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Movie Index by Year

The table below shows the biggest grossing movie that was first released in a particular year. there are a few years missing because some movies from previous years were still being shown.

(found at: http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/)

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1. The Birth of a Nation  
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea  
3.
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 Over the Hill to the Poorhouse  
4.
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 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
by Rex Ingram
  
5.
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 The Covered Wagon (1923)
by James Cruze
  
6.
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 The Big Parade (1925)
by King Vidor
  
7.
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 Aloma of the South Seas (1926)  
8.
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 The Jazz Singer (1927)
by Alan Crosland
  
9. The Singing Fool
by Lloyd Bacon
  
10.
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 The Broadway Melody of 1929  
11.
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 Tom Sawyer (1930)  
12.
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 Frankenstein (1931)
by James Whale
  
13. King Kong (1933)
by Merian C. Cooper
  
14.
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 It Happened One Night (1934)
by Frank Capra
  
15.
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 Top Hat (1935)
by Mark Sandrich
  
16.
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 1936 How to Become a Detective  
17. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney Special Platinum Edition)  
18.
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 1938 You Can't Take It With You  
19. Gone with the Wind
by Victor Fleming
  
20. Pinocchio (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
by Hamilton Luske
  
21.
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 Sergeant York
by Howard Hawks
  
22.
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 Bambi
by Disney
  
23. This Is the Army  
24.
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 Going My Way
by Leo McCarey
  
25.
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 The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
by Leo McCarey
  
26.
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 Song Of The South
by Harve Foster
  
27.
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 Forever Amber
by Otto Preminger
  
28.
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 1948 The Snake Pit  
29.
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 Samson and Delilah (1949)
by Cecil B. DeMille
  
30. Cinderella (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Wilfred Jackson
  
31. Quo Vadis (1951. Dual Sided. Robert TaylorDeborah Kerr)
by Mervyn LeRoy
  
32.
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 The Greatest Show on Earth  
33.
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 Peter Pan (1953)  
34.
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 1954 White Christmas  
35. Lady and the Tramp (50th Anniversary Edition) (Platinum Edition)
by Hamilton Luske
  
36. The Ten Commandments
by Cecil B. DeMille
  
37.
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 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
by David Lean
  
38. South Pacific (1958) [ Import ]  
39. Ben-Hur
by William Wyler
  
40. Swiss Family Robinson (Vault Disney Collection)
by Ken Annakin
  
41. 101 Dalmatians (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
by Clyde Geronimi
  
42. The Longest Day
by Bernhard Wicki
  
43. Cleopatra
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  
44. Mary Poppins (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
by Robert Stevenson
  
45. The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition)
by Robert Wise
  
46.
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 The Bible (1966)
by John Huston
  
47.
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 The Jungle Book (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Edition)
by Wolfgang Reitherman
  
48. Funny Girl
by William Wyler
  
49. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Special Edition)
by George Roy Hill
  
50. Love Story
by Arthur Hiller
  
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Created by mark on Jun 02, 2008.