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
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