Dany Boon, director and star of France's most successful film ever seen here in 2008, "Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis", has become the best-paid actor in European film history.
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (English: Welcome to the Land of Shtis) is a 2008 French motion picture comedy starring Kad Merad, Dany Boon and Zoé Félix. The film has broken nearly every box office record in France. As of 1 July 2008, the film had been seen by over 20.2 million people in 19 weeks, thereby breaking the record of La Grande Vadrouille (released in 1966) and is expected to overtake Titanic (1997) as the most successful film ever released in France. The film has grossed over US$193 million in France alone.

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