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'La Famille Belier' Consolidates at French Box Office

Following up a sturdy first-day bow in France, Eric Lartigau's "La Famille Belier" honed its credentials as one of the French comedies of 2014-15 with a first five-day EUR4.4 million ($5.4 million) off 690,2014 ticket sales. In a Dec. 17-21 frame still dominated by holdover "The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies," which punched 891,254 admissions in its second weekend for a $25.5 million cume, the Mars Distribution-distribbed "La Famille Belier" ranked second, ahead of "The Penguins of Madagascar." Drawing comparisons with "Billy Elliot," "La Famille," sold internationally by SND-M6 Group, centers on a 16-year-old girl...