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A Printemps du cinema record

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The 7th edition of the "Le Printemps du Cinéma" (lit. “Springtime Cinema”), organised by the ( National Federation of French Cinema (FNCF)), has beaten all records.

With 2.6m admissions in three days (March 19-21), the event, offering €3.50 tickets in theatres throughout France, outdid the 2.5m spectators achieved in 2003 and 2004. Admission figures – up around 30% on Sunday, 10% Monday and 6% Tuesday with respect to the 2005 figures – particularly benefited domestic films, which occupied six of the top ten spots at last week’s box office.

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Heading the weekly billing is Philippe Le Guay’s One Fine Day [+see also:
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(Mars Distribution ), which accumulated almost 310,000 admissions on 308 screens, followed in second place by Pierre-François Martin-Laval’s Try Me [+see also:
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which sold 286,000 tickets in its first week (ARP Sélection – 286 screens). The immovable Les Bronzés 3 – Amis pour la vie [+see also:
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by Patrice Leconte (see interview) came in third with 270,000 spectators in its seventh week (distribution Warner), bringing its total to 10.17m admissions.

In 6th position, Danièle Thompson’s Orchestra Seats [+see also:
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continues its solid theatrical run with 1.7m tickets over five weeks (Mars Distribution ), as does Isabelle Mergault’s You Are So Beautiful [+see also:
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, which has garnered a total of 3.1m admissions in 10 weeks (Gaumont Columbia TriStar).

Finally, Daniel Duval’s A Year In My Life [+see also:
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found itself in 9th place last week and has attracted 365,240 cinema-goers in two weeks (TFM Distribution ), within the overall context of 2006’s fine start (up around 20% compared to the first months of 2005).

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(Translated from French)

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