The following is a list of 2017 box office number-one films in France . Screen Daily described the year as "fairly typical" for the French box office, noting that like the previous five years, the top 20 was dominated by American made, family-oriented animated features including Despicable Me 3 , The Boss Baby and Sing as well as mainstream French comedies ( Alibi.com and Raid dingue ) and Hollywood franchises such as Pirates Of The Caribbean , Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy . [1]
Screen Daily declared the only film to buck a world-wide trend in the box-office was Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets making it one of the most popular releases of the year drawing four million spectators for a gross of $30.4 million. [1] The film still was still not as popular as Besson's most successful French releases to date, The Big Blue , which generated nine million admissions, and The Fifth Element , which drew seven million spectators. [1]
# | Date | Film | Gross | Notes |
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1 | 8 January 2017 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | US$2.48 million | [2] |
2 | 15 January 2017 | The Great Wall | US$2.34 million | [3] |
3 | 18 January 2017 | xXx: The Return of Xander Cage | US$3.18 million | [4] |
4 | 25 January 2017 | Sing | US$4.55 million | [5] |
5 | 1 February 2017 | Raid dingue | US$8.65 million | [6] |
6 | 8 February 2017 | Fifty Shades Darker | US$8.2 million | [7] |
7 | 15 February 2017 | Alibi.com | US$6.23 million | [8] |
8 | 22 February 2017 | US$4.77 million | [9] | |
9 | 1 March 2017 | Logan | US$5.92 million | [10] |
10 | 8 March 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | US$3.92 million | [11] |
11 | 15 March 2017 | US$2.89 million | [12] | |
12 | 22 March 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | US$7.71 million | [13] |
13 | 29 March 2017 | The Boss Baby | US$5.54 million | [14] |
14 | 5 April 2017 | US$3.07 million | [15] | |
15 | 12 April 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | US$10.56 million | [16] |
16 | 26 April 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | US$7.94 million | [17] |
17 | 3 May 2017 | US$5.04 million | [18] | |
18 | 10 May 2017 | Alien: Covenant | US$4.43 million | [19] |
19 | 17 May 2017 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | US$2.35 million | [20] |
21 | 31 May 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | US$5.09 million | [21] |
22 | 7 June 2017 | Wonder Woman | US$4.6 million | [22] |
23 | 14 June 2017 | The Mummy | US$3.28 million | [23] |
24 | 14 June 2017 | Baywatch | US$2.64 million | [24] |
25 | 28 June 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | US$2.64 million | [25] |
26 | 5 July 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | US$11.42 million | [26] |
27 | 12 July 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | US$6.33 million | [27] |
28 | 19 July 2017 | Dunkirk | US$5.57 million | [28] |
29 | 26 July 2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | US$12.21 million | [29] |
30 | 2 August 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | US$7.33 million | [30] |
33 | 16 August 2017 | US$2.57 million | [31] | |
34 | 23 August 2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | US$1.75 million | [32] |
35 | 30 August 2017 | What Happened to Monday | US$3.94 million | [33] |
36 | 6 September 2017 | US$2.49 million | [34] | |
37 | 6 September 2017 | American Made | US$1.75 million | [35] |
38 | 20 September 2017 | It | US$6.54 million | [36] |
39 | 27 September 2017 | US$4.12 million | [37] | |
40 | 4 October 2017 | C'est la vie! | US$5.20 million | [38] |
41 | 11 October 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | US$4.56 million | [39] |
42 | 18 October 2017 | US$2.98 million | [40] | |
43 | 25 October 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | US$7.71 million | [41] |
44 | 1 November 2017 | US$5.41 million | [42] | |
45 | 8 November 2017 | Épouse-moi mon pote | US$2.4 million | [43] |
46 | 15 November 2017 | Justice League | US$5.89 million | [44] |
47 | 22 November 2017 | US$2.96 million | [45] | |
48 | 29 November 2017 | Coco | US$5.32 million | [46] |
49 | 6 December 2017 | Santa & Cie | US$4.16 million | [47] |
50 | 13 December 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | US$18.82 million | [48] |
51 | 20 December 2017 | US$8.08 million | [49] | |
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a 2017 English-language French 3D space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson, and co-produced by Besson and his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. It is based on the French science fiction comics series Valérian and Laureline, written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières. It stars Dane DeHaan as Valerian and Cara Delevingne as Laureline, with Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer in supporting roles. Besson independently financed and personally funded the film. With a production budget of around $223 million, it is both the most expensive European and independent film ever made.