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The following is a list of the films with the most cinema admissions in France , as of 31 July 2022.
Background colour indicates films currently in cinemas
Rank
Title
Tickets sold[1]
Year[2]
1
Titanic
21,774,181
1997
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
Once Upon a Time in the West
14,862,764
1969
8
Avatar
14,775,990
2009
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
Ben-Hur
13,826,124
1960
14
Les Visiteurs
13,782,991
1993
15
The Bridge on the River Kwai
13,481,750
1957
16
Cinderella
13,226,772
1950
17
Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo
12,791,168
1952
18
The Aristocats
12,481,726
1971
19
Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?
12,366,033
2014
20
The Longest Day
11,933,629
1962
21
Le Corniaud
11,739,783
1965
22
Lady and the Tramp
11,175,716
1955
23
The Lion King
10,716,947
1994
24
Bambi
10,679,571
1948
25
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
10,507,561
2015
26
Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie
10,355,930
2006
27
Taxi 2
10,345,901
2000
28
Three Men and a Cradle
10,251,465
1985
29
The Guns of Navarone
10,197,729
1961
30
The Lion King (2019 film)
10,017,955
2019
31
Les Misérables
9,940,533
1957
32
War of the Buttons
9,936,391
1962
33
Doctor Zhivago
9,816,054
1966
34
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
9,619,259
1955
35
Finding Nemo
9,528,033
2003
36
The Greatest Show on Earth
9,488,114
1952
37
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
9,470,090
2001
38
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
9,415,886
1982
39
Le Dîner de Cons
9,247,001
1998
40
The Big Blue
9,194,343
1988
41
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
9,144,701
2002
42
The Bear
9,136,266
1988
43
Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar
8,948,624
1999
44
Emmanuelle
8,893,996
1974
45
La Vache et le Prisonnier
8,844,199
1959
46
The Great Escape
8,756,631
1963
47
West Side Story
8,719,610
1962
48
Le Bataillon du ciel
8,649,691
1947
49
Amélie
8,636,041
2001
50
The Chorus
8,636,013
2004
51
For Whom the Bell Tolls
8,274,596
1947
52
The Great Dictator
8,269,894
1945
53
Nothing to Declare
8,150,825
2011
54
Violettes impériales
8,125,766
1952
55
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
8,043,129
1998
56
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
7,924,857
1999
57
Un indien dans la ville
7,870,802
1994
58
Tarzan
7,859,751
1999
59
Ratatouille
7,845,210
2007
60
Pinocchio
7,835,702
1946
61
La Vérité si je mens ! 2
7,826,393
2001
62
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
7,809,334
1964
63
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
7,803,757
2009
64
The Sixth Sense
7,799,130
2000
65
The Count of Monte Cristo
7,780,642
1955
66
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
7,731,601
2005
67
The Fifth Element
7,727,697
1997
68
A Clockwork Orange
7,602,396
1971
69
Robin Hood
7,472,637
1973
70
Les Bidasses en folie
7,460,911
1971
71
La Famille Bélier
7,450,944
2014
72
Le Retour de don Camillo
7,425,550
1953
73
Frozen II
7,401,300
2019
74
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
7,393,904
2003
75
Spider-Man: No Way Home
7,319,651
2021
76
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
7,295,727
1973
77
Aladdin
7,280,423
1993
78
Dances with Wolves
7,280,124
1991
79
Peter Pan
7,255,475
1953
80
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
7,247,809
2005
81
Jean de Florette
7,223,657
1986
82
The Rescuers
7,219,476
1977
83
Shrek 2
7,185,626
2004
84
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7,138,548
2004
85
Samson and Delilah
7,116,442
1951
86
Joan of Arc
7,092,586
1949
87
La Chèvre
7,079,674
1981
88
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
7,076,549
2017
89
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7,070,194
2002
90
Monsieur Vincent
7,055,290
1947
91
The Magnificent Seven
7,037,826
1961
92
Jour de fête
7,027,487
1949
93
Skyfall
7,003,902
2012
94
Les grandes vacances
6,986,917
1967
95
Royal Affairs in Versailles
6,986,788
1954
96
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
6,951,441
2001
97
The Wages of Fear
6,944,306
1953
98
Avengers: Endgame
6,942,474
2019
99
Les Trois Frères
6,897,098
1995
100
Michel Strogoff
6,868,854
1956
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]
French productions
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
fr:La Bataille de l'eau lourde
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
See also
References
^ 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