Independence Day! Though, I haven't watched it. :D
Find Out What Movie Was a Smash Hit the Year You Were Born

The highest grossing movie of all time is still Gone With the Wind that was released in 1939. In today’s money, the movie has earned $3.7 billion. It is interesting that before the beginning of the 21st century, dramas, action films, and musicals were leaders in terms of earning money. And in the new century, franchises are winning so far. By the way, do you know what film was the highest-grossing one the day you were born? If you don’t know, we will tell you!
We at Bright Side love movies and we think that good movies should earn a lot of money.
2010: Toy Story 3
- IMDb rating — 8.3
2009: Avatar
- IMDb rating — 7.8
2008: The Dark Knight
- IMDb rating — 9.0
2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
- IMDb rating — 7.1
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
- IMDb rating — 7.3
2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- IMDb rating — 7.7
2004: Shrek 2
- IMDb rating — 7.2
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- IMDb rating — 8.9
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- IMDb rating — 8.7
2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- IMDb rating — 7.6
2000: Mission: Impossible II
- IMDb rating — 6.1
1999: Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace
- IMDb rating — 6.5
1998: Armageddon
- IMDb rating — 6.6
1997: Titanic
- IMDb rating — 7.8
1996: Independence Day
- IMDb rating — 7.0
1995: Toy Story
- IMDb rating — 8.3
1994: The Lion King
- IMDb rating — 8.5
1993: Jurassic Park
- IMDb rating — 8.1
1992: Aladdin
- IMDb rating — 8.0
1991: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- IMDb rating — 8.5
1990: Ghost
- IMDb rating — 7.0
1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- IMDb rating — 8.3
1988: Rain Man
- IMDb rating — 8.0
1987: Fatal Attraction
- IMDb rating — 6.9
1986: Top Gun
- IMDb rating — 6.9
1985: Back to the Future
- IMDb rating — 8.5
1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- IMDb rating — 7.6
1983: Star Wars. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- IMDb rating — 8.3
1982: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- IMDb rating — 7.9
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- IMDb rating — 8.5
1980: Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- IMDb rating — 8.8
1979: Moonraker
- IMDb rating — 6.3
1978: Grease
- IMDb rating — 7.2
1977: Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope
- IMDb rating — 8.6
1976: Rocky
- IMDb rating — 8.1
1975: Jaws
- IMDb rating — 8.0
1974: Blazing Saddles
- IMDb rating — 7.8
1973: The Exorcist
- IMDb rating — 8.0
1972: The Godfather
- IMDb rating — 9.2
1971: Billi Jack
- IMDb rating — 6.2
1970: Love Story
- IMDb rating — 6.9
1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- IMDb rating — 8.1
1968: Funny Girl
- IMDb rating — 7.6
1967: The Jungle Book
- IMDb rating — 7.6
1966: The Bible: In The Beginning...
- IMDb rating — 6.3
1965: The Sound of Music
- IMDb rating — 8.0
1964: Mary Poppins
- IMDb rating — 7.8
1963: Cleopatra
- IMDb rating — 7.0
1962: The Longest Day
- IMDb rating — 7.8
1961: 101 Dalmatians
- IMDb rating — 7.2
1960: Swiss Family Robinson
- IMDb rating — 7.2
1959: Ben-Hur
- IMDb rating — 8.1
1958: South Pacific
- IMDb rating — 6.9
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai
- IMDb rating — 8.2
1956: The Ten Commandments
- IMDb rating — 7.9
1955: Lady and the Tramp
- IMDb rating — 7.3
1954: White Christmas
- IMDb rating — 7.6
1953: Peter Pan
- IMDb rating — 7.3
1952: The Greatest Show on Earth
- IMDb rating — 6.7
1951: Quo Vadis?
- IMDb rating — 7.2
1950: Cinderella
- IMDb rating — 7.3
Have you watched “your” movie?
Comments
That's my film too, ha-ha. And the film is nice, you should watch it :)
Toy story, my favorite cartoon! :)
Aladdin used to be my favorite one when I was a kid :p
"My" movie is "Mission: Impossible II", but I didn't like it
Always a big fan of LOTR, forever and ever! :D
Back to the future, yay!
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