Can you name the movies that were the highest-grossing films of all-time at the time of their release?

Year	Movie	Director/Producer
1915		D.W. Griffith
1925		King Vidor & Irving Thalberg
1937		Walt Disney
1939		Victor Fleming & David O. Selznick
1965		Robert Wise
1972		Francis Ford Coppola
1975		Steven Spielberg
1977		George Lucas
1982		Steven Spielberg
1993		Steven Spielberg
1997		James Cameron
2009		James Cameron

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Highest-Grossing Film at Time of Release Quiz

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	dlauthor:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 15:05 GMT		19 points
	Anyone out there actually seen The Big Parade? I've never even heard of the thing before today, and I consider myself at least reasonably knowledgeable. Amazing how the biggest blockbuster of its time can just slip into relative obscurity, especially when the entire rest of this list remains more or less well-known.

	Booger:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 15:22 GMT		19 points
	Of course, no film was the highest grossing film at the time it was first released, but I quibble. Great quiz idea.

	Koltrane:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 16:21 GMT		6 points
	I thought I rented Titanic from Blockbuster, but it turns out I rented Tidanic from Blockblister. Is better...much better!

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	Happ_Hazzard:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 16:52 GMT		3 points
	Another one that has never heard of the Big Parade.

	rockgolf:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 17:19 GMT		4 points
	I've seen a significant part of The Big Parade on TCM. It's an "innocent lads in WWI" plot. It's silent, but the language on the title cards is surprisingly adult, with uses of "hell", "damn" and even "sons of b-----s". (And that was quite literal - it only showed the first letter and dashes. The film was released before the days of the Hayes code forbid such language and graphic content. Nonetheless, it must have been quite shocking to greatgrandma, or however many generations you need to go back.

	EuphrasieF:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 18:39 GMT		3 points
	I'm kind of disappointed that I missed "The Sound of Music", but I didn't know who directed that one. And yeah, I also never heard of "The Big Parade" either. And I've read a lot of film history and watch silent movies.

	Caltac:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 18:43 GMT		1 point
	I couldn't for the life of me come up with E.T. and Jaws, so terrible of me.

	unkpoker:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 18:48 GMT		2 points
	I can't believe I blanked on Jurassic Park...it's not like I haven't read the book...and the sequel...and seen all three movies...

	jeffg3wksapart:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 21:16 GMT		1 point
	?Correlation between top gross and nomination for best film? Since Academy Awards first instituted in 1927, of the 10 remaining films all were nominated for best film except 1937 and 1993; of those 8 tho only 4 won.

	matt01:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 21:55 GMT		3 points
	Where is L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat? Scary stuff that, for those back in 1895 who genuinely thought they were going to be killed by a train as it approached the camera.

	jmb:	Oct 18th, 2012 at 23:30 GMT		1 point
	I like this quiz so much I created it two years ago: http://www.sporcle.com/games/jmb/all_time_box_office_champs :) And The Big Parade is a terrific movie - the first to show the costs of war in a realistic way. It also tackles class, romance, and other issues. Vidor made a number of great silents - if you like silent movies, check out The Crowd, The Patsy, and Show People (the latter two are comedies).

	Bobman1:	Oct 19th, 2012 at 04:27 GMT		2 points
	My own fault for not being around in 1925. I blame me.

	LSMFT:	Oct 22nd, 2012 at 09:07 GMT		3 points
	@jmb. If you look at the dates you will see that this quiz was created 6 months before yours. Nice recommendations of movies.

	hellofromUK:	Oct 23rd, 2012 at 16:12 GMT		0 points
	Why does this quiz start in 1915? Surely the first film ever made, arguably Horse in Motion in 1878, would be the only and therefore highest grossing film ever made at that time, and should start the quiz!

	LTH:	Oct 24th, 2012 at 13:31 GMT		1 point
	^ Because I just went with the source material

	jmb:	Oct 25th, 2012 at 01:29 GMT		2 points
	@LSMFT - I stand corrected. Thanks.

	mapgar:	Nov 12th, 2012 at 16:56 GMT		0 points
	Why isn't Avengers on here?

	LTH:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 13:29 GMT		1 point
	^ Avengers has never been the highest-grossing film of all time.