Biggest movie of the year the year you you were born.

[navychop]

OK, but why? I see from Wikipedia that there were numerous memorable files.

 

[lfp302]

According to Wikipedia, we have the following highest-grossing films. I haven't seen a one of those!

Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	The Greatest Show on Earth	Paramount Pictures	$12,800,000[1]
2	The Snows of Kilimanjaro	20th Century Fox	$6,500,000[1]
3	Hans Christian Andersen	RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions	$6,000,000[1]
4	Ivanhoe	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$5,810,000[2]
5	Sailor Beware	Paramount Pictures	$4,300,000[1]
6	Moulin Rouge	United Artists/British Lion Films	$4,252,000[3]
7	Jumping Jacks	Paramount Pictures	$4,000,000[1]
8	The Quiet Man	Republic Pictures	$3,800,000[3]
9	Come Back, Little Sheba	Paramount Pictures	$3,500,000[3]
10	High Noon Son of Paleface	United Artists Paramount Pictures	$3,400,000[3]

The Quiet Man is my favorite John Wayne film.

 

[Bobby]

The Quiet Man is my favorite John Wayne film.

I emphatically agree! It's a great film and Wayne was top notch.

 

[sdfntx]

Sorry, The Robe "smothered" it, in 1953

Eh, I went by an IMDb list based on popularity... and preference!

 

[hwkn]

Cool Hand Luke

 

[worstman1]

2001: A Space Odyssey

 

[bobc469]

From 1939 - “Gone With the Wind,” “Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,”
“Of Mice and Men,” “Stagecoach,” and “The Wizard of Oz.”

 

[klang]

Swiss Family Robinson
Psycho
Spartacus

1960

Some sources list Spartacus as the top. Apparently the record keeping has changed over the years.

 

[CLASSICDIRECTV]

The dark Night
2008

 

[Bobby]

The dark Night
2008

You're 14 years old?

 

[CLASSICDIRECTV]

You're 14 years old?

Yes

 

[Bobby]

Yes

Maybe the youngest of our group!

 

[CLASSICDIRECTV]

Thanks, I am so excited to meet new people here as well

 

[FTA4PA]

The Quiet Man is my favorite John Wayne film.

Good film, also liked his final one The Shootist.

 

[navychop]

Get offa my lawn!

 

[rvvaquero]

The Third Man, and I never heard of it.

 

[andydrinkell]

According to Wikipedia, we have the following highest-grossing films. I haven't seen a one of those!

Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	The Greatest Show on Earth	Paramount Pictures	$12,800,000[1]
2	The Snows of Kilimanjaro	20th Century Fox	$6,500,000[1]
3	Hans Christian Andersen	RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions	$6,000,000[1]
4	Ivanhoe	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$5,810,000[2]
5	Sailor Beware	Paramount Pictures	$4,300,000[1]
6	Moulin Rouge	United Artists/British Lion Films	$4,252,000[3]
7	Jumping Jacks	Paramount Pictures	$4,000,000[1]
8	The Quiet Man	Republic Pictures	$3,800,000[3]
9	Come Back, Little Sheba	Paramount Pictures	$3,500,000[3]
10	High Noon Son of Paleface	United Artists Paramount Pictures	$3,400,000[3]

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the titanic i think so

 

[Jimbo]

West Side Story ...

 

[TheKrell]

the titanic i think so

Huh? Yes, I've seen The Titanic, but that was a 1997 film. The list you quoted was from 1972.

 

[BLC1962]

I guess it depends on what you define as "biggest" but based on gross sales in North America for a new release it would be "The Longest Day".