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Seen by four million, 651 thousand and 715 people in just 18 days of showing, "Conquest 1453" has now become the highest viewed film ever to be released in Turkey.
According to box office statistics in Turkey, in the first four days of its release, one million, 400 thousand and 351 viewers went to see Conquest 1453 (Fetih 1453). Since its February 16th release, the film has sold a total of four million, 651 thousand and 351 tickets. As a result Conquest 1453, which had a 17 million dollar budget and was directed by Faruk Aksoy and produced by Servet Aksoy and Ayşe Germen, has become the all time highest viewed film in Turkey. In second and third place for highest number of viewers are two films from the "Recep İvedik" series which were produced by Faruk Aksoy, with "Recep İvedik 2" in second and "Recep İvedik" in third. Following in fourth and fifth are two other films which managed to break the four million viewers mark; Valley of the Wolves: Iraq and G.O.R.A., respectively.
Film Name - Release Date - Weeks – Total Viewers
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1. Conquest 1453 (Fetih 1453) 16.02.2012 / 3 / 4,651,715
2. Recep İvedik 2 13.02.2009 / 24 / 4,333,144
3. Recep İvedik 22.02.2008 / 32 / 4,301,693
4. Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak) 03.02.2006 / 26 / 4,256,567
5. G.O.R.A. 12.11.2004 /36 / 4,001,711
6. Eyyvah Eyvah 2 07.01.2011 / 38 / 3,947,988
7. My Father and Son (Babam ve Oğlum) 18.11.2005 / 79 / 3,838,965
8. A.R.O.G 05.12.2008 / 22 / 3,707,086
9. Five Minarets in New York (New York'ta Beş Minare) 05.11.2010 / 13 / 3,474,495
10.Recep İvedik 3 / 12.02.2010/ 22 / 3,325,913
11.Vizontele 02.02.2001 / 50 / 3,308,120
12.Vizontele Tuuba / 23.01.2004/ 34 / 2,894,802
13.Titanic (Titanik) 20.02.1998 (181) 2,844,022
14.Alone (Issız Adam) 07.11.2008 / 45 / 2,788,532
15.Magic Carpet Ride (Organize İşler) 23.12.2005 / 36 / 2,618,244
16. The Military Class of Chaos (Hababam Sınıfı Askerde )14.01.2005 / 33 / 2,587,824
17.The Bandit (Eşkiya) 29.11.1996 / 57 / 2,571,133
18.I Saw the Sun (Güneşi Gördüm) 12.03.2009 / 29 / 2,491,313
19.Avatar 18.12.2009 / 49 / 2,482,991
20.Kahpe Bizans 21.01.2000 / 38 / 2,472,162
21.Eyyvah Eyvah 26.02.2010 / 36 / 2,459,815
22.The Breath (Nefes): Vatan Sağolsun 16.10.2009 / 38 / 2,436,780
23.Love Likes Coincidences (Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever) 04.02.2011 / 35 / 2,418,090
24.The Ottoman Cowboys (Yahşi Batı) 01.01.2010 / 15 / 2,323,061
25. Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside (Muro: Nalet Olsun İçimdeki İnsan...) 05.12.2008 / 19 / 2,315,902
26. God's Faithful Servant: Barla (Allah'ın Sadık Kulu: Barla) 04.11.2011 / 16 / 2,224,760
27.Hunting Season (Av Mevsimi) 03.12.2010 / 32 / 2,116,192
28.The Class of Chaos 3.5 (Hababam Sınıfı 3.5) 06.01.2006 / 24 / 2,068,165
29.The White Angel (Beyaz Melek) / 16.11.2007 / 52 / 2,032,885
30.Valley of the Wolves: Palestine (Kurtlar Vadisi: Filistin) / 28.01.2011 / 20 / 2,028,057
