Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Top 20 European films released in Europe 2004

Prior to Cannes, the OBS releases its "Focus" on the state of the movie world globally. It always makes good reading. Here is an item I found interesting:

Admissions to European films released in Europe 2004
Classement provisoire sur la base de données provenant de 24 pays européens y compris la Turquie (environ 87 %des entrées dans l'Union européenne analysées)
Provisory ranking on the basis of data from 24 European countries
including Turkey (around 87% of admissions in the European Union analysed).

Titre original Pays d'origine Année Réalisateur Entrées
Original title Country of origin Year Director Admissions

1 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason GB/US/FR/DE/IE 2004 Beeban Kidron 17 421 322
2 Les choristes FR / CH / DE 2004 Christophe Barratier 11 399 905
3 (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 DE 2004 Michael Herbig 10 731 881
4 Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald DE 2004 Sven Unterwaldt Jr. 7 323 345
5 Cold Mountain (1) GB / US / RO / IT 2003 Anthony Minghella 6 238 073
6 Two Brothers FR / GB 2004 Jean-Jacques Annaud 5 248 868
7 Un long dimanche de fiançailles FR 2004 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 4 708 990
8 Der Untergang DE / IT 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 4 684 536
9 Podium FR / BE 2004 Yann Moix 4 310 997
10 Mar adentro ES / FR / IT 2004 Alejandro Amenábar 4 125 821
11 G.O.R.A. TR 2004 Ömer Faruk Sorak 3 980 947
12 Les rivières pourpres II - Les anges… FR / IT / GB 2004 Olivier Dahan 3 960 958
13 Alexander GB / FR / NL 2004 Oliver Stone 3 857 447
14 La mala educación ES 2004 Pedro Almodóvar 3 728 484
15 Love Actually (2) GB / US 2003 Richard Curtis 3 408 523
16 Girl with a Pearl Earring GB / LU 2003 Peter Webber 3 221 485
17 Les 11 commandements FR 2004 F. Desagnat & T. Sorriaux 3 067 458
18 Vizontele Tuuba TR 2004 Yilmaz Erdogan 2 934 504
19 L' enquête corse FR 2004 Alain Berberian 2 651 406
20 Around the World in 80 Days GB / US / DE / IE 2004 Frank Coraci 2 692 694

(1) 80 102 entrées en Europe en 2003. | 80 102 admissions in Europe in 2003.
(2) 12 878 034 entrées en Europe en 2003. | 12 878 034 admissions in Europe in 2003.
Source: OBS/LUMIERE

Interesting to see beyond the hype which films draw audiences, notably the n° 3 and 4 - totally unknown outside their native Germany. Special mention also goes to "G.O.R.A." at n° 11. For the record, I recommend Yann Moix' "Podium"

1 comment:

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