Who said the musical is dead? The last few years have produced box office hits out of film adaptations of Broadway smashes, original movie musicals and a few, beloved, all-time classics.
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Paramount Pictures17. “Saturday Night Fever” (1977) – $282.4 million
John Travolta perfectly embodies the disco era in this famed film, which received an original R rating before being edited to a PG rating in 1979.
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Twentieth Century Fox16. “The Sound of Music” (1965) – $286.4 million
This classic musical film received high accolades at the Academy Awards by winning both Best Picture and Best Director for Robert Wise — and even beat out “Gone With the Wind” for highest grossing film at the time.