List of highest-grossing films in France
The following is a list of the films with the most cinema admissions in France, as of 29 December 2023.
- Background colour indicates films currently in cinemas
The website for the above table lists La Grande Illusion (1937) with an estimated 12.5 million admissions but the actual admissions are unknown.[3]
French productions
The following are the 100 French films with the most admissions in France as of 31 July 2020.
- Background colour indicates films currently in cinemas
Rank | Title | Tickets sold[1] | Year[4] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
|
20,489,303 | 2008 |
2 | The Intouchables | 19,490,688 | 2011 |
3 | La Grande Vadrouille | 17,267,607 | 1966 |
4 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | 14,559,509 | 2002 |
5 | Les Visiteurs | 13,782,991 | 1993 |
6 | Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo
|
12,791,168 | 1952 |
7 | Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?
|
12,366,033 | 2014 |
8 | Le Corniaud
|
11,739,783 | 1965 |
9 | Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie
|
10,355,928 | 2006 |
10 | Taxi 2 | 10,345,901 | 2000 |
11 | Three Men and a Cradle | 10,251,465 | 1985 |
12 | Les Misérables | 9,940,533 | 1957 |
13 | War of the Buttons | 9,936,391 | 1962 |
14 | Le Dîner de Cons
|
9,247,001 | 1998 |
15 | The Big Blue | 9,194,343 | 1988 |
16 | The Bear | 9,136,266 | 1988 |
17 | Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar
|
8,948,624 | 1999 |
18 | Emmanuelle | 8,893,996 | 1974 |
19 | La Vache et le Prisonnier
|
8,844,199 | 1959 |
20 | Le Bataillon du ciel | 8,649,691 | 1947 |
21 | Amélie | 8,636,041 | 2001 |
22 | The Chorus | 8,636,016 | 2004 |
23 | Nothing to Declare | 8,150,825 | 2011 |
24 | Violettes impériales | 8,125,766 | 1952 |
25 | The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time | 8,043,129 | 1998 |
26 | Un indien dans la ville | 7,870,802 | 1994 |
27 | La Vérité si je mens ! 2 | 7,826,393 | 2001 |
28 | Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
|
7,809,334 | 1964 |
29 | The Count of Monte Cristo | 7,780,642 | 1955 |
30 | The Fifth Element | 7,727,697 | 1997 |
31 | Les Bidasses en folie | 7,460,911 | 1971 |
32 | La Famille Bélier | 7,450,944 | 2014 |
33 | Le Retour de don Camillo
|
7,425,550 | 1953 |
34 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | 7,295,727 | 1973 |
35 | Jean de Florette | 7,223,657 | 1986 |
36 | La Chèvre | 7,079,674 | 1981 |
37 | Monsieur Vincent | 7,055,290 | 1947 |
38 | Jour de fête | 7,027,487 | 1949 |
39 | Les grandes vacances | 6,986,917 | 1967 |
40 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | 6,986,788 | 1954 |
41 | The Wages of Fear | 6,944,306 | 1953 |
42 | Les Trois Frères
|
6,897,098 | 1995 |
43 | Michel Strogoff | 6,868,854 | 1956 |
44 | Le gendarme se marie | 6,828,626 | 1968 |
45 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | 6,817,803 | 2008 |
46 | Mission spéciale | 6,781,120 | 1946 |
47 | Fanfan la Tulipe | 6,726,744 | 1952 |
48 | Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu ? | 6,711,618 | 2019 |
49 | Nous irons à Paris
|
6,658,693 | 1950 |
50 | Manon des sources | 6,645,177 | 1986 |
51 | Taxi | 6,522,121 | 1998 |
52 | Arthur and the Invisibles
|
6,396,989 | 2006 |
53 | La Cuisine au Beurre | 6,396,529 | 1963 |
54 | La Symphonie Pastorale
|
6,373,123 | 1946 |
55 | My Father's Glory | 6,291,402 | 1990 |
56 | Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres
|
6,280,070 | 1979 |
57 | Pas si bête | 6,195,419 | 1946 |
58 | Marche à l'ombre | 6,168,425 | 1984 |
59 | Germinal | 6,161,776 | 1993 |
60 | Taxi 3 | 6,151,691 | 2003 |
61 | La Chartreuse de Parme | 6,151,521 | 1948 |
62 | Mr. Orchid | 6,138,877 | 1946 |
63 | Oscar | 6,122,041 | 1967 |
64 | Mourir d'aimer | 5,912,404 | 1970 |
65 | My New Partner | 5,882,397 | 1984 |
66 | L'Aile ou la cuisse
|
5,842,400 | 1976 |
67 | Le Bossu | 5,826,584 | 1959 |
68 | Les Anges gardiens | 5,793,034 | 1995 |
69 | Stadium Nuts | 5,744,270 | 1972 |
70 | Andalousie | 5,735,113 | 1951 |
71 | La Bataille du rail
|
5,727,203 | 1946 |
72 | Going Places | 5,726,031 | 1974 |
73 | À nous les petites Anglaises | 5,704,446 | 1977 |
74 | La Vérité | 5,692,390 | 1960 |
75 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 5,687,222 | 1956 |
76 | Les Tuche 3 | 5,687,200 | 2018 |
77 | La Ch'tite famille | 5,626,049 | 2018 |
78 | Delusions of Grandeur | 5,562,576 | 1971 |
79 | The Brain | 5,547,305 | 1969 |
80 | Quai des Orfèvres | 5,544,721 | 1947 |
81 | The Little Bather | 5,542,796 | 1968 |
82 | Le petit Nicolas
|
5,520,562 | 2009 |
83 | Gendarme in New York | 5,495,045 | 1965 |
84 | Camping | 5,491,412 | 2006 |
85 | Little White Lies | 5,457,251 | 2010 |
86 | L'as des as
|
5,452,593 | 1982 |
87 | La Cage aux Folles | 5,406,614 | 1978 |
88 | Napoléon | 5,405,252 | 1955 |
89 | Papa, maman, la bonne et moi
|
5,374,131 | 1954 |
90 | Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water | 5,373,377 | 1948 |
91 | The Three Musketeers | 5,354,839 | 1953 |
92 | Les Spécialistes | 5,319,564 | 1985 |
93 | The Closet | 5,317,858 | 2000 |
94 | Sur la piste du Marsupilami
|
5,304,366 | 2012 |
95 | The Grand Maneuver | 5,302,076 | 1955 |
96 | La Jument verte | 5,272,066 | 1959 |
97 | Supercondriaque | 5,269,924 | 2014 |
98 | Le Professionnel
|
5,243,511 | 1981 |
99 | La Vie en rose
|
5,242,769 | 2007 |
100 | Lucy | 5,203,226 | 2014 |
Most popular French film by season/year
Season/Year | Title | Tickets sold[5] | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
1945/46 | La Bataille du rail
|
5,260,000 | [5] |
1946/47 | La Symphonie Pastorale
|
6,320,000 | [5] |
1947/48 | Monsieur Vincent | 6,850,000 | [5] |
1948/49 | Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water | 4,880,000 | [5] |
1949/50 | Barry | 4,050,000 | [5] |
1950/51 | Nous irons à Paris
|
6,190,000 | [5] |
1951/52 | Fanfan la Tulipe | 5,770,000 | [5] |
1952/53 | Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo
|
12,280,000 | [5] |
1953/54 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | 6,650,000 | [5] |
1954/55 | Papa, maman, la bonne et moi
|
5,320,000 | [5] |
1955/56 | Napoléon | 5,160,000 | [5] |
1956/57 | Michel Strogoff | 6,490,000 | [5] |
1957/58 | Les Misérables (Part One)/Les Misérables (Part Two) | 4,730,000 | [5] |
1958/59 | Young Sinners (Les Tricheurs) | 4,800,000 | [5] |
1959/60 | La Vache et le Prisonnier
|
7,850,000 | [5] |
1960/61 | La Vérité | 5,500,000 | [5] |
1961/62 | War of the Buttons | 7,300,000 | [5] |
1962/63 | Any Number Can Win | 3,250,000 | [5] |
1963/64 | La Cuisine au Beurre | 5,230,000 | [5] |
1964/65 | Le Corniaud
|
9,100,000 | [5] |
1965/66 | Gendarme in New York | 4,840,000 | [5] |
1966/67 | La Grande Vadrouille | 14,860,000 | [5] |
1967/68 | Les grandes vacances | 5,670,000 | [5] |
1968/69 | Le gendarme se marie | 6,230,000 | [5] |
1969/70 | The Sicilian Clan | 4,610,000 | [5] |
1970/71 | Mourir d'aimer | 5,900,000 | [5] |
1971/72 | Les Bidasses en folie | 6,890,000 | [5] |
1972/73 | Stadium Nuts | 5,050,000 | [5] |
1973/74 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | 6,410,000 | [5] |
1974/75 | Emmanuelle | 6,090,000 | [5] |
1975/76 | À nous les petites Anglaises | 5,290,000 | [5] |
1976/77 | L'Aile ou la cuisse
|
4,300,000 | [5] |
1977/78 | L'Animal
|
3,000,000 | [5] |
1978/79 | Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres
|
6,020,000 | [5] |
1980 | La Boum | 4,378,430 | [6] |
1981 | La Chèvre | 7,079,674 | [7] |
1982 | L'as des as
|
5,452,593 | [8] |
1983 | L'Été meurtrier
|
5,137,040 | [9] |
1984 | Marche à l'ombre | 6,168,425 | [10] |
1985 | Three Men and a Cradle | 10,251,465 | [11] |
1986 | Jean de Florette | 7,223,657 | [12] |
1987 | Au revoir les enfants | 3,488,460 | [13] |
1988 | The Big Blue | 9,074,317 | [14] |
1989 | Trop belle pour toi
|
2,031,131 | [15] |
1990 | My Father's Glory | 6,291,402 | [16] |
1991 | Une époque formidable... | 1,672,754 | [17] |
1992 | Indochine | 3,198,663 | [18] |
1993 | Les Visiteurs | 13,782,991 | [19] |
1994 | Léon: The Professional | 3,350,000 | [20] |
1995 | Un indien dans la ville | 5,616,000 | [21] |
1996 | Pédale douce | 4,162,380 | [22] |
1997 | The Fifth Element | 7,727,697 | [23] |
1998 | Le Dîner de Cons | 8,583,366 | [24][25][26] |
1999 | Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar
|
8,948,624 | [27][28] |
2000 | Taxi 2 | 10,345,901 | [29][30] |
2001 | Amélie | 8,173,491 | [31][32] |
2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | 14,559,509 | [33] |
2003 | Taxi 3 | 6,151,691 | [34] |
2004 | The Chorus | 8,636,016 | [35] |
2005 | Brice de Nice | 4,424,136 | [36] |
2006 | Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie
|
10,355,928 | [37] |
2007 | La Vie en Rose | 5,242,769 | [38] |
2008 | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
|
20,489,383 | [39] |
2009 | Le petite Nicolas | 5,520,562 | [40][41] |
2010 | Little White Lies | 5,457,251 | [42] |
2011 | The Intouchables | 16,888,372 | [43] |
2012 | Sur la piste du Marsupilami
|
5,304,366 | [44] |
2013 | Serial Teachers | 3,957,176 | [45] |
2014 | Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?
|
12,366,033 | [46] |
2015 | The New Adventures of Aladdin | 4,439,602 | [47] |
2016 | Les Tuche 2 | 4,619,897 | [48] |
2017 | Raid dingue | 4,571,310 | [49] |
2018 | Les Tuche 3 | 5,687,200 | [50] |
2019 | Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu ? | 6,711,618 | [51] |
2020 | Adieu les cons | 1,993,197 | [52] |
2021 | Kaamelott: The First Chapter | 2,645,727 | [53] |
2022 | Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century | 2,372,793 | [54][55] |
2023 | Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom | 4,598,637 | [56] |
See also
References
- ^ a b According to JP's Box-Office, Official figures of the distributors.
- ^ Movies with several releases = Titanic, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Jungle Book, Avatar, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Cinderella, The Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, Bambi, War of the Buttons, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Pinocchio, Ben-Hur, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Ten Commandments, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Exorcist, The Fox and the Hound, The Lion King, Finding Nemo, The Longest Day, The Big Blue, West Side Story, The Great Dictator, A Clockwork Orange, Robin Hood, Jour de fête
- ^ "Film: 'The Grand Illusion'." Box Office Story. Retrieved: 20 March 2017.
- ^ Movie with several releases = War of the Buttons, The Big Blue, Jour de fête
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Borger, Lenny (15 October 1980). "Top Scoring French Pictures From 1945-1979". Variety. p. 267. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ "France's Top 10 Films". Screen International. 21 April 1995. p. 14.
Average ticket price is $6
- ^ "Top 10 Films 1995". Screen International. 29 March 1996. p. 15.
Gross is determined by multiplying admissions by $6 average ticket price
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- ISBN 0-7522-2454-9.
$53.9 million
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$52.0 million
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$52.0 million; $1= 7 francs
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€45.6 million
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