Take a look at the most popular movies from every year since 1937 using domestic US gross figures. What was the most popular film from the year that you were born?
| Year | Movie | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | $718,732,821 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $804,793,477 |
| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life | $206,305,244 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | $700,059,566 |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | $615,202,744 |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $532,177,324 |
| 2015 | Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens | $936,662,225 |
| 2014 | American Sniper | $350,126,372 |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | $424,668,047 |
| 2012 | The Avengers | $623,357,910 |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II | $381,011,219 |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | $415,004,880 |
| 2009 | Avatar | $760,507,625 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | $534,858,444 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | $336,530,303 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | $423,315,812 |
| 2005 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | $380,262,555 |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | $436,471,036 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | $380,843,261 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | $403,706,375 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | $317,575,550 |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $260,044,825 |
| 1999 | Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | $474,544,677 |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $216,540,909 |
| 1997 | Titanic | $659,363,944 |
| 1996 | Independence Day | $306,169,268 |
| 1995 | Toy Story | $191,796,233 |
| 1994 | The Lion King | $422,783,777 |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | $402,453,882 |
| 1992 | Aladdin | $217,350,219 |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | $218,967,620 |
| 1990 | Home Alone | $285,761,243 |
| 1989 | Batman | $251,188,924 |
| 1988 | Rain Man | $172,825,435 |
| 1987 | 3 Men and a Baby | $167,780,960 |
| 1986 | Top Gun | $179,800,601 |
| 1985 | Back to the Future | $212,259,762 |
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | $238,632,124 |
| 1983 | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi | $309,205,079 |
| 1982 | ET: The Extra-Terrestrial | $435,110,554 |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $248,159,971 |
| 1980 | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | $290,475,067 |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | $106,260,000 |
| 1978 | Grease | $188,755,690 |
| 1977 | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | $322,740,140 |
| 1976 | Rocky | $117,235,147 |
| 1975 | Jaws | $260,000,000 |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | $119,500,000 |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | $232,906,145 |
| 1972 | The Godfather | $134,966,411 |
| 1971 | Billy Jack | $98,000,000 |
| 1970 | Love Story | $106,400,000 |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | $102,308,889 |
| 1968 | Funny Girl | $52,223,306 |
| 1967 | The Jungle Book | $141,843,612 |
| 1966 | The Bible | $34,900,023 |
| 1965 | The Sound of Music | $163,214,286 |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | $102,272,727 |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | $57,777,778 |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | $39,100,000 |
| 1961 | 101 Dalmatians | $144,880,014 |
| 1960 | Swiss Family Robinson | $40,356,000 |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | $74,700,000 |
| 1958 | South Pacific | $36,800,000 |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | $44,908,000 |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | $93,740,000 |
| 1955 | Lady and the Tramp | $93,600,000 |
| 1954 | White Christmas | $30,000,000 |
| 1953 | Peter Pan | $87,404,651 |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | $36,000,000 |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | $24,291,740 |
| 1950 | Cinderella | $85,000,000 |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | $28,800,000 |
| 1948 | The Snake Pit | $10,000,000 |
| 1947 | Forever Amber | $16,000,000 |
| 1946 | Song of the South | $63,717,040 |
| 1945 | The Bells of St. Mary’s | $21,300,000 |
| 1944 | Going My Way | $16,300,000 |
| 1943 | This is the Army | $20,831,178 |
| 1942 | Bambi | $102,797,150 |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | $16,400,000 |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | $84,254,167 |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | $198,676,459 |
| 1938 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | $4,000,000 |
| 1937 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | $184,925,485 |
