The feel good comedy has accumulated nearly 280,000 admissions on the evening of its release, better than the blockbusters which have dominated since the start of the year like Dune or Kung-Fu Panda.
Actor and comedian Artus had the best start of the year with his comedy A little something extra, which addresses the subject of mental disability and marks his first steps as a director, according to figures collected by CBO Box-Office. At the end of its release day, Wednesday May 1, a public holiday, the film had 279,635 spectators (including around 30,000 in previews), doing better than the big American machines Dune 2 (260,811 spectators), released in February in twice as many theaters, or Kung-Fu Panda 4 (198,774 spectators). Its success is driven by admissions in the provinces: in Paris, the film marks only the fifth opening of the year.
The feature film, with Artus, Clovis Cornillac and Alice Belaïdi, features a father and his son on the run, who escape the police by posing as a specialized educator and a resident in a summer camp for young people with disabilities. a mental disability. Around ten amateur actors with disabilities respond to the professional actors.
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According to Box OfficePro, the film even ranks among the best starts for a French comedy, behind the 558,000 admissions of Welcome to the Ch’tis in 2008, but before Untouchables or What have we done to the good Lord?, “which both had around 200,000 admissions on the day of their release”.
Regarding the past week (April 24 to 30), the biopic authorized by those close to Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, rose to the top of the box office with 367,000 admissions, despite very bad reviews. Next Kung-Fu Panda 4 (282,007 admissions in the fifth week for a total of 2 million admissions), the French comedy Never confesswith André Dussollier and Sabine Azéma (234,000 entries) and Brothers (233,838 entries). In the fourth week, Ducobu passe au vert, register 218,122 entries on 910 screens (for a total of 841,809 entries).