Here are the top 100 films for attendance in the UK. I've seen 58 of them, bold for seen at the cinema (28), italics for TV(30). Not a particularly good score.
1.GONE WITH THE WIND (1940) Estimated Attendance: 35 million (saw this in Luxemburg in 1983)
2.The SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) Estimated Attendance: 30 million
3.SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1938) Estimated Attendance: 28 million
4.STAR WARS (1977) Estimated Attendance: 20.76 million
5.SPRING IN PARK LANE (1948) Estimated Attendance: 20.5 million
6.The BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1947) Estimated Attendance: 20.4 million
7.The JUNGLE BOOK (1968) Estimated Attendance: 19.8 million
8.TITANIC (1998) Estimated Attendance: 18.91 million
9.The WICKED LADY (1946) Estimated Attendance: 18.4 million
10.The SEVENTH VEIL (1945) Estimated Attendance: 17.9 million
11.HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001) Estimated Attendance: 17.56 million
12.GREASE (1978) Estimated Attendance: 17.2 million
13.SOUTH PACIFIC (1958) Estimated Attendance: 16.5 million
14.JAWS (1975) Estimated Attendance: 16.2 million
15.JURASSIC PARK (1993) Estimated Attendance: 16.17 million
16.The LORD OF THE RINGS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) Estimated Attendance: 15.98 million
17.The COURTNEYS OF CURZON STREET (1947) Estimated Attendance: 15.9 million
18.THUNDERBALL (1966) Estimated Attendance: 15.6 million
19.The LORD OF THE RINGS THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) Estimated Attendance: 15.22 million
20.The BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (1946) Estimated Attendance: 15.2 million
21.The TEN COMMANDMENTS (1957) Estimated Attendance: 15 million
22.The LORD OF THE RINGS THE TWO TOWERS (2002) Estimated Attendance: 14.4 million
23.The FULL MONTY (1997) Estimated Attendance: 14.19 million
24.HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002) Estimated Attendance: 14.18 million
25.MARY POPPINS (1964) Estimated Attendance: 14 million
26.The THIRD MAN (1949) Estimated Attendance: 14 million
27.GOLDFINGER (1964) Estimated Attendance: 13.9 million
28.STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) Estimated Attendance: 13.59 million
29.The BLUE LAMP (1950) Estimated Attendance: 13.3 million
30.BEN-HUR (1960) Estimated Attendance: 13.2 million
31.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1983) Estimated Attendance: 13.13 million
32.The GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952) Estimated Attendance: 13 million
33.The BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) Estimated Attendance: 12.6 million
34.The SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) Estimated Attendance: 12.46 million
35.The GREAT CARUSO (1951) Estimated Attendance: 12.4 million
36.DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE (1954) Estimated Attendance: 12.2 million
37.TOY STORY 2 (2000) Estimated Attendance: 12.18 million
38.RANDOM HARVEST (1943) Estimated Attendance: 12 million
39.The TOWERING INFERNO (1975) Estimated Attendance: 11.78 million
40.FANNY BY GASLIGHT (1944) Estimated Attendance: 11.7 million
41.The JOLSON STORY (1947) Estimated Attendance: 11.6 million
42.PICCADILLY INCIDENT (1946) Estimated Attendance: 11.5 million
43.The GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961) Estimated Attendance: 11.4 million
44.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1967) Estimated Attendance: 11.2 million
45.The STING (1974) Estimated Attendance: 11.08 million
46.The GODFATHER (1972) Estimated Attendance: 11 million
47.INDEPENDENCE DAY (1997) Estimated Attendance: 10.79 million
48.CARRY ON NURSE (1959) Estimated Attendance: 10.4 million
49.I LIVE IN GROSVENOR SQUARE (1945) Estimated Attendance: 10.3 million
50.MRS. MINIVER (1942) Estimated Attendance: 10.2 million
51.SUPERMAN (1979) Estimated Attendance: 10.19 million
52.BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (2001) Estimated Attendance: 10.15 million
53.MONSTERS, INC. (2002) Estimated Attendance: 9.93 million
54.A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1972) Estimated Attendance: 9.9 million
55.CROCODILE DUNDEE (1987) Estimated Attendance: 9.8 million
56.FINDING NEMO (2003) Estimated Attendance: 9.79 million
57.MEN IN BLACK (1997) Estimated Attendance: 9.73 million
58.FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1944) Estimated Attendance: 9.7 million
59.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1976) Estimated Attendance: 9.65 million
60.HIGH SOCIETY (1956) Estimated Attendance: 9.6 million
61.MOONRAKER (1979) Estimated Attendance: 9.41 million
62.I'M ALL RIGHT JACK (1959) Estimated Attendance: 9.4 million
63.49TH PARALLEL (1941) Estimated Attendance: 9.3 million
64.LOST HORIZON (1937) Estimated Attendance: 9.2 million
65.STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002) Estimated Attendance: 9.16 million
66.ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (1961) Estimated Attendance: 9.1 million
67.The EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) Estimated Attendance: 9.09 million
68.SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1978) Estimated Attendance: 9.02 million
69.LIVE AND LET DIE (1973) Estimated Attendance: 9 million
70.The GREAT DICTATOR (1941) Estimated Attendance: 9 million
71.The BIG COUNTRY (1958) Estimated Attendance: 9 million
72.BAMBI (1942) Estimated Attendance: 9 million
73.REBECCA (1940) Estimated Attendance: 8.9 million
74.OLIVER! (1968) Estimated Attendance: 8.9 million
75.FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994) Estimated Attendance: 8.81 million
76.GHOST (1990) Estimated Attendance: 8.78 million
77.LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) Estimated Attendance: 8.76 million
78.REACH FOR THE SKY (1946) Estimated Attendance: 8.7 million
79.MY FAIR LADY (1965) Estimated Attendance: 8.6 million
80.DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002) Estimated Attendance: 8.58 million
81.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1978) Estimated Attendance: 8.54 million
82.The CITADEL (1939) Estimated Attendance: 8.5 million
83.PINOCCHIO (1940) Estimated Attendance: 8.5 million
84.A BUG'S LIFE (1999) Estimated Attendance: 8.41 million
85.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Estimated Attendance: 8.4 million
86.The DAM BUSTERS (1955) Estimated Attendance: 8.4 million
87.RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) Estimated Attendance: 8.35 million
88.MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
89.SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960) Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
90.YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
91.The EXORCIST (1974) Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
92.The KING AND I (1956) Estimated Attendance: 8.2 million
93.CHICKEN RUN (2000) Estimated Attendance: 8.12 million
94.The LION KING (1994) Estimated Attendance: 8.08 million
95.NOTTING HILL (1999) Estimated Attendance: 8.05 million
96.The MATRIX RELOADED (2003) Estimated Attendance: 7.96 million
97.The PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (1934) Estimated Attendance: 7.9 million
98.CINDERELLA (1951) Estimated Attendance: 7.9 million
99.GLADIATOR (2000) Estimated Attendance: 7.8 million
100.The MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) Estimated Attendance: 7.7 million
1.GONE WITH THE WIND (1940) Estimated Attendance: 35 million (saw this in Luxemburg in 1983)
2.The SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) Estimated Attendance: 30 million
3.SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1938) Estimated Attendance: 28 million
4.STAR WARS (1977) Estimated Attendance: 20.76 million
5.SPRING IN PARK LANE (1948) Estimated Attendance: 20.5 million
6.The BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1947) Estimated Attendance: 20.4 million
7.The JUNGLE BOOK (1968) Estimated Attendance: 19.8 million
8.TITANIC (1998) Estimated Attendance: 18.91 million
9.The WICKED LADY (1946) Estimated Attendance: 18.4 million
10.The SEVENTH VEIL (1945) Estimated Attendance: 17.9 million
11.HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (2001) Estimated Attendance: 17.56 million
12.GREASE (1978) Estimated Attendance: 17.2 million
13.SOUTH PACIFIC (1958) Estimated Attendance: 16.5 million
14.JAWS (1975) Estimated Attendance: 16.2 million
15.JURASSIC PARK (1993) Estimated Attendance: 16.17 million
16.The LORD OF THE RINGS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) Estimated Attendance: 15.98 million
17.The COURTNEYS OF CURZON STREET (1947) Estimated Attendance: 15.9 million
18.THUNDERBALL (1966) Estimated Attendance: 15.6 million
19.The LORD OF THE RINGS THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) Estimated Attendance: 15.22 million
20.The BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (1946) Estimated Attendance: 15.2 million
21.The TEN COMMANDMENTS (1957) Estimated Attendance: 15 million
22.The LORD OF THE RINGS THE TWO TOWERS (2002) Estimated Attendance: 14.4 million
23.The FULL MONTY (1997) Estimated Attendance: 14.19 million
24.HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002) Estimated Attendance: 14.18 million
25.MARY POPPINS (1964) Estimated Attendance: 14 million
26.The THIRD MAN (1949) Estimated Attendance: 14 million
27.GOLDFINGER (1964) Estimated Attendance: 13.9 million
28.STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) Estimated Attendance: 13.59 million
29.The BLUE LAMP (1950) Estimated Attendance: 13.3 million
30.BEN-HUR (1960) Estimated Attendance: 13.2 million
31.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1983) Estimated Attendance: 13.13 million
32.The GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952) Estimated Attendance: 13 million
33.The BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) Estimated Attendance: 12.6 million
34.The SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) Estimated Attendance: 12.46 million
35.The GREAT CARUSO (1951) Estimated Attendance: 12.4 million
36.DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE (1954) Estimated Attendance: 12.2 million
37.TOY STORY 2 (2000) Estimated Attendance: 12.18 million
38.RANDOM HARVEST (1943) Estimated Attendance: 12 million
39.The TOWERING INFERNO (1975) Estimated Attendance: 11.78 million
40.FANNY BY GASLIGHT (1944) Estimated Attendance: 11.7 million
41.The JOLSON STORY (1947) Estimated Attendance: 11.6 million
42.PICCADILLY INCIDENT (1946) Estimated Attendance: 11.5 million
43.The GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961) Estimated Attendance: 11.4 million
44.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1967) Estimated Attendance: 11.2 million
45.The STING (1974) Estimated Attendance: 11.08 million
46.The GODFATHER (1972) Estimated Attendance: 11 million
47.INDEPENDENCE DAY (1997) Estimated Attendance: 10.79 million
48.CARRY ON NURSE (1959) Estimated Attendance: 10.4 million
49.I LIVE IN GROSVENOR SQUARE (1945) Estimated Attendance: 10.3 million
50.MRS. MINIVER (1942) Estimated Attendance: 10.2 million
51.SUPERMAN (1979) Estimated Attendance: 10.19 million
52.BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (2001) Estimated Attendance: 10.15 million
53.MONSTERS, INC. (2002) Estimated Attendance: 9.93 million
54.A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1972) Estimated Attendance: 9.9 million
55.CROCODILE DUNDEE (1987) Estimated Attendance: 9.8 million
56.FINDING NEMO (2003) Estimated Attendance: 9.79 million
57.MEN IN BLACK (1997) Estimated Attendance: 9.73 million
58.FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1944) Estimated Attendance: 9.7 million
59.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1976) Estimated Attendance: 9.65 million
60.HIGH SOCIETY (1956) Estimated Attendance: 9.6 million
61.MOONRAKER (1979) Estimated Attendance: 9.41 million
62.I'M ALL RIGHT JACK (1959) Estimated Attendance: 9.4 million
63.49TH PARALLEL (1941) Estimated Attendance: 9.3 million
64.LOST HORIZON (1937) Estimated Attendance: 9.2 million
65.STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002) Estimated Attendance: 9.16 million
66.ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (1961) Estimated Attendance: 9.1 million
67.The EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) Estimated Attendance: 9.09 million
68.SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1978) Estimated Attendance: 9.02 million
69.LIVE AND LET DIE (1973) Estimated Attendance: 9 million
70.The GREAT DICTATOR (1941) Estimated Attendance: 9 million
71.The BIG COUNTRY (1958) Estimated Attendance: 9 million
72.BAMBI (1942) Estimated Attendance: 9 million
73.REBECCA (1940) Estimated Attendance: 8.9 million
74.OLIVER! (1968) Estimated Attendance: 8.9 million
75.FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994) Estimated Attendance: 8.81 million
76.GHOST (1990) Estimated Attendance: 8.78 million
77.LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) Estimated Attendance: 8.76 million
78.REACH FOR THE SKY (1946) Estimated Attendance: 8.7 million
79.MY FAIR LADY (1965) Estimated Attendance: 8.6 million
80.DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002) Estimated Attendance: 8.58 million
81.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1978) Estimated Attendance: 8.54 million
82.The CITADEL (1939) Estimated Attendance: 8.5 million
83.PINOCCHIO (1940) Estimated Attendance: 8.5 million
84.A BUG'S LIFE (1999) Estimated Attendance: 8.41 million
85.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Estimated Attendance: 8.4 million
86.The DAM BUSTERS (1955) Estimated Attendance: 8.4 million
87.RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) Estimated Attendance: 8.35 million
88.MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
89.SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960) Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
90.YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
91.The EXORCIST (1974) Estimated Attendance: 8.3 million
92.The KING AND I (1956) Estimated Attendance: 8.2 million
93.CHICKEN RUN (2000) Estimated Attendance: 8.12 million
94.The LION KING (1994) Estimated Attendance: 8.08 million
95.NOTTING HILL (1999) Estimated Attendance: 8.05 million
96.The MATRIX RELOADED (2003) Estimated Attendance: 7.96 million
97.The PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (1934) Estimated Attendance: 7.9 million
98.CINDERELLA (1951) Estimated Attendance: 7.9 million
99.GLADIATOR (2000) Estimated Attendance: 7.8 million
100.The MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) Estimated Attendance: 7.7 million
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You've never seen THE SOUND OF MUSIC? You lucky, lucky man.