Showcase Cinemas surveyed 2000 Brits last month to find out he UK’s favourite movie soundtrack of all time.
Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman, a surprise hit following its Christmas 2017 release, proving doubting critics wrong was one of the favourites to top the poll however only came in at number five.
Nearly a quarter of UK fans voted for John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John’s hit musical Grease with Dirty Dancing, the ABBA movie sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and the 1977 classic Saturday Night Fever completing the top five.
1. Grease (1978)
2. Dirty Dancing (1987)
3. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
4. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
5. The Greatest Showman (2017)
6. The Bodyguard (1992)
7. Top Gun (1986)
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. The Graduate (1967)
10. The Wizard of OZ (1939)
As for the UK’s favourite movie songs of all time, it was The Bodyguard that came out on top. and surprisingly John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John’s hit from Grease – Summer Nights – came in a lowly sixth place.
1. Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You – The Bodyguard
2. Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
3. The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody – Ghost
4. The Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive – Saturday Night Fever
5. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson – The Graduate
6. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John – Summer Nights – Grease
7. Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life – Dirty Dancing
8. Elton John – Can You Feel the Love Tonight – The Lion King
9. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On – Titanic
10. Huey Lewis and the News – The Power of Love – Back to the Future
