DOMESTIC GROSSES
Note: This chart only shows the top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Est. Tickets Unadjusted Gross Year^ 1 9 The Exorcist Warner Bros. 110,599,200 $232,906,145 1973^ 2 29 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. 74,455,400 $534,858,444 2008^ 3 49 Blazing Saddles Warner Bros. 63,227,500 $119,500,000 1974 4 50 Batman Warner Bros. 62,954,600 $251,188,924 1989 5 56 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. 60,000,000 $72,000,000 1964 6 63 The Dark Knight Rises Warner Bros. 57,601,400 $448,139,099 2012 7 65 Superman Warner Bros. 57,358,100 $134,218,018 1978 8 69 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Bros. 55,913,000 $317,575,550 2001 9 78 Twister Warner Bros. 54,688,100 $241,721,524 1996 10 95 House of Wax Warner Bros. 50,531,900 $23,750,000 1953 11 102 Sergeant York Warner Bros. 48,123,200 $16,361,885 1941 12 105 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Warner Bros. 47,989,900 $381,011,219 2011 13 109 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. 46,695,900 $281,576,461 2003 14 116 Gremlins Warner Bros. 45,482,200 $153,083,102 1984^ 15 119 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. 45,175,300 $290,013,036 2005 16 121 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. 44,915,900 $261,988,482 2002 17 122 The Fugitive Warner Bros. 44,397,300 $183,875,760 1993 18 139 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. 42,442,500 $292,004,738 2007 19 141 Batman Forever Warner Bros. 42,306,000 $184,031,112 1995 20 154 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. 40,471,100 $301,959,197 2009 21 156 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. 40,183,700 $249,541,069 2004 22 164 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Warner Bros. 39,309,700 $165,493,908 1991 23 168 Batman Returns Warner Bros. 39,236,600 $162,831,698 1992 24 170 Superman II Warner Bros. 38,915,700 $108,185,706 1981 25 172 What's Up, Doc? Warner Bros. 38,823,500 $66,000,000 1972 26 176 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Warner Bros. 37,835,200 $303,003,568 2012 27 182 A Star Is Born (1976) Warner Bros. 37,558,700 $80,000,000 1976 28 185 The Hangover Warner Bros. 37,165,900 $277,322,503 2009 29 186 Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros. 37,091,700 $147,253,986 1989 30 188 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Warner Bros. 36,989,200 $295,983,305 2010 31 189 Inception Warner Bros. 36,802,000 $292,576,195 2010 32 190 I Am Legend Warner Bros. 36,724,000 $256,393,010 2007 33 193 Every Which Way But Loose Warner Bros. 36,408,800 $85,196,485 1978 34 4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Universal 141,854,300 $435,110,554 1982^ 35 7 Jaws Universal 128,078,800 $260,000,000 1975 36 16 Jurassic Park Universal 91,922,000 $402,453,882 1993^ 37 19 The Sting Universal 89,142,900 $156,000,000 1973 38 43 Airport Universal 66,111,300 $100,489,151 1970 39 44 American Graffiti Universal 65,714,300 $115,000,000 1973 40 58 National Lampoon's Animal House Universal 59,890,300 $141,600,000 1978^ 41 61 Back to the Future Universal 59,050,700 $210,609,762 1985 42 67 Smokey and the Bandit Universal 56,832,900 $126,737,428 1977 43 97 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal 49,910,000 $229,086,679 1997 44 103 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Universal 48,106,800 $260,044,825 2000 45 126 Meet the Fockers Universal 44,173,000 $279,261,160 2004 46 137 Psycho Universal 42,666,700 $32,000,000 1960 47 143 Earthquake Universal 42,151,700 $79,666,653 1974 48 152 On Golden Pond Universal 40,584,300 $119,285,432 1981 49 155 Bruce Almighty Universal 40,270,200 $242,829,261 2003 50 160 Apollo 13 Universal 39,857,700 $173,837,933 1995^ 51 163 Liar Liar Universal 39,523,000 $181,410,615 1997 52 199 The Mummy Returns Universal 35,692,500 $202,019,785 2001 53 28 Thunderball United Artists 74,800,000 $63,595,658 1965 54 42 Goldfinger United Artists 66,300,000 $51,081,062 1964 55 47 Around the World in 80 Days United Artists 64,615,400 $42,000,000 1956 56 74 Rocky United Artists 55,040,000 $117,235,147 1976 57 84 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest United Artists 53,685,400 $108,981,275 1975 58 138 Rocky III United Artists 42,513,300 $125,049,125 1982^ 59 197 You Only Live Twice United Artists 35,904,000 $43,084,787 1967 60 101 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriStar 48,656,400 $204,843,345 1991 61 140 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriStar 42,370,500 $150,415,432 1985 62 171 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Summit Entertainment 38,910,100 $296,623,634 2009 63 178 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Summit Entertainment 37,802,700 $300,531,751 2010 64 196 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Summit Entertainment 35,912,900 $281,287,133 2011 65 36 Spider-Man Sony / Columbia 69,484,700 $403,706,375 2002 66 55 Spider-Man 2 Sony / Columbia 60,158,700 $373,585,825 2004 67 79 Men in Black Sony / Columbia 54,616,700 $250,690,539 1997 68 100 Spider-Man 3 Sony / Columbia 48,914,300 $336,530,303 2007 69 177 Skyfall Sony / Columbia 37,808,700 $304,360,277 2012 70 180 Air Force One Sony / Columbia 37,672,700 $172,956,409 1997 71 92 Duel in the Sun Selznick Releasing 51,020,400 $20,408,163 1946 72 48 Bambi RKO 63,712,400 $102,247,150 1942^ 73 51 The Bells of St. Mary's RKO 62,745,100 $21,333,333 1945 74 75 The Best Years of Our Lives RKO 55,000,000 $23,650,000 1946 75 81 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Paramount (DreamWorks) 53,900,900 $402,111,870 2009 76 108 Shrek the Third Paramount (DreamWorks) 46,907,000 $322,719,944 2007 77 110 Transformers Paramount (DreamWorks) 46,402,100 $319,246,193 2007 78 125 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Paramount (DreamWorks) 44,260,900 $352,390,543 2011 79 5 Titanic Paramount 135,474,500 $658,672,302 1997^ 80 6 The Ten Commandments Paramount 131,000,000 $65,500,000 1956 81 20 Raiders of the Lost Ark Paramount 88,526,800 $248,159,971 1981^ 82 23 The Godfather Paramount 78,922,600 $134,966,411 1972^ 83 24 Forrest Gump Paramount 78,545,600 $329,694,499 1994 84 26 Grease Paramount 76,969,200 $188,755,690 1978^ 85 35 Love Story Paramount 69,998,100 $106,397,186 1970 86 41 Beverly Hills Cop Paramount 67,150,000 $234,760,478 1984 87 57 The Greatest Show on Earth Paramount 60,000,000 $36,000,000 1952 88 86 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Paramount 53,532,800 $179,870,271 1984 89 91 Ghost Paramount 51,465,200 $217,631,306 1990 90 96 Rear Window Paramount 50,354,700 $36,764,313 1954^ 91 98 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount 49,416,500 $197,171,806 1989 92 104 Top Gun Paramount 48,025,100 $179,800,601 1986^ 93 111 Crocodile Dundee Paramount 46,202,500 $174,803,506 1986 94 124 Iron Man Paramount 44,345,800 $318,412,101 2008 95 127 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount 44,164,500 $317,101,119 2008 96 131 An Officer and a Gentleman Paramount 43,656,900 $129,795,554 1982 97 150 Mission: Impossible Paramount 40,946,100 $180,981,856 1996 98 151 Saturday Night Fever Paramount 40,604,700 $94,213,184 1977 99 158 Mission: Impossible II Paramount 39,964,700 $215,409,889 2000 100 162 Fatal Attraction Paramount 39,680,700 $156,645,693 1987 101 165 Beverly Hills Cop II Paramount 39,300,500 $153,665,036 1987 102 166 Iron Man 2 Paramount 39,299,800 $312,433,331 2010 103 174 The Firm Paramount 38,248,400 $158,348,367 1993 104 192 War of the Worlds Paramount 36,549,200 $234,280,354 2005 105 130 Dances with Wolves Orion Pictures 43,699,300 $184,208,848 1990 106 59 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket 59,704,800 $370,782,930 2004^ 107 52 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line 61,639,700 $377,845,905 2003^ 108 62 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line 57,725,300 $342,551,365 2002^ 109 77 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line 54,799,300 $315,544,750 2001^ 110 153 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me New Line 40,559,100 $206,040,086 1999 111 159 Rush Hour 2 New Line 39,958,400 $226,164,286 2001 112 191 Austin Powers in Goldmember New Line 36,713,900 $213,307,889 2002 113 1 Gone with the Wind MGM 202,044,600 $198,676,459 1939^ 114 8 Doctor Zhivago MGM 124,135,500 $111,721,910 1965 115 13 Ben-Hur MGM 98,000,000 $74,000,000 1959 116 68 West Side Story MGM 55,970,300 $43,656,822 1961 117 82 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World MGM 53,875,400 $46,332,858 1963 118 132 2001: A Space Odyssey MGM 43,336,500 $56,954,992 1968^ 119 133 Rain Man MGM 43,291,700 $172,825,435 1988 120 112 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Metro Pictures Corporation 45,918,400 $9,183,673 1921 121 194 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Lionsgate/Summit 36,313,600 $292,324,737 2012 122 93 The Hunger Games Lionsgate 50,838,300 $408,010,692 2012 123 149 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC 41,419,500 $241,438,208 2002 124 2 Star Wars Fox 178,119,600 $460,998,007 1977^ 125 3 The Sound of Music Fox 142,415,400 $158,671,368 1965 126 12 The Empire Strikes Back Fox 98,180,600 $290,475,067 1980^ 127 14 Avatar Fox 97,255,300 $760,507,625 2009^ 128 15 Return of the Jedi Fox 94,059,400 $309,306,177 1983^ 129 17 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox 90,312,100 $474,544,677 1999^ 130 34 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox 70,557,900 $102,308,889 1969 131 37 Independence Day Fox 69,268,900 $306,169,268 1996^ 132 38 Home Alone Fox 67,734,200 $285,761,243 1990 133 40 Cleopatra (1963) Fox 67,183,500 $57,777,778 1963 134 45 The Robe Fox 65,454,500 $36,000,000 1953 135 54 The Towering Inferno Fox 61,375,700 $116,000,000 1974 136 60 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox 59,324,600 $380,270,577 2005^ 137 73 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox 55,069,400 $112,892,319 1975 138 76 The Poseidon Adventure Fox 54,902,000 $84,563,118 1972 139 85 M.A.S.H. Fox 53,684,200 $81,600,000 1970 140 87 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox 53,468,500 $310,676,740 2002^ 141 88 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox 52,684,400 $219,195,243 1993 142 114 Young Frankenstein Fox 45,647,300 $86,273,333 1974 143 146 Cast Away Fox 41,894,200 $233,632,142 2000 144 147 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Fox 41,849,600 $173,585,516 1992 145 161 Patton Fox 39,838,600 $61,749,765 1970 146 173 9 to 5 Fox 38,398,000 $103,290,500 1980 147 179 Porky's Fox 37,722,200 $111,289,673 1982^ 148 183 There's Something About Mary Fox 37,478,600 $176,484,651 1998 149 187 Night at the Museum Fox 37,041,600 $250,863,268 2006 150 198 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox 35,780,500 $234,362,462 2006 151 200 X2: X-Men United Fox 35,646,700 $214,949,694 2003 152 32 Shrek 2 DreamWorks 71,050,900 $441,226,247 2004 153 107 Shrek DreamWorks 47,290,600 $267,665,011 2001 154 113 Saving Private Ryan DreamWorks 45,747,100 $216,540,909 1998 155 10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Disney 109,000,000 $184,925,486 1937^ 156 11 101 Dalmatians Disney 99,917,300 $144,880,014 1961^ 157 22 Fantasia Disney 83,043,500 $76,408,097 1941^ 158 25 Mary Poppins Disney 78,181,800 $102,272,727 1964^ 159 30 The Jungle Book Disney 73,679,900 $141,843,612 1967^ 160 31 Sleeping Beauty Disney 72,676,100 $51,600,000 1959^ 161 39 Pinocchio Disney 67,403,300 $84,254,167 1940^ 162 70 Lady and the Tramp Disney 55,734,900 $93,602,326 1955^ 163 83 Swiss Family Robinson Disney 53,808,000 $40,356,000 1960 164 115 Peter Pan Disney 45,623,500 $87,404,651 1953^ 165 195 The Love Bug Disney 36,101,400 $51,264,000 1969 166 33 Ghostbusters Columbia 70,730,600 $238,632,124 1984^ 167 66 Tootsie Columbia 56,903,900 $177,200,000 1982 168 71 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Columbia 55,575,500 $132,088,635 1977^ 169 72 Lawrence of Arabia Columbia 55,383,600 $44,824,144 1962^ 170 80 The Bridge on the River Kwai Columbia 54,400,000 $27,200,000 1957 171 123 The Caine Mutiny Columbia 44,387,800 $21,750,000 1954 172 134 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Columbia 43,257,000 $56,666,667 1967 173 135 Kramer Vs. Kramer Columbia 43,020,200 $106,260,000 1979 174 157 Funny Girl Columbia 40,039,500 $52,223,306 1968^ 175 181 Stir Crazy Columbia 37,658,000 $101,300,000 1980 176 18 The Lion King Buena Vista 89,146,400 $422,783,777 1994^ 177 27 Marvel's The Avengers Buena Vista 76,768,200 $623,357,910 2012 178 46 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista 64,628,400 $423,315,812 2006 179 53 Finding Nemo Buena Vista 61,623,900 $380,843,261 2003^ 180 64 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista 57,579,100 $293,506,292 1999 181 89 Aladdin Buena Vista 52,442,300 $217,350,219 1992 182 90 Toy Story 3 Buena Vista 52,201,900 $415,004,880 2010 183 94 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Buena Vista 50,648,900 $305,413,918 2003 184 99 Monsters, Inc. Buena Vista 49,354,800 $289,916,256 2001^ 185 106 Toy Story 2 Buena Vista 47,836,500 $245,852,179 1999^ 186 117 Beauty and the Beast Buena Vista 45,363,700 $218,967,620 1991^ 187 118 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Buena Vista 45,176,200 $291,710,957 2005 188 120 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Buena Vista 44,973,900 $309,420,425 2007 189 128 Toy Story Buena Vista 43,868,300 $191,796,233 1995^ 190 129 Iron Man 3 Buena Vista 43,839,100 $348,082,524 2013 191 136 Armageddon Buena Vista 42,980,400 $201,578,182 1998 192 142 Pretty Woman Buena Vista 42,176,400 $178,406,268 1990 193 144 Alice in Wonderland (2010) Buena Vista 42,036,600 $334,191,110 2010 194 145 The Incredibles Buena Vista 42,030,000 $261,441,092 2004 195 148 Three Men and a Baby Buena Vista 41,703,800 $167,780,960 1987 196 167 Up Buena Vista 39,273,800 $293,004,164 2009 197 169 Signs Buena Vista 39,233,600 $227,966,634 2002 198 175 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Buena Vista 38,066,300 $156,452,370 1988 199 184 Cars Buena Vista 37,264,600 $244,082,982 2006 200 21 The Graduate AVCO Embassy 85,576,700 $104,945,305 1967^
CHART NOTES
^ Indicates documented multiple theatrical releases. Most of the pre-1980 movies listed on this chart had multiple undocumentented releases over the years. The year shown is the first year of release.
Most pre-1980 pictures achieved their totals through multiple releases, especially Disney animated features which made much of their totals in the past few decades belying their original release dates in terms of adjustment. For example, Snow White has made $118,328,683 of its unadjusted $184,925,486 total since 1983. Click here for a full discussion of adjusting for movie ticket price inflation .
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