DOMESTIC GROSSES Viewing Chart as of Sep. 8, 2002
#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500 Row Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 1 51 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $184,925,486 1937^ 2 44 Gone with the Wind MGM $198,676,459 1939^ 3 316 Pinocchio Dis. $84,254,167 1940^ 4 373 Fantasia Dis. $76,408,097 1941^ 5 235 Bambi RKO $102,247,150 1942^ 6 301 Peter Pan Dis. $87,404,651 1953^ 7 274 Lady and the Tramp Dis. $93,602,326 1955^ 8 478 The Ten Commandments Par. $65,500,000 1956 9 392 Ben-Hur MGM $74,000,000 1959 10 104 101 Dalmatians Dis. $144,880,014 1961^ 11 234 Mary Poppins Dis. $102,272,727 1964^ 12 403 My Fair Lady WB $72,000,000 1964 13 85 The Sound of Music Fox $158,671,368 1965 14 198 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965 15 495 Thunderball UA $63,595,658 1965 16 110 The Jungle Book Dis. $141,843,612 1967^ 17 225 The Graduate AVCO $104,901,839 1967^ 18 233 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $102,308,889 1969 19 220 Love Story Par. $106,397,186 1970 20 251 Airport Uni. $100,489,151 1970 21 335 M.A.S.H. Fox $81,600,000 1970 22 129 The Godfather Par. $134,966,411 1972^ 23 315 The Poseidon Adventure Fox $84,563,118 1972 24 472 What's Up, Doc? WB $66,000,000 1972 25 29 The Exorcist WB $232,671,011 1973^ 26 91 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973 27 187 American Graffiti Uni. $115,000,000 1973 28 171 Blazing Saddles WB $119,500,000 1974 29 183 The Towering Inferno Fox $116,000,000 1974 30 308 Young Frankenstein Fox $86,273,333 1974 31 349 Earthquake Uni. $79,666,653 1974 32 19 Jaws Uni. $260,000,000 1975 33 193 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $112,892,319 1975 34 204 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UA $108,981,275 1975 35 180 Rocky UA $117,235,147 1976 36 347 A Star Is Born (1976) WB $80,000,000 1976 37 423 All the President's Men WB $70,600,000 1976 38 2 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 1977^ 39 132 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $132,088,635 1977^ 40 149 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $126,737,428 1977 41 271 Saturday Night Fever Par. $94,213,184 1977 42 415 The Rescuers Dis. $71,215,869 1977^ 43 49 Grease Par. $188,389,888 1978^ 44 111 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^ 45 130 Superman WB $134,218,018 1978 46 311 Every Which Way But Loose WB $85,196,485 1978 47 333 Jaws 2 Uni. $81,766,007 1978^ 48 334 Heaven Can Wait (1978) Par. $81,640,278 1978 49 362 Hooper WB $78,000,000 1978 50 221 Kramer Vs. Kramer Col. $106,260,000 1979 51 306 The Amityville Horror AIP $86,432,000 1979 52 312 Rocky II UA $85,182,160 1979 53 322 Apocalypse Now MGM $83,471,511 1979^ 54 332 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Par. $82,258,456 1979 55 352 Alien Fox $78,944,891 1979^ 56 387 10 WB $74,865,517 1979 57 395 The Jerk Uni. $73,691,419 1979 58 427 Moonraker MGM $70,308,099 1979 59 480 The Muppet Movie AFD $65,200,000 1979 60 15 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $290,271,960 1980^ 61 228 9 to 5 Fox $103,290,500 1980 62 241 Stir Crazy Col. $101,300,000 1980 63 323 Airplane! Par. $83,453,539 1980 64 422 Any Which Way You Can WB $70,687,344 1980 65 434 Private Benjamin WB $69,847,348 1980 66 456 Coal Miner's Daughter Uni. $67,182,787 1980 67 471 Smokey and the Bandit II Uni. $66,132,626 1980 68 24 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $242,374,454 1981^ 69 173 On Golden Pond Uni. $119,285,432 1981 70 210 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1981 71 268 Arthur WB $95,461,682 1981 72 310 Stripes Col. $85,297,000 1981 73 401 The Cannonball Run Fox $72,179,579 1981 74 497 The Fox and the Hound BV $63,456,988 1981^ 75 3 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $435,110,554 1982^ 76 64 Tootsie Col. $177,200,000 1982 77 141 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $129,795,554 1982 78 155 Rocky III UA $125,049,125 1982^ 79 201 Porky's Fox $111,289,673 1982^ 80 353 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Par. $78,912,963 1982 81 354 48 HRS. Par. $78,868,508 1982 82 366 Poltergeist MGM $77,142,388 1982 83 437 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Uni. $69,701,637 1982 84 11 Return of the Jedi Fox $309,306,177 1983^ 85 207 Terms of Endearment Par. $108,423,489 1983 86 277 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203 1983 87 293 Trading Places Par. $90,404,800 1983 88 350 WarGames MGM $79,567,667 1983 89 451 Octopussy MGM $67,893,619 1983 90 453 Sudden Impact WB $67,642,693 1983 91 482 Staying Alive Par. $64,892,670 1983 92 483 Mr. Mom Fox $64,783,827 1983 93 496 Risky Business WB $63,541,777 1983 94 26 Ghostbusters Col. $238,632,124 1984^ 95 27 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $234,760,478 1984 96 62 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $179,870,271 1984 97 96 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1984^ 98 288 The Karate Kid Col. $90,815,558 1984 99 338 Police Academy WB $81,198,894 1984 100 346 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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