#1 of 2,657 Highest-grossing French-language movie ever
2012 · Drama, Comedy
$426.6M worldwide
$10.2M US & Canada · 2% $416.4M elsewhere · 98%
French box office · All time
Highest-Grossing French Movies of All Time, Page 3
The Intouchables (2012) is the highest-grossing French-language movie in our database, with $426.6M worldwide, ahead of Welcome to the Sticks (2008) at $245.1M and Amélie (2001) at $175.2M. 2,657 French-language films in our database report a worldwide gross, $9.7B in all, 9% of it from the US & Canada. 5 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. By genre, Comedy leads with $5.9B across 1,058 French releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 2,657
- combined worldwide
- $9.7B
- films crossed $100M
- 5
- earned in the US & Canada
- 9%
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All 2,657 French Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 2,657. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 101
Sep 16, 2011 US and Canada: $666.6K Rest of the world: $16.4M Worldwide: $17.1M - 102
Dec 17, 2008 US and Canada: $10.4K Rest of the world: $17.1M Worldwide: $17.1M - 103
Apr 10, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17M - 104
May 28, 2010 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: $15.7M Worldwide: $17M - 105
Oct 9, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17M - 106
Jun 13, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.8M - 107
Jun 8, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.8M - 108
Apr 8, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.7M - 109
Sep 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.3M - 110
Apr 19, 2013 US and Canada: $389.8K Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $16.2M - 111
Jul 27, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.1M - 112
Sep 19, 2003 US and Canada: $777.1K Rest of the world: $15.3M Worldwide: $16.1M - 113
Oct 3, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.9M - 114
Aug 24, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.9M - 115
Nov 8, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.8M - 116
Dec 9, 2016 US and Canada: $127.9K Rest of the world: $15.6M Worldwide: $15.7M - 117
Aug 21, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.5M - 118
May 11, 2000 US and Canada: $3.8M Rest of the world: $11.6M Worldwide: $15.5M - 119
Apr 19, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.4M - 120
Dec 4, 2022 US and Canada: $355.1K Rest of the world: $15.1M Worldwide: $15.4M - 121
Jan 5, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.3M - 122
Mar 13, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.3M - 123
Dec 12, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.3M - 124
Oct 12, 2012 US and Canada: $47.8K Rest of the world: $15M Worldwide: $15.1M - 125
Sep 7, 2018 US and Canada: $6.3K Rest of the world: $14.9M Worldwide: $14.9M - 126
Feb 16, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.8M - 127
May 2, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.8M - 128
Dec 24, 2008 US and Canada: $86.4K Rest of the world: $14.7M Worldwide: $14.8M - 129
Nov 26, 2003 US and Canada: $7M Rest of the world: $7.8M Worldwide: $14.8M - 130
Nov 14, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.8M - 131
Nov 25, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.8M - 132
Dec 15, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.7M - 133
Jul 1, 2009 US and Canada: $707.9K Rest of the world: $14M Worldwide: $14.7M - 134
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $12.5M Worldwide: $14.4M - 135
May 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.4M - 136
Jun 22, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.3M - 137
Apr 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.2M - 138
Feb 5, 2010 US and Canada: $36.1K Rest of the world: $14.1M Worldwide: $14.1M - 139
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14M - 140
Jun 18, 2004 US and Canada: $9.8M Rest of the world: $3.9M Worldwide: $13.7M - 141
May 7, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.6M - 142
Jun 3, 2022 US and Canada: $444.8K Rest of the world: $13.1M Worldwide: $13.6M - 143
Jul 17, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.5M - 144
Jan 28, 2004 US and Canada: $54.4K Rest of the world: $13.3M Worldwide: $13.3M - 145
Jul 23, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.2M - 146
Sep 18, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.2M - 147
Jul 20, 2012 US and Canada: $386.4K Rest of the world: $12.8M Worldwide: $13.2M - 148
Sep 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.2M - 149
Jun 4, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.1M - 150
Apr 21, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13M
Archive
French Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1931 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2012 leads with $937.3M, led by The Intouchables (2012).
2020s 7 years · $1.5B
2010s 10 years · $4.4B
- 2019 $333.6M #1 Sink or Swim (2019)
- 2018 $573.5M #1 Family Is Family (2018)
- 2017 $279.5M #1 Alibi.com (2017)
- 2016 $406.2M #1 Two Is a Family (2016)
- 2015 $237.2M #1 Serial Teachers 2 (2015)
- 2014 $390.6M #1 Superchondriac (2014)
- 2013 $339.5M #1 Serial Teachers (2013)
- 2012 $937.3M #1 The Intouchables (2012)
- 2011 $318.5M #1 Of Gods and Men (2011)
- 2010 $589.4M #1 Nothing to Declare (2010)
2000s 10 years · $3.5B
- 2009 $422.6M #1 Little Nicholas (2009)
- 2008 $586M #1 Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
- 2007 $439.2M #1 La Vie en Rose (2007)
- 2006 $292.3M #1 French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever (2006)
- 2005 $271.9M #1 The Chorus (2005)
- 2004 $379.9M #1 A Very Long Engagement (2004)
- 2003 $338.9M #1 Taxi 3 (2003)
- 2002 $334.8M #1 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
- 2001 $358.1M #1 Amélie (2001)
- 2000 $102.4M #1 Taxi 2 (2000)
1990s 10 years · $113.6M
- 1999 $10.5M #1 Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis (1999)
- 1998 $28M #1 The Big Hit (1998)
- 1997 $1.1M #1 Artemisia (1997)
- 1996 $20.5M #1 The Eighth Day (1996)
- 1995 $5.6M #1 The City of Lost Children (1995)
- 1994 $8M #1 Three Colors: Red (1994)
- 1993 $3.3M #1 Three Colors: Blue (1993)
- 1992 $11.7M #1 Indochine (1992)
- 1991 $11.1M #1 La Femme Nikita (1991)
- 1990 $13.7M #1 Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
1980s 10 years · $128M
- 1989 $17M #1 Family Business (1989)
- 1988 $18.1M #1 Dead Ringers (1988)
- 1987 $7.3M #1 Maurice (1987)
- 1986 $31.6M #1 Disorder (1986)
- 1985 $11.8M #1 Brazil (1985)
- 1984 $2.8M #1 A Sunday in the Country (1984)
- 1983 $13.6M #1 Without a Trace (1983)
- 1982 $11.5M #1 The Beast Within (1982)
- 1981 $6.5M #1 The Boy Soldier (1981)
- 1980 $7.8M #1 La Cage aux Folles II (1980)
1970s 10 years · $40.3M
- 1979 $20.4M #1 La Cage aux Folles (1979)
- 1978 $26.4K #1 The Song of Roland (1978)
- 1977 $7.3M #1 Animal (1977)
- 1976 $271.7K #1 Mr. Klein (1976)
- 1975 $11.3M #1 The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1975)
- 1974 $79K #1 Parade (1974)
- 1973 $50.6K #1 The Mother and the Whore (1973)
- 1972 $170K #1 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- 1971 $113.3K #1 Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
- 1970 $641.3K #1 Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
1960s 10 years · $17.5M
- 1969 $1.3M #1 Army of Shadows (1969)
- 1968 $47.8K #1 The Bride Wore Black (1968)
- 1967 $4.8M #1 Belle de Jour (1967)
- 1966 $564.1K #1 Masculine Feminine (1966)
- 1965 $269K #1 Pierrot le Fou (1965)
- 1964 $204.7K #1 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
- 1963 $1.4M #1 Contempt (1963)
- 1962 $648K #1 Jules and Jim (1962)
- 1961 $6.9M #1 The Taste of Violence (1961)
- 1960 $1.3M #1 Breathless (1960)
1950s 9 years · $2.2M
- 1959 $471.7K #1 The 400 Blows (1959)
- 1958 $431.8K #1 Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
- 1957 $15.1K #1 He Who Must Die (1957)
- 1956 $71.1K #1 The Red Balloon (1956)
- 1955 $550.7K #1 Rififi (1955)
- 1954 $2.6K #1 Sabrina (1954)
- 1953 $567.6K #1 Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
- 1952 $52.6K #1 Forbidden Games (1952)
- 1951 $57.8K #1 Diary of a Country Priest (1951)