From Disney classics like Mary Poppins and Aladdin, action-packed blockbusters like Independence Day, and multiple films from the Star Wars franchise, we've rounded up the top-grossing film [1] from each year between 1960 and 2006. Which movie made the most money [2] the year you (and your friends and family) were born? Scroll through now to find out.
1960: Swiss Family Robinson
- Total gross: $40,356,000
- Runner-up: Psycho
1961: West Side Story
- Total gross: $43,656,822
- Runner-up: The Guns of Navarone
1962: Lawrence of Arabia
- Total gross: $37,495,385
- Runner-up: The Longest Day
1963: Cleopatra
- Total gross: $57,777,778
- Runner-up: How the West Was Won
1964: Mary Poppins
- Total gross: $31,000,000
- Runner-up: My Fair Lady
1965: The Sound of Music
- Total gross: $158,671,368
- Runner-up: Doctor Zhivago
1966: The Bible: In the Beginning
- Total gross: $34,900,023
- Runner-up: Hawaii
1967: The Graduate
- Total gross: $104,642,560
- Runner-up: The Jungle Book
1968: Funny Girl
- Total gross: $52,000,000
- Runner-up: 2001: A Space Odyssey
1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Total gross: $102,308,889
- Runner-up: Midnight Cowboy
1970: Love Story
- Total gross: $106,397,186
- Runner-up: Airport
1971: Fiddler on the Roof
- Total gross: $83,387,607
- Runner-up: Billy Jack
1972: The Godfather
- Total gross: $188,079,500
- Runner-up: The Poseidon Adventure
1973: The Exorcist
- Total gross: $194,020,000
- Runner-up: The Sting
1974: Blazing Saddles
- Total gross: $113,360,000
- Runner-up: The Towering Inferno
1975: Jaws
- Total gross: $282,417,529
- Runner-up: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1976: Rocky
- Total gross: $117,235,147
- Runner-up: A Star Is Born
1977: Star Wars
- Total gross: $307,263,857
- Runner-up: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978: Grease
- Total gross: $209,934,000
- Runner-up: Superman
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer
- Total gross: $130,770,210
- Runner-up: The Amityville Horror
1980: Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back
- Total gross: $209,398,025
- Runner-up: 9 to 5
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Total gross: $252,003,640
- Runner-up: On Golden Pond
1982: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
- Total gross: $359,197,037
- Runner-up: Tootsie
1983: Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi
- Total gross: $252,583,617
- Runner-up: Terms of Endearment
1984: Beverly Hills Cop
- Total gross: $234,760,478
- Runner-up: Ghostbusters
1985: Back to the Future
- Total gross: $210,609,762
- Runner-up: Rambo: First Blood Part II
1986: Top Gun
- Total gross: $176,781,728
- Runner-up: Crocodile Dundee
1987: Three Men and a Baby
- Total gross: $167,780,960
- Runner-up: Fatal Attraction
1988: Rain Man
- Total gross: $172,825,435
- Runner-up: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989: Batman
- Total gross: $251,188,924
- Runner-up: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990: Home Alone
- Total gross: $285,761,243
- Runner-up: Ghost
1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Total gross: $204,843,345
- Runner-up: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1992: Aladdin
- Total gross: $217,350,219
- Runner-up: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1993: Jurassic Park
- Total gross: $357,067,947
- Runner-up: Mrs. Doubtfire
1994: Forrest Gump
- Total gross: $329,694,499
- Runner-up: The Lion King
1995: Toy Story
- Total gross: $191,796,233
- Runner-up: Batman Forever
1996: Independence Day
- Total gross: $306,169,268
- Runner-up: Twister
1997: Titanic
- Total gross: $600,788,188
- Runner-up: Men in Black
1998: Saving Private Ryan
- Total gross: $216,540,909
- Runner-up: Armageddon
1999: Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace
- Total gross: $431,088,295
- Runner-up: The Sixth Sense
2000: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Total gross: $260,044,825
- Runner-up: Cast Away
2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Total gross: $317,575,550
- Runner-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: Spider-Man
- Total gross: $403,706,375
- Runner-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Total gross: $377,027,325
- Runner-up: Finding Nemo
2004: Shrek 2
- Total gross: $441,226,247
- Runner-up: Spider-Man 2
2005: Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
- Total gross: $380,270,577
- Runner-up: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Total gross: $423,315,812
- Runner-up: Night at the Museum