The 25 biggest box-office hits of all time in France
The top 3 according to 221 votes from people: Titanic · Welcome to the Sticks · The Intouchables. (Updated Apr 17, 2026.)
Titanic has held the French admissions record since 1998, ahead of Welcome to the Sticks and The Intouchables, the two biggest French hits. The 25 films that have drawn the most cinemagoers in France, re-releases included, from Snow White to A Little Something Extra.
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Top 25
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Titanic
No. 1. 22,320,788 admissions. Directed by James Cameron (1998). The all-time record holder since 1998.
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Welcome to the Sticks
No. 2. 20,489,303 admissions. Directed by Dany Boon (2008).
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The Intouchables
No. 3. 19,533,573 admissions. Directed by Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache (2011).
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
No. 4. 18,353,225 admissions. Directed by David Hand (1938).
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Once Upon a Time in the West
No. 9. 14,907,145 admissions. Directed by Sergio Leone (1968).
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A Little Something Extra
No. 25. 10,830,209 admissions. Directed by Artus (2024).
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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
No. 8. 14,967,407 admissions. Directed by Alain Chabat (2002).
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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
No. 5. 17,336,908 admissions. Directed by Gérard Oury (1966).
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Gone with the Wind
No. 6. 16,730,418 admissions. Directed by Victor Fleming (1950).
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
No. 16. 13,481,750 admissions. Directed by David Lean (1957).
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Avatar
No. 7. 15,345,304 admissions. Directed by James Cameron (2009).
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Cinderella
No. 17. 13,274,421 admissions. Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske (1950).
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The Aristocats
No. 19. 12,760,493 admissions. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman (1971).
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The Sucker
No. 23. 11,747,383 admissions. Directed by Gérard Oury (1965).
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
No. 11. 14,705,364 admissions. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske (1961).
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Avatar: The Way of Water
No. 13. 14,058,430 admissions. Directed by James Cameron (2022).
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17
The Jungle Book
No. 10. 14,819,364 admissions. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman (1968).
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18
The Longest Day
No. 22. 11,933,629 admissions. Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki (1962).
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The Ten Commandments
No. 12. 14,237,407 admissions. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille (1958).
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Ben-Hur
No. 14. 13,858,825 admissions. Directed by William Wyler (1960).
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La Grande Illusion
No. 20. 12,500,000 admissions. Directed by Jean Renoir (1937).
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22
Serial (Bad) Weddings
No. 21. 12,366,033 admissions. Directed by Philippe de Chauveron (2014).
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23
The Little World of Don Camillo
No. 18. 12,798,591 admissions. Directed by Julien Duvivier (1952).
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24
Lady and the Tramp
No. 24. 11,262,670 admissions. Directed by Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi (1955).
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The Visitors
No. 15. 13,782,991 admissions. Directed by Jean-Marie Poiré (1993).
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Comments (1)
Un p'tit truc en plus dans le top 25, qui l'aurait cru au départ ? Mérité.