#1 of 88 2013 · Comedy
$32.9M worldwide · 10% of the chart's total
Serial Teachers (2013) is the highest-grossing French-language movie released in 2013, with $32.9M worldwide, ahead of What's in a Name? (2013) at $31.3M and Me, Myself and Mum (2013) at $25M. 88 French-language films released in 2013 report a worldwide gross, $338M in all, 2% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 64% on 2012, whose releases took $937.3M. By genre, Comedy leads with $200.4M across 41 French releases.
#1 of 88 2013 · Comedy
$32.9M worldwide · 10% of the chart's total
Serial Teachers (2013) leads with $32.9M, 10% of the total. The top 5 together took $132M, 39% of what all 88 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Ranks 1 to 50 of 88. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2013.
Apr 17, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.9M
Dec 13, 2013 US and Canada: $8.1K Rest of the world: $31.3M Worldwide: $31.3M
May 20, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25M
Nov 17, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23M
Oct 25, 2013 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $17.6M Worldwide: $19.8M
Jan 17, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.9M
Apr 19, 2013 US and Canada: $389.8K Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $16.2M
Mar 13, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.3M
Sep 6, 2013 US and Canada: $179.1K Rest of the world: $12.5M Worldwide: $12.7M
Sep 20, 2013 US and Canada: $217.9K Rest of the world: $11.3M Worldwide: $11.5M
Feb 17, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4M
Feb 20, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10M
Mar 5, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.6M
Mar 29, 2013 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: $5.5M Worldwide: $7.8M
Aug 25, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7M
Sep 7, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.6M
Jul 15, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9M
Oct 25, 2013 US and Canada: $101.7K Rest of the world: $4.7M Worldwide: $4.8M
Jun 19, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7M
Sep 22, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7M
May 31, 2013 US and Canada: $38.7K Rest of the world: $3.9M Worldwide: $3.9M
Dec 11, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.9M
Nov 26, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M
Feb 13, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.4M
May 21, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3M
Apr 12, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3M
Jul 4, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3M
May 1, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3M
Sep 7, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M
Aug 29, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Apr 3, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
May 20, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Jun 14, 2013 US and Canada: $3.5K Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $2.4M
Jun 12, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M
Aug 28, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M
Sep 22, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M
Jan 25, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M
Jan 13, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.3M
May 3, 2013 US and Canada: $85.2K Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $1.3M
Jun 7, 2013 US and Canada: $18.9K Rest of the world: $1.1M Worldwide: $1.2M
Mar 27, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
Dec 18, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $996.3K
Aug 7, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $985.5K
Jan 22, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $929.1K
Dec 11, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $772.9K
Nov 8, 2013 US and Canada: $1.1K Rest of the world: $707.7K Worldwide: $708.8K
Aug 2, 2013 US and Canada: $23.2K Rest of the world: $677K Worldwide: $700.2K
Oct 16, 2013 US and Canada: $35.3K Rest of the world: $625.1K Worldwide: $660.4K
Jan 22, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $657.7K
Aug 28, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $529.6K Of the top 10, Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) earned the biggest share at home (11% in the US & Canada), while What's in a Name? (2013) made 100% of its gross abroad. Across all 88 films, $5.9M (2%) came from the US & Canada. 5 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
None of the 88 films reached $100M. 77 films, 88% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $338M total.
April releases took the most, $55M from 5 films, led by Serial Teachers (2013). July was the quietest month ($8.2M). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
Of these 10 years, 2012 earned the most: $937.3M from 86 films, led by The Intouchables (2012). 2013 took $338M.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 63 films | 63 | $379.9M | – | A Very Long Engagement (2004) $69.4M |
| 2005 61 films · −28% | 61 | $271.9M | −28% | The Chorus (2005) $88.4M |
| 2006 73 films · +7% | 73 | $292.3M | +7% | French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever (2006) $84.2M |
| 2007 88 films · +50% | 88 | $439.2M | +50% | La Vie en Rose (2007) $87.5M |
| 2008 92 films · +33% | 92 | $586M | +33% | Welcome to the Sticks (2008) $245.1M |
| 2009 78 films · −28% | 78 | $422.9M | −28% | Little Nicholas (2009) $62.8M |
| 2010 81 films · +39% | 81 | $589.4M | +39% | Nothing to Declare (2010) $93.8M |
| 2011 91 films · −46% | 91 | $318.5M | −46% | Of Gods and Men (2011) $43.8M |
| 2012 86 films · +194% | 86 | $937.3M | +194% | The Intouchables (2012) $426.6M |
| 2013 88 films · −64% | 88 | $338M | −64% | Serial Teachers (2013) $32.9M |
Comedy took $200.4M across 41 films, 59% of the total, ahead of Drama ($114.1M) and Romance ($39.8M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
Every year from 1931 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2012 leads with $937.3M, led by The Intouchables (2012).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 88 films as the chart.
Serial Teachers (2013) leads with $32.9M worldwide. Next come What's in a Name? (2013) at $31.3M and Me, Myself and Mum (2013) at $25M.
88 French-language films released in 2013 report a worldwide gross, $338M in all, or $3.8M per film on average. 2012 releases took $937.3M.
None. The biggest, Serial Teachers (2013), earned $32.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2013. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.