I've been to so many movies, but only two I remember, had applause at the end. Saving Private Ryan and American Wedding.

What about everyone else?

Lots of them, particularly when the director was present.

Quite a few but the first one I remember was for Star Wars back in '77 when I was a kid.

Street Fighter

I should have shot them all.

Empire Strikes Back. Everybody applauded at the first appearance of each character too.

I think there was applause at the end of Return of the King.

Only one I can recall is Forrest Gump.

freddy vs. jason. opening night. packed theater. people in full-on Jason, Freddy, and even Michael Myers costumes all in attendence.

I swear to God I thought that it was judgment day.

Titanic had the longest I've ever heard.

Beauty and the Beast - Opening day at the El Capitan in Hollywood. Applause at the end of the movie and a standing ovation for the Howard Ashman dedication at the end.

Fantasia 2000 - IMAX crowd applauded at the end of each segment.

Pirates of the Caribbean: DMC - Crowd went wild and applauded at the final reveal.

Return of the Jedi - Opening day at some theater in Long Beach, CA. Applause and cheers every chance something happened or someone came on screen (good crowd that morning).

Phantom Menace - Opening day. Applause and cheers during the first minute (20th Century Fanfare, Lucasfilm logo, Star Wars title).

No applause at the end tho.

Happens all the time on opening night. Usually with a sequel, or over hyped films.

This year I recall it happened for Babel, Borat, Pirates 2, Volver, Clerks II, For Your Consideration, The Prestige, The Departed... If the crowd is packed and it doesn't totally suck, I usualy find it gets applause.

opening day of star wars ep.3: revenge of the sith, i thought the roof was gonna fall off.

and the green mile everyone clapped at the end of the movie.
all the other movies i have been to people just walked out of the theater.
i remember having to go see the piece of sh*t Gigli and by the end of the movie there was know one in the theater.

I remember this as well for RotJ. The audience would applaud throughout the whole movie whenever a hero did something heroic. One of the best theater going experience I've ever had!

So true so true...

I can remember people clapping at the end of the mask (The Jim Carey one (I was only in 4th or 5th grade but I thought it was really lame(the clapping I mean)))

Independence Day. When the big ship over Area 51 started blowing up because of the jet taking out the main gun.

Phantom Menace. Clapping for the Lucas Logo, 'Long Time Ago' words, when the words Star Wars start going back, when the queen read off "R2-D2"'s name, when Darth Maul appeared for the fight and when it ended.

at the end of A Beautiful Mind and Independence Day

People clapped at the start of Revenge of the Sith and recently people clapped at the end of Seabiscuit and The Pursuit of Happyness when Will Smith gets the job.

Yesterday at Rocky Balboa, people clapped at the start, middle and end.

Batman Begins was the last one I recall.

Spoiler anyone?

pmc: I think that scene is in the trailer.

Most recently, there was a LOT of clapping at Rocky Balboa. A lot.

People went nuts during the opening credits of the midnight showing of Superman Returns. I don't think we could really help it, that music and excitement just gets to ya!

People went bananas when I saw Mortal Kombat. Throughout the movie's fight scenes and the end.

There were a few hood-rats in front of us that would only cheer when a girl got hit.

You were right to think so. It is lame.