| #
|
Date
|
Film
|
Gross
|
Notes
|
| 1 |
January 5, 2011 |
La chance de ma vie |
$2,862,053 |
|
| 2 |
January 12, 2011 |
Season of the Witch |
$2,749,309 |
Finished at number one, despite being screened in less theaters (325) than The Green Hornet (505) and Le Fils à Jo (450) which released the same week.
|
| 3 |
January 19, 2011 |
Hereafter |
$5,646,551 |
|
| 4 |
January 26, 2011 |
$3,766,585 |
|
| 5 |
February 2, 2011 |
Nothing to Declare |
$20,173,011 |
The movie got a limited release one week prior in Northern France and Belgium. Nothing to Declare was the second widest theatrical release ever on a first week, with 1,036 theaters (only behind Asterix at the Olympic Games, with 1,078 theaters). Nothing to Declare had also the highest-grossing opening week for a comedy in 2011.
|
| 6 |
February 9, 2011 |
$12,962,281 |
|
| 7 |
February 16, 2011 |
$8,919,672 |
|
| 8 |
February 23, 2011 |
$6,776,038 |
|
| 9 |
March 2, 2011 |
$4,104,529 |
|
| 10 |
March 9, 2011 |
The Rite |
$2,905,860 |
The Rite broke the 5-week number-one streak made by Nothing to Declare.
|
| 11 |
March 16, 2011 |
Ma part du gâteau |
$2,934,147 |
|
| 12 |
March 23, 2011 |
Rango |
$4,210,513 |
|
| 13 |
March 30, 2011 |
$2,685,295 |
|
| 14 |
April 6, 2011 |
Titeuf |
$3,070,462 |
|
| 15 |
April 13, 2011 |
Rio |
$4,916,976 |
|
| 16 |
April 20, 2011 |
$4,122,050 |
This marks the fifth consecutive week where three different animated films were number one at the French box-office.
|
| 17 |
April 27, 2011 |
Thor |
$8,690,043 |
|
| 18 |
May 4, 2011 |
Fast Five |
$10,040,137 |
Fast Five is the highest-grossing film in the series in France, and has the best opening week.
|
| 19 |
May 11, 2011 |
$5,535,782 |
|
| 20 |
May 18, 2011 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides |
$16,640,516 |
This is the lowest opening week for a Pirates of the Caribbean film.
|
| 21 |
May 25, 2011 |
$8,051,456 |
|
| 22 |
June 1, 2011 |
$8,539,879 |
|
| 23 |
June 8, 2011 |
$5,463,385 |
|
| 24 |
June 15, 2011 |
Kung Fu Panda 2 |
$8,566,432 |
Kung Fu Panda 2 opening week was slightly below the first film, Kung Fu Panda, but managed to reach the number one spot, that its predecessor have failed to do.
|
| 25 |
June 22, 2011 |
$3,835,011 |
|
| 26 |
June 29, 2011 |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
$11,456,014 |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon has the highest opening week in the series. It also has the highest-grossing opening week for a science fiction film in 2011.
|
| 27 |
July 6, 2011 |
$5,291,950 |
|
| 28 |
July 13, 2011 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |
$27,591,728 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, in terms of tickets sold, made the fourth highest first-day gross of all-time in France, and the sixth highest first-week gross of all time in France. However, The Adventures of Tintin made better later in the year for its first week.
|
| 29 |
July 20, 2011 |
$12,144,002 |
|
| 30 |
July 27, 2011 |
Cars 2 |
$8,775,319 |
Cars 2 made a better opening week than the first episode, Cars five years prior.
|
| 31 |
August 3, 2011 |
The Smurfs |
$6,438,356 |
|
| 32 |
August 10, 2011 |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
$9,284,285 |
|
| 33 |
August 17, 2011 |
$4,362,553 |
|
| 34 |
August 24, 2011 |
$3,686,179 |
|
| 35 |
August 31, 2011 |
Final Destination 5 |
$4,386,871 |
Final Destination 5 is the first film in the series to reach the number one weekly spot in France, and is the highest-grossing film in the series in France.
|
| 36 |
September 7, 2011 |
Friends with Benefits |
$1,772,869 |
Friends with Benefits is the lowest-grossing film of 2011 that reached the number one spot in France.
|
| 37 |
September 14, 2011 |
La Guerre des Boutons |
$5,291,941 |
This movie, and La Nouvelle Guerre des Boutons, were two films loosely based on the famous French novel War of the Buttons, that released a week after another.
|
| 38 |
September 21, 2011 |
La nouvelle guerre des boutons |
$4,090,938 |
|
| 39 |
September 28, 2011 |
$2,261,944 |
|
| 40 |
October 5, 2011 |
Bienvenue à bord |
$4,164,260 |
Drive had a much higher average gross per theater.
|
| 41 |
October 12, 2011 |
The Artist |
$3,135,958 |
|
| 42 |
October 19, 2011 |
Polisse |
$4,040,667 |
Polisse was shown in less theaters than Real Steel, which released the same day.
|
| 43 |
October 26, 2011 |
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn |
$21,788,886 |
The Adventures of Tintin, in terms of tickets sold, has the highest-grossing opening week in 2011, and the sixth-highest of all time (taking the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 spot). This is also the highest-grossing week of all time for an animated film.
|
| 44 |
November 2, 2011 |
Intouchables |
$14,725,888 |
Intouchables broke the record for the highest-grossing revenue per theater of all-time for a wide release.
|
| 45 |
November 9, 2011 |
$23,150,820 |
The movie again broke its own record, set a week prior. The revenue income is 57% higher than in the release week.
|
| 46 |
November 16, 2011 |
$17,603,393 |
Intouchables manages to have a stronger week than The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, despite being shown in less theaters and being in its third week. The latter has the highest-grossing opening week that didn't reach the number one spot in 2011.
|
| 47 |
November 23, 2011 |
$16,038,772 |
|
| 48 |
November 30, 2011 |
$14,602,623 |
Puss in Boots, released on that week, is the highest-grossing film in 2011 in France that didn't reach the weekly number one spot. Intouchables also crosses the $100 million bar on that week, the last film in France having reached that high being Avatar in 2010. It also makes the best fifth week of all-time, beating Titanic's record.
|
| 49 |
December 7, 2011 |
$9,674,182 |
Intouchables makes its sixth consecutive week at the French box-office, beating Nothing to Declare's 5-week streak.
|
| 50 |
December 14, 2011 |
$6,689,667 |
Intouchables, even being on its seventh week, still stands at number one, preventing Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol from being number one on its opening week.
|
| 51 |
December 21, 2011 |
$5,492,523 |
|
| 52 |
December 28, 2011 |
$8,197,671 |
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