The 310 most expensive French films ever made
Introducing the French blockbuster. All budgets presented in Euro (films shot prior to Euro switch given their French Franc budget with approximate Euro conversion).
As is to be expected, most of the truly most expensive films concern big action films, high-concept comedies, period pieces and otherwise special-effects laden films, or a combination of some of the above. Another reason for a high budget would be a cast including many big actors.
As is to be expected, most of the truly most expensive films concern big action films, high-concept comedies, period pieces and otherwise special-effects laden films, or a combination of some of the above. Another reason for a high budget would be a cast including many big actors.
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- DirectorLuc BessonStarsDane DeHaanCara DelevingneClive OwenA dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.€170,000,000
- DirectorFrédéric ForestierThomas LangmannStarsGérard DepardieuClovis CornillacBenoît PoelvoordeThe Roman Brutus plans to marry Irina, the princess of Greece, but the Gaul Lovesix wants to prevent this from happening. To get her attention, his strategy is to win the Olympics, with the help of Asterix and Obelix.€78,000,000
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsBruce WillisMilla JovovichGary OldmanIn the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.€75,210,000
- DirectorMartin BourboulonStarsFrançois CivilVincent CasselRomain DurisD'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.€72,000,000 shared with Milady
- DirectorMartin BourboulonStarsFrançois CivilVincent CasselRomain DurisD'Artagnan is forced to join forces with Milady to save Constance, who was kidnapped before his eyes. But as war is declared and Athos, Porthos and Aramis have already joined the front, a secret from the past shatters old alliances.€72,000,000 shared with D'Artagnan
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsMia FarrowRon CrawfordRobert StantonWith Maltazard now seven feet tall and Arthur still two inches small, our hero must find a way to grow back to his normal size and stop the Evil M once and for all, with the help of Selenia and Betameche.€68,000,000
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsFreddie HighmoreMia FarrowMadonnaTen-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with nature.€65,200,000
- DirectorGuillaume CanetStarsGuillaume CanetGilles LelloucheVincent CasselThe only daughter of the Chinese emperor Han Xuandi escapes from a strict prince and seeks help from the Gauls and the two brave warriors Asterix and Obelix.€65,000,000
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsFreddie HighmoreSelena GomezMia FarrowArthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.€63,240,000
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsGuy PearceFreddie HighmoreJean-Claude DreyfusTwo tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.€59,660,000
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsMilla JovovichJohn MalkovichRab AffleckA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.€54,900,000
- DirectorAlain ChabatStarsGérard DepardieuChristian ClavierJamel DebbouzeCleopatra, queen of Egypt, believes she can build a temple in record time and makes a bet with Julius Caesar. Her architect, however, needs the help of Asterix and Obelix to fight Romans who try to stop the construction.€50,300,000
- DirectorLaurent TirardStarsGérard DepardieuDany BoonEdouard BaerAsterix and Obelix travel to Britain to help Anticlimax, Asterix's Breton cousin, defeat Julius Caesar and the invading Romans.€50,000,000
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouGaspard UllielJodie FosterTells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.€45,890,000
- DirectorJean-François RichetStarsVincent CasselCécile de FranceGérard DepardieuThe story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.€45,000,000 shared with L'Ennemi Public n°1
- DirectorJean-François RichetStarsVincent CasselLudivine SagnierMathieu AmalricThe story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s.€45,000,000 shared with L'Instinct De Mort
- DirectorClaude ZidiStarsChristian ClavierGérard DepardieuRoberto BenigniIn all of Roman territory, the village where Asterix and Obelix live is the only enclave that has not yet been dominated by the empire, thanks to the magic potion of the druid Panoramix. But Commander Detritus has a plan to change that.FRF 274,620,460 aka almost €42,000,000
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsScarlett JohanssonMorgan FreemanChoi Min-sikA woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.€40,000,000
- DirectorAlain ChabatStarsJamel DebbouzeAlain ChabatFred TestotMarsupilami is a mysterious alien mythical creature with kind heart & miraculous capacities which comes to knowledge of a reporter by coincidence.€40,000,000
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsTahar RahimAntonio BanderasMark StrongSet in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law.€38,500,000
- DirectorPierre MorelStarsJohn TravoltaJonathan Rhys MeyersKasia SmutniakIn Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city.Sources vary between €38,000,000 and €42,000,000
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsShaofeng FengShawn DouAnkhnyam RagchaaDuring China's Cultural Revolution, a young urban student is sent to live with Mongolian herders, where he adopts a wolf cub.€38,000,000
- DirectorJan KounenStarsVincent CasselMichael MadsenJuliette LewisIn 1870, after a brutal run-in with an outlaw in a brothel, Mike Blueberry becomes marshal in Arizona where he keeps the peace between whites and Apaches, but an influx of gold-hunters threatens to lead to violence.€36,130,000
- DirectorChristophe GansStarsVincent CasselLéa SeydouxAndré DussollierAn unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted.€35,000,000 (other sources list 33 or up to 45 million, but this figure is straight from the director's mouth)
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsJohn C. ReillyJoaquin PhoenixJake GyllenhaalEli and Charlie Sisters, an infamous duo of gunslinging assassins, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally in 1850s Oregon.€35,000,000