List of highest-grossing Greek films explained
The following are lists of highest-grossing Greek films screened at cinemas in Greece and globally. The commercial course of Greek cinema has changed over time. The more successful periods are the period of 1950s and 1960s, often called the golden age of Greek cinema, and the recent 2000s.
Highest-grossing Greek films
Highest-grossing Greek films[1] [2] Num | Movie | Year | Gross | Ref |
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1 | Zorba the Greek | 1964 | $23,500,000 | [3] |
2 | | 2005 | $11,680,950 | [4] |
3 | A Touch of Spice | 2003 | $10,395,779 | [5] |
4 | Safe Sex | 1999 | $10,000,000 | |
5 | El Greco | 2007 | $9,620,040 | [6] |
6 | Nisos | 2009 | $5,696,912 | [7] |
7 | Eftyhia | 2019 | $5,200,000 | [8] |
8 | Worlds Apart | 2015 | $5,011,560 | [9] |
9 | Brides | 2004 | $5,000,509 | [10] |
10 | | 2008 | $4,641,951 | [11] | |
Highest-grossing Greek films by year
Year | Title | Gross |
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2020 | Halvai 5-0 | $2,000,000 [12] |
2019 | Eftyhia | $5,200,000 |
2018 | 1968 | $2,585,339 [13] |
2017 | The Bachelor 2 | $1,954,469 [14] |
2016 | I Roza Tis Smirnis | $2,532,773[15] |
2015 | Worlds Apart | $5,011,560[16] [17] |
2014 | Pempti & 12 | $988,820 [18] [19] |
2013 | Little England | $3,090,106[20] [21] |
2012 | What If... | $4,301,754 [22] [23] |
2011 | Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou | $2,868,919 [24] |
2010 | I Love Karditsa | $4,100,754 [25] [26] |
2009 | Nisos | $5,696,912 [27] |
2008 | | $4,641,951 [28] |
2007 | El Greco | $9,620,040[29] |
2006 | Straight Story | $3,416,500 [30] [31] |
2005 | | $11,680,950 [32] [33] |
2004 | Brides | $5,000,509 [34] |
2003 | A Touch of Spice | $10,395,779 [35] |
2002 | The Bubble | $350,000–$500,000 |
2001 | Crying... Silicon Tears | $3,000,000–3,500,000 |
2000 | Rizoto | $2,450,000 | |
Greek films with biggest number of admissions
The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing Greek films screened at cinemas in Greece.
Greek films with biggest number of admissionsNum | Movie | Year | Admissions |
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1. | A Touch of Spice | 2003 | 1,300,000 (other reports put it at 1,600,000 or 1,560,000 or 1,277,902) |
2. | | 2005 | 1,230,512 (others reports put it at 1,500,000 or 1,400,000 or 1,370,000) |
3. | Safe Sex | 1999 | 1,200,000 (other reports put it at 1,500,000 or 1,400,000) |
4. | El Greco | 2007 | 1.200.000 (others reports put it at 767,158) |
5. | Battlefield Constantinople | 1970 | 751,117 |
6. | I Archontissa ki o Alitis | 1968 | 750,380 |
7. | | 2008 | 750.000[36] |
Notes and References
- Web site: Οι πιο εμπορικές ταινίες των 10 τελευταίων χρόνων. 13 December 2012. queen.gr. 4 January 2015.
- Web site: Greece 2013. boxofficemojo.com. 4 January 2015.
- Web site: Zorba the Greek. February 7, 2020.
- Web site: Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegeanpu. boxofficemojo.com. February 7, 2020.
- Web site: A Touch of Spice. boxofficemojo.com. February 7, 2020.
- Web site: El Greco. boxofficemojo.com. February 7, 2020.
- Web site: Nisos. boxofficemojo.com. February 7, 2020.
- Web site: Greece 2019. boxofficemojo.com.
- Web site: Worlds Apart. boxofficemojo.com. February 7, 2020.
- Web site: Brides. boxofficemojo.com. February 7, 2020.
- Web site: I-4: Loufa & Apallagi. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Greece 2020. boxofficemojo.com.
- Web site: Greece 2018. boxofficemojo.com. September 27, 2018.
- Web site: The Bachelor 2. boxofficemojo.com. September 27, 2018.
- Web site: I Roza Tis Smirnis. boxofficemojo.com. September 27, 2018.
- Web site: Best of 2015: Το ελληνικό box office. 29 December 2015 . flix.gr. April 2, 2016.
- Web site: Greece 2015. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Πόσοι είδαν τις ελληνικές ταινίες του 2014;. 4 January 2015. protothema.gr. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Pempti & 12. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Best of 2013: Το κούρεμα του ελληνικού box office. 18 December 2013 . flix.gr. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Little England. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Εισιτήρια και βραβεία για τις ταινίες του 2012. stagona4u.gr. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: What If. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Τελικό Box Office εισιτηρίων στην Ελλάδα για το 2010. myfilm.gr/. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: I Love Karditsa. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: The Island. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: I-4: Loufa & Apallagi. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: El Greco. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Που πάει το σινεμά;. filmfestival.gr. January 4, 2015. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030728/http://www.filmfestival.gr/inst/Festival/gallery/FirstShot/2007/PP201.pdf. dead.
- Web site: Straight Story. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Κινηματογράφος. Συχνότητες. January 4, 2015. 33.
- Web site: Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Brides. boxofficemojo.com. January 4, 2015.
- Web site: Politiki kouzina (A Touch of Spice). Box Office Mojo. October 2, 2018.
- Web site: Ξέρουμε τι είδατε το Σαββατοκύριακο: ελληνικό box office 20-23/2/2020 - FLIX. 24 February 2020 .
- Web site: Box Office: Αυτές είναι οι πιο επιτυχημένες ταινίες της δεκαετίας που τελειώνει στην Ελλάδα. CNN Greece. October 2, 2018.
- Web site: Προστάτης οικογένειας. May 7, 2020. September 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160926113410/http://www.retrodb.gr/wiki/index.php/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82. dead.
- Web site: Βαλκανιζατέρ. May 7, 2020.
- Web site: Ο οργασμός της αγελάδας. May 7, 2020.
- Web site: Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα. May 7, 2020. October 19, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161019042551/http://www.retrodb.gr/wiki/index.php/%CE%A4%CE%BF_%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9F%CE%B4%CF%85%CF%83%CF%83%CE%AD%CE%B1_(1995). dead.
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- Web site: Με φόβον και πάθος. May 8, 2020.
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- Web site: Ελληνικές Ταινίες της Δεκαετίας 1940 | Ταινίες Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου Classic Greek Cinema.
- Web site: Οι Top 30 Ελληνικές Ταινίες με τα περισσότερα Εισιτήρια. The Top 30 Greek Movies with the most Tickets . Poly Gelio . February 29, 2024. [</ref>
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|8.||I Daskala me ta Xanthia Mallia||1969||739,001<ref name="eida-matia"/><ref name="classic-greek-cinema"/><ref name="ola-ta-kala"/><ref name="parallaximag"/>
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|9.||Sta Synora tis Prodosias||1968||710,994<ref name="eida-matia"/><ref name="ola-ta-kala"/><ref name="parallaximag"/>
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|10.||[[Brides (2004 film)|Brides]]||2004||680,000 (other reports put it at 800,000 or 750,000 or 702,852)|-|11.||Worlds Apart||2015||668,892|-|12.||Something is Burning||1964||660,791|-|13.||My Daughter, the Socialist||1966||659,671|-|14.||Eftyhia||2019||655.439[36] |-|15.||To Pio Lampro Asteri||1967||652,661|-|16.||Visibility Zero||1970||640,720|-|17.||What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?||1971||640,471|-|18.||Oi gennaioi tou Vorra||1970||626.720|-|19.||I neraida kai to palikari||1969||626.676|-|20.||Kiss the Girls||1965||619.236|}
Greek films with biggest number of admissions by year
Year | Title | Admissions |
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2020 | Halvai 5-0 | 213.466 |
2019 | Eftyhia | 655.439 |
2018 | 1968 | 220.727 |
2017 | The Bachelor 2 | 237.559[37] |
2016 | I Roza Tis Smirnis | 356.983 |
2015 | Worlds Apart | 668.892 |
2014 | Pempti & 12 | 124.559 |
2013 | Little England | 361.441 |
2012 | What If... | 531.547 |
2011 | Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou | 299.296 |
2010 | I Love Karditsa | 353.981 |
2009 | Nisos | 545.772 |
2008 | | 750.000 |
2007 | El Greco | 1.200.000 (others reports put it at 767,158) |
2006 | Straight Story | 300.000 |
2005 | | 1,230,512 (others reports put it at 1,500,000 or 1,400,000 or 1,370,000) |
2004 | Brides | 680,000 (other reports put it at 800,000 or 750,000 or 702,852) |
2003 | A Touch of Spice | 1,300,000 (other reports put it at 1,600,000 or 1,560,000 or 1,277,902) |
2002 | The Bubble | 38.000 |
2001 | Crying... Silicon Tears | 440.000 |
2000 | Rizoto | 270.000 |
1999 | Safe Sex (film) | 1,200,000 (other reports put it at 1,500,000 or 1,400,000) |
1998 | Prostatis Oikogeneias | 222,000[38] |
1997 | Valkanizater | 290,000[39] |
1996 | O Orgasmos tis Ageladas | 200,000[40] |
1995 | To vlemma tou Odyssea | 190,000[41] |
1994 | Telos Epohis | 230,000[42] |
1993 | Lefteris Dimakopoulos | 120,000[43] |
1980 | The Man with the Carnation | 618,533 |
1974 | Pavlos Melas | 432,989 |
1973 | I Maria tis Siopis | 202,403 |
1972 | Me Fovon kai Pathos | 372.819[44] |
1971 | What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi? | 640,471 |
1970 | Battlefield Constantinople | 751,117 |
1969 | I Daskala me ta Xanthia Mallia | 739,001 |
1968 | I Archontissa ki o Alitis | 750,380 |
1967 | To Pio Lampro Asteri | 652,661 |
1966 | My Daughter, the Socialist | 659,671 |
1965 | Kiss the Girls | 619.236 |
1964 | Something is Burning | 660,791 |
1963 | Htypokardia sto Thranio | 591,675[45] |
1962 | Orgi | 132,102[46] |
1961 | I Aliki sto Naftiko | 213,409 |
1960 | To Klotsoskoufi | 202,542[47] |
1959 | To Xylo Vgike apo ton Paradeiso | 239,530 |
1958 | O Mimikos kai i Mary | 130,209[48] |
1957 | I Theia apo to Chicago | 142,459 |
1956 | I Kafetzou | 137,267[49] |
1955 | Istoria mias Kalpikis Liras | 208,410 |
1954 | Haroumeno xekinima | 124,749[50] |
1953 | The Taxi Driver | 190,589 |
1952 | Ena Votsalo sti Limni | 151,058[51] |
1951 | Ta Tessera Skalopatia | 194,493 |
1950 | O Μethystakas | 304,438 |
1949 | O Kokkinos Vrahos | 78,477[52] |
1948 | Hamenoi Angeloi | 107,508 |
1947 | Marina | 68,000[53] |
1946 | Prosopa Lismonimena | 65,000 |
1945 | I Villa me ta Noufara | 70,300 | |
See also
References