<P> With 205.34 million tickets sold in 2015 and 212.71 million in 2016, France is the third biggest film market in the world both in terms of admissions (after the United States and India) and revenues (after the United States and Japan). It is the most successful film industry in Europe in terms of number of films produced per annum, with a record - breaking 300 feature - length films produced in 2015 . France is also one of the few countries where non-American productions have the biggest share: American films only represented 44.9% of total admissions in 2014 . This is largely due to the commercial strength of domestic productions, which accounted for 44, 5% of admissions in 2014 (35.5% in 2015; 35.3% in 2016). Also, the French film industry is closer to being entirely self - sufficient than any other country in Europe, recovering around 80--90% of costs from revenues generated in the domestic market alone . </P> <P> In 2013, France was the 2nd largest exporter of films in the world after the United States . A study in April 2014 showed the positive image which French cinema maintains around the world, being the most appreciated cinema after American cinema . </P> <P> Les frères Lumière realized the first projection with the Cinematograph, in Paris on 28 December 1895 . The French film industry in the late 19th century and early 20th century was among the world's most important . Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinématographe and their L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat in Paris in 1895 is considered by many historians as the official birth of cinematography . </P> <P> The early days of the industry, from 1896 to 1902, saw the dominance of four firms: Pathé Frères, the Gaumont Film Company, the Georges Méliès company, and the Lumières . Méliès invented many of the techniques of cinematic grammar, and among his fantastic, surreal short subjects is the first science fiction film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune) in 1902). </P>

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