The Brits' 100 Favorite Films

List creator: etaviotal Created on: March 14, 2008 - 4:26 PM PDT Description: The 100 films with the highest attendance in British box office history. (This list reflects the popularity of the films rather than the growing price of movie tickets the way lists of the highest grossing movies do.)

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movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
Gone with the Wind (Collector's Edition) (1939)
#1 - Estimated Attendance: 35 million
The Sound of Music (1965)
#2 - Estimated Attendance: 30 million
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
#3 - Estimated Attendance: 28 million
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
#4 - Estimated Attendance: 20.76 million #5 Spring In Park Lane - Estimated Attendance: 20.5 million
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)			Not Rated
#6 - Estimated Attendance: 20.4 million
The Jungle Book (1967)
#7 - Estimated Attendance: 19.8 million
Titanic (1997)
#8 - Estimated Attendance: 18.91 million #9 The Wicked Lady - Estimated Attendance: 18.4 million #10 The Seventh Veil - Estimated Attendance: 17.9 million
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
#11 - Estimated Attendance: 17.56 million
Grease (1978)
#12 - Estimated Attendance: 17.2 million
South Pacific (1958)			Not Rated
#13 - Estimated Attendance: 16.5 million
Jaws (1975)
#14 - Estimated Attendance: 16.2 million
Jurassic Park (1993)
#15 - Estimated Attendance: 16.17 million
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
#16 - Estimated Attendance: 15.98 million #17 The Courtneys of Curzon Street - Estimated Attendance: 15.9 million
Thunderball (1965)
#18 - Estimated Attendance: 15.6 million
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
#19 - Estimated Attendance: 15.22 million
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)			Not Rated
#20 - Estimated Attendance: 15.2 million
The Ten Commandments (Disc 1 of 2) (1956)
#21 - Estimated Attendance: 15 million
The Ten Commandments (Disc 2 of 2) (1956)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
#22 - Estimated Attendance: 14.4 million
The Full Monty (1997)
#23 - Estimated Attendance: 14.19 million
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
#24 - Estimated Attendance: 14.18 million
Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary) (1964)
#25 - Estimated Attendance: 14 million
The Third Man (Criterion Collection) (1949)			Not Rated
#26 - Estimated Attendance: 14 million
Goldfinger (1964)
#27 - Estimated Attendance: 13.9 million
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
#28 - Estimated Attendance: 13.59 million #29 The Blue Lamp - Estimated Attendance: 13.3 million
Ben-Hur (Collector's Edition) (Disc 1 of 2) (1959)
#30 - Estimated Attendance: 13.2 million
Ben-Hur (Collector's Edition) (Disc 2 of 2) (1959)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
#31 - Estimated Attendance: 13.13 million
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)			Not Rated
#32 - Estimated Attendance: 13 million
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
#33 - Estimated Attendance: 12.6 million
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
#34 - Estimated Attendance: 12.46 million #35 The Great Caruso - Estimated Attendance: 12.4 million #36 Doctor In The House - Estimated Attendance: 12.2 million
Toy Story 2 (1999)
#37 - Estimated Attendance: 12.18 million
Random Harvest (1942)			Not Rated
#38 - Estimated Attendance: 12 million
The Towering Inferno (1974)
#39 - Estimated Attendance: 11.78 million #40 Fanny By Gaslight - Estimated Attendance: 11.7 million #41 The Jolson Story - Estimated Attendance: 11.6 million #42 Piccadilly Incident - Estimated Attendance: 11.5 million
The Guns of Navarone (1961)			Not Rated
#43 - Estimated Attendance: 11.4 million
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
#44 - Estimated Attendance: 11.2 million
The Sting (Universal 100th Anniversary Edition) (1973)
#45 - Estimated Attendance: 11.08 million
The Godfather (1972)
#46 - Estimated Attendance: 11 million
Independence Day (1996)
#47 - Estimated Attendance: 10.79 million #48 Carry On Nurse - Estimated Attendance: 10.4 million #49 I Live In Grosvenor Square - Estimated Attendance: 10.3 million
Mrs. Miniver (1942)			Not Rated
#50 - Estimated Attendance: 10.2 million
Superman: The Movie (1978)
#51 - Estimated Attendance: 10.19 million
Bridget Jones's Diary (Collector's Edition) (2001)
#52 - Estimated Attendance: 10.15 million
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
#53 - Estimated Attendance: 9.93 million
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
#54 - Estimated Attendance: 9.9 million
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
#55 - Estimated Attendance: 9.8 million
Finding Nemo (Fullscreen) (2003)
#56 - Estimated Attendance: 9.79 million
Men in Black (1997)
#57 - Estimated Attendance: 9.73 million
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)			Not Rated
#58 - Estimated Attendance: 9.7 million
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
#59 - Estimated Attendance: 9.65 million
High Society (1956)			Not Rated
#60 - Estimated Attendance: 9.6 million
Moonraker (1979)
#61 - Estimated Attendance: 9.41 million
I'm All Right, Jack (1959)			Not Rated
#62 - Estimated Attendance: 9.4 million
49th Parallel (Criterion Collection) (1941)
#63 - Estimated Attendance: 9.3 million
Lost Horizon (1937)			Not Rated
#64 Lost Horizon - Estimated Attendance: 9.2 million
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
#65 - Estimated Attendance: 9.16 million
101 Dalmatians (1961)
#66 - Estimated Attendance: 9.1 million
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
#67 - Estimated Attendance: 9.09 million
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
#68 - Estimated Attendance: 9.02 million
Live and Let Die (1973)
#69 - Estimated Attendance: 9 million
The Great Dictator (Criterion) (1940)
#70 - Estimated Attendance: 9 million
The Big Country (1958)			Not Rated
#71 - Estimated Attendance: 9 million
Bambi (1942)
#72 - Estimated Attendance: 9 million
Rebecca (Criterion Collection) (1940)
#73 - Estimated Attendance: 8.9 million
Oliver! (1968)
#74 - Estimated Attendance: 8.9 million
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
#75 - Estimated Attendance: 8.81 million
Ghost (Collector's Edition) (1990)
#76 - Estimated Attendance: 8.78 million
Love Actually (2003)
#77 - Estimated Attendance: 8.76 million #78 Reach For The Sky - Estimated Attendance: 8.7 million
My Fair Lady (1964)
#79 - Estimated Attendance: 8.6 million
Die Another Day (2002)
#80 - Estimated Attendance: 8.58 million
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
#81 - Estimated Attendance: 8.54 million #82 The Citadel - Estimated Attendance: 8.5 million
Pinocchio (70th Anniversary) (Platinum Edition) (1940)
#83 - Estimated Attendance: 8.5 million
A Bug's Life (1998)
#84 - Estimated Attendance: 8.41 million
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
#85 - Estimated Attendance: 8.4 million
The Dam Busters (1955)			Not Rated
#86 - Estimated Attendance: 8.4 million
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
#87 - Estimated Attendance: 8.35 million
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)			Not Rated
#88 - Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
#89 - Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
You Only Live Twice (1967)
#90 - Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
The Exorcist (1973)
#91 - Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
The King and I (1956)
#92 - Estimated Attendance: 8.2 million
Chicken Run (2000)
#93 - Estimated Attendance: 8.12 million
The Lion King (1994)
#94 - Estimated Attendance: 8.08 million
Notting Hill: Full Frame Disc (1999)
#95 - Estimated Attendance: 8.05 million
The Matrix: Reloaded (2003)
#96 - Estimated Attendance: 7.96 million #97 The Private Life Of Henry VIII - Estimated Attendance: 7.9 million
Cinderella (1950)
#98 - Estimated Attendance: 7.9 million
Gladiator (2000)
#99 - Estimated Attendance: 7.8 million
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
#100 - Estimated Attendance: 7.7 million