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.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Date Film Tickets soldBox-office gross (weekend) Notes 1 Intouchables † 687,681 US$4,532,890 2 J. Edgar 627,624 US$4,402,714 J. Edgar broke the 10-week number-one streak of Intouchables. 3 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 477,509 US$3,246,603 4 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 981,375 US$7,261,137 5 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 1,059,930 US$7,394,263 7 742,335 US$5,146,820 8 Chronicle 458,842 US$3,157,205 9 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. 10 550,596 US$4,093,705 The Players beat John Carter, which was a box office bomb all around the world. 11 My Way 1,006,479 US$5,800,411 Project X had a much higher average of tickets sold per theater. 12 The Hunger Games 509,426 US$3,803,910 13 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 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 1,288,098 US$8,661,750 16 1,015,296 US$6,854,672 17 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 1,101,255 US$6,911,388 19 Dark Shadows 676,890 US$4,891,523 20 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 Men in Black 3 802,879 US$6,120,494 The third episode has the lowest number of tickets sold in the trilogy. 22 Prometheus 812,356 US$6,680,431 23 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 Snow White and the Huntsman 706,260 US$4,784,715 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a slightly higher revenue. 25 512,764 US$2,759,221 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a slightly higher revenue. 26 Ice Age: Continental Drift 1,767,490 US$12,763,644 27 1,397,190 US$9,456,081 28 1,066,947 US$7,555,672 29 547,843 US$3,839,833 30 The Dark Knight Rises 1,835,547 US$11,924,079 31 Brave 955,285 US$6,496,657 32 490,863 US$2,874,036 33 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 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. 35 500,906 US$3,318,314 36 219,085 US$1,499,369 37 Camille Rewinds 244,443 US$1,570,109 38 The Bourne Legacy 485,799 US$3,413,087 39 The Dream Team 1,088,676 US$7,962,372 40 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. 41 717,111 US$5,272,141 Ted (418,035) and In the House (403,162) in their first week. 42 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia 1,132,279 US$9,267,980 43 Skyfall 1,839,220 US$10,506,171Opened on Friday. 44 2,186,661 US$15,267,955 45 1,136,474 US$8,495,114 46 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 1,029,989 US$7,696,731 48 Rise of the Guardians 571,590 US$4,778,895 49 402,279 US$3,324,405 50 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 1,434,119 US$11,122,466 51 900,000 US$8,224,020 52 1,109,453 US$10,137,960

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See also Lists of highest-grossing films in France List of French films of 2012