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15 Jurassic Park 1993 - Estimated Admissions 16.17m
Steven Spielberg blazes the trail of investing movies with legions of CGI beasties in this breakthrough special effects movie. Richard Attenborough's idea to breed dinosaurs for his theme park, whilst never sensible, means that the film is teeming with raptors, brontosaurs, tricerotops and, of course, T-Rexes. Audiences around the world loved it and a dinosaur craze swept the UK. Interestingly, Spielberg had been filming Schindler's List at the same time as Jurassic Park.
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14 Jaws 1976 - Estimated Admissions 16.2m
Steven Spielberg changed the face of cinema with this blockbuster about a small seaside town under attack from a giant shark. The production was notoriously chaotic (the mechanical shark refused to work for most of the shoot) yet, with the help of a major marketing campaign, Jaws became one of the biggest box office success ever. Hollywood decided that big-budget B-movies were the way to make money and the summer blockbuster event film was born.
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13 South Pacific 1958 - Estimated Admissions 16.5m
Many of Rodgers and Hammerstein's finest songs appear in this big-budget adaptation of their hit Broadway musical. The film was marketed as an 'event' movie and people booked in advance for the privilege of seeing a film lasting 2 hours and 51 minutes, with a fifteen-minute intermission. In London the South Pacific played at the same theater for 4 years.
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12 Grease 1978 - Estimated Admissions 17.2m
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John sing and dance through this exuberant late-1970s fantasy of 50s high school life. The film is packed with catchy numbers like 'You're The One That I Want', 'Hopelessly Devoted To You' and 'Grease', which are performed with suitable energetic hip-swivelling. The on-screen chemistry of the two leads catapulted the film into the stratosphere.
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11 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone 2001 - Estimated Admissions 17.56m
The phenomenal success of JK Rowling's put the author in a strong position when it came to the film franchise. Her influence meant that a predominantly British cast create the oncreen magic. The young orphan Harry Potter learns that he's actually a wizard, has a giant for a friend and a place waiting for him at Hogwarts School Of Witchraft And Wizardry. Much adventure followed and Britain fell under Harry's spell.
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