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Lifetime Gross Total (103): $6,149,947,905 Average: $59,708,232 Opening Gross Average (76): $13,543,235 (Wide Releases Only) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Adjusted Gross | Unadjusted Gross | Release |
| 1 | Titanic | Par. | $1,075,667,300 | $658,672,302 | 12/19/97 |
| 2 | Avatar | Fox | $772,206,800 | $760,507,625 | 12/18/09 |
| 3 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Uni. | $381,968,200 | $260,044,825 | 11/17/00 |
| 4 | Apollo 13 | Uni. | $316,470,400 | $173,837,933 | 6/30/95 |
| 5 | The Perfect Storm | WB | $269,014,900 | $182,618,434 | 6/30/00 |
| 6 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Sony | $267,419,500 | $262,030,663 | 7/3/12 |
| 7 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | BV | $261,448,300 | $130,724,172 | 6/23/89 |
| 8 | Ransom | BV | $244,225,800 | $136,492,681 | 11/8/96 |
| 9 | Deep Impact | Par. | $237,801,600 | $140,464,664 | 5/8/98 |
| 10 | A Beautiful Mind | Uni. | $233,552,900 | $170,742,341 | 12/21/01 |
| 11 | Clear and Present Danger | Par. | $232,098,200 | $122,187,717 | 8/5/94 |
| 12 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Par. | $213,118,700 | $78,912,963 | 6/4/82 |
| 13 | 48 HRS. | Par. | $202,438,300 | $78,868,508 | 12/10/82 |
| 14 | The Pelican Brief | WB | $192,290,700 | $100,768,056 | 12/17/93 |
| 15 | Casper | Uni. | $183,127,800 | $100,328,194 | 5/26/95 |
| 16 | Aliens | Fox | $182,256,700 | $85,160,248 | 7/18/86 |
| 17 | Jumanji | Sony | $181,640,500 | $100,475,249 | 12/15/95 |
| 18 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Par. | $180,708,400 | $76,471,046 | 6/1/84 |
| 19 | The Karate Kid | Sony | $176,369,500 | $176,591,618 | 6/11/10 |
| 20 | Troy | WB | $170,535,200 | $133,378,256 | 5/14/04 |
| 21 | Cocoon | Fox | $170,236,100 | $76,113,124 | 6/21/85 |
| 22 | Patriot Games | Par. | $159,472,700 | $83,351,587 | 6/5/92 |
| 23 | The Mask of Zorro | Sony | $158,537,300 | $94,095,523 | 7/17/98 |
| 24 | Another 48 HRS. | Par. | $151,702,800 | $80,818,974 | 6/8/90 |
| 25 | Braveheart | Par. | $137,761,400 | $75,609,945 | 5/24/95 |
| 26 | Field of Dreams | Uni. | $128,863,300 | $64,431,625 | 4/21/89 |
| 27 | Legends of the Fall | Sony | $121,650,700 | $66,638,883 | 12/23/94 |
| 28 | Flightplan | BV | $111,101,700 | $89,707,299 | 9/23/05 |
| 29 | Willow | MGM | $110,638,100 | $57,269,863 | 5/20/88 |
| 30 | Unlawful Entry | Fox | $109,320,800 | $57,138,719 | 6/26/92 |
| 31 | Courage Under Fire | Fox | $106,042,200 | $59,031,057 | 7/12/96 |
| 32 | An American Tail | Uni. | $99,505,300 | $47,483,002 | 11/21/86 |
| 33 | Sneakers | Uni. | $98,403,700 | $51,432,691 | 9/11/92 |
| 34 | The Land Before Time | Uni. | $93,850,600 | $48,092,846 | 11/18/88 |
| 35 | Bicentennial Man | BV | $88,585,700 | $58,223,861 | 12/17/99 |
| 36 | The Rocketeer | BV | $88,083,200 | $46,704,056 | 6/21/91 |
| 37 | The Forgotten | SonR | $85,835,800 | $67,133,509 | 9/24/04 |
| 38 | Mighty Joe Young | BV | $81,740,600 | $50,632,037 | 12/25/98 |
| 39 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Par. | $78,731,000 | $71,195,053 | 2/14/08 |
| 40 | Commando | Fox | $78,505,300 | $35,100,000 | 10/4/85 |
| 41 | The Devil's Own | Sony | $74,155,700 | $42,868,348 | 3/28/97 |
| 42 | Uncommon Valor | Par. | $73,613,300 | $30,503,151 | 12/16/83 |
| 43 | Enemy at the Gates | Par. | $72,107,800 | $51,401,758 | 3/16/01 |
| 44 | Radio | SonR | $68,867,700 | $52,333,738 | 10/24/03 |
| 45 | Red Heat | TriS | $67,605,200 | $34,994,648 | 6/17/88 |
| 46 | * batteries not included | Uni. | $65,096,000 | $32,945,797 | 12/18/87 |
| 47 | Apocalypto | BV | $60,993,900 | $50,866,635 | 12/8/06 |
| 48 | The Legend of Zorro | Sony | $57,525,900 | $46,464,023 | 10/28/05 |
| 49 | Windtalkers | MGM | $55,913,500 | $40,914,068 | 6/14/02 |
| 50 | Glory | TriS | $50,387,600 | $26,828,365 | 12/14/89 |
| 51 | The Man Without a Face | WB | $47,487,200 | $24,760,338 | 8/27/93 |
| 52 | Class Action | Fox | $45,787,700 | $24,277,858 | 3/15/91 |
| 53 | Volunteers | TriS | $44,454,500 | $19,875,740 | 8/16/85 |
| 54 | Dad | Uni. | $44,206,100 | $22,103,037 | 10/27/89 |
| 55 | Thunderheart | TriS | $43,355,800 | $22,660,758 | 4/3/92 |
| 56 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Uni. | $42,036,100 | $22,166,041 | 11/22/91 |
| 57 | Krull | Col. | $41,639,500 | $16,519,460 | 7/29/83 |
| 58 | Gorky Park | Orion | $38,223,500 | $15,856,028 | 12/16/83 |
| 59 | Project X (1987) | Fox | $37,633,300 | $18,532,286 | 4/17/87 |
| 60 | Cocoon: The Return | Fox | $36,843,200 | $18,924,919 | 11/23/88 |
| 61 | The Missing | SonR | $35,519,600 | $27,011,180 | 11/26/03 |
| 62 | I Love You to Death | TriS | $30,383,700 | $16,186,793 | 4/6/90 |
| 63 | Wolfen | WB | $30,351,200 | $10,626,725 | 7/24/81 |
| 64 | Once Around | Uni. | $28,008,900 | $14,851,083 | 1/18/91 |
| 65 | The Pagemaster | Fox | $25,967,800 | $13,670,688 | 11/23/94 |
| 66 | Brainstorm | MGM | $25,759,500 | $10,219,460 | 9/30/83 |
| 67 | The Four Feathers | Par. | $25,017,400 | $18,306,166 | 9/20/02 |
| 68 | A Far Off Place | BV | $24,722,800 | $12,890,752 | 3/12/93 |
| 69 | Deadly Blessing | MGM | $23,645,900 | $8,279,042 | 8/14/81 |
| 70 | The Spitfire Grill | Sony | $22,739,400 | $12,658,486 | 8/23/96 |
| 71 | The Journey of Natty Gann | BV | $21,713,900 | $9,708,373 | 9/27/85 |
| 72 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | BV | $21,173,300 | $8,400,000 | 4/29/83 |
| 73 | Balto | Uni. | $20,488,400 | $11,348,324 | 12/22/95 |
| 74 | Jade | Par. | $17,982,000 | $9,851,610 | 10/13/95 |
| 75 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Uni. | $17,868,900 | $9,317,021 | 11/24/93 |
| 76 | House of Sand and Fog | DW | $16,676,600 | $13,040,288 | 12/19/03 |
| 77 | The New World | NL | $15,412,400 | $12,712,093 | 12/25/05 |
| 78 | The Name of the Rose | Fox | $15,309,600 | $7,153,487 | 9/26/86 |
| 79 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Par. | $13,936,000 | $7,266,383 | 8/13/93 |
| 80 | Heaven Help Us | MGM | $13,578,100 | $6,070,794 | 2/8/85 |
| 81 | Once Upon a Forest | Fox | $12,623,600 | $6,582,052 | 6/18/93 |
| 82 | The Dresser | Col. | $12,549,800 | $5,310,748 | 12/9/83 |
| 83 | Swing Kids | BV | $10,801,600 | $5,632,086 | 3/5/93 |
| 84 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | Uni. | $10,573,400 | $3,702,028 | 11/13/81 |
| 85 | Off Beat | BV | $10,364,300 | $4,842,778 | 4/11/86 |
| 86 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Mira. | $10,003,700 | $9,046,156 | 11/7/08 |
| 87 | Jack the Bear | Fox | $9,869,000 | $5,145,823 | 4/2/93 |
| 88 | All the King's Men | Sony | $8,754,000 | $7,221,458 | 9/22/06 |
| 89 | Iris | Mira. | $7,645,700 | $5,594,617 | 12/14/01 |
| 90 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | Sony | $7,525,500 | $4,189,233 | 10/18/96 |
| 91 | In Country | WB | $7,063,900 | $3,531,971 | 9/15/89 |
| 92 | The Hand | WB | $6,990,600 | $2,447,576 | 4/24/81 |
| 93 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Gold. | $6,796,400 | $3,603,615 | 3/1/91 |
| 94 | Beyond Borders | Par. | $5,833,300 | $4,430,101 | 10/24/03 |
| 95 | For Greater Glory | ArcEnt | $5,547,100 | $5,672,846 | 6/1/12 |
| 96 | Testament | Par. | $5,154,400 | $2,044,892 | 11/4/83 |
| 97 | Vibes | Col. | $3,639,300 | $1,883,811 | 8/5/88 |
| 98 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | FFn. | $3,444,600 | $2,694,071 | 4/30/04 |
| 99 | Where the River Runs Black | MGM | $1,447,100 | $676,166 | 9/19/86 |
| 100 | House of Cards | Mira. | $619,200 | $322,871 | 6/25/93 |
| 101 | The Stone Boy | Fox | $616,800 | $261,033 | 4/6/84 |
| 102 | Bopha! | Par. | $407,500 | $212,483 | 9/24/93 |
| 103 | The Chumscrubber | NM | $65,200 | $52,597 | 8/5/05 |
Adjusted Total: $9,895,453,000
Average: $96,072,400
Worldwide (Unadjusted)
| Title (click to view) | Studio | Worldwide | Domestic / % | Overseas / % | Year | ||
| Avatar | Fox | $2,771.5 | $749.8 | 27.1% | $2,021.8 | 72.9% | 2009 |
| Titanic | Par. | $2,127.5 | $600.8 | 28.2% | $1,526.7 | 71.8% | 1997 |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Sony | $752.2 | $262.0 | 34.8% | $490.2 | 65.2% | 2012 |
| Troy | WB | $497.4 | $133.4 | 26.8% | $364.0 | 73.2% | 2004 |
| The Karate Kid | Sony | $359.1 | $176.6 | 49.2% | $182.5 | 50.8% | 2010 |
| Apollo 13 | Uni. | $353.5 | $172.1 | 48.7% | $181.4 | 51.3% | 1995 |
| Deep Impact | Par. | $349.5 | $140.5 | 40.2% | $209.0 | 59.8% | 1998 |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Uni. | $345.1 | $260.0 | 75.3% | $85.1 | 24.7% | 2000 |
| The Perfect Storm | WB | $328.7 | $182.6 | 55.6% | $146.1 | 44.4% | 2000 |
| A Beautiful Mind | Uni. | $313.5 | $170.7 | 54.5% | $142.8 | 45.5% | 2001 |
| Ransom | BV | $309.5 | $136.5 | 44.1% | $173.0 | 55.9% | 1996 |
| Casper | Uni. | $287.9 | $100.3 | 34.8% | $187.6 | 65.2% | 1995 |
| Jumanji | Sony | $262.8 | $100.5 | 38.2% | $162.3 | 61.8% | 1995 |
| The Mask of Zorro | Sony | $250.3 | $94.1 | 37.6% | $156.2 | 62.4% | 1998 |
| Flightplan | BV | $223.4 | $89.7 | 40.2% | $133.7 | 59.8% | 2005 |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | BV | $222.7 | $130.7 | 58.7% | $92.0 | 41.3% | 1989 |
| Clear and Present Danger | Par. | $215.9 | $122.2 | 56.6% | $93.7 | 43.4% | 1994 |
| Braveheart | Par. | $210.4 | $75.6 | 35.9% | $134.8 | 64.1% | 1995 |
| The Pelican Brief | WB | $195.3 | $100.8 | 51.6% | $94.5 | 48.4% | 1993 |
| Patriot Games | Par. | $178.1 | $83.4 | 46.8% | $94.7 | 53.2% | 1992 |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | Par. | $162.8 | $71.2 | 43.7% | $91.6 | 56.3% | 2008 |
| Legends of the Fall | Sony | $160.6 | $66.6 | 41.5% | $94.0 | 58.5% | 1994 |
| Another 48 HRS. | Par. | $153.5 | $80.8 | 52.6% | $72.7 | 47.4% | 1990 |
| The Legend of Zorro | Sony | $142.4 | $46.5 | 32.6% | $95.9 | 67.4% | 2005 |
| The Devil's Own | Sony | $140.8 | $42.9 | 30.4% | $97.9 | 69.6% | 1997 |
| Aliens | Fox | $131.1 | $85.2 | 65% | $45.9 | 35% | 1986 |
| Apocalypto | BV | $120.7 | $50.9 | 42.2% | $69.8 | 57.8% | 2006 |
| The Forgotten | SonR | $117.6 | $67.1 | 57.1% | $50.5 | 42.9% | 2004 |
| Sneakers | Uni. | $105.2 | $51.4 | 48.9% | $53.8 | 51.1% | 1992 |
| Courage Under Fire | Fox | $100.9 | $59.0 | 58.5% | $41.8 | 41.5% | 1996 |
| Enemy at the Gates | Par. | $97.0 | $51.4 | 53% | $45.6 | 47% | 2001 |
| Bicentennial Man | BV | $87.4 | $58.2 | 66.6% | $29.2 | 33.4% | 1999 |
| Cocoon | Fox | $85.3 | $76.1 | 89.2% | $9.2 | 10.8% | 1985 |
| An American Tail | Uni. | $84.5 | $47.5 | 56.2% | $37.1 | 43.8% | 1986 |
| The Land Before Time | Uni. | $84.5 | $48.1 | 56.9% | $36.4 | 43.1% | 1988 |
| Field of Dreams | Uni. | $84.4 | $64.4 | 76.3% | $20.0 | 23.7% | 1989 |
| Windtalkers | MGM | $77.6 | $40.9 | 52.7% | $36.7 | 47.3% | 2002 |
| * batteries not included | Uni. | $65.1 | $32.9 | 50.6% | $32.1 | 49.4% | 1987 |
| Commando | Fox | $57.5 | $35.1 | 61.1% | $22.4 | 38.9% | 1985 |
| Radio | SonR | $53.3 | $52.3 | 98.2% | $960k | 1.8% | 2003 |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Uni. | $40.8 | $22.2 | 54.4% | $18.6 | 45.6% | 1991 |
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Mira. | $40.4 | $9.0 | 22.4% | $31.4 | 77.6% | 2008 |
| The Missing | SonR | $38.4 | $27.0 | 70.4% | $11.4 | 29.6% | 2003 |
| The New World | NL | $30.5 | $12.7 | 41.6% | $17.8 | 58.4% | 2005 |
| The Four Feathers | Par. | $29.9 | $18.3 | 61.3% | $11.6 | 38.7% | 2002 |
| Class Action | Fox | $28.3 | $24.3 | 85.9% | $4.0 | 14.1% | 1991 |
| Dad | Uni. | $27.5 | $22.1 | 80.4% | $5.4 | 19.6% | 1989 |
| Cocoon: The Return | Fox | $25.0 | $18.9 | 75.6% | $6.1 | 24.4% | 1988 |
| The Man Without a Face | WB | $24.8 | $24.8 | 100% | n/a | 0% | 1993 |
| Project X (1987) | Fox | $21.6 | $18.5 | 85.8% | $3.1 | 14.2% | 1987 |
| House of Sand and Fog | DW | $16.9 | $13.0 | 77% | $3.9 | 23% | 2003 |
| Iris | Mira. | $16.2 | $5.6 | 34.6% | $10.6 | 65.4% | 2001 |
| Beyond Borders | Par. | $11.7 | $4.4 | 37.8% | $7.3 | 62.2% | 2003 |
| For Greater Glory | ArcEnt | $9.6 | $5.7 | 59% | $4.0 | 41% | 2012 |
| All the King's Men | Sony | $9.5 | $7.2 | 76.4% | $2.2 | 23.6% | 2006 |
| Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | FFn. | $2.7 | $2.7 | 99.5% | $13.8k | 0.5% | 2004 |
| The Chumscrubber | NM | $351k | $52.6k | 15% | $299k | 85% | 2005 |
Total: $13,040.7 million
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