Metropolis (1927)
37,000 extras
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Poll: Epic Movies With Most Extras
Before computer-generated imagery could create massive crowds, Hollywood relied on extras, real people who laboriously had to be controlled, clothed, fed and paid. A "cast of thousands" that assemble the huge armies in great land battles.
Note: some movies that were filmed after computer-generated imagery became available, eventually still make use of massive human crowds.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Trilogy: 20,602 extras -
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
1,000 extras + 750 horses + 159 camels -
Gone with the Wind (1939)
2,400 extras -
Gandhi (1982)
300,000 extras -
Ben-Hur (1959)
15,000 extras -
War and Peace (1965)
12,000 extras -
Cleopatra (1963)
6,000 extras -
Quo Vadis (1951)
30,000 extras -
The Ten Commandments (1956)
14,000 extras & 15,000 animals -
Spartacus (1960)
50,000 extras -
Waterloo (1970)
15,000 extras -
The Last Emperor (1987)
19,000 extras -
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
60,000 extras & 8,552 animals -
Troy (2004)
4,000 extras -
Gettysburg (1993)
5,000 extras -
Titanic (1997)
18,000 extras -
Intolerance (1916)
3,000 extras -
Cimarron (1931)
5,000 extras -
Burning Hearts (1945)
15,000 to 20,000 actual German troops in the battle scenes -
Empire of the Sun (1987)
5,000 local extras -
The Longest Day (1962)
2,000 serving soldiers as extras -
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)
5,000 extras for the final battle sequence -
Ran (1985)
1,400 extras -
Gunga Din (1939)
Over 600 extras were employed in the Mt. Whitney scenes
