This list charts the most successful films at cinemas in Austria by admissions.
Highest-grossing films This table ranks films released in Austria by revenue though not adjusted for inflation.
Rank Film Year Gross 1 Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 €16,970,000 2 Das Kanu des Manitu 2025 €9,670,000 3 Der Schuh des Manitu 2001 €9,150,000 — Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025 €8,450,000 — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 €7,700,000
Most successful films by admissions The table below lists the most successful films in Austria in terms of admissions.
Rank Film Year Admissions 1 Der Schuh des Manitu 2001 2,091,759 2 Titanic 1998 1,412,143 3 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 1,272,648 4 Avatar 2009 1,206,788 5 Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006 1,197,007 6 Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 2004 1,173,846 7 Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 1,165,080 8 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 1,073,949 9 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 1,052,074 10 Finding Nemo 2003 1,135,758 11 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 1,029,582 12 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001 995,938 13 Ice Age: Continental Drift 2012 951,248 14 Das Kanu des Manitu 2025 886,161 15 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 882,087 16 The Lion King 2019 837,348 17 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 808,376 18 Barbie 2023 799,811 19 Vicky the Viking 2009 798,676 20 Madagascar 2005 798,636
Most successful Austrian films The table below lists the most successful Austrian films in Austria in terms of admissions since 1982.
Rank Film Year Admissions 1 Hinterholz 8 1998 617,597 2 Aufputzt is’ 2025 441,823 3 Poppitz 2002 441,556 4 Müllers Büro 1986 441,135 5 Echte Wiener – Die Sackbauer-Saga 2008 372,788 6 Brother of Sleep 1995 307,345 7 Griechenland 2023 287,531 8 Life Eternal 2015 286,216 9 The Bone Man 2009 281,146 10 Wild Mouse 2017 280,738
See also Lists of highest-grossing films
Notes Total includes 22,238 admissions of the 2023 25th anniversary re-release.
Total includes 32,048 admissions of the 2022 remastered re-release. Total includes 10,741 admissions of the 3D Anniversary Version.
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