List of 2011 box office number-one films in France

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in France during 2011. The weeks start on Wednesdays, and finish on Tuesdays.

# Date Film Gross Notes
1January 5, 2011La chance de ma vie$2,862,053
2January 12, 2011Season of the Witch$2,749,309Finished 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.
3January 19, 2011Hereafter$5,646,551
4January 26, 2011$3,766,585
5February 2, 2011Nothing to Declare$20,173,011The 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.
6February 9, 2011$12,962,281
7February 16, 2011$8,919,672
8February 23, 2011$6,776,038
9March 2, 2011$4,104,529
10March 9, 2011The Rite$2,905,860The Rite broke the 5-week number-one streak made by Nothing to Declare.
11March 16, 2011Ma part du gâteau$2,934,147
12March 23, 2011Rango$4,210,513
13March 30, 2011$2,685,295
14April 6, 2011Titeuf$3,070,462
15April 13, 2011Rio$4,916,976
16April 20, 2011$4,122,050This marks the fifth consecutive week where three different animated films were number one at the French box-office.
17April 27, 2011Thor$8,690,043
18May 4, 2011Fast Five$10,040,137Fast Five is the highest-grossing film in the series in France, and has the best opening week.
19May 11, 2011$5,535,782
20May 18, 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides$16,640,516This is the lowest opening week for a Pirates of the Caribbean film.
21May 25, 2011$8,051,456
22June 1, 2011$8,539,879
23June 8, 2011$5,463,385
24June 15, 2011Kung Fu Panda 2$8,566,432Kung 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.
25June 22, 2011$3,835,011
26June 29, 2011Transformers: Dark of the Moon$11,456,014Transformers: 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.
27July 6, 2011$5,291,950
28July 13, 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2$27,591,728Harry 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.
29July 20, 2011$12,144,002
30July 27, 2011Cars 2$8,775,319Cars 2 made a better opening week than the first episode, Cars five years prior.
31August 3, 2011The Smurfs$6,438,356
32August 10, 2011Rise of the Planet of the Apes$9,284,285
33August 17, 2011$4,362,553
34August 24, 2011$3,686,179
35August 31, 2011Final Destination 5$4,386,871Final 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.
36September 7, 2011Friends with Benefits$1,772,869Friends with Benefits is the lowest-grossing film of 2011 that reached the number one spot in France.
37September 14, 2011La Guerre des Boutons$5,291,941This 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.
38September 21, 2011La nouvelle guerre des boutons$4,090,938
39September 28, 2011$2,261,944
40October 5, 2011Bienvenue à bord$4,164,260Drive had a much higher average gross per theater.
41October 12, 2011The Artist$3,135,958
42October 19, 2011Polisse$4,040,667Polisse was shown in less theaters than Real Steel, which released the same day.
43October 26, 2011The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn$21,788,886The 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.
44November 2, 2011Intouchables$14,725,888Intouchables broke the record for the highest-grossing revenue per theater of all-time for a wide release.
45November 9, 2011$23,150,820The movie again broke its own record, set a week prior. The revenue income is 57% higher than in the release week.
46November 16, 2011$17,603,393Intouchables 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.
47November 23, 2011$16,038,772
48November 30, 2011$14,602,623Puss 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.
49December 7, 2011$9,674,182Intouchables makes its sixth consecutive week at the French box-office, beating Nothing to Declare's 5-week streak.
50December 14, 2011$6,689,667Intouchables, even being on its seventh week, still stands at number one, preventing Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol from being number one on its opening week.
51December 21, 2011$5,492,523
52December 28, 2011$8,197,671

References
    • "France Weekend Box Office Index for 2011". Box Office Mojo.

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