# Goldene Leinwand

The Goldene Leinwand (Golden Screen) is an award created in 1964 by the HDF ("Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater e.V.", literally translated "Main Association For Movie Theatres") and the journal Filmecho/Filmwoche.
Like a Golden Record, it is a sales certification.
The Goldene Leinwand is to be bestowed upon film distributors for having provided a film of feature-length which sold more than 3,000,000 tickets within 18 months.

## Categories

* Goldene Leinwand (“Golden Screen”) for 3 million tickets within 18 months
* Goldene Leinwand mit Stern (“Golden Screen with Star”) for 6 million tickets within 18 months
* Goldene Leinwand mit 2 Sternen (“Golden Screen with Two Stars”) for 9 million tickets within 18 months
* Goldene Leinwand mit 3 Sternen (“Golden Screen with Three Stars”) for 12 million tickets within 18 months
* Goldene Leinwand Sonderausgaben (“Golden Screen Special Editions”) for 15 or 18 million tickets within 18 months
* Goldene Leinwand mit Stern und Brillanten (“Golden Screen with Star and Diamond”) for a series of 6 coherent films that altogether sold more than 30 million tickets
* Goldene Leinwand für besondere Verdienste (“Honorary Golden Screen”)
* Goldene Leinwand Pin (“Honorary Golden Screen as Pin”)
Titanic is the only feature film that was awarded special editions for 15 and/or 18 million tickets.
The James Bond film series (1983), Star Wars (2005) and the Harry Potter film series (2009) were awarded a "Goldene Leinwand mit Stern und Brillanten".

## Awards
### Goldene Leinwand

| Year | Films |
| 1969 | The Jungle Book |
| 1970 | The Love Bug |
| 1973 | The Aristocats |
| 1976 | Robin Hood |
| 1978 | Star Wars: A New Hope, The Rescuers |
| 1979 | Grease, Superman |
| 1980 | The Wild Geese |
| 1981 | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1982 | The Fox and the Hound |
| 1983 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1984 | Star Wars: Return of the Jedi |
| 1985 | Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| 1986 | Back to the Future |
| 1989 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part II, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
| 1991 | Home Alone, The Little Mermaid |
| 1992 | The Rescuers Down Under |
| 1993 | Beauty and the Beast, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Jurassic Park |
| 1994 | Aladdin, Free Willy, The Lion King, Mrs. Doubtfire |
| 1995 | Casper |
| 1996 | Babe, Pocahontas |
| 1997 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Men in Black |
| 1998 | Hercules, Mulan |
| 1999 | A Bug's Life, The Mummy, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Tarzan |
| 2001 | Shrek |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown |

### Goldene Leinwand mit Stern

| Year | Films |
| 1994 | Aladdin, The Lion King |
| 1996 | Babe |
| 1997 | Men in Black |
| 2000 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
| 2012 | The Intouchables, Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, Skyfall |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| 2014 | Fack ju Göhte, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
| 2015 | Head Full of Honey, Minions, Fack ju Göhte 2, Spectre, Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| 2018 | Fack ju Göhte 3 |

### Goldene Leinwand mit Stern (Sonderversion)

| Year | Films |
| 1981 | The Aristocats |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in the West, Papillon, From Here to Eternity, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix |
| 1988 | The Jungle Book |

### Goldene Leinwand mit 2 Sternen

| Year | Films |
| 1994 | Jurassic Park |
| 1995 | The Lion King |
| 1996 | Independence Day |
| 1998 | Titanic |
| 2001 | Der Schuh des Manitu, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| 2003 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 |
| 2010 | Avatar |
| 2012 | The Intouchables |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens |

### Goldene Leinwand für besondere Verdienste

| Year | People |
| 1967 | Walt Disney (posthumous) |