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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hereafter | $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 | Nothing to Declare | $12,962,281 | |
| 7 | February 16, 2011 | Nothing to Declare | $8,919,672 | |
| 8 | February 23, 2011 | Nothing to Declare | $6,776,038 | |
| 9 | March 2, 2011 | Nothing to Declare | $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 | Rango | $2,685,295 | |
| 14 | April 6, 2011 | Titeuf | $3,070,462 | |
| 15 | April 13, 2011 | Rio | $4,916,976 | |
| 16 | April 20, 2011 | Rio | $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 | Fast Five | $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 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $8,051,456 | |
| 22 | June 1, 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $8,539,879 | |
| 23 | June 8, 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $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 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $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 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $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 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | $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 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $4,362,553 | |
| 34 | August 24, 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $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 | La nouvelle guerre des boutons | $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 | Intouchables | $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 | Intouchables | $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 | Intouchables | $16,038,772 | |
| 48 | November 30, 2011 | Intouchables | $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 | Intouchables | $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 | Intouchables | $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 | Intouchables | $5,492,523 | |
| 52 | December 28, 2011 | Intouchables | $8,197,671 | |
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