What was number-one at the box office when you were born?

[friginator]

Just found out mine was Aliens!

This is so much better my the number-one song.

[Michael P]

Boxofficemojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/?yr=2009&p=.htm) only goes back as far as 1982.

Thenumbers.com (http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/) goes back as far as 1977, though, which is enough to include me.

My answer is "Time Bandits."

[K-DoG7p7]

Beverly Hills Cop.. yeah I'm young
(Actually it was Missing in Action.. but Beverly Hils Cop opend the day after)

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Looks like "First Blood" for me.

[CaptainCanada]

Ugh, The Running Man.:frown:

[K-DoG7p7]

Ugh, The Running Man.:frown:

hate to say it.. but I actually love that movie ..

[Chris Hansbrough]

amityville 2 : The Possession

[David O Burcham]

"Midnight Cowboy"

[jesse_custer]

Haha! Missing in Action, the Chuck Norris Vietnam movie.

[Katapult]

ET Phone Home....

bad joke. sorry.

-kat

[David O Burcham]

Haha! Missing in Action, the Chuck Norris Vietnam movie.

You win....

[Ben Morgan]

Mine was Ghost

[MacQuarrie]

Just found out mine was Aliens!

This is so much better my the number-one song.
Not really. The information for #1 songs is readily available. I haven't found a source for the stats that goes back further than 1977, which is not that long ago.

[Michael P]

Not really. The information for #1 songs is readily available. I haven't found a source for the stats that goes back further than 1977, which is not that long ago.

I think he was saying that Aliens is a far better film than whatever song he got in that other thread is a song.

[4PointOh]

I was born in 1971, so I've no clue.

[friginator]

I think he was saying that Aliens is a far better film than whatever song he got in that other thread is a song.

Yeah, the words got garbled.

[Kid Kamikaze10]

... Oh man... I got screwed over again...


Driving Miss Daisy.


Oh, this pisses me off.


This is f**kin' ironic...

[MacQuarrie]

http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1958.shtml

Box Office Report lists the top 20 films for each year. My best guess is that Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was probably #1 the week I was born.

[4PointOh]

http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1958.shtml

Box Office Report lists the top 20 films for each year. My best guess is that Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was probably #1 the week I was born.

Summer of '42 according to the site MacQuarrie used.

[section 8]

Actually I don't remember being born, It must have happened during one of my black outs.

[Infra-Man]

No info on my exact opening weekend, but the weekend before Scanners was released (no box office numbers) and the weekend after I get saddled with friggin' The Incredible Shrinking Woman.

Galaxy glue? More like galaxy poo! (channeling Gene Shalit)

[Slam_Bradley]

It's not remotely clear for November of '67. The Jungle Book is a good possibility though.

[DaleKaleD]

Ahh, how amusing.
I hit on the original theatrical release of The Empire Strikes Back, but a few weeks into its run, but right below that was the release of Blues Brothers.

[Solaris]

Near as I can tell, mine was either:

Days of Wine and Roses
To Kill a Mockingbird
In Search of the Castaways (Disney)
Lawrence of Arabia

all of them were listed for December 1962.

[NickThompson]

In the US, ET.

[escapegoat]

Hmmm....for me it would be either

Enter the Dragon

or

Jesus Christ Superstar


So my answer will haveta be Jesus Bruce Lee Superstar

[escapegoat]

In the US, ET.

Heh... I believe the automatic answer for anyone born that year is gonna be E.T. :tongue:

[C-Cool]

... Oh man... I got screwed over again...


Driving Miss Daisy.


And I'm a black man. Oh, this pisses me off.

How ironic...

I hope the McDuffie fans that you had problems with don't see that one.

:evilsmile:

[Solaris]

... Oh man... I got screwed over again...


Driving Miss Daisy.


Oh, this pisses me off.


This is f**kin' ironic...


I *like* that film... :tongue:

It *could* have been "Babe," you know...

[Flying Saucers Over Oz]

I can't find out the exact month --May-- but the top-grossing film of 1966 was reportedly THE BIBLE.

Hey, it features one of the first male nudes in modern films, so it's not all bad...

[veracity]

First: Arthur.
Second: Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Third: An American Werewolf in London.
Fourth: Stripes.

I was born during that weekend. Apparently Arthur and Raiders flip-flopped. I actually wish Stripes had been first. I love that movie so very much.

[Tetsuo_man]

Back To School (kinda tricky to indicate since I was born the friday it came out and then it went to number one for that week)

I guess I get no respect...hey I had to do it...

[Dark Galaxy]

Best I can tell, mine is: Return of the Pink Panther

My hubby's is: Deliverance.

That is so awesome.

[Cam63]

Mine may've been The Great Escape.

[Corrina]

Closest for me is "Help!"

Not bad.

[a. non]

From my search, it's most likely An American Werewolf in London

[veracity]

From my search, it's most likely An American Werewolf in London

According to that "the numbers" website, it was Prince of the City. Has anyone ever heard of this movie? Ever?

[Corrina]

According to that "the numbers" website, it was Prince of the City. Has anyone ever heard of this movie? Ever?

Treat Williams, I think. Once upon a time, he was good. I think it's an indie-style movie.

[veracity]

Treat Williams, I think. Once upon a time, he was good. I think it's an indie-style movie.

Ah, that explains it. But at least it's better than his Substitute movie? Of course, I think anything is better than that. *looks up title* Wow, not that impressed with the summary.

[Bat-Reader]

Beverly Hills Cop

[Naldo]

I was surprised and thrilled to learn that it's one of my favorite movies of all time.

Dr. Strangelove
or
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.

[Arrogantcur]

I haven't looked but I am extremely sure that it was Star Wars: A New Hope.

[tangentman]

I think I read or heard that Love Story was the big one for 1972.



Ugh. Love means never having to sit through sentimental tripe.

[Chris Hansbrough]

I was surprised and thrilled to learn that it's one of my favorite movies of all time.

Dr. Strangelove
or
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.

which one was it, you can't have 2 movies uness you were born over the span of an entire week.

[scout1279]

I can't find out the exact month --May-- but the top-grossing film of 1966 was reportedly THE BIBLE.

Hey, it features one of the first male nudes in modern films, so it's not all bad...
It's not bad at all. I was never especially religious, but I loved that movie as a little kid, and I'm sure it wasn't just because I had a crush on Peter O'Toole, because his part was very small. I think it was John Huston's rapport with the elephant.


which one was it, you can't have 2 movies uness you were born over the span of an entire week.
Seriously asking, not making fun: Is this a joke, or do you really not know that's one movie? Because if it's the later, you need to see it as soon as possible.

As best as I can tell, mine was "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." Just my luck to be born under an odd numbered Trek film.

[glue]

Closest week is two weeks after and it was The Great Train Robbery.

The following week was The Warriors which grossed nearly ten times as much as The Great Train Robbery. Did something happen the first weekend of February in 1979 that made people not get out much?

[Tobias March]

I have this horrible feeling it was Kramer versus Kramer....

[Blackwidower]

1988 - Rain Man.

Never seen the film....really ought to.

[Cam63]

Closest for me is "Help!"

Not bad.

Do you need somebody ?

...Not just anybody ?

[Cam63]

I think I read or heard that Love Story was the big one for 1972.



Ugh. Love means never having to sit through sentimental tripe.

Ryan O'Neal missed Vietnam for this ?

[Karl O'Neill]

July 25th 1984

GHOSTBUSTERS according to google and wiki!

[Cam63]

Your mum got slimed !

[Karl O'Neill]

Your mum got slimed !

Oh yeah, it was glorious!

[GozertheGozarian]

The original Longest Yard.

[Cam63]

The one where they played football on chariots ?

[GozertheGozarian]

The one where they played football on chariots ?
Still too recent. It was amoeba in the primordial goo.

[Tobias March]

The one where they played football on chariots ?

You're on fire tonight man :biggrin:

(Not literally, don't worry...)

[Cam63]

Huh... I thought Burt Reynolds looked funny.

[Cam63]

You're on fire tonight man :biggrin:

(Not literally, don't worry...)

I'm gunna roll around for a while anyway.

[WhiteRose]

Platoon, by the looks of things.


sigh.

[Cam63]

Platoon, by the looks of things.

sigh.You must get sick of the Charlie Sheen voiceovers in your head.

[Gilda Dent]

Using Mac's link, the closest I could get is Marathon Man.

This may explain why I hate going to the dentist.

[Cam63]

I remember dentists whinging about that movie doing them out of business.

[Michael P]

I remember dentists whinging about that movie doing them out of business.

Yeah, it was a movie that made people not like going to the dentist. Did they get all butthurt about Bill Cosby, too?

[4thHorseman]

Looks like Aliens for me also.

July 17, 1986

[Your Imaginary Pal]

I'll say "Fun With Dick and Jane" -George Segal, not Jim Carrey)

but it could have been "In Search For Noah's Arc"

This search makes me feel prehistoric. As if ti saym they didn't recod any information when I was born, it's all oral tradition and rumors.

[shrike]

I'm going with whatever was popular 18 years ago.














(yes, I know it's a total lie... just work with me)

[rick]

The number one movie at the box office the day I was born was, Brando's version of Mutiny on the Bounty.


November 1962.

[thehod]

Considering it was released on 15 March 1972, and I was born 26th April its entirley possible that The Godfather was number one at the boxoffice when I was born.

Its a damn sight better than Amazing Grace by some Scottish Military band in any case.

[rick]

I haven't looked but I am extremely sure that it was Star Wars: A New Hope.

If you were born in 1977, then the film was named Star Wars.

All that Star Wars IV: A New Hope, stuff just makes my skin crawl.

The damm films named "Star Wars"

[Cam63]

Yeah, it was a movie that made people not like going to the dentist. Did they get all butthurt about Bill Cosby, too?

I think it was mainly his taste in sweaters.

[thehod]

If you were born in 1977, then the film was named Star Wars.

All that Star Wars IV: A New Hope, stuff just makes my skin crawl.

The damm films named "Star Wars"

Amen.

Go tell it on the mountain, brother.

[Gilda Dent]

If you were born in 1977, then the film was named Star Wars.

All that Star Wars IV: A New Hope, stuff just makes my skin crawl.

The damm films named "Star Wars"

I'll never understand Lucas's insistence on putting the franchise name into the title of his movie series. Does he think that if we don't see Star Wars Episode X: Episode Subtitle or Indiana Jones and the Subtitle of Redundancy that we won't be able to figure out that it's a Star Wars/Indiana Jones movie? Would the Bond movies/books benefit from having "James Bond and" appended to the front of the titles?

Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi. Those all work just fine like that. You could likewise just leave the "Indiana Jones and" part off of the Indiana Jones sequels. At least they weren't foolish enough to go back and retroactively retitle Raiders as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Or for that matter, the Harry Potter series. The first book would need a slight alteration as "The Philosopher's Stone" would be a bit too generic, but the others would all work without the "Harry Potter" part.

[jesse_custer]

Using Mac's link, the closest I could get is Marathon Man.

This may explain why I hate going to the dentist.

You would hate the dentist even more if you were born the same week Oldboy topped the box office in South Korea.

[thehod]

At least they weren't foolish enough to go back and retroactively retitle Raiders as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Sorry Gilda...

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/indianajones/images/thumb/5/51/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark_DVD_2008.JPG/200px-Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark_DVD_2008.JPG

[Gilda Dent]

Sorry Gilda...

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/indianajones/images/thumb/5/51/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark_DVD_2008.JPG/200px-Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark_DVD_2008.JPG

Putting the actual title in small print really is a big improvement.

[thehod]

I was a little peeved when I got my Indy boxset and realised that they'd changed Raiders to Indiana Jones and.....

As a title it just doesn't sound right.

[Naldo]

which one was it, you can't have 2 movies uness you were born over the span of an entire week.


Chris, that's the whole name of the film:

Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

[KevinTBrown]

http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1958.shtml

Box Office Report lists the top 20 films for each year. My best guess is that Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was probably #1 the week I was born.

Based on that, my best guess is Girls! Girls! Girls!....

[Alan Lynch]

I can't find anything for the UK number one, but in America it was apparently Deal of the Century. A film I've never, ever heard of.

[JamesRitcheyIII]

101 Dalmatians (Disney) Jan '61 $68.648 Million.

[Slam_Bradley]

The more I look at 1967 the more I think it may well have been Cool Hand Luke, though The Jungle Book and Camelot are also contenders.

[LtMarvel]

Film (distributor)

Release

Revenue

1

Funny Girl (Colu.)

Sep 68

$26.325 m

2

2001: A Space Odyssey (MGM)

Apr 68

$25.522 m

3

The Odd Couple (Para.)

May 68

$20.000 m

4

Bullitt (WB-7Arts)

Oct 68

$19.000 m

5

Romeo and Juliet (Para.)

Oct 68

$17.473 m

6

Oliver! (Colu.)

Dec 68

$16.800 m

7

Planet of the Apes (Fox)

Feb 68

$15.000 m

7

Rosemary's Baby (Para.)

Jun 68

$15.000 m

9

Yours, Mine and Ours (UA)

Apr 68

$11.639 m

10

The Lion in Winter (Embassy)

Oct 68

$10.006 m

[Perry Holley]

Looking at http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1968.shtml there aren't any films listed for March of 1968, so I'm going to go with the highest-listed February film of that year, on the assumption that it started in late February and continued at the top through March:

Planet of the Apes

[The Joker]

Some Jane Fonda movie called, "Rollover".

[Weetomuncher]

The US #1 for the week I was born was Kramer vs Kramer.

I don't know about the UK #1 for that week, I'll have a better look later.

[Chris Hansbrough]

Chris, that's the whole name of the film:

Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

this isn't an either or choice. It's either Dr. Strangelove or How I Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. You can't have both unless one was the top in Britain or something like that.

[JTPencils]

http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/C/CLE/antony-cleopatra-1963-dvd.jpg
Apparently, the top film for the year I was born was "Cleopatra". Which is sad... but it was also the same year for "Dr. No".... so that's a relief. Specific to my birth month... it was Disney's "Sword in the Stone". At least it was an animated thing.

[JTPencils]

It's not remotely clear for November of '67. The Jungle Book is a good possibility though.

November of '67 was Cool Hand Luke.

[a. non]

this isn't an either or choice. It's either Dr. Strangelove or How I Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. You can't have both unless one was the top in Britain or something like that.

Let's try this again

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1476/1440951020a.jpg

[beetlebum]

Police Academy.

[veracity]

The more I look at 1967 the more I think it may well have been Cool Hand Luke, though The Jungle Book and Camelot are also contenders.

Damn it, I'm all jealous. Damn good Paul Newman movie.



Yours, Mine and Ours (UA)

Apr 68

$11.639 m

I love that movie, too. All this awesome movies, I wonder if anyone got Susan Slept Here, How to Marry a Millionaire, or Young At Heart. Love those movies.


Police Academy.

I'm so sorry, BB.

[Bo Bo]

Looks like it was Friday the 13th Part 2

[Rob Allen]

Possible #1's in December 1956 (yes, I'm that old):

The Ten Commandments
Around the World in 80 Days
Giant
Teahouse of the August Moon
Friendly Persuasion
Anastasia
Written on the Wind
Love Me Tender

[beetlebum]

I'm so sorry, BB.

[Laughs]

....................

[Chris Hansbrough]

Let's try this again

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1476/1440951020a.jpg

So which one is it then? Dr. Strangelove or How I Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb?

[a. non]

So which one is it then? Dr. Strangelove or How I Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb?

Seriously?

The whole thing is the title.

It's one entity.

It's not supposed to be divided.

It's a concept called a subtitle.

It's like the book "The Hobbit, or There And Back Again." It's the proper title of the book. It's called "The Hobbit" for short.

The proper title of the movie is "Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb."

[Hurricane]

Return of the Jedi

[Chris Hansbrough]

Seriously?

The whole thing is the title.

It's one entity.

It's not supposed to be divided.

It's a concept called a subtitle.

It's like the book "The Hobbit, or There And Back Again." It's the proper title of the book. It's called "The Hobbit" for short.

The proper title of the movie is "Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb."

What book are you talking about? The Hobbit or There and Back Again? I don't think I've ever read that second one.

[Wind-Breaker]

Code of Silence

[thehod]

What book are you talking about? The Hobbit or There and Back Again? I don't think I've ever read that second one.

Have you read Mary Shelley's wonderful novels Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, yet Chris?

[rick]

I can't find anything for the UK number one, but in America it was apparently Deal of the Century. A film I've never, ever heard of.

Trust me you are better off.

It was really bad.

[oddballuk]

What book are you talking about? The Hobbit or There and Back Again? I don't think I've ever read that second one.

Oh Chris, we've spoken about this sense of humour of yours! :biggrin:


It's like the book "The Hobbit, or There And Back Again." It's the proper title of the book. It's called "The Hobbit" for short.

The proper title of the movie is "Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb."

Proper movie title? Yes, its there on the poster.

Proper book title for The Hobbit? Not quite.
If the subtitle isn't on the cover (never was on the first editions) then it doesn't really count.


Anyway......

Can't find what the UK Number One was for my birthday but the US Number One was this:

http://www.impawards.com/1979/posters/alien_ver2.jpg

[Alan Lynch]

Seriously?

The whole thing is the title.

It's one entity.

It's not supposed to be divided.

It's a concept called a subtitle.

It's like the book "The Hobbit, or There And Back Again." It's the proper title of the book. It's called "The Hobbit" for short.

The proper title of the movie is "Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb."
Wow, Chris got a bite. And how.

Trust me you are better off.

It was really bad.
Yeah, I looked it up. Oh dear.

[Chris Hansbrough]

Wow, Chris got a bite. And how.

Yeah, I looked it up. Oh dear.

I'm really amazed it went on that long. And I was really just being silly. I'm amazed it still continued after I did it with the movie poster. hell even after just one post as it was clearly me fucking around. Like my third place movie the day I was born...>Fast Times at Ridgemont High. WHEEEEEEE!!

[Alan Lynch]

I'm really amazed it went on that long. And I was really just being silly. I'm amazed it still continued after I did it with the movie poster. hell even after just one post as it was clearly me fucking around. Like my third place movie the day I was born...>Fast Times at Ridgemont High. WHEEEEEEE!!
So which is it, Fast Times at Ridgemont High or WHEEEEEEE!!? It can't have been both.

[Chris Hansbrough]

So which is it, Fast Times at Ridgemont High or WHEEEEEEE!!? It can't have been both.

actually it is both. along with deathburgers and snasages and ET at #2

[oddballuk]

I'm really amazed it went on that long. And I was really just being silly. I'm amazed it still continued after I did it with the movie poster. hell even after just one post as it was clearly me fucking around. Like my third place movie the day I was born...>Fast Times at Ridgemont High. WHEEEEEEE!!

Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

You mean you were acting like a stoned Sean Penn? :evilsmile: