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.
Num | Movie | Year | Gross | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zorba the Greek | 1964 | $23,500,000 | [3] |
2 | Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean | 2005 | $11,680,950 | [4] |
3 | A Touch of Spice | 2003 | $10,395,779 | [5] |
4 | Safe Sex | 1999 | $10,000,000 | [6] |
5 | El Greco | 2007 | $9,620,040 | [7] |
6 | Nisos | 2009 | $5,696,912 | [8] |
7 | Eftyhia | 2019 | $5,200,000 | [9] |
8 | Worlds Apart | 2015 | $5,011,560 | [10] |
9 | Brides | 2004 | $5,000,509 | [11] |
10 | I-4: Loafing and Camouflage | 2008 | $4,641,951 | [12] |
Year | Title | Gross |
---|---|---|
2020 | Halvai 5-0 | $2,000,000 [13] |
2019 | Eftyhia | $5,200,000 [9] |
2018 | 1968 | $2,585,339 [14] |
2017 | The Bachelor 2 | $1,954,469 [15] |
2016 | I Roza Tis Smirnis | $2,532,773[16] |
2015 | Worlds Apart | $5,011,560[17][18] |
2014 | Pempti & 12 | $988,820 [19][20] |
2013 | Little England | $3,090,106[21][22] |
2012 | What If... | $4,301,754 [23][24] |
2011 | Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou | $2,868,919 [25] |
2010 | I Love Karditsa | $4,100,754 [26][27] |
2009 | Nisos | $5,696,912 [28] |
2008 | I-4: Loafing and Camouflage | $4,641,951 [29] |
2007 | El Greco | $9,620,040[30] |
2006 | Straight Story | $3,416,500 [31][32] |
2005 | Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean | $11,680,950 [33][34] |
2004 | Brides | $5,000,509 [33][35] |
2003 | A Touch of Spice | $10,395,779 [36] |
2002 | The Bubble | $350,000–$500,000 [6] |
2001 | Crying... Silicon Tears | $3,000,000–3,500,000 [6] |
2000 | Rizoto | $2,450,000 [6] |
The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing Greek films screened at cinemas in Greece.
Num | Movie | Year | Admissions |
---|---|---|---|
1. | A Touch of Spice | 2003 | 1,300,000[37][6] (other reports put it at 1,600,000[38][39] or 1,560,000[40] or 1,277,902[33]) |
2. | Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean | 2005 | 1,230,512[6] (others reports put it at 1,500,000[41] or 1,400,000[33] or 1,370,000[40]) |
3. | Safe Sex | 1999 | 1,200,000[6] (other reports put it at 1,500,000[38][40][39] or 1,400,000[41]) |
4. | El Greco | 2007 | 1.200.000[40] (others reports put it at 767,158[6][42]) |
5. | Battlefield Constantinople | 1970 | 751,117[40][43][44][41] |
6. | I Archontissa ki o Alitis | 1968 | 750,380[40][43][44][41] |
7. | I-4: Loafing and Camouflage | 2008 | 750.000[45] |
8. | I Daskala me ta Xanthia Mallia | 1969 | 739,001[40][43][44][41] |
9. | Sta Synora tis Prodosias | 1968 | 710,994[40][44][41] |
10. | Brides | 2004 | 680,000[6] (other reports put it at 800,000[46] or 750,000[40][41][39] or 702,852[33]) |
11. | Worlds Apart | 2015 | 668,892[47] |
12. | Something is Burning | 1964 | 660,791[40][43][44] |
13. | My Daughter, the Socialist | 1966 | 659,671[40][43][44][41] |
14. | Eftyhia | 2019 | 655.439[48] |
15. | To Pio Lampro Asteri | 1967 | 652,661[40][43][44][41] |
16. | Visibility Zero | 1970 | 640,720[40][44][41] |
17. | What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi? | 1971 | 640,471[40][43][44][41] |
18. | Oi gennaioi tou Vorra | 1970 | 626.720[44] |
19. | I neraida kai to palikari | 1969 | 626.676[44] |
20. | Kiss the Girls | 1965 | 619.236[43][44] |
Year | Title | Admissions |
---|---|---|
2020 | Halvai 5-0 | 213.466[48] |
2019 | Eftyhia | 655.439[48] |
2018 | 1968 | 220.727[49] |
2017 | The Bachelor 2 | 237.559[49] |
2016 | I Roza Tis Smirnis | 356.983[49] |
2015 | Worlds Apart | 668.892[47][6][38][40] |
2014 | Pempti & 12 | 124.559[6] |
2013 | Little England | 361.441[49][6] |
2012 | What If... | 531.547[49][6] |
2011 | Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou | 299.296[49][6] |
2010 | I Love Karditsa | 353.981[49][6] |
2009 | Nisos | 545.772[6] |
2008 | I-4: Loafing and Camouflage | 750.000[40] |
2007 | El Greco | 1.200.000[40] (others reports put it at 767,158[6][42]) |
2006 | Straight Story | 300.000[6] |
2005 | Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean | 1,230,512[6] (others reports put it at 1,500,000[41] or 1,400,000[33] or 1,370,000[40]) |
2004 | Brides | 680,000[6] (other reports put it at 800,000[46] or 750,000[40][41][39] or 702,852[33]) |
2003 | A Touch of Spice | 1,300,000[37][6] (other reports put it at 1,600,000[38][39] or 1,560,000[40] or 1,277,902[33]) |
2002 | The Bubble | 38.000[6] |
2001 | Crying... Silicon Tears | 440.000[6] |
2000 | Rizoto | 270.000[6] |
1999 | Safe Sex (film) | 1,200,000[6] (other reports put it at 1,500,000[38][40][39] or 1,400,000[41]) |
1998 | Prostatis Oikogeneias | 222,000[50] |
1997 | Valkanizater | 290,000[51] |
1996 | O Orgasmos tis Ageladas | 200,000[52] |
1995 | To vlemma tou Odyssea | 190,000[53] |
1994 | Telos Epohis | 230,000[54] |
1993 | Lefteris Dimakopoulos | 120,000[55] |
1980 | The Man with the Carnation | 618,533[44] |
1974 | Pavlos Melas | 432,989[43] |
1973 | I Maria tis Siopis | 202,403 [43] |
1972 | Me Fovon kai Pathos | 372.819[56] |
1971 | What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi? | 640,471[40][43][44][41] |
1970 | Battlefield Constantinople | 751,117[40][43][44][41] |
1969 | I Daskala me ta Xanthia Mallia | 739,001[40][43][44][41] |
1968 | I Archontissa ki o Alitis | 750,380[40][43][44][41] |
1967 | To Pio Lampro Asteri | 652,661[40][43][44][41] |
1966 | My Daughter, the Socialist | 659,671[40][43][44][41] |
1965 | Kiss the Girls | 619.236[43][44] |
1964 | Something is Burning | 660,791[40][43][44] |
1963 | Htypokardia sto Thranio | 591,675[57] |
1962 | Orgi | 132,102[58] |
1961 | I Aliki sto Naftiko | 213,409[43] |
1960 | To Klotsoskoufi | 202,542[59] |
1959 | To Xylo Vgike apo ton Paradeiso | 239,530[43] |
1958 | O Mimikos kai i Mary | 130,209[60] |
1957 | I Theia apo to Chicago | 142,459[43] |
1956 | I Kafetzou | 137,267[61] |
1955 | Istoria mias Kalpikis Liras | 208,410[43] |
1954 | Haroumeno xekinima | 124,749[62] |
1953 | The Taxi Driver | 190,589[43] |
1952 | Ena Votsalo sti Limni | 151,058[63] |
1951 | Ta Tessera Skalopatia | 194,493[43] |
1950 | O Μethystakas | 304,438[43] |
1949 | O Kokkinos Vrahos | 78,477[64] |
1948 | Hamenoi Angeloi | 107,508[43] |
1947 | Marina | 68,000[65] |
1946 | Prosopa Lismonimena | 65,000[65] |
1945 | I Villa me ta Noufara | 70,300[65] |