enzo1988

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And so with the average of these 3 tops there was a list like this. 1: Ben-Hur (1959) 2: The ten commandments (1956) 3: Titanic (1997) 4: Gone with the wind (1939) 5: Sound of music (1965) 6: Avengers: Endgame (2019) 7: E.T. the extra-terrestrial (1982) 8: Dr. Zhivago (1965) 9: Jaws (1975) 10: Avatar (2009) 11: Star Wars (1977) 12: The bridge on the river Kwai (1957) And obviously I valued many other films with this method... 13: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 14: The best years of our lives (1946) 15: The force awakens (2015) 16: Thunderball (1965) 17: The godfather (1972) 18: Goldfinger (1964) 19: The lion king (2019) 20: Jurassic Park (1993) 21: The exorcist (1973) 22: Spider-Man: No way home (2021) 23: The greatest show on earth (1952) 24: Grease (1978) 25: The longest day (1962) 26: The sting (1973) 27: From here to eternity (1953) 28: South pacific (1958) 29: The towering inferno (1974) 30: Jurassic World (2015) 31: Harry Potter 1 (2001) 32: Around the world in 80 days (1956) 33: The lion king (1994) 34: Mary Poppins (1964) 35: The guns of navarone (1961) 36: My fair lady (1964) 37: Furious 7 (2015) 38: For whom the bells tolls (1943) 39: Frozen II (2019) 40: The phantom menace (1999) 41: The robe (1953) 42: The return of the king (2003) 43: The bells of Saint Mary (1945) 44: Avengers: The age of Ultron (2015) 45: The avengers (2012) 46: The lord of the rings (2001) 47: Cleopatra (1963) 48: Furious 8 (2017) 49: The empire strikes back (1980) 50: Giant (1956) I know it's not the perfect or definitive top but I think it might interest you.

And the last top is the average success (taking into account the population comparison) of all the countries in which it was released that have data. Because, for example, there are many Chinese films that have received many admissions but have not done anything outside of this country. 1: Titanic (1997) 7,25 2: Gone with the wind (1939) 7,04 3: Ben-Hur (1959) 6,80 4: The ten commandments (1956) 6,69 5: Dr. Zhivago (1965) 5,71 6: Avatar (2009) 5,68 7: Jaws (1975) 5,47 8: E.T. the extra-terrestrial (1982) 5,39 9: The best years of our lives (1946) 5,35 10: The bridge on the river Kwai (1957) 5,12 11: Avengers: Endgame (2019) 5,05 12: Thunderball (1965) 5,01 This top represented 16.66% on average for the final top.

The next top was the number of admissions (which you can find from all possible countries) extrapolated to the 2019 population of the different countries. Note that older titles do not have hypothetical country additions. Which gives it more merit. 1: The ten commandments (1956) 350,96 millions 2: Ben-hur (1959) 342,56 millions 3: Titanic (1997) 327,55 millions 4: Sound of music (1965) 298,17 millions 5: Avengers: Endgame (2019) 295,5 millions 6: E.T. the extra-terrestrial (1982) 266,52 millions 7: Avatar (2009) 266,08 millions 8: Gone with the wind (1939) 264,75 millions 9: Jaws (1975) 252,48 millions 10: Star Wars (1977) 242,95 millions 11: Dr. Zhivago (1965) 233,25 millions 12: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 225,82 millions This top represented 33.33% of the average of the final top.

This is a very interesting topic. Forgive my lousy English. A few years ago I made a kind of top most viewed movies in history (in movie theaters). Because films from before the 1980s don't have very accurate overseas box office data available, I did a count of all the countries (with old admissions data) that I could. And that they had some consistency with their figures. The numbers are based on the number of admissions in their initial release (without adding any re-release) in the United States. And in the rest of the world (according to the countries that had data). The insidekino listing is very good and useful. The most attended films worldwide (without re-releases and worldwide population comparison added) were: 1: Ben-hur (1959) 6,73 % (207,99 millions) 2: The ten commandments 6,63 % (201,23 millions) 3: Gone with the wind (1939) 5,52 % (133,78 millions) 4: Sound of music (1965) 5,44 % (185,47 millions) 5: Titanic (1997) 5,07 % (303,84 millions) 6: Dr. Zhivago (1965) 4,52 % (157,52 millions) 7: E.T. the extra-terrestrial (1982) 4,20 % (196,96 millions) 8: Jaws (1975) 4,19 % (174,30 millions) 9: Avengers: Endgame (2019) 4,16 % (321,17 millions) 10: The bridge on the river Kwai (1957) 4,05 % (118,65 millions) 11: Star Wars (1977) 3,96 % (170,78 millions) 12: Avatar (2009) 3,96 % (275,18 millions) This top represented 50% of the average of the final top.

I already published this ranking in insidekino forum. I think it maybe insteresting.

1936 -San Francisco Less than 30 millions. It was re-issued in 1948.

1946 -Duel in the sun 51,02 m *

1955 -Oklahoma Less than 30 millions -Guys and dolls Less than 30 millions

1957 -The bridge over the river Kwai 60 m * It was re-issued in 1963.

1958 -South Pacific (1958) 68,80 m * It was re-issued in 1983.

1960 -The apartment 31,33 m *

1961 -The absent-minded professor 30 m * It was re-issued in 1967 and 1975. -El Cid 38 m * -101 dalmatians Less than 30 million. Probably 20 millions in his initial run. It had 4 re-issues between 1969 and 1991 accumulating a total estimate of 60-65 million tickets.

1962 -How the west was won 52,53 m * From user Walt Disney

1964 -My Fair Lady 60 m * Hard case. Due to this reason that is explained in the book "The Hollywood Story" of Joel Waldo. These figures are estimates only and are occasionally revised, years later, as happened with My Fair Lady (WB, 1964), which was reduced from rentals of $32 million to $12 million ten years after it was first released. But at the end of 1997 Variety published a ranking of all time rental-champs and "My Fair Lady" was with 34 millions. So who was wrong? What is the real number? I don't know. But the trigger to opt for the 30 millions of rentals (as the 2-4 millions more alredy belong to re-issues in 1971 and 1973) has been his career in charts of the season 1964/1965. 15 weeks in number one. And more of 40 weeks in the top 10. Such a career like this supposes a lot more than 26 million tickets (in case there have been 12 millions rentals). -Mary Poppins 61,72 m * Maybe it got some more tickets in his initial run. But with the Disney movies is very difficult to reach an exact approximation with so much re-issues. Mary Poppins was the perfect finale for Walt Disney before his death. 5 oscars. And at the end of 1965 was at number 5 in all-time chart (in domestic rentals). And "My Fair Lady" at number 6. In fact, both films were practically tied in terms of revenue in USA and overseas. But I've always liked "Mary Poppins" more. Let's hope that the sequel is up to the original.