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BFI | Features | The Ultimate Chart: 1-100

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  1. GONE WITH THE WIND (1940)
    Estimated Attendance: 35 million
  2. The SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
    Estimated Attendance: 30 million
  3. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1938)
    Estimated Attendance: 28 million
  4. STAR WARS (1977)
    Estimated Attendance: 20.76 million
  5. SPRING IN PARK LANE (1948)
    Estimated Attendance: 20.5 million
  6. The BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1947)
    Estimated Attendance: 20.4 million
  7. The JUNGLE BOOK (1968)
    Estimated Attendance: 19.8 million
  8. TITANIC (1998)
    Estimated Attendance: 18.91 million
  9. The WICKED LADY (1946)
    Estimated Attendance: 18.4 million
  10. The SEVENTH VEIL (1945)
    Estimated Attendance: 17.9 million
  11. HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001)
    Estimated Attendance: 17.56 million
  12. GREASE (1978)
    Estimated Attendance: 17.2 million
  13. SOUTH PACIFIC (1958)
    Estimated Attendance: 16.5 million
  14. JAWS (1975)
    Estimated Attendance: 16.2 million
  15. JURASSIC PARK (1993)
    Estimated Attendance: 16.17 million
  16. The LORD OF THE RINGS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)
    Estimated Attendance: 15.98 million
  17. The COURTNEYS OF CURZON STREET (1947)
    Estimated Attendance: 15.9 million
  18. THUNDERBALL (1966)
    Estimated Attendance: 15.6 million
  19. The LORD OF THE RINGS THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)
    Estimated Attendance: 15.22 million
  20. The BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (1946)
    Estimated Attendance: 15.2 million
  21. The TEN COMMANDMENTS (1957)
    Estimated Attendance: 15 million
  22. The LORD OF THE RINGS THE TWO TOWERS (2002)
    Estimated Attendance: 14.4 million
  23. The FULL MONTY (1997)
    Estimated Attendance: 14.19 million
  24. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002)
    Estimated Attendance: 14.18 million
  25. MARY POPPINS (1964)
    Estimated Attendance: 14 million
  26. The THIRD MAN (1949)
    Estimated Attendance: 14 million
  27. GOLDFINGER (1964)
    Estimated Attendance: 13.9 million
  28. STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999)
    Estimated Attendance: 13.59 million
  29. The BLUE LAMP (1950)
    Estimated Attendance: 13.3 million
  30. BEN-HUR (1960)
    Estimated Attendance: 13.2 million
  31. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1983)
    Estimated Attendance: 13.13 million
  32. The GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)
    Estimated Attendance: 13 million
  33. The BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
    Estimated Attendance: 12.6 million
  34. The SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977)
    Estimated Attendance: 12.46 million
  35. The GREAT CARUSO (1951)
    Estimated Attendance: 12.4 million
  36. DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE (1954)
    Estimated Attendance: 12.2 million
  37. TOY STORY 2 (2000)
    Estimated Attendance: 12.18 million
  38. RANDOM HARVEST (1943)
    Estimated Attendance: 12 million
  39. The TOWERING INFERNO (1975)
    Estimated Attendance: 11.78 million
  40. FANNY BY GASLIGHT (1944)
    Estimated Attendance: 11.7 million
  41. The JOLSON STORY (1947)
    Estimated Attendance: 11.6 million
  42. PICCADILLY INCIDENT (1946)
    Estimated Attendance: 11.5 million
  43. The GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961)
    Estimated Attendance: 11.4 million
  44. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1967)
    Estimated Attendance: 11.2 million
  45. The STING (1974)
    Estimated Attendance: 11.08 million
  46. The GODFATHER (1972)
    Estimated Attendance: 11 million
  47. INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)
    Estimated Attendance: 10.79 million
  48. CARRY ON NURSE (1959)
    Estimated Attendance: 10.4 million
  49. I LIVE IN GROSVENOR SQUARE (1945)
    Estimated Attendance: 10.3 million
  50. MRS. MINIVER (1942)
    Estimated Attendance: 10.2 million
  51. SUPERMAN (1979)
    Estimated Attendance: 10.19 million
  52. BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (2001)
    Estimated Attendance: 10.15 million
  53. MONSTERS, INC. (2002)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.93 million
  54. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1972)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.9 million
  55. CROCODILE DUNDEE (1987)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.8 million
  56. FINDING NEMO (2003)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.79 million
  57. MEN IN BLACK (1997)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.73 million
  58. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1944)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.7 million
  59. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1976)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.65 million
  60. HIGH SOCIETY (1956)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.6 million
  61. MOONRAKER (1979)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.41 million
  62. I'M ALL RIGHT JACK (1959)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.4 million
  63. 49TH PARALLEL (1941)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.3 million
  64. LOST HORIZON (1937)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.2 million
  65. STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.16 million
  66. ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (1961)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.1 million
  67. The EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.09 million
  68. SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1978)
    Estimated Attendance: 9.02 million
  69. LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
    Estimated Attendance: 9 million
  70. The GREAT DICTATOR (1941)
    Estimated Attendance: 9 million
  71. The BIG COUNTRY (1958)
    Estimated Attendance: 9 million
  72. BAMBI (1942)
    Estimated Attendance: 9 million
  73. REBECCA (1940)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.9 million
  74. OLIVER! (1968)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.9 million
  75. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.81 million
  76. GHOST (1990)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.78 million
  77. LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.76 million
  78. REACH FOR THE SKY (1956)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.7 million
  79. MY FAIR LADY (1965)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.6 million
  80. DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.58 million
  81. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1978)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.54 million
  82. The CITADEL (1939)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.5 million
  83. PINOCCHIO (1940)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.5 million
  84. A BUG'S LIFE (1999)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.41 million
  85. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.4 million
  86. The DAM BUSTERS (1955)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.4 million
  87. RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.35 million
  88. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
  89. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
  90. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
  91. The EXORCIST (1974)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
  92. The KING AND I (1956)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.2 million
  93. CHICKEN RUN (2000)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.12 million
  94. The LION KING (1994)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.08 million
  95. NOTTING HILL (1999)
    Estimated Attendance: 8.05 million
  96. The MATRIX RELOADED (2003)
    Estimated Attendance: 7.96 million
  97. The PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (1934)
    Estimated Attendance: 7.9 million
  98. CINDERELLA (1951)
    Estimated Attendance: 7.9 million
  99. GLADIATOR (2000)
    Estimated Attendance: 7.8 million
  100. The MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960)
    Estimated Attendance: 7.7 million