DOMESTIC GROSSES Viewing Chart as of Sep. 17, 1991
#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 Home Alone Fox $285,761,243 1990 4 Return of the Jedi Fox $263,835,740 1983^ 5 Jaws Uni. $260,000,000 1975 6 Batman WB $251,188,924 1989 7 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $242,374,454 1981^ 8 Ghostbusters Col. $238,632,124 1984^ 9 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $234,760,478 1984 10 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $222,674,266 1980^ 11 Ghost Par. $217,631,306 1990 12 Back to the Future Uni. $210,609,762 1985 13 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $197,171,806 1989 14 The Exorcist WB $193,000,000 1973^ 15 Gone with the Wind MGM $191,926,347 1939^ 16 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriS $191,168,792 1991 17 Dances with Wolves Orion $184,208,848 1990 18 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $179,870,271 1984 19 Pretty Woman BV $178,406,268 1990 20 Tootsie Col. $177,200,000 1982 21 Top Gun Par. $176,786,701 1986^ 22 Crocodile Dundee Par. $174,803,506 1986 23 Rain Man MGM $172,825,435 1988 24 Three Men and a Baby BV $167,780,960 1987 25 Grease Par. $159,978,870 1978^ 26 The Sound of Music Fox $158,671,368 1965 27 Fatal Attraction Par. $156,645,693 1987 28 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV $156,452,370 1988 29 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973 30 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves WB $155,566,016 1991 31 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $153,665,036 1987 32 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1984^ 33 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985 34 Lethal Weapon 2 WB $147,253,986 1989 35 101 Dalmatians Dis. $144,880,014 1961^ 36 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $143,291,015 1937^ 37 The Jungle Book Dis. $141,843,612 1967^ 38 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^ 39 Look Who's Talking TriS $140,088,813 1989 40 Platoon Orion $138,530,565 1986 41 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL $135,265,915 1990 42 Superman WB $134,218,018 1978 43 The Godfather Par. $133,698,921 1972^ 44 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $132,088,635 1977^ 45 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $130,724,172 1989 46 The Silence of the Lambs Orion $130,433,755 1991 47 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $129,795,554 1982 48 Coming to America Par. $128,152,301 1988 49 Rocky IV UA $127,873,716 1985 50 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $126,737,428 1977 51 Rocky III UA $125,049,125 1982^ 52 Good Morning, Vietnam BV $123,922,370 1987 53 The Hunt for Red October Par. $122,012,643 1990 54 Blazing Saddles WB $119,500,000 1974 55 Total Recall Sony $119,394,840 1990^ 56 On Golden Pond Uni. $119,285,432 1981 57 Back to the Future Part II Uni. $118,450,002 1989 58 Die Hard 2: Die Harder Fox $117,540,947 1990 59 Rocky UA $117,235,147 1976 60 City Slickers Col. $116,014,390 1991 61 The Towering Inferno Fox $116,000,000 1974 62 The Karate Kid Part II Col. $115,103,979 1986 63 American Graffiti Uni. $115,000,000 1973 64 Big Fox $114,968,774 1988 65 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $112,892,319 1975 66 Ghostbusters II Col. $112,494,738 1989 67 Twins Uni. $111,938,388 1988 68 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965 69 Porky's Fox $111,289,673 1982^ 70 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. $109,713,132 1986 71 Crocodile Dundee II Par. $109,306,210 1988 72 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UA $108,981,275 1975 73 Terms of Endearment Par. $108,423,489 1983 74 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1981 75 Driving Miss Daisy WB $106,593,296 1989 76 Love Story Par. $106,397,186 1970 77 Kramer Vs. Kramer Col. $106,260,000 1979 78 The Graduate AVCO $104,642,560 1967^ 79 Dick Tracy BV $103,738,726 1990 80 9 to 5 Fox $103,290,500 1980 81 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $102,308,889 1969 82 Mary Poppins Dis. $102,272,727 1964^ 83 Bambi RKO $102,247,150 1942^ 84 Sleeping with the Enemy Fox $101,599,005 1991 85 Stir Crazy Col. $101,300,000 1980 86 Airport Uni. $100,489,151 1970 87 Parenthood Uni. $100,047,830 1989 88 The Color Purple WB $98,467,863 1985^ 89 Dead Poets Society BV $95,860,116 1989 90 Arthur WB $95,461,682 1981 91 Saturday Night Fever Par. $94,213,184 1977 92 Lady and the Tramp Dis. $93,602,326 1955^ 93 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203 1983 94 When Harry Met Sally... Col. $92,823,546 1989 95 Kindergarten Cop Uni. $91,457,688 1990 96 Back to School Orion $91,258,000 1986 97 The Karate Kid Col. $90,815,558 1984 98 Trading Places Par. $90,404,800 1983 99 Back to the Future Part III Uni. $87,727,583 1990 100 Peter Pan Dis. $87,404,651 1953^
#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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