| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Twilight | - | - | - | $15,252,126 | 459 | $23,534,630 | Jan 7 | SND Films | false |
| 2 | De l'autre côté du lit | - | - | - | $11,225,806 | 578 | $14,078,331 | Jan 7 | Mars Distribution | false |
| 3 | Seven Pounds | - | - | - | $7,713,622 | 346 | $9,964,159 | Jan 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $7,478,871 | 834 | $42,257,796 | Dec 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 5 | Australia | - | - | - | $7,098,114 | 646 | $15,016,825 | Dec 24 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 6 | Revolutionary Road | - | - | - | $5,086,577 | 307 | $8,657,060 | Jan 21 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 7 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch | - | - | - | $4,630,430 | 490 | $13,872,826 | Dec 16 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false |
| 8 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $4,497,074 | 344 | $21,595,065 | Jan 14 | Pathé | false |
| 9 | Yes Man | - | - | - | $3,827,604 | 413 | $5,775,299 | Jan 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Che: Part One | - | - | - | $3,778,697 | 381 | $4,626,981 | Jan 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Special Correspondents | - | - | - | $3,329,617 | 493 | $4,360,191 | Jan 21 | EuropaCorp | false |
| 12 | Burn After Reading | - | - | - | $2,661,486 | 476 | $11,953,191 | Dec 10 | StudioCanal | false |
| 13 | The Spirit | - | - | - | $2,375,844 | 354 | $2,375,844 | Dec 31 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | Valkyrie | - | - | - | $2,166,796 | 450 | $5,402,177 | Jan 28 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 15 | Afterwards | - | - | - | $2,144,316 | 250 | $2,332,825 | Jan 14 | Mars Distribution | false |
| 16 | Defiance | - | - | - | $2,116,023 | 238 | $2,265,303 | Jan 14 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 17 | Louise hires a contract killer | - | - | - | $1,936,594 | 150 | $3,567,443 | Dec 24 | Ad Vitam | false |
| 18 | Four Christmases | - | - | - | $1,752,200 | 208 | $1,752,200 | Dec 31 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 19 | Trouble at Timpetill | - | - | - | $1,593,523 | 307 | $5,252,212 | Dec 17 | Pathé | false |
| 20 | A Man and His Dog | - | - | - | $1,395,572 | 277 | $1,575,995 | Jan 14 | Océan Films | false |
| 21 | Spy(Ies) | - | - | - | $1,348,345 | 216 | $3,776,294 | Jan 28 | Mars Distribution | false |
| 22 | Beauties at War | - | - | - | $1,285,963 | 366 | $1,356,495 | Jan 14 | Gaumont | false |
| 23 | The Flight Before Christmas | - | - | - | $1,256,161 | 391 | $4,796,060 | Dec 17 | Bac Films | false |
| 24 | Eagle Eye | - | - | - | $1,205,958 | 302 | $2,694,083 | Dec 24 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 25 | Bedtime Stories | - | - | - | $1,188,780 | 335 | $2,957,682 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Sea Wall | - | - | - | $1,156,346 | 120 | $1,524,433 | Jan 7 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 27 | King Guillaume | - | - | - | $964,655 | 333 | $1,539,715 | Jan 28 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 28 | Frozen River | - | - | - | $887,765 | 76 | $1,260,104 | Jan 7 | Rézo Films | false |
| 29 | Agathe Cléry | - | - | - | $884,869 | 498 | $9,690,769 | Dec 3 | Pathé | false |
| 30 | Il Divo | - | - | - | $832,620 | 61 | $911,115 | Dec 31 | StudioCanal | false |
| 31 | Secret Defense | - | - | - | $824,666 | 271 | $4,645,133 | Dec 10 | UGC Distribution | false |
| 32 | All About Actresses | - | - | - | $823,208 | 127 | $2,528,078 | Jan 28 | SND Films | false |
| 33 | Inkheart | - | - | - | $809,173 | 300 | $1,484,027 | Jan 28 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 34 | The Beaches of Agnès | - | - | - | $771,508 | 89 | $1,873,418 | Dec 17 | Les Films du Losange | false |
| 35 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | - | - | - | $732,122 | 610 | $9,772,274 | Dec 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 36 | Diamond 13 | - | - | - | $719,545 | 297 | $739,146 | Jan 21 | MK2 Diffusion | false |
| 37 | Mia and the Migoo | - | - | - | $716,813 | 350 | $4,414,342 | Dec 10 | Gébéka Films | false |
| 38 | Changeling | - | - | - | $616,222 | 421 | $10,066,896 | Nov 12 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 39 | Anything for Her | - | - | - | $590,912 | 272 | $5,169,270 | Dec 3 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false |
| 40 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | - | - | - | $560,924 | 302 | $10,499,301 | Jul 23 | StudioCanal | false |
| 41 | Che: Part Two | - | - | - | $557,399 | 280 | $1,451,724 | Jan 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 42 | Two Lovers | - | - | - | $516,405 | 261 | $6,571,300 | Nov 19 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false |
| 43 | Seraphine | - | - | - | $399,777 | 174 | $6,561,855 | Oct 1 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 44 | The Warlords | - | - | - | $368,535 | 74 | $658,093 | Jan 28 | - | false |
| 45 | Young@Heart | - | - | - | $279,976 | 69 | $635,747 | Dec 24 | Le Pacte | false |
| 46 | Igor | - | - | - | $272,918 | 395 | $1,554,432 | Dec 17 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 47 | Three Monkeys | - | - | - | $256,903 | 68 | $378,815 | Jan 14 | Pyramide Distribution | false |
| 48 | Modern Life | - | - | - | $253,918 | 85 | $2,306,409 | Sep 24 | Ad Vitam | false |
| 49 | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | - | - | - | $183,940 | 95 | $807,082 | Dec 17 | - | false |
| 50 | Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution | - | - | - | $170,242 | 55 | $1,393,939 | Nov 5 | CTV International | false |
| 51 | The Apprentice | - | - | - | $144,851 | 45 | $691,188 | Dec 3 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 52 | The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos | - | - | - | $122,419 | 467 | $1,710,436 | Dec 17 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 53 | Home | - | - | - | $111,840 | 71 | $886,197 | Oct 29 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 54 | Mascarades | - | - | - | $99,317 | 150 | $469,226 | Dec 10 | Haut et Court | false |
| 55 | Public Enemy | - | - | - | $95,372 | 500 | $12,625,822 | Nov 19 | Pathé | false |
| 56 | Lost Islands | - | - | - | $94,418 | 26 | $187,394 | Dec 24 | CTV International | false |
| 57 | City of Ember | - | - | - | $91,927 | 248 | $797,117 | Dec 17 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 58 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $84,231 | 51 | $2,031,222 | Oct 29 | MK2 Diffusion | false |
| 59 | The Wedding Song | - | - | - | $83,881 | 50 | $302,018 | Dec 17 | Pyramide Distribution | false |
| 60 | Choron, dernière | - | - | - | $81,136 | 33 | $81,136 | Jan 7 | Tadrart Films | false |
| 61 | Religulous | - | - | - | $81,034 | 26 | $92,569 | Jan 21 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 62 | Idiots and Angels | - | - | - | $79,363 | 12 | $79,363 | Jan 14 | E.D. Distribution | false |
| 63 | Hunger | - | - | - | $76,834 | 72 | $834,623 | Nov 26 | MK2 Diffusion | false |
| 64 | Clubbed | - | - | - | $71,872 | 46 | $71,872 | Jan 21 | Pretty Pictures | false |
| 65 | Fados | - | - | - | $69,881 | 12 | $69,881 | Jan 14 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 66 | Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera | - | - | - | $66,865 | 143 | $912,397 | Nov 26 | Gaumont | false |
| 67 | The Square | - | - | - | $66,580 | 25 | $66,899 | Jan 21 | La Fabrique de Films | false |
| 68 | Transporter 3 | - | - | - | $59,493 | 535 | $11,370,900 | Nov 26 | EuropaCorp | false |
| 69 | For a Moment, Freedom | - | - | - | $50,843 | 25 | $155,160 | Jan 28 | Les Films du Losange | false |
| 70 | The Bastards 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $49,071 | 30 | $49,071 | Jan 28 | Le Pacte | false |
| 71 | Parc | - | - | - | $47,307 | 13 | $47,307 | Jan 14 | Ad Vitam | false |
| 72 | 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End | - | - | - | $43,422 | 9 | $43,422 | Jan 14 | Eurozoom | false |
| 73 | The Visitor | - | - | - | $43,323 | 71 | $1,803,822 | Oct 29 | TFM Distribution | false |
| 74 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | - | - | - | $43,010 | 438 | $15,763,462 | Oct 22 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 75 | One Day You'll Understand | - | - | - | $38,730 | 15 | $38,730 | Jan 21 | Pierre Grise Distribution | false |
| 76 | Quiet Chaos | - | - | - | $38,595 | 92 | $382,988 | Dec 10 | Bac Films | false |
| 77 | Lars and the Real Girl | - | - | - | $36,207 | 33 | $98,349 | Dec 24 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 78 | Everything Is Fine | - | - | - | $36,177 | 9 | $35,981 | Jan 7 | UGC Distribution | false |
| 79 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | - | - | - | $33,151 | 2 | $33,151 | Dec 31 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 80 | Stella | - | - | - | $31,987 | 78 | $692,001 | Nov 12 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 81 | Birdwatchers | - | - | - | $28,454 | 51 | $165,611 | Dec 17 | Océan Films | false |
| 82 | Joy Division | - | - | - | $27,655 | 8 | $27,655 | Jan 28 | Pretty Pictures | false |
| 83 | Choke | - | - | - | $26,440 | 10 | $43,950 | Jan 21 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 84 | Les vieux sont nerveux | - | - | - | $24,939 | 7 | $24,939 | Jan 14 | - | false |
| 85 | Better Things | - | - | - | $24,795 | 10 | $24,795 | Jan 21 | Memento Films | false |
| 86 | Import Export | - | - | - | $24,619 | 8 | $24,619 | Jan 7 | Solaris Distribution | false |
| 87 | Pride and Glory | - | - | - | $20,981 | 193 | $1,206,940 | Dec 3 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 88 | Espelho Mágico | - | - | - | $20,175 | 6 | $20,175 | Jan 7 | Les Films du Paradoxe | false |
| 89 | The Alps | - | - | - | $15,015 | 1 | $658,351 | Jun 11 | La Géode | false |
| 90 | Les grandes personnes | - | - | - | $14,727 | 131 | $1,123,579 | Nov 12 | Memento Films | false |
| 91 | Hollywood, I'm Sleeping Over Tonight | - | - | - | $14,621 | 150 | $1,944,870 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 92 | Birdsong | - | - | - | $14,483 | 10 | $14,483 | Jan 21 | - | false |
| 93 | Midnight | - | - | - | $12,513 | 1 | $12,513 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 94 | Mutum 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $12,125 | 10 | $12,125 | Jan 7 | Pierre Grise Distribution | false |
| 95 | Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | - | - | - | $11,659 | 1 | $2,550,944 | May 9 | La Géode | false |
| 96 | Lola Montès | - | - | - | $10,732 | 9 | $137,999 | Dec 3 | Sophie Dulac Distribution | false |
| 97 | Lino | - | - | - | $10,680 | 18 | $95,817 | Jan 28 | Zelig Films Distribution | false |
| 98 | This Night | - | - | - | $10,586 | 12 | $10,586 | Jan 7 | - | false |
| 99 | Occupe-toi d'Amélie..! | - | - | - | $10,499 | 1 | $10,499 | Jan 28 | Les Acacias | false |
| 100 | Fragments of Conversations with Jean-Luc Godard | - | - | - | $9,334 | 1 | $9,334 | Jan 21 | Éditions Montparnasse | false |
| 101 | Like a Star Shining in the Night | - | - | - | $9,075 | 43 | $150,024 | Dec 3 | JML Distribution | false |
| 102 | The Violettes | - | - | - | $5,631 | 5 | $5,631 | Jan 28 | Pyramide Distribution | false |
| 103 | The Rocker | - | - | - | $4,744 | 10 | $5,970 | Jan 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 104 | Lolita | - | - | - | $4,631 | 1 | $4,631 | Jan 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 105 | 9mm | - | - | - | $4,504 | 11 | $4,504 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 106 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $4,162 | 1 | $1,204,076 | Mar 19 | La Géode | false |
| 107 | À l'est de moi | - | - | - | $3,616 | 5 | $9,478 | Jan 28 | Bac Films | false |
| 108 | Combalimon | - | - | - | $3,334 | 1 | $3,334 | Jan 21 | Eurozoom | false |
| 109 | Duel | - | - | - | $2,544 | 2 | $2,544 | Jan 28 | Solaris Distribution | false |
| 110 | The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche - Part 1 | - | - | - | $2,208 | 1 | $2,208 | Jan 7 | Les Films du Losange | false |
| 111 | The Bad and the Beautiful | - | - | - | $2,025 | 1 | $2,025 | Jan 28 | - | false |
| 112 | La vraie vie est ailleurs | - | - | - | $1,040 | 3 | $1,040 | Jan 7 | Jour2Fête | false |
| 113 | Sleep Dealer | - | - | - | $537 | 16 | $27,423 | Dec 10 | La Fabrique de Films | false |
