List of 2011 box office number-one films in France

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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.

#DateFilmGrossNotes
1January 5, 2011La chance de ma vie$2,862,053
2January 12, 2011 Season 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, 2011 Hereafter $5,646,551
4January 26, 2011$3,766,585
5February 2, 2011 Nothing 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, 2011 The 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, 2011 Rango $4,210,513
13March 30, 2011$2,685,295
14April 6, 2011 Titeuf $3,070,462
15April 13, 2011 Rio $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, 2011 Thor $8,690,043
18May 4, 2011 Fast 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, 2011 Pirates 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, 2011 Kung 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, 2011 Transformers: 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, 2011 Harry 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, 2011 Cars 2 $8,775,319Cars 2 made a better opening week than the first episode, Cars five years prior.
31August 3, 2011 The Smurfs $6,438,356
32August 10, 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes $9,284,285
33August 17, 2011$4,362,553
34August 24, 2011$3,686,179
35August 31, 2011 Final 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, 2011 Friends 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, 2011 La nouvelle guerre des boutons $4,090,938
39September 28, 2011$2,261,944
40October 5, 2011Bienvenue à bord$4,164,260 Drive had a much higher average gross per theater.
41October 12, 2011 The Artist $3,135,958
42October 19, 2011 Polisse $4,040,667Polisse was shown in less theaters than Real Steel , which released the same day.
43October 26, 2011 The 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, 2011 Intouchables $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$14,602,623 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.
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

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