 The number of tickets sold is based on box office information provided by the film's distributor and the Netherlands Association of Film Distributors.After a film is awarded the Golden Film, it can receive a Platinum Film after it sells and a Diamond Film after it sells .In addition to these awards, there is the Crystal Film, which is awarded to documentary films that sell more than 

The Golden Film is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival and the government-subsidized Netherlands Film Fund, with the support of Film Investors Netherlands, to increase the public's awareness of Dutch films in the Netherlands.