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25 Mary Poppins 1964 - Estimated Admissions 14m
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke star as magical nanny and cockernee chinmey sweep respectively in this much-loved, Oscar-garlanded, part-animated musical from Walt Disney. Fine songs, fine acting (apart from Van Dyke's abysmal cockney accent) and that good old Disney stardust made Mary Poppins a huge success. When Andrews picked up her Best Actress Oscar for the film (in her debut role), she thanked Jack Warner for making it all possible - Warner Brothers had turned her down for the lead role in My Fair Lady allowing Disney to cast Andrews in Mary Poppins.
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24 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 2002 - Estimated Admissions 14.18m
Fans of the Harry Potter franchise weren't disappointed by the the young wizard's second year at Hogwarts. When Dobby the house elf turns up before term to warn Harry not to return to school, you just know that Voldemort is going to be up to his old tricks again. Kenneth Branagh and Jason Isaacs put in nice cameos in the film as Gilderoy Lockhart and Lucius Malfoy, and the presence of the rest of Potter's gang ensured that the film was a massive success.
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23 The Full Monty 1997 - Estimated Admissions 14.19m
Robert Carlyle and his mates turn the bum steer of redundancy and recession into sure-fire crowd-pleasing entertainment in this classic Yorkshire comedy with a social conscience. Trapped in the jobless city of Sheffield, Carlyle spots a poster for The Chippendales and reasons that he could make even more cash by going 'The Full Monty' on stage. The plot is very funny, never slackens, and you end up really feeling for Carlyle and his friends, which makes the strangely redemptive final scene - of them flashing their arses at an appreciative crowd of baying women, all the more moving.
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22 Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers 2002 - Estimated Admissions 14.4m
The second of Peter Jackson's epic adaptations of Tolkien's beloved fantasy stories introduced the world to wonderfully dark CGI character with real depth. On their quest to Mordor, hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) encounter the stinking Gollum (Andy Serkis), whose soul has been twisted and divided by the malign aura of the Ring. Serkis's performance as the cursed creature and the film's epic battle at Helm's Deep have the power to move as well as entertain. Audiences flocked to see it, only to leave desperate to watch the final chapter.
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21 The Ten Commandments 1957 - Estimated Admissions 15m
No one made epics like director Cecil B DeMille and The Ten Commandments was one of his best. Charlton Heston dons a shaggy beard to lead the Irsaelites out of slavery in Egypt. Plagues, the parting of the Red Sea and tablets of stone from God, it's all in here in large quantities. Religious types may quibble (only seven plagues?), but, if taken purely on film-making terms, it's hard to fault.
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