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

Rank	Title	Tickets sold^[1]	Year^[2]
1	Titanic	22,295,045	1998
2	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	20,489,303	2008
3	The Intouchables	19,490,688	2011
4	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	18,319,651	1938
5	La Grande Vadrouille	17,267,607	1966
6	Gone with the Wind	16,719,236	1950
7	Avatar	15,340,969	2009
8	Once Upon a Time in the West	14,862,764	1969
9	The Jungle Book	14,695,741	1967
10	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	14,660,594	1961
11		14,559,509	2002
12	The Ten Commandments	14,229,745	1956
13		14,000,537	2022
14	Ben-Hur	13,826,124	1960
15	Les Visiteurs	13,782,991	1993
16	The Bridge on the River Kwai	13,481,750	1957
17	Cinderella	13,226,772	1950
18	Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo	12,791,168	1952
19	The Aristocats	12,481,726	1971
20	Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?	12,366,033	2014
21	The Longest Day	11,933,629	1962
22	Le Corniaud	11,739,783	1965
23	Lady and the Tramp	11,175,716	1955
24	The Lion King	10,716,947	1994
25	Bambi	10,679,571	1948
26		10,507,561	2015
27		10,355,930	2006
28	Taxi 2	10,345,901	2000
29	Three Men and a Cradle	10,251,465	1985
30	The Guns of Navarone	10,197,729	1961
31	The Lion King (2019 film)	10,017,955	2019
32	Les Misérables	9,940,533	1957
33	War of the Buttons	9,936,391	1962
34	Doctor Zhivago	9,816,054	1966
35	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	9,619,259	1955
36	Finding Nemo	9,528,033	2003
37	The Greatest Show on Earth	9,488,114	1952
38	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	9,470,090	2001
39	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	9,415,886	1982
40	Le Dîner de Cons	9,247,001	1998
41	The Big Blue	9,194,343	1988
42	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	9,144,701	2002
43	The Bear	9,136,266	1988
44	Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar	8,948,624	1999
45	Emmanuelle	8,893,996	1974
46	La Vache et le Prisonnier	8,844,199	1959
47	The Great Escape	8,756,631	1963
48	West Side Story	8,719,610	1962
49	Le Bataillon du ciel	8,649,691	1947
50	Amélie	8,636,041	2001
51	The Chorus	8,636,013	2004
52	For Whom the Bell Tolls	8,274,596	1947
53	The Great Dictator	8,269,894	1945
54	Nothing to Declare	8,150,825	2011
55	Violettes impériales	8,125,766	1952
56		8,043,129	1998
57		7,924,857	1999
58	Un indien dans la ville	7,870,802	1994
59	Tarzan	7,859,751	1999
60	Ratatouille	7,845,210	2007
61	Pinocchio	7,835,702	1946
62	La Vérité si je mens ! 2	7,826,393	2001
63	Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez	7,809,334	1964
64		7,803,757	2009
65	The Sixth Sense	7,799,130	2000
66	The Count of Monte Cristo	7,780,642	1955
67	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	7,731,601	2005
68	The Fifth Element	7,727,697	1997
69	A Clockwork Orange	7,602,396	1971
70	Robin Hood	7,472,637	1973
71	Les Bidasses en folie	7,460,911	1971
72	La Famille Bélier	7,450,944	2014
73	Le Retour de don Camillo	7,425,550	1953
74	Frozen II	7,401,300	2019
75		7,393,904	2003
76		7,387,844	2021
77	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	7,359,395	2023
78	The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob	7,295,727	1973
79	Aladdin	7,280,423	1993
80	Dances with Wolves	7,280,124	1991
81	Peter Pan	7,255,475	1953
82		7,247,809	2005
83	Jean de Florette	7,223,657	1986
84	The Rescuers	7,219,476	1977
85	Shrek 2	7,185,626	2004
86	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	7,138,548	2004
87	Samson and Delilah	7,116,442	1951
88	Joan of Arc	7,092,586	1949
89	La Chèvre	7,079,674	1981
90		7,076,549	2017
91		7,070,194	2002
92	Monsieur Vincent	7,055,290	1947
93	The Magnificent Seven	7,037,826	1961
94	Jour de fête	7,027,487	1949
95	Skyfall	7,003,902	2012
96	Les grandes vacances	6,986,917	1967
97	Royal Affairs in Versailles	6,986,788	1954
98		6,951,441	2001
99	The Wages of Fear	6,944,306	1953
100		6,942,474	2019

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	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		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		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		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		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
1946/47	La Symphonie Pastorale	6,320,000
1947/48	Monsieur Vincent	6,850,000
1948/49		4,880,000
1949/50	Barry	4,050,000
1950/51	Nous irons à Paris	6,190,000
1951/52	Fanfan la Tulipe	5,770,000
1952/53	Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo	12,280,000
1953/54	Royal Affairs in Versailles	6,650,000
1954/55	Papa, maman, la bonne et moi	5,320,000
1955/56	Napoléon	5,160,000
1956/57	Michel Strogoff	6,490,000
1957/58	Les Misérables (Part One)/Les Misérables (Part Two)	4,730,000
1958/59	Young Sinners (Les Tricheurs)	4,800,000
1959/60	La Vache et le Prisonnier	7,850,000
1960/61	La Vérité	5,500,000
1961/62	War of the Buttons	7,300,000
1962/63	Any Number Can Win	3,250,000
1963/64	La Cuisine au Beurre	5,230,000
1964/65	Le Corniaud	9,100,000
1965/66	Gendarme in New York	4,840,000
1966/67	La Grande Vadrouille	14,860,000
1967/68	Les grandes vacances	5,670,000
1968/69	Le gendarme se marie	6,230,000
1969/70	The Sicilian Clan	4,610,000
1970/71	Mourir d'aimer	5,900,000
1971/72	Les Bidasses en folie	6,890,000
1972/73	Stadium Nuts	5,050,000
1973/74	The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob	6,410,000
1974/75	Emmanuelle	6,090,000
1975/76	À nous les petites Anglaises	5,290,000
1976/77	L'Aile ou la cuisse	4,300,000
1977/78	L'Animal	3,000,000
1978/79	Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres	6,020,000
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		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		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		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 petit 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		2,645,727	^[53]
2022	Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century	2,372,793	^[54] ^[55]
2023		4,598,637	^[56]

See also

• Lists of highest-grossing films

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.