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
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
14,559,509
2002
12
The Ten Commandments
14,229,745
1956
13
Avatar: The Way of Water
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
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
10,507,561
2015
27
Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie
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
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
8,043,129
1998
57
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
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
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
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
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
7,393,904
2003
76
Spider-Man: No Way Home
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
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
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
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
7,076,549
2017
91
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
6,951,441
2001
99
The Wages of Fear
6,944,306
1953
100
Avengers: Endgame
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]
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[ 1]
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
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
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
Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie
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
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
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
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
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
edit
Season/Year
Title
Tickets sold[ 5]
Ref
1945/46
La Bataille du rail
5,260,000
[ 5]
1946/47
La Symphonie Pastorale
6,320,000
[ 5]
1947/48
Monsieur Vincent
6,850,000
[ 5]
1948/49
Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
4,880,000
[ 5]
1949/50
Barry
4,050,000
[ 5]
1950/51
Nous irons à Paris
6,190,000
[ 5]
1951/52
Fanfan la Tulipe
5,770,000
[ 5]
1952/53
Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo
12,280,000
[ 5]
1953/54
Royal Affairs in Versailles
6,650,000
[ 5]
1954/55
Papa, maman, la bonne et moi
5,320,000
[ 5]
1955/56
Napoléon
5,160,000
[ 5]
1956/57
Michel Strogoff
6,490,000
[ 5]
1957/58
Les Misérables (Part One)/Les Misérables (Part Two)
4,730,000
[ 5]
1958/59
Young Sinners (Les Tricheurs)
4,800,000
[ 5]
1959/60
La Vache et le Prisonnier
7,850,000
[ 5]
1960/61
La Vérité
5,500,000
[ 5]
1961/62
War of the Buttons
7,300,000
[ 5]
1962/63
Any Number Can Win
3,250,000
[ 5]
1963/64
La Cuisine au Beurre
5,230,000
[ 5]
1964/65
Le Corniaud
9,100,000
[ 5]
1965/66
Gendarme in New York
4,840,000
[ 5]
1966/67
La Grande Vadrouille
14,860,000
[ 5]
1967/68
Les grandes vacances
5,670,000
[ 5]
1968/69
Le gendarme se marie
6,230,000
[ 5]
1969/70
The Sicilian Clan
4,610,000
[ 5]
1970/71
Mourir d'aimer
5,900,000
[ 5]
1971/72
Les Bidasses en folie
6,890,000
[ 5]
1972/73
Stadium Nuts
5,050,000
[ 5]
1973/74
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
6,410,000
[ 5]
1974/75
Emmanuelle
6,090,000
[ 5]
1975/76
À nous les petites Anglaises
5,290,000
[ 5]
1976/77
L'Aile ou la cuisse
4,300,000
[ 5]
1977/78
L'Animal
3,000,000
[ 5]
1978/79
Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres
6,020,000
[ 5]
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
Léon: The Professional
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
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
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
Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie
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
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2,645,727
[ 53]
2022
Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century
2,372,793
[ 54] [ 55]
2023
Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom
4,598,637
[ 56]
^ a b According to JP's Box-Office , Official figures of the distributors.
^ 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
^ "Film: 'The Grand Illusion'." Box Office Story . Retrieved: 20 March 2017.
^ Movie with several releases = War of the Buttons, The Big Blue, Jour de fête
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Borger, Lenny (15 October 1980). "Top Scoring French Pictures From 1945-1979" . Variety . p. 267. Retrieved January 2, 2024 – via Internet Archive .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1980" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1981" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1982" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1983" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1984" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1985" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1986" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1987" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1988" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1989" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1990" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1991" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1992" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1993" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "France's Top 10 Films". Screen International . 21 April 1995. p. 14. Average ticket price is $6
^ "Top 10 Films 1995". Screen International . 29 March 1996. p. 15. Gross is determined by multiplying admissions by $6 average ticket price
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1996" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1997" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1998" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "LE DÎNER DE CONS" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ Peter Cowie , ed. (1999). The Variety Almanac 1999 . Boxtree Ltd . p. 50. ISBN 0-7522-2454-9 . $53.9 million
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 1999" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ Peter Cowie , ed. (2000). The Variety Almanac 2000 . Boxtree Ltd . p. 60. ISBN 0-7522-7159-8 . $52.0 million
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2000" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "France's Top 10 in 2000". Variety (AFM 2001: Film Market Preview ed.). February 19, 2001. p. 30. $52.0 million; $1= 7 francs
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^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2008" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2009" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (31 March 2010). "France: Top 5 Local Films 2009". Screen International . €45.6 million
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2010" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2011" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2012" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2013" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2014" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2015" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
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^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2019" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2020" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2021" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2022" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .
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^ "Les Entrees en France Annee: 2023" . JP box-office . Retrieved 3 January 2024 .