The following is a list of the films with the most cinema admissions in France, as of 7 October 2026.

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Rank Title Tickets sold YearMovies 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 1Titanic 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 18,290,843 1938 5 La Grande Vadrouille 17,317,745 1966 6 Gone with the Wind 16,719,236 1950 7 Avatar 15,340,969 2009 8 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra 14,967,407 2002 9 Once Upon a Time in the West 14,862,764 1969 10 The Jungle Book 14,695,741 1967 11 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 14,660,594 1961 12 The Ten Commandments 14,229,745 1956 13Avatar: The Way of Water 14 058 430 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 La Grande Illusion 12,500,000 1937 20 The Aristocats 12,481,726 1971 21 Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ? 12,366,033 2014 22 The Longest Day 11,933,629 1962 23 Le Corniaud 11,739,783 1965 24 Lady and the Tramp 11,175,716 1955 25 A Little Something Extra 10,830,209 2024 26 The Lion King 10,718,727 1994 27 Bambi 10,679,571 1948 28 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 10,507,561 2015 29 Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie 10,355,930 2006 30 Taxi 2 10,345,901 2000 31 Three Men and a Cradle 10,251,465 1985 32 The Guns of Navarone 10,197,729 196133 The Lion King 10,017,955 2019 34 Les Misérables 9,940,533 1957 35 War of the Buttons 9,936,391 1962 36 Doctor Zhivago 9,816,054 1966 37 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 9 619 363 2001 38 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 9,619,259 1955 39 Finding Nemo 9,528,033 2003 40 The Greatest Show on Earth 9,488,114 1952 41 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 9,415,886 198242The Count of Monte Cristo9 382 2162024 43 Le Dîner de Cons 9,247,001 1998 44 The Big Blue 9,194,343 1988 45 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 9,144,701 2002 46 The Bear 9,136,266 1988 47 Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar 8,948,624 1999 48 Emmanuelle 8,893,996 197449Avatar: Fire and Ash8 844 8202025 50 La Vache et le Prisonnier 8,844,199 1959 51 The Great Escape 8,756,631 1963 52 West Side Story 8,719,610 1962 53 The Chorus 8,689,891 200454Zootopia 28 684 9452025 55 Amélie 8,670,926 2001 56 Le Bataillon du ciel 8,649,691 1947 57 Spider-Man: Brand New Day 8,457,785 2026 58 Inside Out 2 8,427,652 2024 59 For Whom the Bell Tolls 8,274,596 1947 60 The Great Dictator 8,269,894 1945 61 Nothing to Declare 8,150,825 2011 62 Violettes impériales 8,125,766 195263Moana 28,081,0442024 64 The Odyssey 8,059,232 2026 65 The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time 8,043,129 1998 66 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 7,975,313 1999 67 Un indien dans la ville 7,870,802 1994 68 Tarzan 7,859,751 1999 69 Ratatouille 7,845,210 2007 70 Pinocchio 7,835,702 1946 71 La Vérité si je mens ! 2 7,826,393 2001 72 Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez 7,809,334 1964 73 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 7,803,757 2009 74 The Sixth Sense 7,799,130 2000 75 The Count of Monte Cristo 7,780,642 1955 76 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 7,731,601 2005 77 The Fifth Element 7,727,697 1997 79 A Clockwork Orange 7,602,396 1971 80 Les Bidasses en folie 7,460,911 1971 81 La Famille Bélier 7,450,944 2014 82 Le Retour de don Camillo 7,425,550 1953 82 Frozen 2 7,401,300 2019 83 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 7 396 877 2005 84 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 7,393,904 2003 85 Spider-Man: No Way Home 7,387,844 2021 86 The Super Mario Bros. Movie 7,359,395 2023 87 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 7,295,727 1973 88 Aladdin 7,280,423 1993 89 Dances with Wolves 7,280,124 1991 90 Peter Pan 7,255,475 1953 91 Jean de Florette 7,223,657 1986 92 The Rescuers 7,219,476 1977 93 Shrek 2 7,185,626 200494Avengers: Endgame7,139,2482019 95 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 7,138,548 2004 96 Samson and Delilah 7,116,442 1951 97 Joan of Arc 7,092,586 1949 98 La Chèvre 7,079,674 1981 99 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi 7,076,549 2017 100 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 7,070,194 2002

French productions The following are the 100 French films with the most admissions in France as of 31 July 2020.

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Rank Title Tickets sold YearMovie with several releases = War of the Buttons, The Big Blue, Jour de fête 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 Season/Year Title Tickets soldRef 1945/46 La Bataille du rail 5,260,000 1946/47 La Symphonie Pastorale 6,320,000 1947/48 Monsieur Vincent 6,850,000 1948/49 Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water 4,880,000 1949/50 Barry 4,050,000 1950/51 Nous irons à Paris 6,190,000 1951/52 Fanfan la Tulipe 5,770,000 1952/53 Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo 12,280,000 1953/54 Royal Affairs in Versailles 6,650,000 1954/55 Papa, maman, la bonne et moi 5,320,000 1955/56 Napoléon 5,160,000 1956/57 Michel Strogoff 6,490,000 1957/58 Les Misérables (Part One)/Les Misérables (Part Two) 4,730,000 1958/59 Young Sinners (Les Tricheurs) 4,800,000 1959/60 La Vache et le Prisonnier 7,850,000 1960/61 La Vérité 5,500,000 1961/62 War of the Buttons 7,300,000 1962/63 Any Number Can Win 3,250,000 1963/64 La Cuisine au Beurre 5,230,000 1964/65 Le Corniaud 9,100,000 1965/66 Gendarme in New York 4,840,000 1966/67 La Grande Vadrouille 14,860,000 1967/68 Les grandes vacances 5,670,000 1968/69 Le gendarme se marie 6,230,000 1969/70 The Sicilian Clan 4,610,000 1970/71 Mourir d'aimer 5,900,000 1971/72 Les Bidasses en folie 6,890,000 1972/73 Stadium Nuts 5,050,000 1973/74 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 6,410,000 1974/75 Emmanuelle 6,090,000 1975/76 À nous les petites Anglaises 5,290,000 1976/77 L'Aile ou la cuisse 4,300,000 1977/78 L'Animal 3,000,000 1978/79 Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres 6,020,000 1980 La Boum 4,378,430 1981 La Chèvre 7,079,674 1982 L'as des as 5,452,593 1983 L'Été meurtrier 5,137,040 1984 Marche à l'ombre 6,168,425 1985 Three Men and a Cradle 10,251,465 1986 Jean de Florette 7,223,657 1987 Au revoir les enfants 3,488,460 1988 The Big Blue 9,074,317 1989 Trop belle pour toi 2,031,131 1990 My Father's Glory 6,291,402 1991 Une époque formidable... 1,672,754 1992 Indochine 3,198,663 1993 Les Visiteurs 13,782,991 1994 Léon: The Professional 3,350,000 1995 Un indien dans la ville 5,616,000 1996 Pédale douce 4,162,380 1997 The Fifth Element 7,727,697 1998 Le Dîner de Cons 8,583,366 1999 Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar 8,948,624 2000 Taxi 2 10,345,901 2001 Amélie 8,173,491 2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra 14,559,509 2003 Taxi 3 6,151,691 2004 The Chorus 8,636,016 2005 Brice de Nice 4,424,136 2006 Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie 10,355,928 2007 La Vie en Rose 5,242,769 2008 Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis 20,489,383 2009 Le petit Nicolas 5,520,562 2010 Little White Lies 5,457,251 2011 The Intouchables 16,888,372 2012 Sur la piste du Marsupilami 5,304,366 2013 Serial Teachers 3,957,176 2014 Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ? 12,366,033 2015 The New Adventures of Aladdin 4,439,602 2016 Les Tuche 2 4,619,897 2017 Raid dingue 4,571,310 2018 Les Tuche 3 5,687,200 2019 Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu ? 6,711,618 2020 Adieu les cons 1,993,197 2021 Kaamelott: The First Chapter 2,645,727 2022 Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century 2,372,793 2023 Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom 4,598,6372024A Little Something Extra10,830,209

See also

Lists of highest-grossing films

References