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This is a chart I found at Box Office Mojo. When you look for the all-time highest grossing movies, you run into a problem. You find things like “Jurassic Park,” “The Dark Knight,” and Shrek 2.” If this is what you’re after, check out Movie Web. But, if you’d like to know what made the most money after considering the inflation value of the dollar, then look at the list below. Movies are ranked according to the “Adjusted” column, with the actual “Gross” to the right. By the way, to see “The Dark Knight,” the second highest grossing film, would cost $7.20; in 1939 we could have seen “Gone with the Wind” for 23 cents.


Rank

Title

Studio

Adjusted

Gross

Year

1

Gone with the Wind

MGM

$377,823,500

$198,676,459

1939

2

Star Wars

Fox

$333,083,600

$460,998,007

1977

3

The Sound of Music

Fox

$266,316,800

$158,671,368

1965

4

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Uni.

$265,267,600

$435,110,554

1982

5

The Ten Commandments

Par.

$244,970,000

$65,500,000

1956

6

Titanic

Par.

$240,006,800

$600,788,188

1997

7

Jaws

Uni.

$239,507,400

$260,000,000

1975

8

Doctor Zhivago

MGM

$232,133,300

$111,721,910

1965

9

The Exorcist

WB

$206,763,400

$232,671,011

1973

10

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs

Dis.

$203,830,000

$184,925,486

1937

11

101 Dalmatians

Dis.

$186,845,300

$144,880,014

1961

12

The Empire Strikes Back

Fox

$183,597,800

$290,475,067

1980

13

Ben-Hur

MGM

$183,260,000

$74,000,000

1959

14

Return of the Jedi

Fox

$175,891,100

$309,306,177

1983

15

The Sting

Uni.

$166,697,100

$156,000,000

1973

16

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Par.

$164,825,300

$242,374,454

1981

17

Jurassic Park

Uni.

$161,204,900

$357,067,947

1993

18

The Graduate

AVCO

$160,018,500

$104,901,839

1967

19

Star Wars: Episode I

Fox

$158,624,300

$431,088,301

1999

20

Fantasia

Dis.

$155,291,300

$76,408,097

1941

21

The Godfather

Par.

$147,585,200

$134,966,411

1972

22

Forrest Gump

Par.

$146,880,300

$329,694,499

1994

23

Mary Poppins

Dis.

$146,200,000

$102,272,727

1964

24

The Lion King

BV

$144,423,500

$328,541,776

1994

25

Grease

Par.

$143,843,700

$188,389,888

1978

26

Thunderball

UA

$139,876,000

$63,595,658

1965

27

The Dark Knight

WB

$138,521,600

$533,345,358

2008

28

The Jungle Book

Dis.

$137,781,400

$141,843,612

1967

29

Sleeping Beauty

Dis.

$135,904,200

$51,600,000

1959

30

Shrek 2

DW

$132,865,200

$441,226,247

2004

31

Ghostbusters

Col.

$132,266,200

$238,632,124

1984

32

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Fox

$131,943,200

$102,308,889

1969

33

Love Story

Par.

$130,896,500

$106,397,186

1970

34

Spider-Man

Sony

$129,936,500

$403,706,375

2002

35

Independence Day

Fox

$129,532,800

$306,169,268

1996

36

Home Alone

Fox

$126,663,000

$285,761,243

1990

37

Pinocchio

Dis.

$126,044,200

$84,254,167

1940

38

Cleopatra (1963)

Fox

$125,633,100

$57,777,778

1963

39

Beverly Hills Cop

Par.

$125,570,500

$234,760,478

1984

40

Goldfinger

UA

$123,981,000

$51,081,062

1964

41

Airport

Uni.

$123,628,100

$100,489,151

1970

42

American Graffiti

Uni.

$122,885,700

$115,000,000

1973

43

The Robe

Fox

$122,400,000

$36,000,000

1953

44

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

BV

$120,855,000

$423,315,812

2006

45

Around the World in 80 Days

UA

$120,830,800

$42,000,000

1956

46

Bambi

RKO

$119,142,300

$102,247,150

1942

47

Blazing Saddles

WB

$118,235,500

$119,500,000

1974

48

Batman

WB

$117,725,100

$251,188,924

1989

49

The Bells of St. Mary’s

RKO

$117,333,300

$21,333,333

1945

50

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

NL

$115,076,300

$377,027,325

2003

51

The Towering Inferno

Fox

$114,772,500

$116,000,000

1974

52

Spider-Man 2

Sony

$112,496,900

$373,585,825

2004

53

My Fair Lady

WB

$112,200,000

$72,000,000

1964

54

The Greatest Show on Earth

Par.

$112,200,000

$36,000,000

1952

55

National Lampoon’s Animal House

Uni.

$111,994,800

$141,600,000

1978

56

The Passion of the Christ

NM

$111,648,100

$370,782,930

2004

57

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Fox

$110,937,000

$380,270,577

2005

58

Back to the Future

Uni.

$110,424,700

$210,609,762

1985

59

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

NL

$107,768,900

$341,786,758

2002

60

The Sixth Sense

BV

$107,673,000

$293,506,292

1999

61

Superman

WB

$107,259,700

$134,218,018

1978

62

Tootsie

Col.

$106,410,400

$177,200,000

1982

63

Smokey and the Bandit

Uni.

$106,277,600

$126,737,428

1977

64

Finding Nemo

BV

$105,351,100

$339,714,978

2003

65

West Side Story

MGM

$104,664,400

$43,656,822

1961

66

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

WB

$104,557,300

$317,575,550

2001

67

Lady and the Tramp

Dis.

$104,224,200

$93,602,326

1955

68

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Col.

$103,926,300

$132,088,635

1977

69

Lawrence of Arabia

Col.

$103,567,200

$44,824,144

1962

70

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Fox

$102,979,800

$112,892,319

1975

71

Rocky

UA

$102,924,800

$117,235,147

1976

72

The Best Years of Our Lives

RKO

$102,850,000

$23,650,000

1946

73

The Poseidon Adventure

Fox

$102,666,700

$84,563,118

1972

74

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship

NL

$102,296,300

$314,776,170

2001

75

Twister

WB

$102,266,800

$241,721,524

1996

76

Men in Black

Sony

$102,133,200

$250,690,539

1997

77

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Col.

$101,728,000

$27,200,000

1957

78

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

MGM

$100,747,000

$46,332,858

1963

79

Swiss Family Robinson

Dis.

$100,621,000

$40,356,000

1960

80

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

UA

$100,391,600

$108,981,275

1975

81

M.A.S.H.

Fox

$100,389,500

$81,600,000

1970

82

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Par.

$100,106,400

$179,870,271

1984

83

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Fox

$99,986,000

$310,676,740

2002

84

Mrs. Doubtfire

Fox

$98,519,800

$219,195,243

1993

85

Aladdin

BV

$98,067,200

$217,350,219

1992

86

Ghost

Par.

$96,240,000

$217,631,306

1990

87

Duel in the Sun

Selz.

$95,408,200

$20,408,163

1946

88

Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl

BV

$94,713,400

$305,413,918

2003

89

House of Wax

WB

$94,494,700

$23,750,000

1953

90

Rear Window

Par.

$94,163,400

$36,764,313

1954

91

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Uni.

$93,331,600

$229,086,679

1997

92

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Par.

$92,408,800

$197,171,806

1989

93

Spider-Man 3

Sony

$91,469,700

$336,530,303

2007

94

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

TriS

$90,987,400

$204,843,345

1991

95

Sergeant York

WB

$89,990,400

$16,361,885

1941

96

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Uni.

$89,959,800

$260,044,825

2000

97

Toy Story 2

BV

$89,454,300

$245,852,179

1999

98

Top Gun

Par.

$89,108,100

$176,786,701

1986

99

Shrek

DW

$88,433,500

$267,665,011

2001

100

Shrek the Third

P/DW

$87,716,000

$322,719,944

2007