Bumper year for French cinema as ticket sales hit 45-year high

[ via France24] 

French movie theatres in 2011 brought in a record-breaking 215.6 million euros in ticket sales, the country's best box office year in half a century. This was due in large part to the broadened appeal of French-made films last year.

A whopping 215.6 million cinema tickets were sold last year in France - whose population is 65 million - with two homegrown comedies taking pole position ahead of Hollywood blockbusters, according to industry data.

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