List of highest-grossing films in Hungary

The following is a list of highest-grossing films in Hungary .

List

Films

The following are the films with the most admissions in Hungary since 1990 as of 3 August 2025.

Background colour   indicates films currently in cinemas. Years in brackets are the years of re-release.

Rank	Title	Tickets sold [1]	Year
1	Avatar	1,254,599 [2]	2009 (2022)
2	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	1,251,531 [2]	1999 (2012)
3	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	1,239,116 [2]	2015
4	Titanic	1,082,803 [2]	1998 (2012, 2023)
5	Look Who's Talking	1,062,120 [2]	1990
6	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	1,034,441 [2]	2001
7	Avatar: The Way of Water	1,003,564 [2]	2022
8	Jurassic Park	983,422	1993 (2013)
9	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	909,571	2017
10	How Could I Live Without You?	901,332 [3]	2024
11	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	812,130	2002
12	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	805,085	2002
13	Look Who's Talking Too	802,980	1991
14	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	792,231	1991
15	Independence Day	778,475	1996
16	Mamma Mia!	775,703	2008
17	The Lion King	775,176	1994
18	Shrek 2	771,221	2004
19	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	757,952	1997
20	The Flintstones	746,865	1994
21	Gladiator	746,460	2000
22	Shrek the Third	740,526	2007
23	Minions	737,599	2015
24	Gone Running	739,346 [4]	2024
25	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	728,383	2004
26	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	719,829 [5]	2019
27	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	714,670	2005
28	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	709,262	2003
29	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	700,252	2016

Films produced in Hungary

1990–present

The following are the Hungarian films with the most admissions in Hungary since 1990 as of 3 August 2025.

Background colour   indicates films currently in cinemas

Rank	Title	Tickets sold [6] [7] [8]	Year
1	How Could I Live Without You?	901,332 [3]	2024
2	Gone Running	739,346 [4]	2024
3	Out of Order	662,963	1997
4	Children of Glory	544,235	2006
5	A Kind of America	529,187	2002
6	The Conquest	504,747	1996
7	Dollybirds	502,787	1997
8	Hungarian Vagabond	460,565	2004
9	Kincsem – Bet on Revenge	456,448	2017
10	Fateless	452,136	2005
11	A Kind of America 2.	448,738	2008
12	Just Sex and Nothing Else	437,638	2005
13	A Kind of America 3.	372,866	2018
14	Semmelweis	345,858	2023
15	The Whiskey Bandit	332,863	2017
16	The Dream Car	308,787	2000
17	Glass Tiger 2.	304,123	2006
18	Glass Tiger 3.	295,366	2010
19	The Bridgeman	294,427	2002
20	Catcher: Cat City 2	290,169	2007
21	Happy New Year	274,358	2018
22	Kontroll	269,312	2003
23	Son of Saul	269,020	2015
24	One Skirt and a Pair of Trousers	268,340	2005
25	Hyppolit	260,490	1999
26	Sacra Corona	256,341	2001
27	SOS Love!	238,986	2007
28	Professor Albeit	238,605	1998
29	Three Guardsmen in Africa	228,233	1996
30	Made in Hungaria	227,675	2009
31	Pappa Pia	227,228	2017
32	Fake Doll	223,421	1991
33	May Day Mayhem!	218,137	2001
34	Train Keeps A Rollin	216,450	2007
35	We Never Die	209,790	1993
36	Relatives	202,853	2006
37	9 ½ Dates	202,485	2008
38	Sunshine	201,692	2000

1948–1987

The following are the Hungarian films with the most admissions in Hungary between 1948 and 30 June 1987.

Rank	Title	Tickets sold (in millions) [9]	Year	Genre
1	Mickey Magnate	9.853	1949	operetta
2	Leila and Gábor	7.323	1956	operetta
3	Rakoczy's Lieutenant	7.298	1954	youth film
4	The State Department Store	6.684	1953	musical comedy
5	Liliomfi	6.646	1955	classical
6	The Man of Gold	6.602	1962	classical
7	2×2 néha 5	6.390	1955	musical comedy
8	Keep Your Chin Up	6.362	1954	comedy
9	The Poor Rich (or Poor Plutocrats)	5.895	1959	classical
10	Love Travels by Coach	5.390	1955	musical comedy
11	Déryné	5.301	1951	drama
12	Goose-boy	5.095	1950	classical
13	A kőszívű ember fiai I. 1	4.612	1965	classical
14	A kőszívű ember fiai II.	4.612	1965	classical
15	Try and Win	4.568	1952	comedy
16	Stars of Eger I. 1	4.559	1968	classical
17	Stars of Eger II.	4.559	1968	classical
18	A Strange Marriage	4.459	1951	classical
19	Merry-Go-Round	4.192	1956	drama
20	St. Peter's Umbrella	4.191	1958	classical
21	A Glass of Beer	4.066	1955	drama
22	A Quiet Home	3.993	1958	comedy
23	Young Noszty and Mary Toth	3.851	1960	classical
24	Janika	3.831	1949	comedy
25	Sunday Romance	3.815	1957	drama
26	Adventure in Gerolstein	3.741	1957	operetta
27	Be True Until Death	3.728	1960	classical
28	Úri muri	3.605	1950	classical
29	Egy magyar nábob 2	3.572	1966	classical
30	Zoltán Kárpáthy	3.572	1966	classical
31	The Corporal and the Others	3.391	1965	comedy
32	Kölyök	3.277	1959	comedy
33	Dollar Daddy	3.231	1956	satire
34	Kiskrajcár	3.193	1953	drama
35	Sparrows are Birds Too	3.159	1969	comedy
36	Tale on the Twelve Points	3.026	1957	comedy
37.	Accident	2.989	1955	drama
38.	What a Night!	2.957	1958	drama
39.	Me and My Grandfather	2.914	1954	drama
40.	The Boys of Paul Street	2.912	1969	classical
41.	Mici néni két élete	2.909	1963	comedy
42.	Up the Slope	2.863	1959	comedy
43.	The Testament of Aga Koppanyi	2.849	1967	adventure
44.	Springtime in Budapest	2.820	1955	drama
45.	The Sea Has Risen	2.813	1953	historical
46.	Don’t Keep Off the Grass	2.793	1960	comedy
47.	Hattyúdal	2.789	1964	musical comedy
48.	Military Band	2.783	1961	drama
49.	A Husband for Susy	2.671	1960	comedy
50.	Red Ink	2.614	1960	drama
51.	Bogáncs	2.549	1959	youth
52.	At Midnight	2.485	1957	drama
53.	A Tenkes kapitányaI. 3	2.470	1965	adventure
54.	A Tenkes kapitányaII.	2.470	1965	adventure
55.	The Naked Diplomat	2.468	1963	comedy
56.	Ward 9	2.464	1955	drama
57.	Alba Regia	2.432	1961	drama
58.	Spiral Staircase	2.424	1957	drama
59.	Erkel	2.420	1952	musical drama
60.	By Order of the Emperor	2.416	1957	historical
61.	Sword and Dice	2.412	1959	drama
62.	Two Confessions	2.363	1957	drama
63.	Just a Joke	2.343	1961	comedy
64.	Treasured Earth	2.342	1948	drama
65.	Singing Makes Life Beautiful	2.340	1950	musical comedy
66.	Sunshine on the Ice	2.332	1961	comedy
67.	Young Hearts	2.305	1953	comedy
68.	Two Kids and the Pyramids	2.287	1963	comedy
69.	Cimborák (with restoration)	2.283	1958	naturefilm for youth
70.	The Csardas Princess	2.279	1971	operetta
71.	Mattie the Goose-boy	2.278	1977	animation
72.	The Brigade No. 39	2.247	1959	drama
73.	A Houseful of Bliss	2.239	1960	comedy
74.	The Little Fox	2.211	1981	youth
75.	The Football Star	2.172	1957	satire
76.	Dani	2.172	1957	drama
77.	Action “Clean Linen”	2.171	1965	comedy
78.	Love on Thursday	2.139	1959	comedy
79.	Házasságból elégséges	2.099	1962	drama
80.	Fekete szem éjszakája (La Belle et le Tzigane)	2.082	1958	musical
81.	Nehéz kesztyűk	2.075	1958	drama
82.	A Strange Mask of Identity	2.073	1955	drama
83.	Pár lépés a határ	2.067	1959	drama
84.	Hot Fields	2.059	1949	classical
85.	A Simple Love	2.037	1960	drama
86.	Somewhere in Europe	2.031	1948	drama
87.	Fotó Háber	2.011	1963	crime
88.	Dandin György	2.001	1955	classic comedy

1. ^ ^ Two parter movie was released with an intermission.
2. ^ Two parter movie was released with an intermission (the second part was Zoltán Kárpáthy).

3. ^ The tv series was re-edited into a two parter feature film.

References

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External links

• "Admission numbers of movies supported by National Film Institute (since 2013)". NFI (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-06-03.
• "Association of Film distributors". Filmforgalmazók Egyesülete (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-06-03.
• Gombár, József. "Cinema audience and distribution data of Hungarian feature films (1948–1987)" (PDF). MaNDA (in Hungarian and English). pp. 106–107. Retrieved 2025-06-03.