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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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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