Pathe released the title on 950 screens acrossFrancein the biggest theatrical launch of early 2023 for local productions.
Like Chabats earlier hit,Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdomhas opened on the first Wednesday of February.
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Asterix & Obelix: The Middle KingdomChristophe Brachet
Much rides on the performance of the film.
Reviews and other press coverage have not been on the films side.
The notoriously toughLiberationnewspaper said the productions shoulders were too weak to carry the burden of reinvigorating French cinema.
