15 French films of 2009 ranked by box office. #1: Le Petit Nicolas ($62.8 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Petit Nicolas | Laurent Tirard | €21.4 million | $62.8 million | ||
| 2 | Coco Before Chanel | Anne Fontaine | $22.2 million | $50.8 million | 2.29x | |
| 3 | Lucky Luke | James Huth | €26.2 million | $17.6 million | ||
| 4 | The French Kissers | Riad Sattouf | $14.7 million | |||
| 5 | Le Vilain | Albert Dupontel | $7 million | $13.5 million | 1.93x | |
| 6 | Incognito | Éric Lavaine | $10 million | $10.5 million | 1.05x | |
| 7 | Someone I Loved | Zabou Breitman | $11.2 million | $6.8 million | 0.61x | |
| 8 | Tellement proches | Olivier Nakache | $7.8 million | $6.7 million | 0.86x | |
| 9 | Wild Grass | Alain Resnais | $13 million | $4.8 million | 0.37x | |
| 10 | In the Beginning | Xavier Giannoli | $2.8 million | |||
| 11 | Park Benches | Bruno Podalydès | $5.8 million | $1.9 million | 0.33x | |
| 12 | Persécution | Patrice Chéreau | $1.7 million | |||
| 13 | Queen to Play | Caroline Bottaro | $1.1 million | |||
| 14 | Accomplices | Frédéric Mermoud | €3.8 million | $800,000 | ||
| 15 | La Horde | Yannick Dahan | $2 million | $688,225 | 0.34x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.