with 680,000 spectators.

He relegates the last James Bond,

, in second place, for his third week on the screens, with 570,000 spectators.

In total, 2.7 million people went to see Daniel Craig donning the 007 costume for the last time. There followed two French films on which the distributors were betting a lot: the first is the

biopic

with Romain Duris and Emma Mackey who continues to play. '' attract spectators, with 320,000 admissions over the week.

And

, adaptation of the novel by Balzac by Xavier Giannoli, with Benjamin Voisin, which attracts 230,000 spectators for its release.

In last position at the box office for the week of October 20 to 26, we find

and its 202,284 admissions, Gilles de Maistre's film intended for children.

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directed by Denis Villeneuve, scheduled for theaters in October 2023

The new version of

, a big show film signed Denis Villeneuve with Timothée Chalamet in the role of Paul Atréides, released six weeks ago, manages to stay in the Top 10, 6th place more exactly, and now exceeds 2, 8 million cumulative admissions.

In general, French cinemas have accumulated 3.4 million admissions over the week, a level more seen since July when

and

.