#French Cinema Admissions Rise 19 Percent in 2023, But Remain Below Pre-COVID Numbers
France closed out the cinema year on a high note, recording 181 million theater admissions for 2023, a 18.9 percent jump compared with 2022. The official box office figures, released Tuesday by state cinema body CNC, are still down double digits — 13.1 percent — from average admissions in the pre-COVID years between 2017 and…