Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis breaks French box office records

Bienvenue chez les Ch’tisA regional french comedy set in the chilly, rain swept north of France has become the most successful French film ever, breaking a 41-year-old record.

“Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis” (which means ‘Welcome to the home of the Ch’tis’ in french) has sold 17.405 million tickets at the time of this writing and is now on course to beat France’s all time box-office record, held by “Titanic”, which sold more than 20 million tickets. The previoous record was held by the 1966 comedy “La Grande Vadrouille’ which sold 17.267 million tickets.

“Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis”is about a postal worker from the hot south who is reassigned to a distant village in the north. The not-so-happy postman learns to value the loveable cast of characters he runs into, their traditions and their strange accent.

Wildly popular with “Ch’tis” themselves in the north, the movie has pulled in audiences across the whole country and President Nicolas Sarkozy has even asked for a special private screening in the Elysee Palace (supposedly).

Click here to visit the official site of the movie and click here to view the trailer.

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April 8, 2008 | Filed Under International Movies 
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One Response to “Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis breaks French box office records”

  1. Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood on April 12th, 2008 12:39 am

    Cool. Thanks.

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