DOMESTIC GROSSES
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation*
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation*
| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Adjusted Gross | Unadjusted Gross | Year^ |
| 1 | Gone with the Wind | MGM | $1,606,254,800 | $198,676,459 | 1939^ |
| 2 | Star Wars | Fox | $1,416,050,800 | $460,998,007 | 1977^ |
| 3 | The Sound of Music | Fox | $1,132,202,200 | $158,671,368 | 1965 |
| 4 | E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial | Uni. | $1,127,742,000 | $435,110,554 | 1982^ |
| 5 | The Ten Commandments | Par. | $1,041,450,000 | $65,500,000 | 1956 |
| 6 | Titanic | Par. | $1,020,349,800 | $600,788,188 | 1997 |
| 7 | Jaws | Uni. | $1,018,226,600 | $260,000,000 | 1975 |
| 8 | Doctor Zhivago | MGM | $986,876,900 | $111,721,910 | 1965 |
| 9 | The Exorcist | WB | $879,020,900 | $232,671,011 | 1973^ |
| 10 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Dis. | $866,550,000 | $184,925,486 | 1937^ |
| 11 | 101 Dalmatians | Dis. | $794,342,100 | $144,880,014 | 1961^ |
| 12 | The Empire Strikes Back | Fox | $780,536,100 | $290,475,067 | 1980^ |
| 13 | Ben-Hur | MGM | $779,100,000 | $74,000,000 | 1959 |
| 14 | Avatar | Fox | $773,179,400 | $760,507,625 | 2009^ |
| 15 | Return of the Jedi | Fox | $747,772,300 | $309,306,177 | 1983^ |
| 16 | The Sting | Uni. | $708,685,700 | $156,000,000 | 1973 |
| 17 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Par. | $700,727,700 | $242,374,454 | 1981^ |
| 18 | Jurassic Park | Uni. | $685,336,400 | $357,067,947 | 1993 |
| 19 | The Graduate | AVCO | $680,292,600 | $104,901,839 | 1967^ |
| 20 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Fox | $674,365,200 | $431,088,301 | 1999 |
4 comments:
Everyone sing now: "One of these movies is not like the others. One of these movies just wasn't as good .... "
I'm surprised to see Avatar in that list because it's just not as good a movie as the others for so many reasons.
Ya but EVERYone saw it, because of how good it looked. (Well everyone but me.) Same with Cameron's other big gross, Titanic--women and girls re-watched it for the romance, which drove the sales; but when people initially went to see it, it was because of all the press about the technology.
Though I should point out, the article I read that pointed me to this list was an article about things that were overhyped in 2010. The author wanted to show that Avator was not really the biggest grossing film of all time, if you take inflation into account.
They are mostly movies that belong on anyone's "Best Of" list though.
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