This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in France during 2012. The weeks start on Wednesdays, and finish on Tuesdays. The box-office number one is established in terms of tickets sold during the week.
| # | Date | Film | Tickets sold | Box-office gross (weekend) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 4, 2012 | Intouchables | 687,681 | US$4,532,890 | |
| 2 | January 11, 2012 | J. Edgar | 627,624 | US$4,402,714 | J. Edgar broke the 10-week number-one streak of Intouchables. |
| 3 | January 18, 2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 477,509 | US$3,246,603 | |
| 4 | January 25, 2012 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 981,375 | US$7,261,137 | |
| 5 | February 1, 2012 | La Vérité si je mens ! 3 | 1,944,022 | US$14,204,525 | La vérité si je mens ! 3 made the lowest-grossing opening week for the franchise. Also noting that the movie was benefiting from the third widest release ever behind Asterix at the Olympic Games and Nothing to Declare. |
| 6 | February 8, 2012 | 1,059,930 | US$7,394,263 | ||
| 7 | February 15, 2012 | 742,335 | US$5,146,820 | ||
| 8 | February 22, 2012 | Chronicle | 458,842 | US$3,157,205 | |
| 9 | February 29, 2012 | The Players | 1,082,028 | US$7,794,808 | This movie, featuring Jean Dujardin, was released days after his Academy Award for Best Actor win. The Artist was second this week, and made the best 20th week of all-time following a wide re-release. |
| 10 | March 7, 2012 | 550,596 | US$4,093,705 | The Players beat John Carter, which was a box office bomb all around the world. | |
| 11 | March 14, 2012 | My Way | 1,006,479 | US$5,800,411 | Project X had a much higher average of tickets sold per theater. |
| 12 | March 21, 2012 | The Hunger Games | 509,426 | US$3,803,910 | |
| 13 | March 28, 2012 | Big is Beautiful | 365,886 | US$2,509,729 | Big is Beautiful sold more tickets than Wrath of the Titans but the latter had a higher gross due to 3D. |
| 14 | April 4, 2012 | Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami | 1,728,270 | US$10,594,491 | Sur la piste du Marsupilami was directed by Alain Chabat, starring himself and Jamel Debbouze, which were already reunited ten years prior in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, which was an incredible success at the French box-office, totalling over 14.5 million tickets sold. |
| 15 | April 11, 2012 | 1,288,098 | US$8,661,750 | ||
| 16 | April 18, 2012 | 1,015,296 | US$6,854,672 | ||
| 17 | April 25, 2012 | The Avengers | 2,041,362 | US$19,035,088 | The Avengers sold more tickets in one week, than every other Marvel movie in their entire theatrical run (except Iron Man 2). |
| 18 | May 2, 2012 | 1,101,255 | US$6,911,388 | ||
| 19 | May 9, 2012 | Dark Shadows | 676,890 | US$4,891,523 | |
| 20 | May 16, 2012 | Rust and Bone | 651,578 | US$4,450,393 | Rust and Bone released on Thursday, but managed to beat other releases in tickets. Dark Shadows had more gross. |
| 21 | May 23, 2012 | Men in Black 3 | 802,879 | US$6,120,494 | The third episode has the lowest number of tickets sold in the trilogy. |
| 22 | May 30, 2012 | Prometheus | 812,356 | US$6,680,431 | |
| 23 | June 6, 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | 1,087,767 | US$9,025,832 | The opening week was stronger than the first Madagascar film, but slightly lower than Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. |
| 24 | June 13, 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman | 706,260 | US$4,784,715 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a slightly higher revenue. |
| 25 | June 20, 2012 | 512,764 | US$2,759,221 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a slightly higher revenue. | |
| 26 | June 27, 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | 1,767,490 | US$12,763,644 | |
| 27 | July 4, 2012 | 1,397,190 | US$9,456,081 | ||
| 28 | July 11, 2012 | 1,066,947 | US$7,555,672 | ||
| 29 | July 18, 2012 | 547,843 | US$3,839,833 | ||
| 30 | July 25, 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | 1,835,547 | US$11,924,079 | |
| 31 | August 1, 2012 | Brave | 955,285 | US$6,496,657 | |
| 32 | August 8, 2012 | 490,863 | US$2,874,036 | ||
| 33 | August 15, 2012 | Total Recall | 551,476 | US$3,188,027 | The Dark Knight Rises (3,653,657) surpassed the box office total of The Dark Knight (3,036,568) |
| 34 | August 22, 2012 | The Expendables 2 | 935,219 | US$6,078,277 | The Expendables had begun in 773,121 tickets sold in the first week, for a box office total of 1,651,610. |
| 35 | August 29, 2012 | 500,906 | US$3,318,314 | ||
| 36 | September 5, 2012 | 219,085 | US$1,499,369 | ||
| 37 | September 12, 2012 | Camille Rewinds | 244,443 | US$1,570,109 | |
| 38 | September 19, 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | 485,799 | US$3,413,087 | |
| 39 | September 26, 2012 | The Dream Team | 1,088,676 | US$7,962,372 | |
| 40 | October 3, 2012 | Taken 2 | 1,231,066 | US$8,785,095 | Taken had begun in 291,494 tickets sold in the first week, for a box office total of 1,018,518. |
| 41 | October 10, 2012 | 717,111 | US$5,272,141 | Ted (418,035) and In the House (403,162) in their first week. | |
| 42 | October 17, 2012 | Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia | 1,132,279 | US$9,267,980 | |
| 43 | October 24, 2012 | Skyfall | 1,839,220 | US$10,506,171 | Opened on Friday. |
| 44 | October 31, 2012 | 2,186,661 | US$15,267,955 | ||
| 45 | November 7, 2012 | 1,136,474 | US$8,495,114 | ||
| 46 | November 14, 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | 2,409,923 | US$17,889,239 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 had begun in 2,018,771 tickets sold in the first week. |
| 47 | November 21, 2012 | 1,029,989 | US$7,696,731 | ||
| 48 | November 28, 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | 571,590 | US$4,778,895 | |
| 49 | December 5, 2012 | 402,279 | US$3,324,405 | ||
| 50 | December 12, 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 1,434,119 | US$11,122,466 | |
| 51 | December 19, 2012 | 900,000 | US$8,224,020 | ||
| 52 | December 26, 2012 | 1,109,453 | US$10,137,960 |