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
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]

Highest-grossing Greek films by year

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]

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 admissions
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]

Greek films with biggest number of admissions by year

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]

See also

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