One would assume that the best December-released blockbusters would be holiday films or family outing movies.

The best movies released during this month are franchise revitalizers, technological feats, Oscar-sweepers, and much more.

The December release has, for many, madeThe Force AwakensandStar Warsmarathon holiday tradition.

Superman- The Movie

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As the movie continues to be rereleased, thebox office numbers climbfor Hollywood’s golden age classic.

When adjusted for inflation,Gone with the Windis one of themost financially successful blockbustersof all time.

The charm of Reeves paired with the groundbreaking special effectsearned the superhero moviea healthy $300 millionduring its era.

Ethan Hunt scaling the side of the Burj Khalifa in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

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Translating the figures in 2024, thebest version ofSupermangrossed over a billion dollars.

The movie endures as one of the best dramatic blockbusters almost three decades later.

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S.

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Tootsieearneda healthy $177 million worldwidecompared to its modest $21 million budget.

DethroningTitanic,Avataris Cameron’s most successful blockbuster, but the best December-release blockbuster of all time.

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Rey and BB-8 in walking into the desert in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Frodo holds the ring on a chain in Lord of the Rings Return of the King

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Rhett and Scarlet embracing and about to kiss in Gone with the Wind

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Linda Blair as a possessed Regan MacNeil in ‘The Exorcist’

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Christopher Reeve as the titular hero, flying at the camera, in 1978’s ‘Superman’

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Jack and Rose hold hands in the back seat of a car in ‘Titanic’.

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A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

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Teri Garr and Dustin Hoffman as Sandy and Michael wearing frowns and jackets in ‘Tootsie’

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Sean Connery as James Bond wearing a white suit and smoking a cigarette in Goldfinger

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