#1 of 140 2019 · Drama, Sport
$39.2M worldwide · 12% of the chart's total
Sink or Swim (2019) is the highest-grossing French-language movie released in 2019, with $39.2M worldwide, ahead of The Specials (2019) at $19.4M and An Officer and a Spy (2019) at $18.9M. 140 French-language films released in 2019 report a worldwide gross, $331.4M in all, 4% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 42% on 2018, whose releases took $573.5M. By genre, Drama leads with $215.7M across 86 French releases.
#1 of 140 2019 · Drama, Sport
$39.2M worldwide · 12% of the chart's total
Sink or Swim (2019) leads with $39.2M, 12% of the total. The top 5 together took $107.4M, 32% of what all 140 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 140. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2019.
Sep 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.2M
May 25, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.4M
Aug 30, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.9M
Aug 21, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.5M
May 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.4M
Aug 25, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.7M
Jul 10, 2019 US and Canada: $4.7M Rest of the world: $6.9M Worldwide: $11.6M
Dec 6, 2019 US and Canada: $3.8M Rest of the world: $6.1M Worldwide: $9.9M
Oct 18, 2019 US and Canada: $67.1K Rest of the world: $7.7M Worldwide: $7.8M
Oct 21, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.7M
Jan 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.3M
Jun 14, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.2M
Oct 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.3M
May 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.2M
Jan 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6M
Jan 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7M
Aug 21, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.5M
Dec 25, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M
Oct 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9M
Nov 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.8M
May 8, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7M
Feb 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7M
Mar 8, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1M
May 31, 2019 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $4.1M
May 29, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1M
May 3, 2019 US and Canada: $704.9K Rest of the world: $2.9M Worldwide: $3.6M
Aug 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.4M
Sep 2, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3M
Dec 7, 2019 US and Canada: $53.3K Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $3.3M
Jul 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1M
Nov 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1M
May 22, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M
Feb 1, 2019 US and Canada: $78K Rest of the world: $2.8M Worldwide: $2.8M
Sep 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Jan 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M
Sep 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M
Oct 19, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M
Aug 30, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M
Apr 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M
May 18, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M
May 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M
Aug 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M
Feb 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M
Oct 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M
Feb 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M
Jul 19, 2019 US and Canada: $77.5K Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $1.7M
Aug 11, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M
Mar 1, 2019 US and Canada: $817.3K Rest of the world: $878.7K Worldwide: $1.7M
May 15, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M
Feb 15, 2019 US and Canada: $30.6K Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $1.6M Of the top 10, Compulsive Liar (2019) earned the biggest share at home (41% in the US & Canada), while By the Grace of God (2019) made 99% of its gross abroad. Across all 140 films, $14.6M (4%) came from the US & Canada. 7 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
None of the 140 films reached $100M. 133 films, 95% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $331.4M total.
May releases took the most, $70.6M from 26 films, led by The Specials (2019). April was the quietest month ($5.1M). 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). 2019 took $331.4M.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 81 films | 81 | $589.4M | – | 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 90 films · −64% | 90 | $339.5M | −64% | Serial Teachers (2013) $32.9M |
| 2014 101 films · +15% | 101 | $390.6M | +15% | Superchondriac (2014) $53.4M |
| 2015 90 films · −39% | 90 | $237.2M | −39% | Serial Teachers 2 (2015) $25.4M |
| 2016 116 films · +71% | 116 | $406.2M | +71% | Two Is a Family (2016) $49.6M |
| 2017 127 films · −31% | 127 | $279.5M | −31% | Alibi.com (2017) $29.4M |
| 2018 140 films · +105% | 140 | $573.5M | +105% | Family Is Family (2018) $50M |
| 2019 140 films · −42% | 140 | $331.4M | −42% | Sink or Swim (2019) $39.2M |
Drama took $215.7M across 86 films, 65% of the total, ahead of Comedy ($207.3M) and Romance ($44.2M). 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 140 films as the chart.
Sink or Swim (2019) leads with $39.2M worldwide. Next come The Specials (2019) at $19.4M and An Officer and a Spy (2019) at $18.9M.
140 French-language films released in 2019 report a worldwide gross, $331.4M in all, or $2.4M per film on average. 2018 releases took $573.5M.
None. The biggest, Sink or Swim (2019), earned $39.2M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2019. 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.