Box office: The most “bankable” French films in 2018

In 2018, the ranking by the magazine Le Film français* published the list of the most profitable, “bankable,” films of 2018.

The French love for pure and hard comedies remains strong…

Here is the ranking:

The ten most profitable French films

1. *L’Amour flou* by Romane Bohringer and Philippe Rebbot: 155% profitability, with a budget of 437,000 euros and 194,000 cinema entries.

2. *Les Tuche 3* by Olivier Baroux: 151% profitability, with a budget of 13 million euros and 5.6 million cinema entries.

3. *Tout le monde debout* by Franck Dubosc: 84% profitability, with a budget of 10 million euros and 2.4 million cinema entries.

4. *Mademoiselle de Joncquières* by Emmanuel Mouret: 79% profitability, with a budget of 3.5 million euros and 823,000 cinema entries.

5. *Le Grand Bain* by Gilles Lellouche: 78% profitability, with a budget of 18 million euros and 4.2 million cinema entries.

6. *La Ch’tite Famille* by Dany Boon: 73% profitability, with a budget of 26.8 million euros and 5.6 million cinema entries.

7. *Le Jeu* by Fred Cavayé: 71% profitability, with a budget of 7.9 million euros and 1.6 million cinema entries.

8. *Taxi 5* by Franck Gastambide: 62% profitability, with a budget of 20.3 million euros and 3.6 million cinema entries.

9. *Première année* by Thomas Lilti: 57% profitability, with a budget of 6.1 million euros and 1 million cinema entries.

10. *Les Vieux Fourneaux* by Christophe Duthuron: 55% profitability, with a budget of 5.8 million euros and 939,000 cinema entries.

The ten least profitable French films

1. *Braqueurs d’élite* by Steven Quale: 0.25% profitability, with a budget of 66.1 million euros and 47,000 cinema entries.

2. *Si tu voyais son cœur* by Joan Chemla: 0.76% profitability, with a budget of 3 million euros and 6,700 cinema entries.

3. *Le lion est mort ce soir* by Nobuhiro Suwa: 1.05% profitability, with a budget of 2.1 million euros and 6,500 cinema entries.

4. *Chien* by Samuel Benchetrit: 1.17% profitability, with a budget of 3.4 million euros and 11,600 cinema entries.

5. *9 Doigts* by François-Jacques Ossang: 1.39% profitability, with a budget of 1.2 million euros and 4,800 cinema entries.

6. *Cornelius le meunier hurlant* by Yann Le Quellec: 1.5% profitability, with a budget of 4.7 million euros and 20,200 cinema entries.

7. *Milla* by Valérie Massadian: 1.61% profitability, with a budget of 670,000 euros and 3,000 cinema entries.

8. *Bravo Virtuose* by Levon Minasian: 1.77% profitability, with a budget of 1 million euros and 5,100 cinema entries.

9. *Les Confins du monde* by Guillaume Nicloux: 2.17% profitability, with a budget of 7.7 million euros and 47,900 cinema entries.

10. *Sophia Antipolis* by Virgil Vernier: 2.21% profitability, with a budget of 1 million euros and 6,500 cinema entries.