List of highest-grossing Greek films

The following are lists of highest-grossing Greek films screened at cinemas in Greece and globally. The commercial course of Greek cinema changed during the times. 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

• Cinema of Greece

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