Every year in France, an American or Canadian Christmas movie becomes a big box office hit! This year the box office champion is \u201cThe night before \u2013 secret party\u201d. But the all-time favorite Christmas movie is, for French people of all generations, Tim Burton\u2019s \u201cThe Nightmare Before Christmas\u201d.<\/p>\n
Play the Game\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n Foreign picture titles are translated for the purpose of exportation, but not always. When they are, the translation takes into account many facets of the language including cultural ones, that make the result quite different from one country to the other.<\/p>\n Send us the American title of your favorite American movie and we\u2019ll post the French title accordingly on our blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every year in France, an American or Canadian Christmas movie becomes a big box office hit! This year the box office champion is \u201cThe night before \u2013 secret party\u201d. But the all-time favorite Christmas movie is, for French people of all generations, Tim Burton\u2019s \u201cThe Nightmare Before Christmas\u201d. 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