In May, an action film attracted Russian spectators, a biopic arrived in the Chinese market, while a comedy appealed to Spanish and Quebec moviegoers.
| # | Title | Admissions | Box Office Revenues (€) | No. of Prints | No. of Countries | Total Admissions |
| 1 | Taxi 5 | 683,422 | 2,628,428 | 1,994 | 20 | 1,211,801 |
| 2 | The Young Karl Marx | 444,187 | 2,003,911 | 67 | 8 | 868,543 |
| 3 | La Ch'tite Famille | 185,409 | 1,188,882 | 464 | 6 | 834,812 |
| 4 | Revenge | 133,179 | 514,884 | 612 | 18 | 179,652 |
| 5 | Bright Sunshine In | 100,538 | 694,661 | 192 | 9 | 518,342 |
| 6 | Based on a True Story | 86,694 | 402,325 | 243 | 11 | 359,284 |
| 7 | Maria by Callas | 81,216 | 563,859 | 293 | 5 | 152,964 |
| 8 | Fifty Springtimes | 75,847 | 618,905 | 186 | 6 | 354,619 |
| 9 | Back to Burgundy | 55,068 | 369,701 | 78 | 4 | 681,062 |
| 10 | We Are Family | 51,970 | 346,618 | 228 | 2 | 107,839 |
| 11 | Dr. Knock | 50,870 | 368,982 | 121 | 3 | 162,525 |
| 12 | C'est la vie! | 49,843 | 253,392 | 204 | 7 | 1,775,706 |
| 13 | The House by the Sea | 44,105 | 309,325 | 162 | 7 | 190,466 |
| 14 | The Jungle Bunch (The Movie) | 40,898 | 226,842 | 223 | 9 | 1,985,675 |
| 15 | The Sower | 40,699 | 246,551 | 56 | 1 | 43,516 |
| 16 | Lost in Paris | 34,982 | 218,633 | 93 | 3 | 345,750 |
| 17 | Les Dents, pipi et au lit | 34,302 | 199,294 | 219 | 2 | 37,597 |
| 18 | Madame | 34,079 | 135,747 | 56 | 5 | 535,917 |
| 19 | Just a Breath Away | 30 468 | 137,785 | 355 | 7 | 122,792 |
| 20 | Montparnasse Bienvenüe | 23,306 | 167,503 | 70 | 5 | 54,526 |
In May, the admissions generated by majority French productions reached 2.72 million, a slight decrease (-7%) compared to the previous month. The number of titles that attracted more than 100,000 spectators was also lower (5 compared to 8 in April), although, thanks to new releases of Taxi 5, an increase in admissions in Central and Eastern Europe was recorded.
The first place on the podium remains the same because Taxi 5 held on to its top position this month. In May, 683,000 additional spectators chose to see the action film, which allowed it to pass the million admissions mark abroad! It's the second French title to cross this symbolic threshold since the beginning of the year, after C'est la vie!. The largest part of the monthly result was produced in Russia, where, benefitting from an impressive number of screens (1,235) and despite a staggered release, the film attracted 420,500 movie buffs, after 3 weeks in release (€1.43 million in box office revenues). Although this remains the best score for a French film in Russia since January, it is inferior to those achieved by the previous installments of the saga: in 2007, Taxi 4 hovered around 3 million admissions, while, in 2003, Taxi 3 accumulated 1.26 million. Present in the local top 3 titles during its opening week in several territories, Taxi 5 appealed in particular to 178,500 Ukrainian spectators (€491,500) and 76,500 Bulgarians (€345,000). It also generated €1.27 million in box office revenues in Belgium, which corresponds roughly to 177,000 spectators, and accumulated a total of 79,000 admissions in Indonesia (P.T. Prima). In Romania, where 22,500 tickets were sold for its opening weekend,Taxi 5 recorded the best release for an installment of the action comedy in this territory.
Although its career started at the beginning of 2017, The Young Karl Marx made its very first appearance in the monthly top 3 rankings, and climbed to second place. As has already happened several times, a release in China can abruptly modify a film's international performance. The biopic by Raoul Peck arrived in Chinese theaters on the occasion of the bicentenary of Karl Marx's birth. Given a premiere screening on May 4 in the presence of Chinese authorities, the film released the following day and generated $300,000 in box office revenues (around 57,000 admissions). In its 2nd and 3rd weeks, The Young Karl Marx produced 3 times more in box office revenues than during its first, which is unusual in the Chinese market, so highly competitive that films are often pulled from screens after their first week. The film was mainly shown in Beijing and during the week, accumulating a total of $2 million and about 450,000 spectators. The German score, previously the highest registered outside France (181,500 admissions, €1.33 million in box office revenues), has now been overtaken by the Chinese.
The latest title from Dany Boon once again dropped a place in the chart but still remains among the top 3 films. In Quebec, where the director traveled to to promote the film, the launch of La Ch'tite Famille generated CAD$181,500 (around 19,000 admissions) and took it to second place in the local rankings behind Avengers: Infinity War. Apart from Welcome to the Land of Ch'tis, which remains Dany Boon's greatest success in Quebec, (CAD$1.62 million, 204,000 spectators), the opening week figures achieved by La Ch’tite Famille are superior to those of the launches of his other titles. To date, the comedy has accumulated a total of CAD$444,500, representing roughly 47,000 admissions. In Spain, La Ch’tite Famille attracted 63,000 spectators in 222 theaters, a launch below expectations, but which nevertheless remains the second best for a film by Boon in this country, again trailing Welcome to the Land of Ch'tis (2009, 582,500 admissions and €3.48 million in total box office revenues).
