List of 2012 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 2012. The weeks start on Wednesdays, and finish on Tuesdays. The box-office number one is established in terms of tickets sold during the week.

# Date Film Tickets sold Box-office gross (weekend) Notes
1 January 4, 2012 Intouchables 687,681 US$4,532,890
2 January 11, 2012 J. Edgar 627,624 US$4,402,714 J. Edgar broke the 10-week number-one streak of Intouchables.
3 January 18, 2012 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 477,509 US$3,246,603
4 January 25, 2012 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 981,375 US$7,261,137
5 February 1, 2012 La Vérité si je mens ! 3 1,944,022 US$14,204,525 La vérité si je mens ! 3 made the lowest-grossing opening week for the franchise. Also noting that the movie was benefiting from the third widest release ever behind Asterix at the Olympic Games and Nothing to Declare.
6 February 8, 2012 1,059,930 US$7,394,263
7 February 15, 2012 742,335 US$5,146,820
8 February 22, 2012 Chronicle 458,842 US$3,157,205
9 February 29, 2012 The Players 1,082,028 US$7,794,808 This movie, featuring Jean Dujardin, was released days after his Academy Award for Best Actor win. The Artist was second this week, and made the best 20th week of all-time following a wide re-release.
10 March 7, 2012 550,596 US$4,093,705 The Players beat John Carter, which was a box office bomb all around the world.
11 March 14, 2012 My Way 1,006,479 US$5,800,411 Project X had a much higher average of tickets sold per theater.
12 March 21, 2012 The Hunger Games 509,426 US$3,803,910
13 March 28, 2012 Big is Beautiful 365,886 US$2,509,729 Big is Beautiful sold more tickets than Wrath of the Titans but the latter had a higher gross due to 3D.
14 April 4, 2012 Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami 1,728,270 US$10,594,491 Sur la piste du Marsupilami was directed by Alain Chabat, starring himself and Jamel Debbouze, which were already reunited ten years prior in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, which was an incredible success at the French box-office, totalling over 14.5 million tickets sold.
15 April 11, 2012 1,288,098 US$8,661,750
16 April 18, 2012 1,015,296 US$6,854,672
17 April 25, 2012 The Avengers 2,041,362 US$19,035,088 The Avengers sold more tickets in one week, than every other Marvel movie in their entire theatrical run (except Iron Man 2).
18 May 2, 2012 1,101,255 US$6,911,388
19 May 9, 2012 Dark Shadows 676,890 US$4,891,523
20 May 16, 2012 Rust and Bone 651,578 US$4,450,393 Rust and Bone released on Thursday, but managed to beat other releases in tickets. Dark Shadows had more gross.
21 May 23, 2012 Men in Black 3 802,879 US$6,120,494 The third episode has the lowest number of tickets sold in the trilogy.
22 May 30, 2012 Prometheus 812,356 US$6,680,431
23 June 6, 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 1,087,767 US$9,025,832 The opening week was stronger than the first Madagascar film, but slightly lower than Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
24 June 13, 2012 Snow White and the Huntsman 706,260 US$4,784,715 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a slightly higher revenue.
25 June 20, 2012 512,764 US$2,759,221 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a slightly higher revenue.
26 June 27, 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift 1,767,490 US$12,763,644
27 July 4, 2012 1,397,190 US$9,456,081
28 July 11, 2012 1,066,947 US$7,555,672
29 July 18, 2012 547,843 US$3,839,833
30 July 25, 2012 The Dark Knight Rises 1,835,547 US$11,924,079
31 August 1, 2012 Brave 955,285 US$6,496,657
32 August 8, 2012 490,863 US$2,874,036
33 August 15, 2012 Total Recall 551,476 US$3,188,027 The Dark Knight Rises (3,653,657) surpassed the box office total of The Dark Knight (3,036,568)
34 August 22, 2012 The Expendables 2 935,219 US$6,078,277 The Expendables had begun in 773,121 tickets sold in the first week, for a box office total of 1,651,610.
35 August 29, 2012 500,906 US$3,318,314
36 September 5, 2012 219,085 US$1,499,369
37 September 12, 2012 Camille Rewinds 244,443 US$1,570,109
38 September 19, 2012 The Bourne Legacy 485,799 US$3,413,087
39 September 26, 2012 The Dream Team 1,088,676 US$7,962,372
40 October 3, 2012 Taken 2 1,231,066 US$8,785,095 Taken had begun in 291,494 tickets sold in the first week, for a box office total of 1,018,518.
41 October 10, 2012 717,111 US$5,272,141 Ted (418,035) and In the House (403,162) in their first week.
42 October 17, 2012 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia 1,132,279 US$9,267,980
43 October 24, 2012 Skyfall 1,839,220 US$10,506,171 Opened on Friday.
44 October 31, 2012 2,186,661 US$15,267,955
45 November 7, 2012 1,136,474 US$8,495,114
46 November 14, 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 2,409,923 US$17,889,239 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 had begun in 2,018,771 tickets sold in the first week.
47 November 21, 2012 1,029,989 US$7,696,731
48 November 28, 2012 Rise of the Guardians 571,590 US$4,778,895
49 December 5, 2012 402,279 US$3,324,405
50 December 12, 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 1,434,119 US$11,122,466
51 December 19, 2012 900,000 US$8,224,020
52 December 26, 2012 1,109,453 US$10,137,960

References

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  • "France Weekend Box Office Index for 2012". Box Office Mojo.

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