Karma leads French box office
From October 21 to 28, 2026, the French box office saw Karma top the charts with 62,959 entries, including 22,852 in AVP. The film, directed by Guillaume Canet, marks his second smallest opening, following Lui, which had 15,551 entries on its first day in October 2021.Karma's previous competition
Karma arrives three years after Astérix and Obélix: L'Empire du Milieu, which recorded 466,703 entries on its opening day and eventually totaled 4 million entries. This highlights the significant drop in opening numbers for Karma compared to the earlier film.L'île des souvenirs in second place
In second place, L'île des souvenirs, a new Dreamworks animated film, attracted 47,657 entries, including 9,317 in AVP. The technical team behind the film includes professionals who worked on The Wild Robot, a successful animated film from Universal released in 2024 and having almost reached 2 million entries.Shaun the Sheep returns
Third place went to Shaun the Sheep: The Baaaad Halloween, which recorded 44,704 entries, including 11,665 in AVP. The previous installment in the franchise, Shaun the Sheep: The Madness of the Farm, released last year, sold 25,430 tickets on its first day of release.Clayface enters the box office
Fourth place was taken by Clayface, with 26,622 entries. The film brings the DC Universe into horror, seven years after Joker, and introduces another adversary of Batman with its own feature film.Le roi du Game in fifth place
Le roi du Game came in fifth with 18,781 entries, including 6,500 in AVP. Directed by Éric Judor, this film follows his previous feature film Problemos, released nine years earlier, which had 10,949 entries on its release.Other notable films
Other notable entries include La Gradiva with 18,283 entries, Une femme aujourd’hui with 14,130 entries, Marie Madeleine with 2,821 entries, Wicker with 1,965 entries, and Klara et le Soleil with 395 entries. These figures show a wide range of performance levels across the French box office.
