STAR WARS BOX OFFICE | |
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Obviously, a couple billion bucks and 4 billion bucks is a little bit different.
That series has 4 or the top 20 positions in the Adjusted Gross, then you have to go to number 84 to get all 6 in. I choose the Tickets Sold chart. You might like the Inflation Adjusted Dollars version. Apologies to the Box Office Mojo site if I took too much to make a point.
Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Est. Tickets | Unadjusted Gross | Year^ |
1 | Gone with the Wind | MGM | 202,044,600 | $198,676,459 | 1939^ |
2 | Star Wars | Fox | 178,119,600 | $460,998,007 | 1977^ |
3 | The Sound of Music | Fox | 142,415,400 | $158,671,368 | 1965 |
4 | E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial | Uni. | 141,854,300 | $435,110,554 | 1982^ |
5 | The Ten Commandments | Par. | 131,000,000 | $65,500,000 | 1956 |
6 | Titanic | Par. | 128,345,900 | $600,788,188 | 1997 |
7 | Jaws | Uni. | 128,078,800 | $260,000,000 | 1975 |
8 | Doctor Zhivago | MGM | 124,135,500 | $111,721,910 | 1965 |
9 | The Exorcist | WB | 110,568,700 | $232,671,011 | 1973^ |
10 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Dis. | 109,000,000 | $184,925,486 | 1937^ |
11 | 101 Dalmatians | Dis. | 99,917,300 | $144,880,014 | 1961^ |
12 | The Empire Strikes Back | Fox | 98,180,600 | $290,475,067 | 1980^ |
13 | Ben-Hur | MGM | 98,000,000 | $74,000,000 | 1959 |
14 | Return of the Jedi | Fox | 94,059,400 | $309,306,177 | 1983^ |
15 | The Sting | Uni. | 89,142,900 | $156,000,000 | 1973 |
16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Par. | 88,141,900 | $242,374,454 | 1981^ |
17 | Jurassic Park | Uni. | 86,205,800 | $357,067,947 | 1993 |
18 | The Graduate | AVCO | 85,571,400 | $104,901,839 | 1967^ |
19 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Fox | 84,825,800 | $431,088,301 | 1999 |
20 | Fantasia | Dis. | 83,043,500 | $76,408,097 | 1941^ |
21 | The Godfather | Par. | 78,922,600 | $134,966,411 | 1972^ |
22 | Forrest Gump | Par. | 78,545,600 | $329,694,499 | 1994 |
23 | Mary Poppins | Dis. | 78,181,800 | $102,272,727 | 1964^ |
24 | The Lion King | BV | 77,231,800 | $328,541,776 | 1994^ |
25 | Grease | Par. | 76,921,800 | $188,389,888 | 1978^ |
26 | Thunderball | UA | 74,800,000 | $63,595,658 | 1965 |
27 | The Dark Knight | WB | 74,282,100 | $533,345,358 | 2008 |
28 | The Jungle Book | Dis. | 73,679,900 | $141,843,612 | 1967^ |
29 | Sleeping Beauty | Dis. | 72,676,100 | $51,600,000 | 1959^ |
30 | Shrek 2 | DW | 71,050,900 | $441,226,247 | 2004 |
31 | Ghostbusters | Col. | 70,730,600 | $238,632,124 | 1984^ |
32 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Fox | 70,557,900 | $102,308,889 | 1969 |
33 | Love Story | Par. | 69,998,100 | $106,397,186 | 1970 |
34 | Spider-Man | Sony | 69,484,700 | $403,706,375 | 2002 |
35 | Independence Day | Fox | 69,268,900 | $306,169,268 | 1996 |
36 | Home Alone | Fox | 67,734,200 | $285,761,243 | 1990 |
37 | Pinocchio | Dis. | 67,403,300 | $84,254,167 | 1940^ |
38 | Cleopatra (1963) | Fox | 67,183,500 | $57,777,778 | 1963 |
39 | Beverly Hills Cop | Par. | 67,150,000 | $234,760,478 | 1984 |
40 | Goldfinger | UA | 66,300,000 | $51,081,062 | 1964 |
41 | Airport | Uni. | 66,111,300 | $100,489,151 | 1970 |
42 | American Graffiti | Uni. | 65,714,300 | $115,000,000 | 1973 |
43 | The Robe | Fox | 65,454,500 | $36,000,000 | 1953 |
44 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | BV | 64,628,400 | $423,315,812 | 2006 |
45 | Around the World in 80 Days | UA | 64,615,400 | $42,000,000 | 1956 |
46 | Bambi | RKO | 63,712,400 | $102,247,150 | 1942^ |
47 | Blazing Saddles | WB | 63,227,500 | $119,500,000 | 1974 |
48 | Batman | WB | 62,954,600 | $251,188,924 | 1989 |
49 | The Bells of St. Mary’s | RKO | 62,745,100 | $21,333,333 | 1945 |
50 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | NL | 61,538,100 | $377,027,325 | 2003 |
51 | The Towering Inferno | Fox | 61,375,700 | $116,000,000 | 1974 |
52 | Spider-Man 2 | Sony | 60,158,700 | $373,585,825 | 2004 |
53 | My Fair Lady | WB | 60,000,000 | $72,000,000 | 1964 |
54 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Par. | 60,000,000 | $36,000,000 | 1952 |
55 | National Lampoon’s Animal House | Uni. | 59,890,300 | $141,600,000 | 1978^ |
56 | The Passion of the Christ | NM | 59,704,800 | $370,782,930 | 2004^ |
57 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Fox | 59,324,600 | $380,270,577 | 2005 |
58 | Back to the Future | Uni. | 59,050,700 | $210,609,762 | 1985 |
59 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | NL | 57,630,400 | $341,786,758 | 2002^ |
60 | The Sixth Sense | BV | 57,579,100 | $293,506,292 | 1999 |
61 | Superman | WB | 57,358,100 | $134,218,018 | 1978 |
62 | Tootsie | Col. | 56,903,900 | $177,200,000 | 1982 |
63 | Smokey and the Bandit | Uni. | 56,832,900 | $126,737,428 | 1977 |
64 | Finding Nemo | BV | 56,337,500 | $339,714,978 | 2003 |
65 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | P/DW | 55,983,900 | $401,964,397 | 2009 |
66 | West Side Story | MGM | 55,970,300 | $43,656,822 | 1961 |
67 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | WB | 55,913,000 | $317,575,550 | 2001 |
68 | Lady and the Tramp | Dis. | 55,734,900 | $93,602,326 | 1955^ |
69 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Col. | 55,575,500 | $132,088,635 | 1977^ |
70 | Lawrence of Arabia | Col. | 55,383,600 | $44,824,144 | 1962^ |
71 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Fox | 55,069,400 | $112,892,319 | 1975 |
72 | Rocky | UA | 55,040,000 | $117,235,147 | 1976 |
73 | The Best Years of Our Lives | RKO | 55,000,000 | $23,650,000 | 1946 |
74 | The Poseidon Adventure | Fox | 54,902,000 | $84,563,118 | 1972 |
75 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | NL | 54,703,900 | $314,776,170 | 2001^ |
76 | Twister | WB | 54,688,100 | $241,721,524 | 1996 |
77 | Men in Black | Sony | 54,616,700 | $250,690,539 | 1997 |
78 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. | 54,400,000 | $27,200,000 | 1957 |
79 | It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | MGM | 53,875,400 | $46,332,858 | 1963 |
80 | Swiss Family Robinson | Dis. | 53,808,000 | $40,356,000 | 1960 |
81 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | UA | 53,685,400 | $108,981,275 | 1975 |
82 | M.A.S.H. | Fox | 53,684,200 | $81,600,000 | 1970 |
83 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | 53,532,800 | $179,870,271 | 1984 |
84 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Fox | 53,468,500 | $310,676,740 | 2002^ |
85 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Fox | 52,684,400 | $219,195,243 | 1993 |
86 | Aladdin | BV | 52,442,300 | $217,350,219 | 1992 |