Box office: the Printemps du cinema makes Batman happy

Le Printemps du Cinéma, a reduced-price commercial operation, galvanized attendance in dark rooms last week and largely benefited

, which is now approaching 2.5 million admissions.

According to figures compiled by CBO-Box Office, some 3.4 million moviegoers went to the cinema between March 16 and 22, well above the 2.5 million the previous week.

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If the Printemps du Cinéma does not return to its pre-Covid levels (2.15 million admissions at four euros per seat over the three days of the operation), the exhibitors were delighted with these

in despite beautiful weather, the continuation of the pandemic and the anxiety-provoking international context.

It is

, a new opus of the adventures of the batman, which benefits the most.

Matt Reeves' feature film brings together 607,350 spectators over the week, for a total of nearly 2.5 million.

It is the most viewed film among those released in 2022, but it remains very far from the 7.3 million spectators of

, released at the end of December 2021.

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The biggest French production of the moment,

, a grand spectacle film and an ode to the soldiers of fire by Jean-Jacques Annaud, brings together only 388,293 spectators, three years after the tragedy which partly destroyed the cathedral.

It is closely followed by the manga,

, which attracted 347,583 fans of the genre.

The blockbuster

, inspired by a video game, still brings together more than 240,000 spectators and exceeds 2.2 million admissions five weeks after its release.

Top entries for films of the week

1.

 : 607,350 admissions (2,408,082 in three weeks) - 903 copies

2.

 : 388,293 admissions (new) - 752 copies

3.

 : 347,583 entries (new) - 395 copies

4.

 : 248,093 entries (2,263,536 in five weeks) - 524 copies

5.

 home: 240,503 admissions (1,832,424 in five weeks) - 822 copies