Box Office: Top 10 highest grossing French films in the US in 2013

Even though the year 2013 has not yet found its Intouchables (with more than one million tickets sold in the United States in 2012), many French films have found success overseas, starting with Amour by Michael Haneke .

Upcoming releases like Thérèse with Audrey Tautou, Haute Cuisine with Catherine Frot or Populaire with Romain Duris could shake up the rankings.

Here are the top ten French films that have sold the most tickets in the US between January to July 2013. Only feature films in French language have been included. French co-productions like Taken 2 or On the Road have not been included in the ranking. So, which of these movies have you seen?

1 Amour : 861,141  admissions (+ 35 075 tickets sold in 2012)

2 Renoir : 293,888

3 Rust and Bone (De Rouille et d'os) : 177,907 (+ 87 651 in 2012)

4 The Attack (L'Attentat) : 104,374

5 In the House (Dans la maison) : 51,964

6 Augustine : 12,132

7 Holy Motors : 11,634 (+66 913 in 2012)

8 Something in the Air (Après mai) : 9,772

9 The Other Son (Le fils de l'autre) : 8,797 (+147 993 in 2012)

10 Becoming Traviata (Traviata et nous) : 8,082

 

Nicole Eicholtz

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