With a budget estimated in EUR42.9 million, The Count of Monte Cristo is the most expensive French film of 2024.
The Count of Monte Cristo has sold over 8 million admissions in France, becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2024 in the country.
One of the 4 films shortlisted by France's Oscar committee to be chosen as the country's official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
Clocking in at 2 hours and 58 minutes, this is the second-longest film in the official selection (out of competition) at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, behind Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) (3 hours and 1 minute).
When getting ready to introduce Haydée The Count mentions that she had been take by Wallachians. Wallachia and one of it's rulers Vlad the Impaler were possibly a basis for Dracula.