Top grossing films at the British box office (by admissions)

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A new survey conducted by the British Film Institute for Channel 4. Compiled using the best means and sources available to assess cinema admissions before the 1970s.

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  1. 97 -1

    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 88 -1

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 64 -1

    Lost Horizon

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 3 -

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 82 -1

    The Citadel

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 1 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 70 -1

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 83 -1

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 15 top lists Check
  9. 73 -1

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 63 -1

    49th Parallel

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 72 -1

    Bambi

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 50 -1

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 38 -

    Random Harvest

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 58 -1

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 40 -

    Fanny by Gaslight

    1944 — a.k.a. Man of Evil, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 20 -

    The Bells of St. Mary's

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 49 +51

    I Live in Grosvenor Square

    1945 — a.k.a. A Yank in London, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Seventh Veil

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 9 -

    The Wicked Lady

    1945, in 1 top list Check
  20. 6 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 41 -

    The Jolson Story

    1946, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 42 -

    Piccadilly Incident

    1946, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 17 -

    The Courtneys of Curzon Street

    1947 — a.k.a. Kathy's Love Affair, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 5 -

    Spring in Park Lane

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 26 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    The Blue Lamp

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 98 -1

    Cinderella

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 35 -

    The Great Caruso

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 32 -

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 36 -

    Doctor in the House

    1954, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 86 -1

    The Dam Busters

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 60 -1

    High Society

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 92 -1

    The King and I

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 78 -1

    Reach for the Sky

    1956, in 1 top list Check
  35. 21 -

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 33 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  37. 71 -1

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 13 -

    South Pacific

    1958, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 30 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 48 -

    Carry on Nurse

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 62 -1

    I'm All Right Jack

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 100 -1

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 89 -1

    Swiss Family Robinson

    1960, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 43 -

    The Guns of Navarone

    1961, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 66 -1

    One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    1961, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 85 -1

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  47. 27 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 25 -

    Mary Poppins

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 79 -1

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 44 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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