List of French films of 2023
This is a list of French films that were scheduled to be released in 2023, including co-productions with other countries.
Box office and budgets
Domestic
The highest-grossing French films released in 2023, by domestic box office, are as follows:| * | Denotes films still running in French cinemas |
Worldwide
The highest-grossing French films released in 2023, by worldwide box office, are as follows:| * | Denotes films still running in cinemas |
Most Expensive Films
The most expensive French films of 2023 are as follows:| Rank | Title | Distributor | Budget |
| 1 | Ladybug & Cat Noir: Awakening | SND | €80,000,000 |
| 2 | The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan | Pathé | €72,000,000 |
| 2 | The Three Musketeers: Milady | Pathé | €72,000,000 |
| 3 | Astérix & Obélix: The Middle Kingdom | Pathé | €65,000,000 |
| 4 | Life for Real | Pathé | €23,000,000 |
| 5 | Marlowe | Metropolitan Filmexport | €22,300,000 |
| 6 | Jeanne du Barry | Le Pacte | €20,620,000 |
| 7 | Dogman | Apollo Films | €20,417,000 |
| 8 | ' | StudioCanal | €19,200,000 |
| 9 | Retribution | StudioCanal | €18,940,000 |
| 10 | The Animal Kingdom* | StudioCanal | €15,960,000 |
| 11 | ' | UGC | €15,800,000 |
| 12 | Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion | SND | €15,700,000 |
| 13 | ' | StudioCanal | €14,200,000 |
| 14 | Flo | Metropolitan Filmexport | €14,000,000 |
| 15 | The Crime Is Mine | Gaumont | €13,780,000 |
| 16 | Father & Soldier | Gaumont | €12,100,000 |
| 17 | Acid | Pathé | €12,000,000 |
| 18 | Carmen | Pathé | €11,500,000 |
| 19 | ' | SND | €11,000,000 |
| 20 | ' | StudioCanal | €10,700,000 |
| 21 | ' | Gaumont | €9,850,000 |
| 22 | SND | €9,800,000 |
Theatrical Profitability
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Budget | Worldwide gross | Theatrical Profitability |
| 1 | Anatomy of a Fall | Le Pacte | €6,200,000 | €49,501,000 | |
| 2 | ' | StudioCanal | €14,200,000 | €32,202,000 | |
| 3 | Four Daughters | Jour2Fête | €900,000 | €1,850,000 | |
| 4 | Argonuts* | Apollo Films | €9,150,000 | €18,404,000 | |
| 5 | The Taste of Things* | Gaumont | €6,860,000 | €13,710,000 | |
| 6 | The Jungle Bunch: World Tour* | SND | €8,100,000 | €14,554,000 | |
| 7 | Sweet Little Things* | Zinc Film | €5,460,000 | €8,284,000 | |
| 8 | The Braid* | SND | €8,500,000 | €11,208,000 | |
| 9 | Return to Seoul | Les Films du Losange | €2,200,000 | €2,545,000 | |
| 10 | Bernadette* | Warner Bros. Pictures | €6,500,000 | €7,078,000 | |
| 11 | A Great Friend | SND | €5,950,000 | €6,297,000 | |
| 12 | A Cat's Life | UGC | €4,000,000 | €3,816,000 | |
| 13 | Just the Two of Us* | Diaphana Distribution | €5,830,000 | €5,267,000 | |
| 14 | '* | StudioCanal | €19,200,000 | €15,433,000 | |
| 15 | Astérix & Obélix: The Middle Kingdom | Pathé | €65,000,000 | €51,342,000 | |
| 16 | Jeanne du Barry | Le Pacte | €20,620,000 | €15,764,000 | |
| 17 | Father & Soldier | Gaumont | €12,100,000 | €9,055,000 | |
| 18 | Two Tickets to Greece | Memento Distribution | €5,680,000 | €3,743,000 | |
| 19 | Marguerite's Theorem* | Pyramide Films | €2,870,000 | €1,861,000 | |
| 20 | Vaincre ou mourir | €3,500,000 | €2,251,000 | ||
| 21 | Tchaikovsky's Wife | BAC Films | €2,113,000 | €1,344,000 | |
| 22 | ' | SND | €7,800,000 | €4,732,000 | |
| 23 | Infested | Tandem Films | €5,000,000 | €3,022,000 | |
| 24 | ' | Pan-Européenne | €2,500,000 | €1,474,000 | |
| 25 | Pan-Européenne | €2,700,000 | €1,556,000 |
Release date changes
In late January 2023, ' was pushed back from March 29 to April 12. Shortly thereafter in early February 2023, ' was pushed back from February 22 to March 29, ' from March 22 to April 5, ' from March 29 to April 12 and The Lost Boys a week from May 3 to the 10th, while ' was brought forward from April 26 to March 29. Initially set to release on April 5, 2023, Juniors was pushed back first to the fall, then back forward to 26 July. Streams was pushed back a couple of weeks from April 12 to April 26. In late February, Dogman was pushed back from April 19 to September 27 following enthusiastic reception from international distributors at the European Film Market, in order to premiere at a film festival before a worldwide release. In early March, ' was pushed back from 22 March to an indeterminate Summer 2023 date, set in late April to 26 July. Visions was moved forward three weeks from the 27th to the 6th of September, while La Petite was pushed back one week from 13 September to the 20th. In late March, Summer Scars was pushed back one week from 26 April to 3 May. In early April, Stars at Noon was moved back six weeks from 3 May to 14 June and The Hummingbird almost three months from 10 May to 2 August. Also set to release on 10 May, Parisian Hustle was pushed back indefinitely. Later in April, Tropic was retitled and pushed back over a month from 14 June to 19 July, before being pushed further to 2 August. In mid-May, Le Pacte moved ' back one week from 7 June to 14 June. On the first of June, Last Summer was moved forward one week from 20 to 13 September. A few days later, ' was brought forward two and a half months from 15 November to 30 August. In mid-June, The Damned Don't Cry was pushed back two weeks from 12 to 26 July while Paint It Gold was brought forward one week from 16 to 9 August.In late July, Little Girl Blue was pushed back from 1 November to 15 November.
In mid-September, The Deep Dark was brought forward two weeks from 29 to 15 November.
January–March
⌀ Denotes a film that was publicly screened prior to 2023, be it through film festivals, premieres or releases in other countries† Denotes a film released through a streaming service, not theatrically
‡ Denotes a film primarily not in the French language
April–June
⌀ Denotes a film that was publicly screened prior to 2023, be it through film festivals, premieres or releases in other countries† Denotes a film released through a streaming service, not theatrically
‡ Denotes a film primarily not in the French language
July–September
⌀ Denotes a film that was publicly screened prior to 2023, be it through film festivals, premieres or releases in other countries† Denotes a film released through a streaming service, not theatrically
‡ Denotes a film primarily not in the French language
October–December
⌀ Denotes a film that was publicly screened prior to 2023, be it through film festivals, premieres or releases in other countries† Denotes a film released through a streaming service, not theatrically
‡ Denotes a film primarily not in the French language