Overview
- Unifrance reports a 6% year-over-year increase in foreign admissions, totaling an estimated 42.5 million tickets and €272 million in receipts.
- Animated features drove the surge, lifting French animation’s international market share to a record 34.3% and dominating the year’s top ten exports.
- Flow was the top title with roughly 7.8–8.2 million admissions, followed by Luc Besson’s Dracula: A Love Tale at 3.7 million and I’m Still Here at about 2.3 million.
- Latin America became the second-biggest region for French films, as Mexico delivered about 4.2 million admissions and 11% of the global total.
- Majority-French and French-language releases declined to 17.1 million admissions, marking a shift toward international co-productions, with final audited figures due in October 2026.