Paris (AFP)

The historical thriller "J'accuse" by Roman Polanski, who had an eventful outing on a controversial background, arrived at the top of the box office in France on five days Sunday night, achieving the seventh best start of the year for a French film, according to figures released Monday.

Since its release Wednesday, this film about the Dreyfus affair with Jean Dujardin has realized 386,720 entries in 545 rooms, according to the figures of CBO Box Office.

He is at the top of the French box office over five days, ahead of "Le Mans 66", a big-budget American action movie starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, who is making 336,657 admissions.

It is also the 30th best start of the year for a film after the first weekend after its release, according to CBO, and the 7th best score for a French film (behind "What is it? we have done again to the good God? "," We will end together "," Nicky Larson and Cupid's perfume "," Exceptional "," School life "and" The beautiful era ").

"J'accuse" came out in full controversy, after a new accusation of rape against the filmmaker by the photographer Valentine Monnier, who says he was "beaten up" and raped by the Franco-Polish director in 1975 to the eighteen years old, in Switzerland.

After a difficult promotion and the cancellation of a preview in Paris Tuesday because of a blockage by feminists, other feminist activists disrupted Saturday night a TNB cinema in Rennes, which was canceled.

A hashtag #BoycottPolanski also appeared on social media, while several personalities said they would not go see the film, such as the Secretary of State for Gender Equality Marlene Schiappa or the spokesperson from the government Sibeth Ndiaye.

The Civil Society of Authors, Directors and Producers (ARP), an organization comprising more than 200 filmmakers and of which Roman Polanski is a member, was examining Monday evening the case of the Franco-Polish director, who could be suspended from the association, while that he is still facing prosecution in the United States for illegal sex with a minor in 1977.

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