DOMESTIC GROSSES Viewing Chart as of Jan. 1, 1990
#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500 Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 1 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $399,804,539 1982^ 2 Star Wars Fox $322,740,142 1977^ 3 Return of the Jedi Fox $263,835,740 1983^ 4 Jaws Uni. $260,000,000 1975 5 Batman WB $251,188,924 1989 6 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $242,374,454 1981^ 7 Ghostbusters Col. $238,632,124 1984^ 8 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $234,760,478 1984 9 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $222,674,266 1980^ 10 Back to the Future Uni. $210,609,762 1985 11 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $197,171,806 1989 12 The Exorcist WB $193,000,000 1973^ 13 Gone with the Wind MGM $191,926,347 1939^ 14 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $179,870,271 1984 15 Tootsie Col. $177,200,000 1982 16 Top Gun Par. $176,786,701 1986^ 17 Crocodile Dundee Par. $174,803,506 1986 18 Rain Man MGM $172,825,435 1988 19 Three Men and a Baby BV $167,780,960 1987 20 Grease Par. $159,978,870 1978^ 21 The Sound of Music Fox $158,671,368 1965 22 Fatal Attraction Par. $156,645,693 1987 23 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV $156,452,370 1988 24 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973 25 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $153,665,036 1987 26 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1984^ 27 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985 28 Lethal Weapon 2 WB $147,253,986 1989 29 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $143,291,015 1937^ 30 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^ 31 Platoon Orion $138,530,565 1986 32 Superman WB $134,218,018 1978 33 The Godfather Par. $133,698,921 1972^ 34 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $132,088,635 1977^ 35 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $130,724,172 1989 36 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $129,795,554 1982 37 Coming to America Par. $128,152,301 1988 38 Rocky IV UA $127,873,716 1985 39 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $126,737,428 1977 40 Rocky III UA $125,049,125 1982^ 41 Good Morning, Vietnam BV $123,922,370 1987 42 Blazing Saddles WB $119,500,000 1974 43 On Golden Pond Uni. $119,285,432 1981 44 Rocky UA $117,235,147 1976 45 The Towering Inferno Fox $116,000,000 1974 46 Look Who's Talking TriS $115,158,196 1989 47 The Karate Kid Part II Col. $115,103,979 1986 48 American Graffiti Uni. $115,000,000 1973 49 Big Fox $114,968,774 1988 50 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $112,892,319 1975 51 Ghostbusters II Col. $112,494,738 1989 52 Twins Uni. $111,938,388 1988 53 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965 54 Porky's Fox $111,289,673 1982^ 55 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. $109,713,132 1986 56 Crocodile Dundee II Par. $109,306,210 1988 57 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UA $108,981,275 1975 58 Terms of Endearment Par. $108,423,489 1983 59 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1981 60 Love Story Par. $106,397,186 1970 61 Kramer Vs. Kramer Col. $106,260,000 1979 62 The Graduate AVCO $104,642,560 1967^ 63 9 to 5 Fox $103,290,500 1980 64 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $102,308,889 1969 65 Mary Poppins Dis. $102,272,727 1964^ 66 Bambi RKO $102,247,150 1942^ 67 Stir Crazy Col. $101,300,000 1980 68 Airport Uni. $100,489,151 1970 69 The Color Purple WB $98,467,863 1985^ 70 The Jungle Book Dis. $97,197,993 1967^ 71 Dead Poets Society BV $95,860,116 1989 72 Parenthood Uni. $95,565,783 1989 73 Arthur WB $95,461,682 1981 74 Back to the Future Part II Uni. $95,235,655 1989 75 Saturday Night Fever Par. $94,213,184 1977 76 Lady and the Tramp Dis. $93,602,326 1955^ 77 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203 1983 78 When Harry Met Sally... Col. $92,823,546 1989 79 Back to School Orion $91,258,000 1986 80 The Karate Kid Col. $90,815,558 1984 81 Trading Places Par. $90,404,800 1983 82 Peter Pan Dis. $87,404,651 1953^ 83 Out of Africa Uni. $87,071,205 1985 84 The Amityville Horror AIP $86,432,000 1979 85 Young Frankenstein Fox $86,273,333 1974 86 Stripes Col. $85,297,000 1981 87 Every Which Way But Loose WB $85,196,485 1978 88 Rocky II UA $85,182,160 1979 89 Aliens Fox $85,160,248 1986 90 The Poseidon Adventure Fox $84,563,118 1972 91 101 Dalmatians Dis. $84,049,729 1961^ 92 Airplane! Par. $83,453,539 1980 93 Die Hard Fox $83,008,852 1988 94 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Par. $82,258,456 1979 95 Jaws 2 Uni. $81,766,007 1978^ 96 Heaven Can Wait (1978) Par. $81,640,278 1978 97 M.A.S.H. Fox $81,600,000 1970 98 Police Academy WB $81,198,894 1984 99 Moonstruck MGM $80,640,528 1987 100 Footloose Par. $80,035,402 1984
#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500
CHART NOTES E.T. was re-released in 1985 and a special edition was released in 2002. Clicking on these titles will display a breakdown of releases. Most of the pre-1980 movies listed on this chart had multiple, undocumented releases over the years.
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