Moulin, László Nemes’s Jean Moulin drama starring Gilles Lellouche and distributed in France by Studio TF1, led the national chart in the week of 28 October to 3 November 2026 with 346,178 admissions from 470 cinemas, according to CBO-BoxOffice figures published via JP’s Box-Office. Earlier weekend estimates from Télérama and Le Figaro had put the opening stretch at about 296,000 admissions including roughly 39,000 previews. Boxoffice Pro on 4 November described a first week above 300,000 and a cumulative total above 350,000 once later tallies folded in previews, in line with the updated CBO week figure.
Key facts
- Moulin (dir. László Nemes; Studio TF1): 346,178 admissions, week of 28 October–3 November, 470 sites (CBO via JP’s Box-Office; earlier weekend estimate ~296,000 including previews)
- No. 2 Les Misérables (2026): 244,431 in the week; cumulative 1,153,904
- No. 3 Karma: 232,581; cumulative 595,552
- No. 4 Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache: 230,301; cumulative 1,203,239
- New: Le Fantôme de l’Opéra 136,880 in 535 sites; Hope 114,705 in 194 sites
Studio TF1’s third theatrical bet
Studio TF1 is the theatrical label on the release, Boxoffice Pro notes, making Moulin its third cinema title. The cast led by Lellouche opposite Lars Eidinger’s Klaus Barbie is the commercial hook; Nemes’s authorship is the critical one. Neither the production budget nor the P&A spend was disclosed with the weekly chart. Admissions, not gross, are the French trade’s primary public measure here, so euro totals stay out of the lead until a distributor or CNC series publishes them.
Opening in context
Télérama places the early weekend estimate below La Bataille de Gaulle: L’Âge de fer (about 314,000 in its comparable opening) and ahead of this year’s other Resistance-adjacent openers Notre salut (215,000) and Les Rayons et les Ombres (209,000). Boxoffice Pro notes a strong per-screening average of about 32 admissions and says the film is Studio TF1’s third theatrical release. Nemes’s previous French opening for Son of Saul was far smaller (Télérama cites about 65,000 in 2015).
Gross box office in euros was not published in the sources above; these are admissions, not distributor net.
What else held
School-holiday comedy Ducobu crossed 1.2 million cumulative admissions, Boxoffice Pro and JP’s Box-Office agree, finishing fourth in the updated CBO week on more than 1,000 screens. Les Misérables cleared one million cumulative in its third week and took second place on the revised chart. Pathé’s Karma rose to third with a 32% week-on-week decline and about 21 admissions per screening, Boxoffice Pro says.
Among other new releases, Le Fantôme de l’Opéra opened soft on a wide 535-screen footprint (136,880 on the updated CBO week), while Universal’s Hope reached 114,705 from only 194 sites and a high per-screen average in both JP’s Box-Office and Boxoffice Pro. Tandem’s Papa où t’es ? drew the best new-film per-screen average in Boxoffice Pro’s read (~34). The weekly top 20 totalled about 2.3 million admissions, down roughly 30% on the prior week and well below the same calendar window in 2023–24, Boxoffice Pro reports.
Market read
French exhibitors are still riding a run of Second World War local titles that convert reviews and star casting into opening-week volume. The next evidence for Moulin is the second-week hold once the holiday comedy audience thins, and whether Studio TF1 can push it toward the multi-million path La Bataille de Gaulle has already taken. Related FilmBunch charts include Spain’s La bola negra run and Cinemark’s latest US circuit earnings. More under Box Office and Isabelle Allanche’s mk2 appointment for the French company desk.
Our reading
For French distributors, Moulin confirms that a contained Resistance drama with a major local star can still take No. 1 in a soft overall week. The risk is the same as for the other 2026 war titles: opening strength without a second-week audience. Watch admissions per screening and screen count into week two.
Sources
- JP’s Box-Office / CBO-BoxOffice, Top 20 France 28 October–3 November 2026 (Moulin 346,178 in 470 sites; Les Misérables; Karma; Ducobu; Fantôme de l’Opéra; Hope)
- Télérama, Moulin dans les pas de La Bataille de Gaulle au box-office (3 November 2026; early ~296,000 including 39,000 previews in 470 cinemas; comparables)
- Boxoffice Pro, Box-office hebdo : Moulin s’impose (4 November 2026; first-week averages, Ducobu 1.2m, top-20 2.3m admissions)
- Le Figaro, Le film Moulin s’offre un bon démarrage au box-office (3 November 2026; ~296,000 Wed–Sun including previews)
- TF1 Info, Moulin n°1 du box-office (346,178 cited as the opening-week cumulative)