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Movies Which Sold the Most Tickets in Great Britain in the 20th Century

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  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    1. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (349K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
    35 million tickets sold
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)

    2. The Sound of Music

    19652h 52mG63Metascore
    8.1 (279K)
    A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor Parker
    30 million tickets sold
  • Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

    3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    19371h 23mApproved96Metascore
    7.6 (232K)
    Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
    DirectorsWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La Verne
    28 million tickets sold
  • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

    4. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

    19772h 1mPG90Metascore
    8.6 (1.5M)
    Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
    DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie Fisher
    20.76 million tickets sold
  • Spring in Park Lane (1948)

    5. Spring in Park Lane

    19481h 40m
    7.1 (293)
    A diamond merchant's niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat.
    DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleMichael WildingTom Walls
    20.5 million tickets sold
  • Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Virginia Mayo, and Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

    6. The Best Years of Our Lives

    19462h 50mApproved93Metascore
    8.1 (75K)
    Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American Midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMyrna LoyDana AndrewsFredric March
    20.4 million tickets sold
  • The Jungle Book (1967)

    7. The Jungle Book

    19671h 18mApproved65Metascore
    7.6 (208K)
    Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
    DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsPhil HarrisSebastian CabotLouis Prima
    19.8 million tickets sold
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Frances Fisher in Titanic (1997)

    8. Titanic

    19973h 14mPG-1375Metascore
    7.9 (1.3M)
    A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly Zane
    18.91 million tickets sold
  • James Mason and Margaret Lockwood in The Wicked Lady (1945)

    9. The Wicked Lady

    19451h 37mNot Rated
    6.8 (1.8K)
    A noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom.
    DirectorLeslie ArlissStarsMargaret LockwoodJames MasonPatricia Roc
    18.4 million tickets sold
  • The Seventh Veil (1945)

    10. The Seventh Veil

    19451h 34mApproved
    6.7 (2.6K)
    A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
    DirectorCompton BennettStarsJames MasonAnn ToddHerbert Lom
    17.9 million tickets sold

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