#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 32
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 1,551 to 1,600 of 2,657. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 1551
May 20, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $404.1K - 1552
Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $403.9K - 1553
May 19, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $403.8K - 1554
May 14, 1991 US and Canada: $403.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $403.1K - 1555
Feb 26, 1999 US and Canada: $402.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $402.7K - 1556
May 18, 2007 US and Canada: $22.8K Rest of the world: $379.5K Worldwide: $402.3K - 1557
Aug 11, 2000 US and Canada: $359.1K Rest of the world: $42.2K Worldwide: $401.3K - 1558
May 4, 2018 US and Canada: $46.3K Rest of the world: $353.7K Worldwide: $400K - 1559
Jun 28, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $399.8K - 1560
Aug 27, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $398.6K - 1561
May 4, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $398.5K - 1562
May 20, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $398K - 1563
May 15, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $397.1K - 1564
Jul 12, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $397.1K - 1565
Jun 5, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $396.2K - 1566
Nov 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $395.7K - 1567
Jun 10, 2016 US and Canada: $331.5K Rest of the world: $60.5K Worldwide: $392K - 1568
Sep 13, 2002 US and Canada: $392K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $392K - 1569
May 8, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $391.7K - 1570
Nov 6, 1985 US and Canada: $390.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $390.7K - 1571
May 23, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $389.5K - 1572
Sep 1, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $386.6K - 1573
Jul 11, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $384.9K - 1574
May 8, 2009 US and Canada: $294.2K Rest of the world: $90.4K Worldwide: $384.7K - 1575
Aug 28, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $384.6K - 1576
Jan 12, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $383.9K - 1577
Jun 15, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $382.1K - 1578
Nov 24, 1999 US and Canada: $56.6K Rest of the world: $325K Worldwide: $381.6K - 1579
Sep 8, 2006 US and Canada: $10.9K Rest of the world: $370.5K Worldwide: $381.5K - 1580
May 23, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $380.7K - 1581
Jun 16, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $379K - 1582
May 6, 2015 US and Canada: $889 Rest of the world: $375.6K Worldwide: $376.5K - 1583
Sep 30, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $376.5K - 1584
May 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $376K - 1585
Feb 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $374.8K - 1586
Dec 19, 2003 US and Canada: $374.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $374.4K - 1587
Jun 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $374.2K - 1588
Jul 18, 2014 US and Canada: $8.7K Rest of the world: $362.9K Worldwide: $371.7K - 1589
Jul 18, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $371.6K - 1590
Dec 11, 1987 US and Canada: $370.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $370.7K - 1591
Oct 29, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $369.2K - 1592
May 19, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $368.1K - 1593
Dec 17, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $368K - 1594
Jun 13, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $366.6K - 1595
Aug 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $365.4K - 1596
Sep 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $365.3K - 1597
Aug 23, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $364.2K - 1598
Dec 25, 1996 US and Canada: $52K Rest of the world: $312.2K Worldwide: $364.1K - 1599
Jul 5, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $363.5K - 1600
Dec 9, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $358.8K
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)