All Time Domestic Box Office Results

All Time Box Office

DOMESTIC GROSSES
Viewing Chart as of Dec. 17, 1985

#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500

Data as of: or ( / / )

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	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Par.	$242,374,454	1981^
6	Ghostbusters	Col.	$238,632,124	1984^
7	Beverly Hills Cop	Par.	$234,760,478	1984
8	The Empire Strikes Back	Fox	$222,674,266	1980^
9	The Exorcist	WB	$193,000,000	1973^
10	Gone with the Wind	MGM	$189,523,031	1939^
11	Back to the Future	Uni.	$185,950,536	1985
12	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Par.	$179,870,271	1984
13	Tootsie	Col.	$177,200,000	1982
14	Grease	Par.	$159,978,870	1978^
15	The Sound of Music	Fox	$158,671,368	1965
16	The Sting	Uni.	$156,000,000	1973
17	Gremlins	WB	$153,083,102	1984^
18	Rambo: First Blood Part II	TriS	$150,415,432	1985
19	National Lampoon's Animal House	Uni.	$141,600,000	1978^
20	Superman	WB	$134,218,018	1978
21	The Godfather	Par.	$133,698,921	1972^
22	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Col.	$132,088,635	1977^
23	An Officer and a Gentleman	Par.	$129,795,554	1982
24	Smokey and the Bandit	Uni.	$126,737,428	1977
25	Rocky III	UA	$125,049,125	1982^
26	Blazing Saddles	WB	$119,500,000	1974
27	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$119,285,432	1981
28	Rocky	UA	$117,235,147	1976
29	The Towering Inferno	Fox	$116,000,000	1974
30	American Graffiti	Uni.	$115,000,000	1973
31	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Fox	$112,892,319	1975
32	Doctor Zhivago	MGM	$111,721,910	1965
33	Porky's	Fox	$111,289,673	1982^
34	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	UA	$108,981,275	1975
35	Terms of Endearment	Par.	$108,423,489	1983
36	Superman II	WB	$108,185,706	1981
37	Love Story	Par.	$106,397,186	1970
38	Kramer Vs. Kramer	Col.	$106,260,000	1979
39	The Graduate	AVCO	$104,642,560	1967^
40	9 to 5	Fox	$103,290,500	1980
41	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Fox	$102,308,889	1969
42	Mary Poppins	Dis.	$102,272,727	1964^
43	Stir Crazy	Col.	$101,300,000	1980
44	Airport	Uni.	$100,489,151	1970
45	The Jungle Book	Dis.	$97,197,993	1967^
46	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Dis.	$96,696,803	1937^
47	Arthur	WB	$95,461,682	1981
48	Saturday Night Fever	Par.	$94,213,184	1977
49	Flashdance	Par.	$92,921,203	1983
50	The Karate Kid	Col.	$90,815,558	1984
51	Trading Places	Par.	$90,404,800	1983
52	The Amityville Horror	AIP	$86,432,000	1979
53	Young Frankenstein	Fox	$86,273,333	1974
54	Stripes	Col.	$85,297,000	1981
55	Every Which Way But Loose	WB	$85,196,485	1978
56	Rocky II	UA	$85,182,160	1979
57	The Poseidon Adventure	Fox	$84,563,118	1972
58	Airplane!	Par.	$83,453,539	1980
59	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Par.	$82,258,456	1979
60	Jaws 2	Uni.	$81,766,007	1978^
61	Heaven Can Wait (1978)	Par.	$81,640,278	1978
62	M.A.S.H.	Fox	$81,600,000	1970
63	Police Academy	WB	$81,198,894	1984
64	Footloose	Par.	$80,035,402	1984
65	Earthquake	Uni.	$79,666,653	1974
66	WarGames	MGM	$79,567,667	1983
67	Alien	Fox	$78,944,891	1979^
68	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Par.	$78,912,963	1982
69	48 HRS.	Par.	$78,868,508	1982
70	Apocalypse Now	MGM	$78,784,010	1979^
71	Hooper	WB	$78,000,000	1978
72	Poltergeist	MGM	$76,606,280	1982
73	Romancing the Stone	Fox	$76,572,238	1984
74	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Par.	$76,471,046	1984
75	Cocoon	Fox	$76,113,124	1985
76	10	WB	$74,865,517	1979
77	Ben-Hur	MGM	$74,000,000	1959
78	The Jerk	Uni.	$73,691,419	1979
79	The Cannonball Run	Fox	$72,179,579	1981
80	My Fair Lady	WB	$72,000,000	1964
81	Any Which Way You Can	WB	$70,687,344	1980
82	All the President's Men	WB	$70,600,000	1976
83	Moonraker	MGM	$70,308,099	1979
84	Private Benjamin	WB	$69,847,348	1980
85	Splash	BV	$69,821,334	1984
86	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Uni.	$69,701,637	1982
87	Witness	Par.	$68,706,993	1985
88	Purple Rain	WB	$68,392,977	1984
89	Octopussy	MGM	$67,893,619	1983
90	Sudden Impact	WB	$67,642,693	1983
91	Coal Miner's Daughter	Uni.	$67,182,787	1980
92	Smokey and the Bandit II	Uni.	$66,132,626	1980
93	What's Up, Doc?	WB	$66,000,000	1972
94	The Ten Commandments	Par.	$65,500,000	1956
95	Pinocchio	Dis.	$65,390,608	1940^
96	The Muppet Movie	AFD	$65,200,000	1979
97	Staying Alive	Par.	$64,892,670	1983
98	Mr. Mom	Fox	$64,783,827	1983
99	Thunderball	UA	$63,595,658	1965
100	Risky Business	WB	$63,541,777	1983

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CHART NOTES
^ Indicates movie made its gross over multiple releases, e.g., 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.