DOMESTIC GROSSES
Viewing Chart as of Jan. 2, 1998
#1100 - #101200 - #201300 - #301400 - #401500 Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 201
Die Hard
Fox
$83,008,852
1988
202
Days of Thunder
Par.
$82,670,733
1990
203
Mr. Holland's Opus
BV
$82,569,971
1995
204
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Col.
$82,522,790
1992
205
Fried Green Tomatoes
Uni.
$82,418,501
1991
206
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Par.
$82,258,456
1979
207
Jaws 2
Uni.
$81,766,007
1978^
208
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Par.
$81,640,278
1978
209
M.A.S.H.
Fox
$81,600,000
1970
210
Police Academy
WB
$81,198,894
1984
211
While You Were Sleeping
BV
$81,057,016
1995
212
Congo
Par.
$81,022,101
1995
213
Another 48 HRS.
Par.
$80,818,974
1990
214
Moonstruck
MGM
$80,640,528
1987
215
Footloose
Par.
$80,035,402
1984
216
The Golden Child
Par.
$79,817,937
1986
217
Earthquake
Uni.
$79,666,653
1974
218
WarGames
MGM
$79,567,667
1983
219
Cape Fear
Uni.
$79,091,969
1991
220
Alien
Fox
$78,944,891
1979^
221
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Par.
$78,912,963
1982
222
48 HRS.
Par.
$78,868,508
1982
223
Apocalypse Now
MGM
$78,845,221
1979^
224
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Par.
$78,756,177
1988
225
Flubber
BV
$78,706,896
1997
226
The English Patient
Mira.
$78,676,425
1996
227
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
NL
$78,656,813
1991
228
Tomorrow Never Dies
MGM
$78,609,348
1997
229
Cocktail
BV
$78,222,753
1988
230
Scream 2
Dim.
$78,208,016
1997
231
Hooper
WB
$78,000,000
1978
232
Backdraft
Uni.
$77,868,585
1991
233
Free Willy
WB
$77,698,625
1993
234
Philadelphia
TriS
$77,446,440
1993
235
Poltergeist
MGM
$76,606,280
1982
236
Father of the Bride Part II
BV
$76,594,107
1995
237
Romancing the Stone
Fox
$76,572,238
1984
238
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Par.
$76,471,046
1984
239
Fantasia
Dis.
$76,408,097
1941^
240
The Untouchables
Par.
$76,270,454
1987
241
White Men Can't Jump
Fox
$76,253,806
1992
242
Cocoon
Fox
$76,113,124
1985
243
Conspiracy Theory
WB
$75,982,834
1997
244
The Jewel of the Nile
Fox
$75,973,200
1985
245
Star Trek: Generations
Par.
$75,671,125
1994
246
Braveheart
Par.
$75,609,945
1995
247
The Last of the Mohicans
Fox
$75,505,856
1992
248
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Par.
$74,888,996
1991
249
10
WB
$74,865,517
1979
250
The Prince of Tides
Col.
$74,787,599
1991
251
Oliver & Company
BV
$74,151,346
1988^
252
Ben-Hur
MGM
$74,000,000
1959
253
Beetlejuice
WB
$73,707,461
1988
254
The Jerk
Uni.
$73,691,419
1979
255
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sony
$72,586,134
1997
256
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
WB
$72,217,396
1994
257
The Cannonball Run
Fox
$72,179,579
1981
258
Get Shorty
MGM
$72,101,622
1995
259
My Fair Lady
WB
$72,000,000
1964
260
Ruthless People
BV
$71,624,879
1986
261
Three Men and a Little Lady
BV
$71,609,321
1990
262
Stargate
MGM
$71,567,262
1994
263
Grumpier Old Men
WB
$71,518,503
1995
264
The Bridges of Madison County
WB
$71,516,617
1995
265
Christmas Vacation
WB
$71,319,526
1989
266
The Rescuers
Dis.
$71,215,869
1977^
267
Turner & Hooch
BV
$71,079,915
1989
268
Bird on a Wire
Uni.
$70,978,012
1990
269
Groundhog Day
Col.
$70,906,973
1993
270
Broken Arrow (1996)
Fox
$70,770,147
1996
271
Any Which Way You Can
WB
$70,687,344
1980
272
All the President's Men
WB
$70,600,000
1976
273
Mortal Kombat
NL
$70,454,098
1995
274
JFK
WB
$70,405,498
1991
275
Moonraker
MGM
$70,308,099
1979
276
Grumpy Old Men
WB
$70,172,621
1993
277
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Par.
$70,136,369
1986
278
Boomerang
Par.
$70,052,444
1992
279
Born on the Fourth of July
Uni.
$70,001,698
1989
280
Private Benjamin
WB
$69,847,348
1980
281
Splash
BV
$69,821,334
1984
282
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Uni.
$69,701,637
1982
283
Nine Months
Fox
$69,684,532
1995
284
Hot Shots!
Fox
$69,467,617
1991
285
Cool Runnings
BV
$68,856,263
1993
286
Witness
Par.
$68,706,993
1985
287
Purple Rain
WB
$68,392,977
1984
288
Octopussy
MGM
$67,893,619
1983
289
Outbreak
WB
$67,659,560
1995
290
Sudden Impact
WB
$67,642,693
1983
291
Heat
WB
$67,436,818
1995
292
Coal Miner's Daughter
Uni.
$67,182,787
1980
293
Dante's Peak
Uni.
$67,127,760
1997
294
Waiting to Exhale
Fox
$67,052,156
1995
295
The Secret of My Success
Uni.
$66,995,879
1987
296
Uncle Buck
Uni.
$66,758,538
1989
297
The Godfather Part III
Par.
$66,666,062
1990
298
Legends of the Fall
Sony
$66,638,883
1994
299
Smokey and the Bandit II
Uni.
$66,132,626
1980
300
What's Up, Doc?
WB
$66,000,000
1972
#1100 - #101200 - #201300 - #301400 - #401500
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.
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