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Grosses

All time domestic gross (adjusted)

#Movie (Distributor)Release YearGrossAdjusted Gross
1Sergeant York (Warner Bros.)1941$15,000,212$346,207,000
2Going My Way (Paramount)1944$15,000,543$290,488,000
3For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount)1943$16,000,242$318,188,000
4The Jolson Story (Columbia)1946$17,000,423$293,435,000
5Mister Roberts (Warner Bros.)1955$18,000,552$269,660,000
6This Is the Army (Warner Bros.)1943$18,000,842$376,105,000
7The Bells of St. Mary's (RKO)1945$19,000,749$350,837,000
8The Caine Mutiny (Columbia)1954$19,000,988$307,878,000
9Shane (Paramount)1953$20,000,357$272,635,000
10Duel in the Sun (Selznick Releasing)1946$20,408,894$330,696,000
11Sayonara (Warner Bros.)1957$22,000,115$272,938,000
12The Best Years of Our Lives (RKO)1946$23,650,796$408,220,000
13Peyton Place (Fox)1957$24,000,418$297,750,000
1420000 Leagues Under The Sea (Disney)1954$25,000,134$329,608,000
15El Cid (Allied Artists)1961$26,000,000$262,849,000
16White Christmas (Paramount)1954$26,000,050$421,306,000
17Samson and Delilah (1949) (Paramount)1949$26,000,725$385,168,000
18From Here to Eternity (Columbia)1953$27,000,106$389,782,000
19Quo Vadis (MGM)1951$27,000,260$383,227,000
20The Shaggy Dog (1959) (Disney)1959$27,000,309$269,620,000
21The Guns of Navarone (Columbia)1961$28,000,468$281,841,000
22Psycho (1960) (Universal)1960$28,000,892$281,665,000
23Giant (Warner Bros.)1956$30,000,694$370,689,000
24The Bridge on the River Kwai (Columbia)1957$33,000,228$395,759,000
25The Greatest Show on Earth (Paramount)1952$34,000,029$467,052,000
26The Carpetbaggers (Paramount)1964$34,000,702$284,856,000
27South Pacific (Fox)1958$35,000,130$408,676,000
28The Robe (Fox)1953$36,000,342$519,709,000
29Tom Jones (United Artists)1963$38,000,090$343,792,000
30The Longest Day (Fox)1962$38,000,575$349,755,000
31Swiss Family Robinson (Disney)1960$40,356,408$288,803,000
32Superman (Warner Bros.)1978$40,925,251$455,424,000
33Bullitt (Warner Bros.)1968$42,000,000$254,565,000
34Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (United Artists)1956$42,000,032$558,624,000
35To Sir, with Love (Columbia)1967$42,000,404$273,344,000
36Lawrence of Arabia (Columbia)1962$43,000,852$345,994,000
37You Only Live Twice (United Artists)1967$43,084,308$276,130,000
38West Side Story (MGM)1961$43,656,435$417,724,000
39Valley of the Dolls (Fox)1967$44,000,822$286,361,000
40The Odd Couple (Paramount)1968$44,527,570$269,883,000
41Midnight Cowboy (United Artists)1969$44,785,478$250,420,000
42The Dirty Dozen (MGM)1967$45,000,686$292,869,000
43How the West Was Won (MGM / Cinerama)1963$46,000,853$412,368,000
44It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (MGM)1963$46,332,543$395,578,000
45Bonnie and Clyde (Warner Bros.)1967$50,000,109$325,410,000
46Goldfinger (United Artists)1964$51,081,614$423,474,000
47The Love Bug (Disney)1969$51,264,491$272,469,000
48Sleeping Beauty (1959) (Disney)1959$51,600,287$260,285,000
49Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Columbia)1967$56,666,355$368,798,000
502001: A Space Odyssey (MGM)1968$56,954,648$312,553,000
51Cleopatra (1963) (Fox)1963$57,777,949$507,896,000
52Funny Girl (Columbia)1968$58,723,719$349,324,000
53Patton (Fox)1970$61,749,814$316,318,000
54Thunderball (United Artists)1965$63,595,501$486,267,000
55Song of the South (Disney / RKO)1946$65,000,964$354,810,000
56What's Up, Doc? (Warner Bros.)1972$66,000,276$308,259,000
57All the President's Men (Warner Bros.)1976$70,600,641$263,176,000
58My Fair Lady (Warner Bros.)1964$72,432,371$582,746,000
59Ben-Hur (1959) (MGM)1959$74,000,111$789,559,000
60Fiddler on the Roof (United Artists)1971$78,000,558$358,724,000
61Earthquake (Universal)1974$79,666,565$334,684,000
62Fantasia (Disney / RKO)1940$80,000,076$361,250,000
63A Star Is Born (1976) (Warner Bros.)1976$80,000,605$298,216,000
64Alien (Fox)1979$80,931,087$256,389,000
65M.A.S.H. (Fox)1970$81,600,139$418,003,000
66Heaven Can Wait (1978) (Paramount)1978$81,640,699$277,019,000
67Jaws 2 (Universal)1978$81,766,987$275,667,000
68The Goodbye Girl (Warner Bros.)1977$82,000,470$291,964,000
69Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Paramount)1979$82,258,086$264,425,000
70Apocalypse Now (United Artists)1979$83,471,114$259,883,000
71The Poseidon Adventure (Fox)1972$84,563,142$394,960,000
72Rocky II (United Artists)1979$85,182,286$273,824,000
73Every Which Way But Loose (Warner Bros.)1978$85,196,458$289,086,000
74The Ten Commandments (1956) (Paramount)1956$85,400,591$1,037,704,000
75Young Frankenstein (Fox)1974$86,273,138$362,439,000
76The Amityville Horror (1979) (AIP)1979$86,432,881$277,842,000
77Pinocchio (1940) (Disney / RKO)1940$87,000,862$427,500,000
78Peter Pan (1953) (Disney / RKO)1953$87,404,669$445,480,000
79Cinderella (Disney / RKO)1950$88,000,466$429,751,000
80Lady and the Tramp (Disney)1955$88,300,200$471,052,000
81Saturday Night Fever (Paramount)1977$94,213,584$335,450,000
82Arthur (1981) (Orion)1981$95,461,724$272,650,000
83Airport (Universal)1970$100,489,626$514,764,000
84Stir Crazy (Columbia)1980$101,300,186$299,004,000
85Mary Poppins (Disney)1964$102,272,145$731,312,000
86Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Fox)1969$102,308,525$530,341,000
87Bambi (Disney / RKO)1942$102,797,843$462,945,000
889 to 5 (Fox)1980$103,290,458$304,880,000
89The Graduate (AVCO Embassy)1967$104,901,861$653,289,000
90Kramer Vs. Kramer (Columbia)1979$106,260,774$341,581,000
91Love Story (Paramount)1970$106,397,305$545,028,000
92The Towering Inferno (Fox)1974$107,082,379$449,860,000
93Superman II (Warner Bros.)1981$108,185,706$308,991,000
94Terms of Endearment (Paramount)1983$108,423,643$273,296,000
95Porky's (Fox)1982$111,289,698$299,514,000
96Doctor Zhivago (MGM)1965$111,721,461$807,840,000
97One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (United Artists)1975$112,000,194$438,069,000
98American Graffiti (Universal)1973$115,000,796$492,382,000
99Rocky (United Artists)1976$117,235,327$437,018,000
100On Golden Pond (Universal)1981$119,285,747$323,765,000
101Blazing Saddles (Warner Bros.)1974$119,500,420$485,639,000
102Rocky III (MGM/UA)1982$125,049,038$337,718,000
103Smokey and the Bandit (Universal)1977$126,737,978$451,253,000
104Rocky IV (MGM/UA)1985$127,873,963$286,004,000
105An Officer and a Gentleman (Paramount)1982$129,795,263$350,536,000
106The Flintstones (Universal)1994$130,560,663$254,081,000
107Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Disney)1989$130,724,390$260,138,000
108Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Columbia)1977$132,088,195$460,752,000
109The Godfather (Paramount)1972$134,966,044$626,645,000
110Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) (New Line)1990$135,265,256$254,504,000
111The Jungle Book (1967) (Disney)1967$135,475,744$459,796,000
112Platoon (Orion)1986$138,530,553$281,475,000
113Sister Act (Disney)1992$139,605,188$267,100,000
114Look Who's Talking (TriStar)1989$140,088,166$278,773,000
115A Few Good Men (Columbia)1992$141,340,483$270,420,000
116Pocahontas (Disney)1995$141,579,941$258,424,000
117National Lampoon's Animal House (Universal)1978$141,600,129$480,472,000
118Lethal Weapon 3 (Warner Bros.)1992$144,731,292$276,908,000
119The Santa Clause (Disney)1994$144,833,975$281,857,000
120101 Dalmatians (1961) (Disney)1961$144,880,212$490,505,000
121True Lies (Fox)1994$146,282,462$284,677,000
122Lethal Weapon 2 (Warner Bros.)1989$147,307,168$293,139,000
123As Good as It Gets (Sony / TriStar)1997$148,478,260$256,845,000
124Rambo: First Blood Part II (TriStar)1985$150,415,193$336,422,000
125Gremlins (Warner Bros.)1984$153,083,972$361,128,000
126Beverly Hills Cop II (Paramount)1987$153,665,069$312,046,000
127Jerry Maguire (Sony / TriStar)1996$153,962,324$276,575,000
128Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Disney)1988$154,112,403$297,726,000
129Fatal Attraction (Paramount)1987$156,645,905$318,099,000
130The Firm (Paramount)1993$158,369,885$303,733,000
131The Sting (Universal)1973$159,616,911$703,419,000
132The Waterboy (Disney)1998$161,491,939$273,400,000
133A Bug's Life (Disney)1998$162,798,279$275,612,000
134Batman Returns (Warner Bros.)1992$162,831,945$311,538,000
135The Sound of Music (Fox)1965$163,214,076$1,224,450,000
136Big Daddy (Sony / Columbia)1999$163,479,811$256,528,000
137Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Warner Bros.)1991$165,493,447$312,119,000
138Three Men and a Baby (Disney)1987$167,780,861$340,711,000
139Tarzan (Disney)1999$171,091,147$268,472,000
140The Matrix (Warner Bros.)1999$171,479,060$269,081,000
141Rain Man (MGM/UA)1988$172,825,476$333,877,000
142Air Force One (Sony / Columbia)1997$172,956,394$299,188,000
143Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Fox)1992$173,585,649$332,113,000
144Apollo 13 (Universal)1995$173,837,410$316,498,000
145Crocodile Dundee (Paramount)1986$174,803,471$374,108,000
146There's Something About Mary (Fox)1998$176,489,373$298,790,000
147Tootsie (Columbia)1982$177,200,382$478,561,000
148Pretty Woman (Disney)1990$178,406,922$335,674,000
149Top Gun (Paramount)1986$179,800,601$381,360,000
150Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Paramount)1984$179,870,426$425,051,000
151Planet of the Apes (2001) (Fox)2001$180,011,204$252,971,000
152Mission: Impossible (Paramount)1996$180,981,223$325,112,000
153Jurassic Park III (Universal)2001$181,171,459$254,602,000
154Liar Liar (Universal)1997$181,410,469$313,813,000
155The Perfect Storm (Warner Bros.)2000$182,618,117$269,015,000
156What Women Want (2000) (Paramount)2000$182,811,707$269,300,000
157Ocean's Eleven (Warner Bros.)2001$183,417,424$257,758,000
158The Fugitive (1993) (Warner Bros.)1993$183,875,616$352,569,000
159Batman Forever (Warner Bros.)1995$184,134,515$336,099,000
160Dances with Wolves (Orion)1990$184,208,763$346,592,000
161Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney / RKO)1937$184,925,342$943,385,000
162Gladiator (2000) (DreamWorks)2000$187,705,497$276,434,000
163Grease (Paramount)1978$188,389,752$590,933,000
164Men in Black II (Sony / Columbia)2002$190,418,608$260,677,000
165Toy Story (Disney)1995$191,796,910$349,883,000
166Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Paramount)1989$197,171,932$392,367,000
167Pearl Harbor (Disney)2001$198,542,513$279,014,000
168Gone with the Wind (MGM)1939$198,676,568$1,855,133,000
169Armageddon (Disney)1998$201,578,020$341,265,000
170The Mummy Returns (Universal)2001$202,019,384$283,900,000
171The Exorcist (Warner Bros.)1973$204,671,948$767,431,000
172Terminator 2: Judgment Day (TriStar)1991$204,843,975$386,332,000
173Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (New Line)1999$206,040,556$323,312,000
174Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros.)2005$206,459,266$255,739,000
175Batman Begins (Warner Bros.)2005$206,852,432$255,862,000
176Wedding Crashers (New Line)2005$209,218,166$259,156,000
177Back to the Future (Universal)1985$210,609,043$471,054,000
178Austin Powers in Goldmember (New Line)2002$213,243,496$291,923,000
179X2: X-Men United (Fox)2003$214,949,672$283,035,000
180Mission: Impossible II (Paramount)2000$215,409,290$317,320,000
181Saving Private Ryan (DreamWorks)1998$216,335,032$363,087,000
182Alvin and the Chipmunks (Fox)2007$217,326,629$250,810,000
183Aladdin (Disney)1992$217,350,045$415,894,000
184The Da Vinci Code (Sony / Columbia)2006$217,536,399$263,701,000
185Ghost (Paramount)1990$217,631,141$409,477,000
186King Kong (2005) (Universal)2005$218,135,164$270,202,000
187Beauty and the Beast (1991) (Disney)1991$218,967,717$357,485,000
188Mrs. Doubtfire (Fox)1993$219,195,038$420,389,000
189National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Disney)2007$219,964,410$253,854,000
190Rush Hour 2 (New Line)2001$226,164,771$317,831,000
191The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)2007$227,471,923$262,518,000
192Hancock (Sony / Columbia)2008$227,946,076$252,074,000
193Signs (Disney)2002$227,966,979$312,078,000
194The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal)1997$229,086,940$396,285,000
195Cast Away (Fox)2000$233,632,386$344,163,000
196War of the Worlds (Paramount)2005$234,280,479$290,201,000
197X-Men: The Last Stand (Fox)2006$234,362,795$284,098,000
198Beverly Hills Cop (Paramount)1984$234,760,312$554,761,000
199Ghostbusters (Columbia)1984$238,632,654$562,723,000
200My Big Fat Greek Wedding (IFC Films)2002$241,438,568$330,521,000
201Twister (1996) (Warner Bros.)1996$241,721,884$434,224,000
202Bruce Almighty (Universal)2003$242,829,757$319,745,000
203Cars (Disney)2006$244,082,964$295,881,000
204Toy Story 2 (Disney)1999$245,852,199$385,784,000
205Raiders of the Lost Ark (Paramount)1981$248,159,971$695,816,000
206Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Warner Bros.)2004$249,538,372$319,056,000
207Men in Black (Sony / Columbia)1997$250,690,756$433,656,000
208Night at the Museum (Fox)2006$250,863,213$304,100,000
209Despicable Me (Universal)2010$251,513,985$253,108,000
210Batman (1989) (Warner Bros.)1989$252,101,403$501,677,000
211The Hangover Part II (Warner Bros.)2011$254,464,305$254,785,000
212The Blind Side (Warner Bros.)2009$255,959,000$270,975,000
213I Am Legend (Warner Bros.)2007$256,393,949$295,897,000
214Star Trek (Paramount)2009$257,730,024$272,850,000
215Jaws (Universal)1975$260,000,591$1,001,269,000
216How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Universal)2000$260,044,175$383,072,000
217The Incredibles (Disney)2004$261,441,580$334,274,000
218Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Bros.)2002$261,988,168$358,653,000
219The Amazing Spider-Man (Sony / Columbia)2012$262,030,663$261,372,000
220Shrek (DreamWorks)2001$267,665,130$376,152,000
221The Hangover (Warner Bros.)2009$277,322,696$293,592,000
222Meet the Fockers (Universal)2004$279,261,547$357,059,000
223The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (Lionsgate / Summit)2011$281,287,133$281,568,000
224The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Bros.)2003$281,553,328$370,736,000
225Home Alone (Fox)1990$285,761,269$537,665,000
226Monsters, Inc. (Disney)2001$289,762,882$393,497,000
227Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)2005$290,013,999$359,237,000
228The Empire Strikes Back (Fox)1980$290,271,915$770,863,000
229The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Disney)2005$291,710,571$361,339,000
230Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros.)2007$292,004,517$336,994,000
231The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (Lionsgate / Summit)2012$292,324,737$291,590,000
232Inception (Warner Bros.)2010$292,576,195$294,430,000
233Up (Disney)2009$293,003,689$310,194,000
234The Sixth Sense (Disney)1999$293,506,977$460,561,000
235Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Warner Bros.)2010$295,983,305$297,859,000
236The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit)2009$296,639,747$314,043,000
237The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Summit)2010$300,531,751$302,436,000
238Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros.)2009$301,959,187$319,674,000
239The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Warner Bros. / New Line)2012$303,003,568$302,242,000
240Skyfall (Sony / Columbia)2012$304,360,277$303,596,000
241Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Disney)2003$305,413,236$402,154,000
242Independence Day (Fox)1996$306,169,262$549,996,000
243Return of the Jedi (Fox)1983$309,306,996$740,495,000
244Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney)2007$309,420,379$357,093,000
245Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Fox)2002$310,676,344$425,306,000
246Iron Man 2 (Paramount)2010$312,128,345$314,106,000
247The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line)2001$314,776,383$442,233,000
248Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount)2008$317,101,243$350,666,000
249Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Warner Bros.)2001$317,575,047$446,292,000
250Iron Man (Paramount)2008$318,412,855$352,117,000
251Transformers (Paramount / DreamWorks)2007$319,246,139$368,432,000
252Shrek the Third (Paramount / DreamWorks)2007$322,719,455$372,441,000
253Forrest Gump (Paramount)1994$329,694,570$638,093,000
254Alice in Wonderland (2010) (Disney)2010$334,191,110$336,309,000
255Spider-Man 3 (Sony / Columbia)2007$336,530,590$388,380,000
256Iron Man 3 (Disney)2013$340,868,034$340,868,000
257The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line)2002$341,786,621$467,790,000
258Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount / DreamWorks)2011$352,390,543$352,835,000
259The Passion of the Christ (Newmarket)2004$370,773,682$474,045,000
260Spider-Man 2 (Sony / Columbia)2004$373,524,311$477,582,000
261The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line)2003$377,027,863$496,451,000
262Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Fox)2005$380,270,448$471,037,000
263Finding Nemo (Disney)2003$380,842,919$488,344,000
264Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Warner Bros.)2011$381,011,219$381,492,000
265Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount / DreamWorks)2009$402,111,347$425,702,000
266Jurassic Park (Universal)1993$402,367,670$730,111,000
267Spider-Man (Sony / Columbia)2002$403,706,983$552,660,000
268The Hunger Games (Lionsgate)2012$408,010,692$406,986,000
269Toy Story 3 (Disney)2010$415,004,880$417,635,000
270The Lion King (Disney)1994$422,783,937$724,677,000
271Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Disney)2006$423,315,199$513,149,000
272E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Universal)1982$435,110,890$1,109,233,000
273Shrek 2 (DreamWorks)2004$441,226,414$564,144,000
274The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.)2012$448,139,099$447,013,000
275Star Wars (Fox)1977$460,998,882$1,353,681,000
276Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Fox)1999$474,544,249$719,798,000
277The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)2008$534,858,444$591,309,000
278Marvel's The Avengers (Disney)2012$623,357,910$621,792,000
279Titanic (Paramount)1997$658,672,302$1,097,011,000
280Avatar (Fox)2009$760,507,625$801,503,000