French language features saw a 53.6% rise in spectators year-on-year to 30.1M spectators.
It had achieved 1.55M admissions for a $14.6M gross as of December 31, 2023.
The Unifrance report suggested the latter days were over for French cinema, regardless of the pandemic.
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Thats millions of spectators who five or six years ago would have counted on the theatrical side.
With Hollywood boycotting Russia due to the Ukraine war, its distributors are looking elsewhere for titles.
Miraculous The Moviewas released on a record 1,877 screens for a French film, selling 3.53M tickets.
MaiwennsJeanne du Barry, co-starring Johnny Depp, also performed well in Russia selling just over one million tickets.
Beyond theatrical
Unifrance also looked at the international performance of French films beyond the theatrical box office.
The report also looked at the distribution of French majority productions on worldwide streaming platforms.
