Highest Grossing Films by Year

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This is a list of the highest-grossing films by year of initial release, per IMDb

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    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
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    Joan the Woman

    1916, in 2 top lists Check
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    A Romance of the Redwoods

    1917, in 0 top lists Check
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    Mickey

    1918, in 1 top list Check
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    The Miracle Man

    1919, in 0 top lists Check
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    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
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    Robin Hood

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Covered Wagon

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
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    Aloma of the South Seas

    1926, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Jazz Singer

    1927, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Road to Ruin

    1928, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Broadway Melody

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
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    Tom Sawyer

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
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    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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    Shanghai Express

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
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    I'm No Angel

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
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    Viva Villa!

    1934, in 1 top list Check
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    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
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    One in a Million

    1936, in 0 top lists Check
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    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    Pinocchio

    1940, in 16 top lists Check
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    Sergeant York

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
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    Bambi

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
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    A Guy Named Joe

    1943, in 1 top list Check
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    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Bells of St. Mary's

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
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    Song of the South

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
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    Golden Earrings

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
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    Easter Parade

    1948, in 1 top list Check
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    Samson and Delilah

    1949, in 4 top lists Check
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    Cinderella

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
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    Quo Vadis

    1951, in 1 top list Check
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    This Is Cinerama

    1952, in 1 top list Check
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    Peter Pan

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    Lady and the Tramp

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
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    South Pacific

    1958, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
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    Let's Make Love

    1960 — a.k.a. The Billionaire, in 1 top list Check
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    One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    1961, in 8 top lists Check
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    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
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    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
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    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
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    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    1966, in 19 top lists Check
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