Special Report

Top 100 Grossing Movies of All Time

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Movies today make more money at the box office than ever before. It’s not uncommon for blockbuster films to now gross over $100 million at the domestic box office, with some taking in nearly $1 billion. 2019 has already delivered numerous box office winners, including “Avengers: Endgame,” which had the most successful opening weekend ever at the domestic box office.

When adjusting for the rising price of movie tickets, however, “Endgame” doesn’t even crack the top 10 top grossing movies of all movies. Hollywood has a long history of producing hugely entertaining — and successful — movies that draw audiences to theaters nationwide.

24/7 Tempo has identified the top 100 grossing movies of all time based on domestic box office data provided by box-office reporting service Box Office Mojo. In some cases, movies have received more than one theatrical releases which contribute to their total gross. All dollar amounts have been adjusted for inflation for a fairer comparison.

The list of top grossing movies includes films that were released in each decade stretching back to the 1930s, reflecting the American film industry’s storied history. The most prominently featured time period is the 1970s, however. Many of the ’70s biggest hits, such as “Jaws” and “Star Wars,” were hugely influential on today’s blockbuster-centric business model Hollywood now follows, in which extensive resources are poured into a relatively small number of big budget films.

In addition to the Star Wars series, the list includes multiple films from the many other high grossing franchises, such as Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings, and the recent favorite, Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU franchise’s best films easily take in over $500 million in North America.

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To determine the top 100 grossing movies of all time, 24/7 Tempo reviewed the lifetime domestic gross of all films from movie data site Box Office Mojo, adjusted for ticket price inflation. Data regarding directors and actors came from Box Office Mojo’s parent site, the Internet Movie Database.

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100. Toy Story 3 (2010)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $480,588,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $415,004,880
> Director: Lee Unkrich
> Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack

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99. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $481,750,900
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $310,676,740
> Director: George Lucas
> Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor

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98. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $482,277,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $459,005,868
> Director: Joss Whedon
> Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo

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97. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $482,330,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $179,870,271
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan

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96. M.A.S.H. (1970)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $483,694,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $81,600,000
> Director: Robert Altman
> Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt

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95. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $483,705,100
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $108,981,275
> Director: Milos Forman
> Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson

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94. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $484,810,100
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $40,356,000
> Director: Ken Annakin
> Starring: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur

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93. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $485,417,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $46,332,858
> Director: Stanley Kramer
> Starring: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman

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92. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $485,647,400
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $402,111,870
> Director: Michael Bay
> Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel

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91. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $490,144,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $27,200,000
> Director: David Lean
> Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

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90. Men in Black (1997)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $492,096,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $250,690,539
> Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
> Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino

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89. Twister (1996)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $492,740,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $241,721,524
> Director: Jan de Bont
> Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, J. Cary Elwes

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88. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $493,741,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $315,544,750
> Director: Peter Jackson
> Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

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87. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $494,666,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $84,563,118
> Director: Ronald Neame
> Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters

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86. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $495,550,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $23,650,000
> Director: William Wyler
> Starring: Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March

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85. Rocky (1976)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $495,910,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $117,235,147
> Director: John G. Avildsen
> Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young

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84. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $496,175,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $112,892,319
> Director: Jim Sharman
> Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

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83. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $499,005,800
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $44,824,144
> Director: David Lean
> Starring: Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn

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82. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $502,171,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $93,602,326
> Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
> Starring: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee

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81. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $503,863,900
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $135,189,114
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr

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80. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $504,077,900
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $317,871,467
> Director: Chris Columbus
> Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris

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79. West Side Story (1961)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $504,675,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $44,055,492
> Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
> Starring: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer

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78. Finding Dory (2016)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $505,984,400
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $486,295,561
> Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
> Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Luke Evans

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77. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $511,751,900
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $504,014,165
> Director: Bill Condon
> Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans

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76. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $512,064,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $126,737,428
> Director: Hal Needham
> Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed

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75. Tootsie (1982)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $512,704,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $177,200,000
> Director: Sydney Pollack
> Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr

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74. Superman (1978)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $517,029,800
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $134,451,603
> Director: Richard Donner
> Starring: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman

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73. The Sixth Sense (1999)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $518,787,900
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $293,506,292
> Director: M. Night Shyamalan
> Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette

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72. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $518,812,100
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $448,139,099
> Director: Christopher Nolan
> Starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway

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71. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $520,104,800
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $342,551,365
> Director: Peter Jackson
> Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen

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70. Back to the Future (1985)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $532,046,400
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $210,609,762
> Director: Robert Zemeckis
> Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson

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69. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $534,514,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $380,270,577
> Director: George Lucas
> Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor

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68. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $537,940,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $370,782,930
> Director: Mel Gibson
> Starring: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern

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67. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $539,611,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $141,600,000
> Director: John Landis
> Starring: John Belushi, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce

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66. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $540,600,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $36,000,000
> Director: Cecil B. DeMille
> Starring: James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton

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65. My Fair Lady (1964)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $541,160,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $72,560,711
> Director: George Cukor
> Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway

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64. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $542,030,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $373,585,825
> Director: Sam Raimi
> Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina

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63. Cinderella (1950)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $543,315,900
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $93,141,149
> Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
> Starring: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley

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62. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $544,579,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $532,177,324
> Director: Gareth Edwards
> Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk

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61. The Towering Inferno (1974)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $552,994,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $116,000,000
> Director: John Guillermin
> Starring: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden

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60. Finding Nemo (2003)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $554,894,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $380,843,261
> Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
> Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould

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59. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $555,373,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $377,845,905
> Director: Peter Jackson
> Starring: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen

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58. The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $565,333,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $21,333,333
> Director: Leo McCarey
> Starring: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers

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57. Batman (1989)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $567,380,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $251,348,343
> Director: Tim Burton
> Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger

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56. Blazing Saddles (1974)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $569,789,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $119,601,481
> Director: Mel Brooks
> Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens

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55. Bambi (1942)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $574,049,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $102,247,150
> Director: Various
> Starring: Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Bobette Audrey

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54. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $582,184,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $42,000,000
> Director: Michael Anderson, John Farrow
> Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine

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53. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $582,301,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $423,315,812
> Director: Gore Verbinski
> Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

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52. The Robe (1953)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $589,745,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $36,000,000
> Director: Henry Koster
> Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature

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51. American Graffiti (1973)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $592,085,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $115,000,000
> Director: George Lucas
> Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat

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50. Airport (1970)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $595,662,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $100,489,151
> Director: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
> Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy

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49. Incredibles 2 (2018)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $597,356,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $608,581,744
> Director: Brad Bird
> Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell

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48. Goldfinger (1964)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $597,363,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $51,081,062
> Director: Guy Hamilton
> Starring: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman

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47. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $605,021,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $234,760,478
> Director: Martin Brest
> Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton

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46. Cleopatra (1963)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $605,323,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $57,777,778
> Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
> Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison

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45. Pinocchio (1940)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $607,304,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $84,254,167
> Director: Various
> Starring: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Jack Bailey

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44. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $609,026,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $620,181,382
> Director: Rian Johnson
> Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill

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43. Home Alone (1990)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $610,285,100
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $285,761,243
> Director: Chris Columbus
> Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern

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42. Independence Day (1996)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $624,112,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $306,169,268
> Director: Roland Emmerich
> Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum

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41. Spider-Man (2002)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $626,057,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $403,706,375
> Director: Sam Raimi
> Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe

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40. Love Story (1970)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $630,683,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $106,397,186
> Director: Arthur Hiller
> Starring: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O’Neal, John Marley

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39. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $635,726,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $102,308,889
> Director: George Roy Hill
> Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross

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38. Shrek 2 (2004)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $640,168,900
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $441,226,247
> Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
> Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz

Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

37. Ghostbusters (1984)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $641,275,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $242,212,467
> Director: Ivan Reitman
> Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver

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36. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $652,501,800
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $678,815,482
> Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
> Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo

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35. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $654,811,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $51,600,000
> Director: Clyde Geronimi
> Starring: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley

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34. The Jungle Book (1967)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $663,856,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $141,843,612
> Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
> Starring: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima

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33. The Dark Knight (2008)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $671,299,400
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $535,234,033
> Director: Christopher Nolan
> Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

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32. Thunderball (1965)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $673,948,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $63,595,658
> Director: Terence Young
> Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi

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31. Black Panther (2018)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $687,213,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $700,059,566
> Director: Ryan Coogler
> Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o

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30. Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $692,699,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $623,357,910
> Director: Joss Whedon
> Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson

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29. Grease (1978)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $694,658,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $189,969,103
> Director: Randal Kleiser
> Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing

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28. Mary Poppins (1964)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $704,418,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $102,272,727
> Director: Robert Stevenson
> Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson

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27. Forrest Gump (1994)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $708,317,800
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $330,252,182
> Director: Robert Zemeckis
> Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise

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26. The Godfather (1972)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $711,092,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $134,966,411
> Director: Francis Ford Coppola
> Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

25. Jurassic World (2015)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $712,233,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $652,270,625
> Director: Colin Trevorrow
> Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins

Courtesy of Walt Disney Productions

24. Fantasia (1941)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $748,221,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $76,408,097
> Director: Various
> Starring: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Corey Burton

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23. The Graduate (1967)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $771,047,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $104,945,305
> Director: Mike Nichols
> Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $797,776,400
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $248,159,971
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

21. The Sting (1973)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $803,177,100
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $156,000,000
> Director: George Roy Hill
> Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw

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20. The Lion King (1994)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $803,209,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $422,783,777
> Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
> Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones

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19. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $813,711,800
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $474,544,677
> Director: George Lucas
> Starring: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

18. Jurassic Park (1993)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $825,894,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $402,828,120
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum

Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

17. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $831,170,637
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $831,170,637
> Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
> Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo

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16. Return of the Jedi (1983)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $847,475,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $309,306,177
> Director: Richard Marquand
> Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

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15. Avatar (2009)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $876,759,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $760,507,625
> Director: James Cameron
> Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver

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14. Ben-Hur (1959)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $883,402,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $74,422,622
> Director: William Wyler
> Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd

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13. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $884,607,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $290,475,067
> Director: Irvin Kershner
> Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

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12. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $900,254,400
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $144,880,014
> Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
> Starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O’Malley

Courtesy of Walt Disney Co.

11. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $974,117,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $936,662,225
> Director: J.J. Abrams
> Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac

Courtesy of RKO Radio Pictures

10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $982,090,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $184,925,486
> Director: William Cottrell, David Hand
> Starring: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne

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9. The Exorcist (1973)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $996,498,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $232,906,145
> Director: William Friedkin
> Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair

Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $1,118,460,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $111,721,910
> Director: David Lean
> Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

7. Jaws (1975)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $1,153,990,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $260,000,000
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

6. The Ten Commandments (1956)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $1,180,310,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $65,500,000
> Director: Cecil B. DeMille
> Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter

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5. Titanic (1997)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $1,221,303,800
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $659,363,944
> Director: James Cameron
> Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane

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4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $1,278,107,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $435,110,554
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote

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3. The Sound of Music (1965)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $1,283,791,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $159,287,539
> Director: Robert Wise
> Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker

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2. Star Wars (1977)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $1,604,857,600
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $460,998,007
> Director: George Lucas
> Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $1,822,598,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $200,852,579
> Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
> Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell

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