Market share of animation film distributors in France 2013-2023

In France, The Walt Disney Company topped the list as the leading animated film distributor with **** percent market share between 2013 and 2024, followed by Universal Pictures International and Twentieth Century Fox. 

Beyond Disney

'The Jungle Book' has generated nearly ** million admissions in France since its original theatrical release in 1968, which makes it the most popular Disney animated movie since 1945. While Disney animated films have paved the way for animation, other studios also managed to release very successful productions. More than ***** million moviegoers watched "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" on the big screen in France. The adaptation of the video game of the same name is a production from the animation studio Illumination, a division of Universal Pictures.

For young and old alike

While the number of animated films released in theatres is slowly increasing, despite a sharp decrease in 2020, those films are no longer the prerogative of children and the public is diversifying. In 2023, 32.8 percent of the general audience of animated movies were aged between 25 and 49 years old in France, and slightly less than ** percent of the audience distribution was made up of people of higher socio-professional categories.