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This page is a list of films that received the Platinum Film since its introduction in 2001 by the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund. In 2001 and 2002, films from the Netherlands received the award once they had sold 200,000 tickets. From 2003 to date, the Platinum Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold 400,000 tickets. This page shows, for both audience criteria, which films received the Platinum Film and how soon they received it after their releases.
In the following tables, the 'year' column contains the years in which the films received the Platinum Film, the '#' column contains the number of the Platinum Film, the 'film title' column contains the titles of the receiving films, the 'film release' column contains the dates on which the films were first released in the cinemas, and the 'Platinum Film' column contains the days when the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund announced that the receiving films reached the audience criterion of the Platinum Film.
When a film also received a Diamond Film, this award is listed in the 'other' column. The Diamond Film is awarded for 1,000,000 sold tickets since 2007. This award can be awarded in the same year as the Platinum Film or in a later year.
Platinum Film for 200,000 tickets sold | ||||
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Year | # | Film title | Film release | Platinum Film |
2001 | 1 | Costa! | 1 March 2001 [1] | 28 September 2001 [2] |
2 | The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time | 6 September 2001 [1] | 7 November 2001 [3] | |
3 | The Discovery of Heaven | 18 October 2001 [1] | 15 November 2001 [4] | |
2002 | 4 | Undercover Kitty | 6 December 2001 [1] | 8 January 2002 [5] |
5 | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! | 3 October 2002 [6] | 24 October 2002 [7] | |
6 | Full Moon Party | 10 October 2002 [6] | 25 October 2002 [8] | |
7 | Peter Bell | 17 November 2002 [6] | 11 December 2002 [9] |
Platinum Film for 400,000 tickets sold | |||||
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Year | # | Film title | Film release | Platinum Film | Other |
2003 | 8 | Twin Sisters | 12 December 2002 [6] | 15 January 2003 [10] | |
9 | De Schippers van de Kameleon | 25 June 2003 [11] | 5 August 2003 [12] | ||
2004 | 10 | Peter Bell II: The Hunt For The Czar Crown | 18 December 2003 [11] | 8 January 2004 [13] | |
2005 | 11 | Tow Truck Pluck | 18 November 2004 [14] | 10 January 2005 [15] | |
12 | Kameleon 2 | 29 June 2005 | 2 October 2005 [16] | ||
2006 | 13 | Black Book | 14 September 2006 [17] | 5 October 2006 [18] | Diamond |
2007 | 14 | Crusade in Jeans | 16 November 2006 [17] | 11 January 2007 [19] | |
15 | Alles is Liefde | 11 October 2007 [20] | 28 October 2007 [21] | Diamond | |
2008 | 16 | Moordwijven | 20 December 2007 [22] | 14 February 2008 [23] | |
17 | Anubis en het pad der 7 zonden | 6 October 2008 [24] | 26 October 2008 [25] | ||
18 | Winter in Wartime | 27 October 2008 | 29 December 2008 | ||
2009 | 19 | The Storm | 23 September 2009 | 9 October 2009 | |
20 | Stricken | 26 November 2009 | 6 December 2009 | ||
2010 | 21 | Anubis en de wraak van Arghus | 16 December 2009 | 25 February 2010 | |
22 | The Happy Housewife | 15 April 2010 | 25 May 2010 | ||
23 | New Kids Turbo | 9 December 2010 | 19 December 2010 | ||
2011 | 24 | Dik Trom | 24 November 2010 | 24 January 2011 | |
25 | Loft | 16 December 2010 | 11 February 2011 | ||
26 | Gooische Vrouwen | 10 March 2011 | 18 March 2011 | ||
27 | Sonny Boy | 27 February 2011 | 8 April 2011 | ||
28 | Nova Zembla | 24 November 2011 | 15 December 2011 | ||
2012 | 29 | New Kids Nitro | 8 December 2011 | 3 January 2012 | |
30 | Mees Kees | 3 October 2012 | 29 October 2012 | ||
31 | Family Way | 22 November 2012 | 13 December 2012 | ||
2013 | 32 | Verliefd op Ibiza | 28 January 2013 | 19 February 2013 | |
33 | Spijt! | 20 June 2013 | 22 September 2013 | ||
34 | De Nieuwe Wildernis | 26 September 2013 | 28 October 2013 | ||
2014 | 35 | Mannenharten | 25 November 2013 | 5 January 2014 | |
36 | Mees Kees op kamp | 8 December 2013 | 5 January 2014 | ||
37 | Soof | 2 December 2013 | 7 January 2014 | ||
38 | Tuscan Wedding | 30 January 2014 | 23 February 2014 | ||
39 | Gooische Vrouwen 2 | 4 December 2014 | 11 December 2014 | ||
40 | Pak van mijn hart | 27 October 2014 | 24 December 2014 | ||
2015 | 41 | Mees Kees op de planken | 3 December 2014 | 3 January 2015 | |
42 | Michiel de Ruyter | 26 January 2015 | 23 February 2015 | ||
2016 | 43 | Bon Bini Holland | 10 December 2015 | 4 Januari 2016 | |
44 | Rokjesdag | 10 March 2016 | 8 June 2016 | ||
45 | Soof 2 | 8 December 2016 | 28 December 2016 | ||
2018 | 46 | The Resistance Banker | 8 March 2018 | 3 October 2018 | |
47 | Bon Bini Holland 2 | 13 December 2018 | 31 December 2018 | ||
2019 | Cuban Love | 14 February 2019 | 28 April 2019 | ||
Penoza: The Final Chapter | 28 November 2019 | 31 December 2019 | |||
2020 | April, May en June | 19 December 2019 | 25 January 2020 | ||
The Marriage Escape | 13 February 2020 | 9 March 2020 | |||
2021 | The Forgotten Battle | 5 June 2021 | 9 August 2021 | ||
Luizenmoeder | 28 July 2021 | 8 September 2021 | |||
2022 | Bon Bini Holland 3 | 30 June 2022 | 5 September 2022 | ||
Soof 3 | 15 September 2022 | 24 October 2022 | |||
2023 | De Tatta's | 22 December 2022 | 10 January 2023 | ||
2024 | De Tatta's 2 | 14 December 2023 | 9 January 2024 | ||
Bon Bini: Bangkok Nights | 20 December 2023 | 15 January 2024 |
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