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The opening ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival this year had all the eyes on it not just to see the illustrious carpet and the entries leading to the cinema hall, but also to witness Johnny Depp coming back to the big screen with his French period drama Jeanne du Barry. After what felt like an exile that he was subjected to post his infamous legal battle involving former wife Amber Heard, the comeback movie was riding on a lot of hopes. But what if we now tell you it is busy breaking Box Office records?
For the unversed, Jeanne du Barry marks Depp’s comeback to the big screen as an actor. The star chose an independent French Film to do so and was selected to open the Cannes Film Festival. The movie that screened on the opening night turned out to be a success as it received a long-standing ovation and marked his proper return to bring an actor.
But turns out that the success story doesn’t end there, and Jeanne du Barry is now taking over the Box Office in the French circle in a big way. The movie has managed to earn the highest number of any opening night movie at Cannes Film Festival has managed to in the past decade since The Great Gatsby that screened at the festival in 2013. Read on to know everything you should about the same.
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