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How cinema lovers in France can make the most of the €5 springtime offer

France's Printemps du Cinéma festival runs from Sunday, March 23rd to Tuesday, March 25th – offering movie lovers the chance to go and see the latest releases for €5. After a year driven by homegrown hits such as Le Comte de Monte-Cristo and Un P'tit truc en plus , movie theatres in France have high hopes for a blockbuster 2025, driven by the return of major American movies, more than a year after the end of the strike that paralysed Hollywood. READ ALSO Why the far north of France is more than just a place to pass through Over the first two months of the year, French movie theatres had racked up 28.3 million admissions, in line with attendance figures from 2024. How to take advantage of the deals It's pretty simple, as most French cinemas are participating in Printemps du Cinéma, but you can double check by going to their website . Once you've verified, simply go to your local movie theatre's website and select the film you would like to see. You ought to be able to reserve your ticket at the €5 price. Alternatively, go and buy a ticket in person. Whichever works best for you. But what's on? According to box office figures, Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 was the most popular film in French cinemas on March 12, dethroning God Save the Tuche , which slipped down to third, with French adventure Le Secret de Khéops second on the podium. Advertisement As well as the cinematic top three, you could try moving family drama Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan ; Enya Baroux's debut feature, the tender and gentle right-to-die tale On ira ; Adrien Brody's tour de force in The Brutalist – which is almost as long as his Oscar acceptance speech; Stephen Soderbergh's stylish (aren't they all?) thriller The Insider. READ ALSO Puns, sex and urban legends: How English movie titles are translated into French Or, there is Lionel Baier's intimate portrait of a family of Holocaust survivors living in 1968 Paris, La Cache ; Robert De Niro playing not one but two Noo Yoik gangsters in The Alto Knights ; Carine Tardieu's independent-woman-out-of-water tale L'Attachement ; Oscar-winning road trip movie A Real Pain ; volcano thriller Magma ; Cannes' Caméra d'Or winner La Convocation ; and the cinematic return of Pamela Anderson in The Last Showgirl.