Disney Studios’ Christmas cartoon, Wish – Asha and the Good Star, sits at the top of the French box office for the second week in a row, followed by another animated film, Migration, according to published CBO figures Wednesday.
Orchestrated by one of the creators of Frozen, the film designed as a tribute to the centenary of the Disney studio attracted nearly 400,000 new spectators in 626 theaters in one week and passed the million admissions mark.
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Migration, directed by French director Benjamin Renner (Ernest and Célestine) and produced by Illumination, the studio that created Minions, entered second place with 266,863 admissions in 640 theaters.
The Napoleon biopic directed by Ridley Scott, with Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, drops to third place with 226,566 spectators for its third week of broadcast.
1. Wish – Asha and the lucky star: 395,036 entries out of 626 copies (1,023,933 entries in two weeks)
2. Migration: 266,863 on 640 copies (new)
3. Napoléon: 226,566 out of 763 copies (1,372,223 in three weeks)
4. The braid: 212,167 out of 556 copies
5. Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird: 173,354 entries (1,409,689 in four weeks)
