This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in France during 2011. The weeks start on Wednesdays, and finish on Tuesdays.
| Date | Film | Gross | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La chance de ma vie | $2,862,053 | ||
| 2 | Season of the Witch | $2,749,309 | Finished at number one, despite being screened in less theaters (325) than The Green Hornet (505) and Le Fils à Jo (450) which released the same week. | |
| 3 | Hereafter | $5,646,551 | ||
| 4 | $3,766,585 | |||
| 5 | Nothing to Declare | $20,173,011 | The movie got a limited release one week prior in Northern France and Belgium. Nothing to Declare was the second widest theatrical release ever on a first week, with 1,036 theaters (only behind Asterix at the Olympic Games, with 1,078 theaters). Nothing to Declare had also the highest-grossing opening week for a comedy in 2011. | |
| 6 | $12,962,281 | |||
| 7 | $8,919,672 | |||
| 8 | $6,776,038 | |||
| 9 | $4,104,529 | |||
| 10 | The Rite | $2,905,860 | The Rite broke the 5-week number-one streak made by Nothing to Declare. | |
| 11 | Ma part du gâteau | $2,934,147 | ||
| 12 | Rango | $4,210,513 | ||
| 13 | $2,685,295 | |||
| 14 | Titeuf | $3,070,462 | ||
| 15 | Rio | $4,916,976 | ||
| 16 | $4,122,050 | This marks the fifth consecutive week where three different animated films were number one at the French box-office. | ||
| 17 | Thor | $8,690,043 | ||
| 18 | Fast Five | $10,040,137 | Fast Five is the highest-grossing film in the series in France, and has the best opening week. | |
| 19 | $5,535,782 | |||
| 20 | $16,640,516 | This is the lowest opening week for a Pirates of the Caribbean film. | ||
| 21 | $8,051,456 | |||
| 22 | $8,539,879 | |||
| 23 | $5,463,385 | |||
| 24 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $8,566,432 | Kung Fu Panda 2 opening week was slightly below the first film, Kung Fu Panda, but managed to reach the number one spot, that its predecessor have failed to do. | |
| 25 | $3,835,011 | |||
| 26 | $11,456,014 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon has the highest opening week in the series. It also has the highest-grossing opening week for a science fiction film in 2011. | ||
| 27 | $5,291,950 | |||
| 28 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | $27,591,728 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, in terms of tickets sold, made the fourth highest first-day gross of all time in France, and the sixth highest first-week gross of all time in France. However, The Adventures of Tintin made better later in the year for its first week. | |
| 29 | $12,144,002 | |||
| 30 | Cars 2 | $8,775,319 | Cars 2 made a better opening week than the first episode, Cars five years prior. | |
| 31 | The Smurfs | $6,438,356 | ||
| 32 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $9,284,285 | ||
| 33 | $4,362,553 | |||
| 34 | $3,686,179 | |||
| 35 | Final Destination 5 | $4,386,871 | Final Destination 5 is the first film in the series to reach the number one weekly spot in France, and is the highest-grossing film in the series in France. | |
| 36 | Friends with Benefits | $1,772,869 | Friends with Benefits is the lowest-grossing film of 2011 that reached the number one spot in France. | |
| 37 | La Guerre des Boutons | $5,291,941 | This movie, and La Nouvelle Guerre des Boutons, were two films loosely based on the famous French novel War of the Buttons, that released a week after another. | |
| 38 | La nouvelle guerre des boutons | $4,090,938 | ||
| 39 | $2,261,944 | |||
| 40 | Bienvenue à bord | $4,164,260 | Drive had a much higher average gross per theater. | |
| 41 | The Artist | $3,135,958 | ||
| 42 | Polisse | $4,040,667 | Polisse was shown in less theaters than Real Steel, which released the same day. | |
| 43 | $21,788,886 | The Adventures of Tintin, in terms of tickets sold, has the highest-grossing opening week in 2011, and the sixth-highest of all time (taking the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 spot). This is also the highest-grossing week of all time for an animated film. | ||
| 44 | Intouchables | $14,725,888 | Intouchables broke the record for the highest-grossing revenue per theater of all-time for a wide release. | |
| 45 | $23,150,820 | The movie again broke its own record, set a week prior. The revenue income is 57% higher than in the release week. | ||
| 46 | $17,603,393 | Intouchables manages to have a stronger week than , despite being shown in less theaters and being in its third week. The latter has the highest-grossing opening week that didn't reach the number one spot in 2011. | ||
| 47 | $16,038,772 | |||
| 48 | $14,602,623 | Puss in Boots, released on that week, is the highest-grossing film in 2011 in France that didn't reach the weekly number one spot. Intouchables also crosses the $100 million bar on that week, the last film in France having reached that high being Avatar in 2010. It also makes the best fifth week of all time, beating Titanic's record.|-| 49 || || $9,674,182 || Intouchables makes its sixth consecutive week at the French box-office, beating Nothing to Declare's 5-week streak.|-| 50 || || $6,689,667 || Intouchables, even being on its seventh week, still stands at number one, preventing from being number one on its opening week.|-| 51 || || $5,492,523 |||-| 52 || || $8,197,671 |||-|}See also
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