15 French films of 2012 ranked by box office. #1: Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia ($61.3 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia | Laurent Tirard | $78 million | $61.3 million | 0.79x | |
| 2 | Amour | Michael Haneke | $8.9 million | $36.8 million | 4.13x | |
| 3 | On the Other Side of the Tracks | David Charhon | $8.4 million | $33.5 million | 3.99x | |
| 4 | Rust and Bone | Jacques Audiard | €15.5 million | $25.8 million | ||
| 5 | The Players | Gilles Lellouche | $13.8 million | $24.6 million | 1.78x | |
| 6 | Mince alors! | Charlotte de Turckheim | $8 million | $11.6 million | 1.45x | |
| 7 | Porn in the Hood | Franck Gastambide | $4.6 million | $7.9 million | 1.72x | |
| 8 | Nous York | Géraldine Nakache | $5.9 million | $5.2 million | 0.88x | |
| 9 | Mes héros | Éric Besnard | $8.5 million | $4.9 million | 0.58x | |
| 10 | Radiostars | Romain Levy | $6 million | $4.5 million | 0.75x | |
| 11 | Another Woman's Life | Sylvie Testud | $6.5 million | $3.2 million | 0.49x | |
| 12 | Le grand soir | Gustave de Kervern | $3.5 million | $2.9 million | 0.83x | |
| 13 | Comme des frères | Hugo Gélin | $3.9 million | $2.5 million | 0.64x | |
| 14 | F.B.I. Frog Butthead Investigators | Kad Merad | $12 million | $2.4 million | 0.20x | |
| Sur la piste du Marsupilami | Alain Chabat | €39.4 million | €48.4 million | 1.23x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.