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55 Crocodile Dundee 1987 - Estimated Admissions 9.8m
Paul Hogan's Aussie hunter lands in New York and has to deal with a different breed of wildlife to that in the Outback. Crocodile Dundee is a 1980s movie par excellence: high-concept and slickly shot, and featuring a bouncy soundtrack and a handful of standout gags to keep you chuckling on the way home; basically a ninety-odd minute trailer.
The film was such a hit that, after its release, Aussie tourism increased by 40 percent.
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54 A Clockwork Orange 1972 - Estimated Admissions 9.9m
Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Anthony Burgess's novel tells the story of Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his thug friends, addicted to mindless acts of violence, killing tramps and raping women. Equally violent is the state's aversion therapy Alex is forced to endure to cure him of his addiction. Kubrick's decision to remove the film from circulation in Britain, as a reaction to death threats aimed his family, made it notorious.
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53 Monsters, Inc. 2002 - Estimated Admissions 9.93m
What a great premise. There are actually monsters in the cupboard - they come from another world and use children's screams as a power source for their city of Monstropolis. Among them are buddies Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P 'Sulley' Sullivan (John Goodman), employees of power-generating corporation Monsters, Inc. When a small girl comes through the monster's portals by accident, Mike and Sulley are forced to confront their fears about human children (monsters believe they are toxic), and the nature of their work.
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52 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 - Estimated Admissions 10.15m
Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is a thirtysomething who lives alone in London, works in publishing and is desperate to leave the single ranks and become a "smug married" like so many of her friends. Despite being rather clumsy, and a disastrous public speaker, Bridget manages to attract admiration from Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. Zellweger actually worked at a British publishing company for a month in preparation for the role. She adopted an alias as well as her posh accent and was apparently not recognised.
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51 Superman The Movie 1979 - Estimated Admissions 10.19m
Sent to Earth by Jor-El (Marlon Brando received a staggering $4m for a 5 minute cameo) from his dying planet Krypton, Clark Kent uses his super powers as a force for good. Christopher Reeve, then an unknown, brilliantly played Kent as a bumbling Cary Grant and Superman as a delightful mix of the heroic and humble - he would never escape the role he seemed born to play. Superman almost meets his match in the form of criminal mastermind Lex Luthor (a dastardly evil Gene Hackman) who from his lavish underground lair is hatching a plan to blow California into the Pacific Ocean.
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