Some news about France.
The last got 50000 entries after 2 weeks. They are playing it again for a third week.
So I guess the flop is not that terrible... meh... =/
Doesn't necessarily mean people like it. People are often drawn to terrible movies as well, just to see how terrible it is for themselves.
That's what happened with Fifty Shades of Gray. Horrible film, universally panned, but it made money just from the "train wreck" factor.
I'm not saying that's the case in France, but it could be. It just doesn't make logical sense that a large sector of the global population -- regardless of their fandom bias -- could possibly be satisfied with the saccharine, nonsensical, non sequitur load of crap that The Last serves up.
Then again, France is known for its inexplicable fascination with Jerry Lewis...... 