#1 of 11 Highest-grossing Kurdish-language movie ever
2005 · Drama, War
$1.1M worldwide
$258.6K US & Canada · 24% $817K elsewhere · 76%
Kurdish box office
Kurdish Box Office: Highest-Grossing Kurdish Movies of All Time
Turtles Can Fly (2005) is the highest-grossing Kurdish-language movie in our database, with $1.1M worldwide, ahead of A Time for Drunken Horses (2000) ($632.3K) and My Sweet Pepper Land (2013) ($324.4K). 11 Kurdish-language films report a worldwide gross, $2.4M in all, 35% of it from the US & Canada. No Kurdish-language movies released in 2026 report a gross yet.
- Kurdish films with a gross
- 11
- combined worldwide, all time
- $2.4M
- earned in the US & Canada
- 35%
#1 of 11 All-time records
What Are the 10 Highest-Grossing Kurdish Movies Ever?
Turtles Can Fly (2005) leads with $1.1M, $443.2K ahead of A Time for Drunken Horses (2000). The top 10 took $2.4M together, 100% of what all 11 films earned. 2 of them came out in 2016 or later.
- 1 Feb 18, 2005 US and Canada: $258.6K Rest of the world: $817K Worldwide: $1.1M
- 2
Oct 27, 2000 US and Canada: $587.7K Rest of the world: $44.7K Worldwide: $632.3K - 3
May 22, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $324.4K - 4
Dec 14, 2007 US and Canada: $2.5K Rest of the world: $246.2K Worldwide: $248.7K - 5
Jan 15, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.1K - 6
Jan 17, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32K - 7
Jul 5, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25K - 8
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.5K - 9
Jul 30, 2021 US and Canada: $10.5K Rest of the world: $3.8K Worldwide: $14.3K - 10
Dec 1, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9K
Biggest years
Which Years Had the Highest-Grossing Kurdish Movies?
2005 releases earned the most: $1.1M from 1 film, led by Turtles Can Fly (2005). The 9 biggest years, each linking to its chart.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 1 film | 1 | $1.1M | Turtles Can Fly (2005) $1.1M |
| 2000 1 film | 1 | $632.3K | A Time for Drunken Horses (2000) $632.3K |
| 2013 2 films | 2 | $387.6K | My Sweet Pepper Land (2013) $324.4K |
| 2007 2 films | 2 | $280.7K | Half Moon (2007) $248.7K |
| 2009 1 film | 1 | $25K | The Last Season: Shawaks (2009) $25K |
| 2017 1 film | 1 | $16.5K | Zagros (2017) $16.5K |
| 2021 1 film | 1 | $14.3K | Sabaya (2021) $14.3K |
| 2006 1 film | 1 | $1.9K | Crossing the Dust (2006) $1.9K |
| 2020 1 film | 1 | $1.5K | Karnica (2020) $1.5K |
By genre
Which Kurdish Genres Earned the Most?
Drama took $2.4M across 9 films, 98% of the total, ahead of War ($1.7M) and Comedy ($280.7K). A film counts once for each of its genres.
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Drama $2.4M9 films · #1 Turtles Can Fly (2005) -
War $1.7M3 films · #1 Turtles Can Fly (2005) -
Comedy $280.7K2 films · #1 Half Moon (2007) -
Music $248.7K1 film · #1 Half Moon (2007) -
Documentary $39.3K2 films · #1 The Last Season: Shawaks (2009)
Archive
Kurdish Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 2000 to 2021 with its total and its biggest film. 2005 leads with $1.1M, led by Turtles Can Fly (2005).
2020s 2 years · $15.8K
2010s 2 years · $404K
Other languages
Compare Kurdish With Another Language
Kurdish has 11 films with a gross and $2.4M in all; each of these 16 languages has the same all-time and yearly charts to compare with.
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Kurdish Box Office: Questions & Answers
The Kurdish charts in short: the all-time #1, 2026's leader, the billion-dollar hits and the biggest year, answered from the same 11 films as the charts.
What is the highest-grossing Kurdish-language movie of all time?
Turtles Can Fly (2005) leads with $1.1M worldwide, $258.6K of it in the US & Canada. Next come A Time for Drunken Horses (2000) ($632.3K) and My Sweet Pepper Land (2013) ($324.4K).
All-time chart How much have Kurdish-language movies earned at the box office?
11 Kurdish-language films report a worldwide gross, $2.4M in all, or $221.4K per film on average. $859.2K (35%) came from the US & Canada.
How many Kurdish-language movies have made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, Turtles Can Fly (2005), earned $1.1M.
Which year was the biggest for Kurdish-language movies?
2005 releases earned the most: $1.1M from 1 film, led by Turtles Can Fly (2005).
2005 chart How are Kurdish box office numbers counted?
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.