1957: "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Adjusted gross: $233 million
Unadjusted gross: $27.2 million
Fan rating: 8.2
Plot summary: "After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it."