The following lists represent the highest-grossing films in Turkey. This lists only accounts for the films' theatrical box office earning and not their ancillary revenues (i.e. home video rental and sales and television broadcast).
This chart was compiled based on data from Box Office Mojo, by dividing the gross by the average ticket price to calculate an estimate of the total number of admissions.
Background shading indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 31 May 2024 in Turkish theaters.
Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja (1208–1285) is a character in the folklore of the Muslim world from the Balkans to China, and a hero of humorous short stories and satirical anecdotes. There are frequent statements about his existence in real life and even archaeological evidence in specific places, for example, a tombstone in the city of Akşehir, Turkey. At the moment, there is no confirmed information or serious grounds to talk about the specific date or place of Nasreddin's birth, so the question of the reality of his existence remains open.
Bülent Ersoy is a Turkish singer and actress. She is known as one of the most popular singers of Turkish music, nicknamed Diva by her fans. Ersoy has many famous hits such as "Ümit Hırsızı" (Hope Thief), "Geceler" (Nights), "Beddua" (Curse), "Maazallah" (God Forbid), "Biz Ayrılamayız" (We Cannot Break Up), and "Sefam olsun" (I Enjoy Myself). Ersoy has published more than thirty albums so far and has made a name for herself in Turkish music history.
Vecihi Hürkuş was a Turkish fighter pilot, aviation engineer and aviation pioneer. He built Turkey's first aircraft, the Vecihi K-VI, and founded the first civil flight school of the nation.
Zuhal Olcay is a Turkish actress and singer.
Ayhan Işık was one of the pioneers of Turkish cinema and actors in Turkey, and among the most famous Turkish leading actors in the 1950s and 1960s.
Şahan Gökbakar is a Turkish comedian, actor and producer.
Yağmur Taylan (1966) and Durul Taylan (1969), also known as The Taylan Brothers are Turkish film directors.
Sultana Muhammad Fetih 1453 is a 2012 Turkish epic action film directed by Faruk Aksoy and produced by him, Servet Aksoy and Ayşe Germen. Starring Devrim Evin, İbrahim Çelikkol and Dilek Serbest, the film is based on events surrounding the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II.
Hikmet Vurgun is a Turkish handball coach, academic for physical education and sports and former handball player.
İbrahim İlker Aksum is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty popular series and films since 1999. His breakthrough roles are in popular series "Yabancı Damat", "Canım Ailem" "Çarli", "Olacak O Kadar", "Karayılan". He starred alongside Tuba Büyüküstün in 20 Dakika which has a nomination for the 42nd International Emmy Award for Best Actress.
Düğün Dernek 2: Sünnet is a 2015 Turkish comedy film written and directed by Selçuk Aydemir and starring Ahmet Kural, Murat Cemcir, Rasim Öztekin and Şinasi Yurtsever.
Pınar Gültekin was a Turkish woman who disappeared on 16 July 2020. Her body was found in the rural neighborhood of Yerkesik in Menteşe on 21 July 2020 after she was murdered. In July 2020, a global Instagram hashtag campaign called ChallengeAccepted was relaunched by a group of Turkish women in wake of the murder of Gültekin. Her body was later discovered in a plastic box in the woods.
Uraz Kaygılaroğlu is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian and TV presenter. He is a graduate of Istanbul Bilgi University with a degree in commercials and advertising.
Merve Dizdar is a Turkish actress. She is best known for her roles in War of the Eltis (2020), The Innocents (2020–2022), The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri (2022–present), and Snow and the Bear (2022). In 2020, she won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actress for her role in The Innocents. Dizdar became the first Turkish actress to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in About Dry Grasses (2023).
Serhat Mustafa Kılıç is a Turkish actor and TV-radio presenter.
Pelikan is a group in Turkey, which became known publicly after the 'All Hail!' article published at a website named as 'Pelican File' on 1 May 2016, and during the period that resulted with resignation of Ahmet Davutoğlu. Hilal Kaplan, Melih Altınok, Süheyb Öğüt, Cemil Barlas, Kurtuluş Tayiz, Selman Öğüt, and Haşmet Babaoğlu has been claimed to be group members. The 'All Hail' text - which was inside of a newly opened blog site and exposed the existence of Pelikan group - was shared by Cemil Barlas, Merve Taşçı, Atifet Ulusoy, Elif Şahin and Filiz Gündüz from personal Twitter accounts on 1 May 2016. Berat Albayrak and his brother Serhat Albayrak is being stated as at the center of group structure. The memo has been claimed to portray not only Davutoğlu as target but also other people serving inside the government as the target, and even it has been claimed that the memo accuses Hakan Fidan as being Davutoğlu's man.
Doğa Bora Akkaş is a Turkish actor and occasional singer.
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Rafadan Tayfa is a Turkish animated children's television series directed by İsmail Fidan and written by Ozan Çivit. First aired in 2014, the series centers around a group of six children in Istanbul learning new things. Production takes place in Ankara and is done by ISF Studios. Work on the show started approximately in 2012, with the aim of portraying the Turkish mahalle culture of the 1980s and 1990s. Several spin-offs and three featured films related to the series have also been produced. Both the series and movies are generally well liked by children.
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