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The UGC des Halles, this Parisian cinema which is the most frequented in the world

2023-01-10T17:09:26.581Z


EXCLUSIVE - Its location, its quirky and hidden side, its programming make it a unique place. This is also where, from their start, the success of films is assessed.


It's unexpected.

The cinema making the most entries in the world is not in India, China or Dubai, but in France.

Even more amazing, Parisians walk above its halls without realizing it.

The sprawling and quirky place defies all logic.

You get there, like a speleologist, by sinking into the bowels of a shopping center.

The entrance is on an underground pedestrian path called "rue du Cinéma", facing an Olympic swimming pool.

With 2.22 million spectators, the UGC Ciné Cité des Halles climbed to first place in Comscore's 2023 list.

“Other cinemas on the podium are AMC in Burbank in Los Angeles and Showcase Bluewater in south-east London,”

details Éric Marti, Managing Director of Comscore France.

This American giant is a benchmark in the film industry.

Its analysts harvest box offices around the world.

Quentin Tarantino, James Gray, Paul Thomas Anderson and Hirokazu Kore-eda will be…

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Source: lefigaro

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