List of highest-grossing films in France explained

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

RankTitleTickets sold[1] Year[2]
1Titanic22,295,0451998
2Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis20,489,3032008
3The Intouchables19,490,6882011
4Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs18,319,6511938
5La Grande Vadrouille17,267,6071966
6Gone with the Wind16,719,2361950
7Avatar15,340,9692009
8Once Upon a Time in the West14,862,7641969
9The Jungle Book14,695,7411967
10One Hundred and One Dalmatians14,660,5941961
1114,559,5092002
12The Ten Commandments14,229,7451956
1314,000,5372022
14Ben-Hur13,826,1241960
15Les Visiteurs13,782,9911993
16The Bridge on the River Kwai13,481,7501957
17Cinderella13,226,7721950
18Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo12,791,1681952
19The Aristocats12,481,7261971
20Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?12,366,0332014
21The Longest Day11,933,6291962
22Le Corniaud11,739,7831965
23Lady and the Tramp11,175,7161955
24The Lion King10,716,9471994
25Bambi10,679,5711948
2610,507,5612015
2710,355,9302006
28Taxi 210,345,9012000
29Three Men and a Cradle10,251,4651985
30The Guns of Navarone10,197,7291961
31The Lion King (2019 film)10,017,9552019
32Les Misérables9,940,5331957
33War of the Buttons9,936,3911962
34Doctor Zhivago9,816,0541966
3520,000 Leagues Under the Sea9,619,2591955
36Finding Nemo9,528,0332003
37The Greatest Show on Earth9,488,1141952
38Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone9,470,0902001
39E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial9,415,8861982
40Le Dîner de Cons9,247,0011998
41The Big Blue9,194,3431988
42Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets9,144,7012002
43The Bear9,136,2661988
44Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar8,948,6241999
45Emmanuelle8,893,9961974
46La Vache et le Prisonnier8,844,1991959
47The Great Escape8,756,6311963
48West Side Story8,719,6101962
49Le Bataillon du ciel8,649,6911947
50Amélie8,636,0412001
51The Chorus8,636,0132004
52For Whom the Bell Tolls8,274,5961947
53The Great Dictator8,269,8941945
54Nothing to Declare8,150,8252011
55Violettes impériales8,125,7661952
568,043,1291998
577,924,8571999
58Un indien dans la ville7,870,8021994
59Tarzan7,859,7511999
60Ratatouille7,845,2102007
61Pinocchio7,835,7021946
62La Vérité si je mens ! 27,826,3932001
63Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez7,809,3341964
647,803,7572009
65The Sixth Sense7,799,1302000
66The Count of Monte Cristo7,780,6421955
67Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire7,731,6012005
68The Fifth Element7,727,6971997
69A Clockwork Orange7,602,3961971
70Robin Hood7,472,6371973
71Les Bidasses en folie7,460,9111971
72La Famille Bélier7,450,9442014
73Le Retour de don Camillo7,425,5501953
74Frozen II7,401,3002019
757,393,9042003
767,387,8442021
77The Super Mario Bros. Movie7,359,3952023
78The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob7,295,7271973
79Aladdin7,280,4231993
80Dances with Wolves7,280,1241991
81Peter Pan7,255,4751953
827,247,8092005
83Jean de Florette7,223,6571986
84The Rescuers7,219,4761977
85Shrek 27,185,6262004
86Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban7,138,5482004
87Samson and Delilah7,116,4421951
88Joan of Arc7,092,5861949
89La Chèvre7,079,6741981
907,076,5492017
917,070,1942002
92Monsieur Vincent7,055,2901947
93The Magnificent Seven7,037,8261961
94Jour de fête7,027,4871949
95Skyfall7,003,9022012
96Les grandes vacances6,986,9171967
97Royal Affairs in Versailles6,986,7881954
986,951,4412001
99The Wages of Fear6,944,3061953
1006,942,4742019

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

RankTitleTickets soldYear[4]
1Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis20,489,3032008
2The Intouchables19,490,6882011
3La Grande Vadrouille17,267,6071966
414,559,5092002
5Les Visiteurs13,782,9911993
6Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo12,791,1681952
7Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?12,366,0332014
8Le Corniaud11,739,7831965
910,355,9282006
10Taxi 210,345,9012000
11Three Men and a Cradle10,251,4651985
12Les Misérables9,940,5331957
13War of the Buttons9,936,3911962
14Le Dîner de Cons9,247,0011998
15The Big Blue9,194,3431988
16The Bear9,136,2661988
17Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar8,948,6241999
18Emmanuelle8,893,9961974
19La Vache et le Prisonnier8,844,1991959
20Le Bataillon du ciel8,649,6911947
21Amélie8,636,0412001
22The Chorus8,636,0162004
23Nothing to Declare8,150,8252011
24Violettes impériales8,125,7661952
258,043,1291998
26Un indien dans la ville7,870,8021994
27La Vérité si je mens ! 27,826,3932001
28Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez7,809,3341964
29The Count of Monte Cristo7,780,6421955
30The Fifth Element7,727,6971997
31Les Bidasses en folie7,460,9111971
32La Famille Bélier7,450,9442014
33Le Retour de don Camillo7,425,5501953
34The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob7,295,7271973
35Jean de Florette7,223,6571986
36La Chèvre7,079,6741981
37Monsieur Vincent7,055,2901947
38Jour de fête7,027,4871949
39Les grandes vacances6,986,9171967
40Royal Affairs in Versailles6,986,7881954
41The Wages of Fear6,944,3061953
42Les Trois Frères6,897,0981995
43Michel Strogoff6,868,8541956
44Le gendarme se marie6,828,6261968
45Asterix at the Olympic Games6,817,8032008
46Mission spéciale6,781,1201946
47Fanfan la Tulipe6,726,7441952
48Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu ?6,711,6182019
49Nous irons à Paris6,658,6931950
50Manon des sources6,645,1771986
51Taxi6,522,1211998
52Arthur and the Invisibles6,396,9892006
53La Cuisine au Beurre6,396,5291963
54La Symphonie Pastorale6,373,1231946
55My Father's Glory6,291,4021990
56Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres6,280,0701979
57Pas si bête6,195,4191946
58Marche à l'ombre6,168,4251984
59Germinal6,161,7761993
60Taxi 36,151,6912003
61La Chartreuse de Parme6,151,5211948
62Mr. Orchid6,138,8771946
63Oscar6,122,0411967
64Mourir d'aimer5,912,4041970
65My New Partner5,882,3971984
66L'Aile ou la cuisse5,842,4001976
67Le Bossu5,826,5841959
68Les Anges gardiens5,793,0341995
69Stadium Nuts5,744,2701972
70Andalousie5,735,1131951
71La Bataille du rail5,727,2031946
72Going Places5,726,0311974
73À nous les petites Anglaises5,704,4461977
74La Vérité5,692,3901960
75The Hunchback of Notre Dame5,687,2221956
76Les Tuche 35,687,2002018
77La Ch'tite famille5,626,0492018
78Delusions of Grandeur5,562,5761971
79The Brain5,547,3051969
80Quai des Orfèvres5,544,7211947
81The Little Bather5,542,7961968
82Le petit Nicolas5,520,5622009
83Gendarme in New York5,495,0451965
84Camping5,491,4122006
85Little White Lies5,457,2512010
86L'as des as5,452,5931982
87La Cage aux Folles5,406,6141978
88Napoléon5,405,2521955
89Papa, maman, la bonne et moi5,374,1311954
905,373,3771948
91The Three Musketeers5,354,8391953
92Les Spécialistes5,319,5641985
93The Closet5,317,8582000
94Sur la piste du Marsupilami5,304,3662012
95The Grand Maneuver5,302,0761955
96La Jument verte5,272,0661959
97Supercondriaque5,269,9242014
98Le Professionnel5,243,5111981
99La Vie en rose5,242,7692007
100Lucy5,203,2262014

Most popular French film by season/year

Season/YearTitleTickets sold[5] Ref
1945/46La Bataille du rail5,260,000
1946/47La Symphonie Pastorale6,320,000
1947/48Monsieur Vincent6,850,000
1948/494,880,000
1949/50Barry4,050,000
1950/51Nous irons à Paris6,190,000
1951/52Fanfan la Tulipe5,770,000
1952/53Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo12,280,000
1953/54Royal Affairs in Versailles6,650,000
1954/55Papa, maman, la bonne et moi5,320,000
1955/56Napoléon5,160,000
1956/57Michel Strogoff6,490,000
1957/58Les Misérables (Part One)/Les Misérables (Part Two)4,730,000
1958/59Young Sinners (Les Tricheurs)4,800,000
1959/60La Vache et le Prisonnier7,850,000
1960/61La Vérité5,500,000
1961/62War of the Buttons7,300,000
1962/63Any Number Can Win3,250,000
1963/64La Cuisine au Beurre5,230,000
1964/65Le Corniaud9,100,000
1965/66Gendarme in New York4,840,000
1966/67La Grande Vadrouille14,860,000
1967/68Les grandes vacances5,670,000
1968/69Le gendarme se marie6,230,000
1969/70The Sicilian Clan4,610,000
1970/71Mourir d'aimer5,900,000
1971/72Les Bidasses en folie6,890,000
1972/73Stadium Nuts5,050,000
1973/74The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob6,410,000
1974/75Emmanuelle6,090,000
1975/76À nous les petites Anglaises5,290,000
1976/77L'Aile ou la cuisse4,300,000
1977/78L'Animal3,000,000
1978/79Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres6,020,000
1980La Boum4,378,430[6]
1981La Chèvre7,079,674[7]
1982L'as des as5,452,593[8]
1983L'Été meurtrier5,137,040[9]
1984Marche à l'ombre6,168,425[10]
1985Three Men and a Cradle10,251,465[11]
1986Jean de Florette7,223,657[12]
1987Au revoir les enfants3,488,460[13]
1988The Big Blue9,074,317[14]
1989Trop belle pour toi2,031,131[15]
1990My Father's Glory6,291,402[16]
1991Une époque formidable...1,672,754[17]
1992Indochine3,198,663[18]
1993Les Visiteurs13,782,991[19]
19943,350,000[20]
1995Un indien dans la ville5,616,000[21]
1996Pédale douce4,162,380[22]
1997The Fifth Element7,727,697[23]
1998Le Dîner de Cons8,583,366[24] [25] [26]
1999Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar8,948,624[27] [28]
2000Taxi 210,345,901[29] [30]
2001Amélie8,173,491[31] [32]
200214,559,509[33]
2003Taxi 36,151,691[34]
2004The Chorus8,636,016[35]
2005Brice de Nice4,424,136[36]
200610,355,928[37]
2007La Vie en Rose5,242,769[38]
2008Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis20,489,383[39]
2009Le petit Nicolas5,520,562[40] [41]
2010Little White Lies5,457,251[42]
2011The Intouchables16,888,372[43]
2012Sur la piste du Marsupilami5,304,366[44]
2013Serial Teachers3,957,176[45]
2014Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?12,366,033[46]
2015The New Adventures of Aladdin4,439,602[47]
2016Les Tuche 24,619,897[48]
2017Raid dingue4,571,310[49]
2018Les Tuche 35,687,200[50]
2019Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu ?6,711,618[51]
2020Adieu les cons1,993,197[52]
20212,645,727[53]
2022Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century2,372,793[54] [55]
20234,598,637[56]

See also

Notes and References

  1. According to JP's Box-Office, Official figures of the distributors.
  2. 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
  3. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-gabin-c22691527/64&usg=ALkJrhhMN3YPbBwWyYeJtU2fB4_TaZoWog "Film: 'The Grand Illusion'."
  4. Movie with several releases = War of the Buttons, The Big Blue, Jour de fête
  5. Variety. Top Scoring French Pictures From 1945-1979. 267. Borger. Lenny. 15 October 1980. January 2, 2024. Internet Archive.
  6. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1980. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  7. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1981. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  8. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1982. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  9. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1983. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  10. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1984. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  11. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1985. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  12. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1986. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  13. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1987. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  14. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1988. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  15. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1989. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  16. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1990. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  17. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1991. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  18. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1992. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  19. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1993. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  20. Screen International. France's Top 10 Films. 14. 21 April 1995. Average ticket price is $6.
  21. Screen International. Top 10 Films 1995. 15. 29 March 1996. Gross is determined by multiplying admissions by $6 average ticket price.
  22. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1996. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  23. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1997. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  24. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1998. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  25. Web site: LE DÎNER DE CONS. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  26. Book: . 1999 . The Variety Almanac 1999. . 50 . 0-7522-2454-9. $53.9 million.
  27. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 1999. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  28. Book: . 2000 . The Variety Almanac 2000. . 60 . 0-7522-7159-8. $52.0 million.
  29. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2000. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  30. Variety. 30. France's Top 10 in 2000. February 19, 2001. AFM 2001: Film Market Preview. $52.0 million; $1= 7 francs.
  31. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2001. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  32. Web site: LE FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMÉLIE POULAIN. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  33. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2002. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  34. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2003. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  35. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2004. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  36. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2005. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  37. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2006. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  38. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2007. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  39. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2008. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  40. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2009. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  41. Screen International. 31 March 2010. Tartaglione. Nancy. France: Top 5 Local Films 2009. €45.6 million.
  42. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2010. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  43. Web site: https://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?view=2&filtre=datefr&infla=0&variable=2011Entrees en France Annee: 2011|access-date=3 January 2024|website=JP box-office.
  44. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2012. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  45. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2013. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  46. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2014. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  47. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2015. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  48. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2016. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  49. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2017. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  50. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2018. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  51. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2019. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  52. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2020. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  53. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2021. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  54. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2022. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  55. Web site: SIMONE - LE VOYAGE DU SIÈCLE. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.
  56. Web site: Les Entrees en France Annee: 2023. 3 January 2024. JP box-office.