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#6,195 All-time worldwide
#179 2012 releases

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Turkish for Beginners

2012 · 105 min · Box Office Data

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.8M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$6.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Turkish for Beginners ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #6,195 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #179 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did Turkish for Beginners (2012) perform at the box office?

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Turkish for Beginners (2012) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $16.8M. In this database it currently ranks #6,195 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #179 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,827,724
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk must fight for survival. After initially Cem macho repulsive acts on Lena, a jellyfish in the water and sand in a bikini, she recognizes the time the romantic core behind his cool facade. Meanwhile, meet also their parents, who obdurate psychologist Doris and Metin Öztürk to work together to find their missing children. So both generations take an involuntary Turkish Basic Course for beginners.

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Turkish for Beginners is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.8M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,195 all-time in the current chart set and #179 among 2012 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.