DOMESTIC GROSSES
Viewing Chart as of Oct. 1, 1985
#1100 - #101200 - #201300 - #301400 - #401499 Row Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 401
99
Thunderball
UA
$63,595,658
1965
402
98
Mr. Mom
Fox
$64,783,827
1983
403
97
Staying Alive
Par.
$64,892,670
1983
404
96
The Muppet Movie
AFD
$65,200,000
1979
405
95
Pinocchio
Dis.
$65,390,608
1940^
406
94
The Ten Commandments
Par.
$65,500,000
1956
407
93
What's Up, Doc?
WB
$66,000,000
1972
408
92
Smokey and the Bandit II
Uni.
$66,132,626
1980
409
91
Coal Miner's Daughter
Uni.
$67,182,787
1980
410
90
Sudden Impact
WB
$67,642,693
1983
411
89
Octopussy
MGM
$67,893,619
1983
412
88
Purple Rain
WB
$68,392,977
1984
413
87
Witness
Par.
$68,706,993
1985
414
86
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Uni.
$69,701,637
1982
415
85
Splash
BV
$69,821,334
1984
416
84
Private Benjamin
WB
$69,847,348
1980
417
83
Moonraker
MGM
$70,308,099
1979
418
82
All the President's Men
WB
$70,600,000
1976
419
81
Any Which Way You Can
WB
$70,687,344
1980
420
80
My Fair Lady
WB
$72,000,000
1964
421
79
The Cannonball Run
Fox
$72,179,579
1981
422
78
The Jerk
Uni.
$73,691,419
1979
423
77
Ben-Hur
MGM
$74,000,000
1959
424
76
10
WB
$74,865,517
1979
425
75
Cocoon
Fox
$75,011,861
1985
426
74
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Par.
$76,471,046
1984
427
73
Romancing the Stone
Fox
$76,572,238
1984
428
72
Poltergeist
MGM
$76,606,280
1982
429
71
Hooper
WB
$78,000,000
1978
430
70
Apocalypse Now
MGM
$78,784,010
1979^
431
69
48 HRS.
Par.
$78,868,508
1982
432
68
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Par.
$78,912,963
1982
433
67
Alien
Fox
$78,944,891
1979^
434
66
WarGames
MGM
$79,567,667
1983
435
65
Earthquake
Uni.
$79,666,653
1974
436
64
Footloose
Par.
$80,035,402
1984
437
63
Police Academy
WB
$81,198,894
1984
438
62
M.A.S.H.
Fox
$81,600,000
1970
439
61
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Par.
$81,640,278
1978
440
60
Jaws 2
Uni.
$81,766,007
1978^
441
59
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Par.
$82,258,456
1979
442
58
Airplane!
Par.
$83,453,539
1980
443
57
The Poseidon Adventure
Fox
$84,563,118
1972
444
56
Rocky II
UA
$85,182,160
1979
445
55
Every Which Way But Loose
WB
$85,196,485
1978
446
54
Stripes
Col.
$85,297,000
1981
447
53
Young Frankenstein
Fox
$86,273,333
1974
448
52
The Amityville Horror
AIP
$86,432,000
1979
449
51
Trading Places
Par.
$90,404,800
1983
450
50
The Karate Kid
Col.
$90,815,558
1984
451
49
Flashdance
Par.
$92,921,203
1983
452
48
Saturday Night Fever
Par.
$94,213,184
1977
453
47
Arthur
WB
$95,461,682
1981
454
46
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Dis.
$96,696,803
1937^
455
45
The Jungle Book
Dis.
$97,197,993
1967^
456
44
Airport
Uni.
$100,489,151
1970
457
43
Stir Crazy
Col.
$101,300,000
1980
458
42
Mary Poppins
Dis.
$102,272,727
1964^
459
41
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Fox
$102,308,889
1969
460
40
9 to 5
Fox
$103,290,500
1980
461
39
The Graduate
AVCO
$104,642,560
1967^
462
38
Kramer Vs. Kramer
Col.
$106,260,000
1979
463
37
Love Story
Par.
$106,397,186
1970
464
36
Superman II
WB
$108,185,706
1981
465
35
Terms of Endearment
Par.
$108,423,489
1983
466
34
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
UA
$108,981,275
1975
467
33
Porky's
Fox
$111,289,673
1982^
468
32
Doctor Zhivago
MGM
$111,721,910
1965
469
31
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Fox
$112,892,319
1975
470
30
American Graffiti
Uni.
$115,000,000
1973
471
29
The Towering Inferno
Fox
$116,000,000
1974
472
28
Rocky
UA
$117,235,147
1976
473
27
On Golden Pond
Uni.
$119,285,432
1981
474
26
Blazing Saddles
WB
$119,500,000
1974
475
25
Rocky III
UA
$125,049,125
1982^
476
24
Smokey and the Bandit
Uni.
$126,737,428
1977
477
23
An Officer and a Gentleman
Par.
$129,795,554
1982
478
22
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Col.
$132,088,635
1977^
479
21
The Godfather
Par.
$133,698,921
1972^
480
20
Superman
WB
$134,218,018
1978
481
19
National Lampoon's Animal House
Uni.
$141,600,000
1978^
482
18
Rambo: First Blood Part II
TriS
$149,005,286
1985
483
17
Gremlins
WB
$153,083,102
1984^
484
16
Back to the Future
Uni.
$155,659,395
1985
485
15
The Sting
Uni.
$156,000,000
1973
486
14
The Sound of Music
Fox
$158,671,368
1965
487
13
Grease
Par.
$159,978,870
1978^
488
12
Tootsie
Col.
$177,200,000
1982
489
11
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Par.
$179,870,271
1984
490
10
Gone with the Wind
MGM
$189,523,031
1939^
491
9
The Exorcist
WB
$193,000,000
1973^
492
8
The Empire Strikes Back
Fox
$222,674,266
1980^
493
7
Beverly Hills Cop
Par.
$234,760,478
1984
494
6
Ghostbusters
Col.
$237,803,038
1984^
495
5
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Par.
$242,374,454
1981^
496
4
Jaws
Uni.
$260,000,000
1975
497
3
Return of the Jedi
Fox
$263,835,740
1983^
498
2
Star Wars
Fox
$322,740,142
1977^
499
1
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Uni.
$399,804,539
1982^
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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.
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