1944: "Going My Way"
Adjusted gross: $223 million
Unadjusted gross: $16.3 million
What it's about: A message-heavy morality tale starring Bing Crosby, "Going My Way" is about a popular youthful pastor giving a group of young kids direction in life while winning over the more conventional pastor who lead the parish before him. The movie won seven Oscars, including best picture, and a print was presented to Pope Pius XII at the Vatican.