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The following is a non-definitive list of the all-time highest-grossing films. Films that were released in 2009 are highlighted for convenience.

Worldwide highest-grossing films

Template:Fy has the most films on the list with seven, next stand Template:Fy and Template:Fy tied with six. Eighty percent of the films in the top 50 were released after Template:Fy, while no film prior to Template:Fy appears in the list because population size and ticket purchasing trends are not considered. Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). This list tends to favor films in more recent years; a domestic-only inflation-adjusted list can be found at List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada.

Background color       indicates films released in 2009
List of worldwide highest-grossing films
Rank Title Studios Worldwide gross Year Ref.
1 Titanic Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox $1,842,879,955 Template:Fy
[# 1]
2 Avatar 20th Century Fox $1,131,752,464 Template:Fy
[# 2]
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema $1,119,219,252 Template:Fy
[# 3]
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Walt Disney Pictures $1,066,179,725 Template:Fy
[# 4]
5 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. $1,001,921,825 Template:Fy
[# 5]
6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Warner Bros. $974,733,550 Template:Fy
[# 6]
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Walt Disney Pictures $960,996,492 Template:Fy
[# 7]
8 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. $938,212,738 Template:Fy
[# 8]
9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. $934,559,990 Template:Fy
[# 9]
10 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line Cinema $925,282,504 Template:Fy
[# 10]
11 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $924,317,558 Template:Fy
[# 11]
12 Shrek 2 DreamWorks Animation $919,838,758 Template:Fy
[# 12]
13 Jurassic Park Universal Studios $914,691,118 Template:Fy
[# 13]
14 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. $895,921,036 Template:Fy
[# 14]
15 Spider-Man 3 Columbia Pictures $890,871,626 Template:Fy
[# 15]
16 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 20th Century Fox $884,440,756 Template:Fy
[# 16]
17 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. $878,643,482 Template:Fy
[# 17]
18 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line Cinema $870,761,744 Template:Fy
[# 18]
19 Finding Nemo Disney/Pixar $864,625,978 Template:Fy
[# 19]
20 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox $848,754,768 Template:Fy
[# 20]
21 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures $834,969,807 Template:Fy
[# 21]
22 Spider-Man Columbia Pictures $821,708,551 Template:Fy
[# 22]
23 Independence Day 20th Century Fox $817,400,891 Template:Fy
[# 23]
24 Shrek the Third DreamWorks Animation $798,958,162 Template:Fy
[# 24]
25 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $795,634,069 Template:Fy
[# 25]
26 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Studios $792,910,554 Template:Fy
[# 26]
27 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount Pictures $786,636,033 Template:Fy
[# 27]
28 The Lion King Walt Disney Pictures $783,841,776 Template:Fy
[# 28]
29 Spider-Man 2 Columbia Pictures $783,766,341 Template:Fy
[# 29]
30 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 20th Century Fox $775,398,007 Template:Fy
[# 30]
31 The Da Vinci Code Columbia Pictures $758,239,851 Template:Fy
[# 31]
32 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Walt Disney Pictures $745,011,272 Template:Fy
[# 32]
33 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $742,128,461 Template:Fy
[# 33]
34 2012 Columbia Pictures $736,233,971 Template:Fy
[# 34]
35 Transformers DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures $709,709,780 Template:Fy
[# 35]
36 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Summit Entertainment $683,098,541 Template:Fy
[# 36]
37 Up Disney/Pixar $683,004,164 Template:Fy
[# 37]
38 Forrest Gump Paramount Pictures $677,387,716 Template:Fy
[# 38]
39 The Sixth Sense Columbia Pictures $672,806,292 Template:Fy
[# 39]
40 Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox $655,388,158 Template:Fy
[# 40]
41 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Walt Disney Pictures $654,264,015 Template:Fy
[# 41]
42 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox $649,398,328 Template:Fy
[# 42]
43 Kung Fu Panda DreamWorks Animation $631,744,560 Template:Fy
[# 43]
44 The Incredibles Disney/Pixar $631,442,092 Template:Fy
[# 44]
45 Hancock Columbia Pictures $624,386,746 Template:Fy
[# 45]
46 Ratatouille Disney/Pixar $623,707,397 Template:Fy
[# 46]
47 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal Studios $618,638,999 Template:Fy
[# 47]
48 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket Films $611,899,420 Template:Fy
[# 48]
49 Mamma Mia! Universal Studios $609,841,637 Template:Fy
[# 49]
50 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa DreamWorks Animation $603,900,344 Template:Fy
[# 50]

Issues with calculation

Due to the long-term effects of inflation, notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to more recent films; a film in 1910, given much lower ticket prices at that time, would have to sell close to 100 times as many tickets as a 2007 film in order for the two to have equal gross takings.[1] Further complications are added by changing currency values. The unadjusted list, while commonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless for comparing films widely separated in time, as many films from earlier eras will never appear on a modern unadjusted list, despite achieving higher commercial success when adjusted for price increases.[2] Some have suggested that studios prefer not to make inflation adjustments because doing so would reduce the grossing numbers and eliminate the ability to advertise new box-office "records".[2]

In the United States, Box Office Mojo, the Guinness Book of World Records, and Entertainment Weekly, claim that Gone With The Wind is domestically the highest-grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation.

The relationship between movie ticket prices and inflation do not necessarily parallel one another. For example, in 1970 movie tickets cost $1.55 or about $6.68 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars; by 1980, movie-ticket prices had risen to about $2.69, a drop to $5.50 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars.[3]

Social, political, and economic factors influence the number of people willing to pay to go to the movies as well. These factors can be determined by calculating the per capita ticket-purchasing rate for a particular year. Normalizing this to the reference year normalizes all social, economical, and political factors such as the availability of expendable cash, number of theater screens, relative cost of tickets, competition from television, the rapid releases of movies on DVDs, the improvement of home theater equipment and film bootlegging. For example, in 1946 the per capita movie ticket purchasing rate for the average person was 34 tickets a year. In 2004, this average rate had dropped to only five tickets per person per year, in response mainly to competition from television.[4] Another often ignored factor is population growth. The 1910 Census in the United States, for example, had less than 100 million people while the 2010 Census is expected to have more than three times that at over 300 million. The measure of popularity for a movie can also be normalized for the size of the population at the time, as well as the various factors listed above.

As the motion picture industry is highly oriented towards marketing currently released films, inflation unadjusted figures are always used in marketing campaigns so that new blockbuster films can much more easily achieve a high sales ranking, and thus be promoted as a "top film of all time". Since inflation adjusted sales figures are therefore not widely publicized by the film industry, inflation adjusted sales rankings and ticket sales comparisons across the last 100 years are difficult to compile.

Highest-grossing films by year

This is a list of the highest-grossing films by year.[5][6][7] Gross numbers prior to Template:Fy include every release of the film.

Year Movie Worldwide gross Budget % ROI Distributor
1918 Mickey $18,000,000 $125,000 14,300 States Rights Independent Exchanges

Film Booking Offices of America (FBO)

1919 The Miracle Man $3,000,000 $120,000 2,400 Paramount Pictures
1920 Way Down East $4,500,000 $700,000 543 United Artists
1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse $9,200,000 $800,000 1,050 Metro Pictures Corporation
1922 Robin Hood $2,500,000 $1,000,000 150 United Artists
1923 The Covered Wagon $3,800,000 $782,000 386 Paramount Pictures
1924 The Sea Hawk Associated First National Pictures
1925 The Big Parade $5,000,000 $245,000 1,941 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1926 Aloma of the South Seas $3,000,000 Paramount Pictures
1927 The Jazz Singer $3,000,000 $422,000 611 Warner Bros.
1928 The Road to Ruin $2,500,000 $2,500 10,000 True-Life Photoplays
1929 The Broadway Melody $4,400,000 $379,000 1,061 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1930 Tom Sawyer $11,000,000 Paramount Pictures
1931 Frankenstein $12,000,000 $291,000 4,024 Universal Studios
1932 Shanghai Express $3,700,000 Paramount Pictures
1933 I'm No Angel $2,900,000 $225,000 1,189 Paramount Pictures
1934 The Painted Veil $1,700,000 $947,000 80 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1935 Top Hat $3,200,000 $609,000 425 RKO Radio Pictures
1936 Camille $2,800,000 $1,486,000 88 MGM
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $66,596,803 $1,488,000 4,376 RKO Radio Pictures
1938 You Can't Take It With You $5,300,000 $1,644,736 222 Columbia Pictures Corporation
1939 Gone with the Wind $390,600,000 $3,900,000 9,915 Selznick International

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1939) New Line Cinema (1998) Warner Bros. (video)

1940 Pinocchio $84,300,000 $2,600,000 3,142 RKO Radio Pictures
1941 Sergeant York $16,400,000 $2,000,000 720 Warner Brothers
1942 Bambi $26,800,000 RKO Radio Pictures
1943 A Guy Named Joe $5,400,000 $2,627,000 106 MGM
1944 Meet Me in St. Louis $7,600,000 $1,707,561 345 MGM
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's $21,300,000 RKO Radio Pictures
1946 Song of the South $56,400,000 $2,125,000 2,554 RKO Radio Pictures
1947 Golden Earrings $7,000,000 $1,000,000 600 Paramount Pictures
1948 Easter Parade $6,800,000 $2,503,654 172 MGM
1949 Samson and Delilah $29,300,000 Paramount Pictures
1950 Cinderella $85,000,000 $2,900,000 2,831 RKO Radio Pictures
1951 Quo Vadis $30,000,000 $7,623,000 294 MGM
1952 This Is Cinerama $41,600,000 Cinerama Releasing Corporation
1953 Peter Pan $87,400,000 $4,000,000 2,085 RKO Radio Pictures
1954 Rear Window $26,000,000 $1,000,000 2,500 Paramount Pictures (1954-83)

Universal Studios (since 1983) USA Films (2000 re-release)

1955 Lady and the Tramp $93,600,000 $4,000,000 2,240 Buena Vista Distribution
1956 The Ten Commandments $85,400,000 $13,500,000 533 Paramount Pictures
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai $33,300,000 $3,000,000 1,010 Columbia Pictures
1958 South Pacific $36,800,000 $6,000,000 513 20th Century Fox
1959 Ben-Hur $73,000,000 $15,000,000 387 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1960 Let's Make Love $44,800,000 20th Century Fox
1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians $224,000,000 $4,000,000 5,500 Buena Vista Pictures
1962 Dr. No $59,600,000 $1,000,000 5,860 United Artists
1963 From Russia with Love $78,900,000 $2,000,000 3,845 United Artists
1964 Goldfinger $124,900,000 $3,000,000 4,063 United Artists
1965 The Sound of Music $163,200,000 $8,200,000 1,890 20th Century Fox
1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? $28,000,000 $7,500,000 273 Warner Bros.
1967 The Jungle Book $205,800,000 $20,000,000 929 Buena Vista Distribution Company (USA)

Walt Disney Company (UK)

1968 Funny Girl $58,500,000 $14,100,000 315 Columbia Pictures
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid $96,700,000 $6,000,000 1,512 20th Century Fox
1970 Love Story $106,400,000 $2,200,000 4,736 Paramount Pictures
1971 Diamonds Are Forever $116,000,000 $7,200,000 1,511 United Artists
1972 The Godfather $135,000,000 $6,000,000 2,150 Paramount Pictures
1973 The Exorcist $402,500,000 $12,000,000 2,880 Warner Bros.
1974 The Godfather Part II $193,000,000 Paramount Pictures
1975 Jaws $470,600,000 $7,000,000 6,623 Universal Studios
1976 Rocky $225,000,000 $1,100,000 22,400 United Artists
1977 Star Wars $782,400,000 $11,000,000 7,013 20th Century Fox
1978 Grease $394,589,888 $6,000,000 6,342 Paramount Pictures
1979 Moonraker $210,300,000 $34,000,000 519 United Artists
1980 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back $538,375,067 $33,000,000 1,531 20th Century Fox
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark $384,100,000 $20,000,000 1,821 Paramount Pictures (USA)

Cinema International Corporation (UK)

1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $792,910,554 $10,500,000 7,109 Universal Studios
1983 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi $572,900,000 $32,500,000 1,663 20th Century Fox
1984 Ghostbusters $434,286,000 $30,000,000 2,795 Columbia Pictures
1985 Back to the Future $350,600,000 $19,000,000 1,745 Universal Studios
1986 Top Gun $344,800,000 $15,000,000 2,199 Paramount Pictures (USA)

United International Pictures (UK)

1987 Fatal Attraction $320,100,000 $14,000,000 2,186 Paramount Pictures
1988 Rain Man $412,800,000 $25,000,000 1,551 United Artists
1989 Batman $413,200,000 $48,000,000 888 Warner Bros.
1990 Ghost $505,700,000 $22,000,000 2,199 Paramount Pictures
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day $519,800,000 $102,000,000 410 TriStar Pictures
1992 Aladdin $504,100,000 $28,000,000 1,700 Walt Disney Pictures
1993 Jurassic Park $914,691,118 $95,000,000 863 Universal Studios
1994 The Lion King $783,841,776 $45,000,000 880 Walt Disney Pictures
1995 Toy Story $365,000,000 $90,000,000 405 Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar
1996 Independence Day $816,969,268 $75,000,000 989 20th Century Fox
1997 Titanic $1.848813795×10^9 $200,000,000 823 Paramount Pictures/ 20th Century Fox
1998 Armageddon $553,709,788 $140,000,000 296 Touchstone Pictures
1999 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace $924,317,558 $115,000,000 704 20th Century Fox
2000 Mission: Impossible II $546,388,105 $125,000,000 337 Paramount Pictures (USA)

United International Pictures (UK)

2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone $974,773,550 $125,000,000 681 Warner Bros.
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $926,287,400 $94,000,000 885 New Line Cinema
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1.119263306×10^9 $94,000,000 1,197 New Line Cinema
2004 Shrek 2 $919,838,758 $125,000,000 636 DreamWorks Animation
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $896,016,159 $150,000,000 497 Warner Bros.
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1.066179725×10^9 $225,000,000 374 Walt Disney Pictures
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $960,996,492 $300,000,000 220 Walt Disney Pictures
2008 The Dark Knight $1.001842429×10^9 $185,000,000 442 Warner Bros.
2009 Avatar $1.131752464×10^9[8] $237,000,000[9] 332 20th Century Fox

Highest-grossing film series

Highest-grossing film series (before inflation)[10]
Rank Series Studio(s) Total worldwide
box office
No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film of series
1 Harry Potter Warner Bros. $5,412,410,933 6 $902,068,489 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ($974,733,550)
2 James Bond MGM (1983–present), UA (1962–1995), Columbia Pictures (2006–2008) $5,029,014,110 22 $223,381,818 Casino Royale ($594,239,066)
3 Star Wars 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm $4,279,632,749 7 $611,376,107 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace ($924,317,558)
4 The Lord of the Rings New Line Cinema $2,915,155,189 3 $972,181,581 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1,119,263,306)
5 Pirates of the Caribbean Walt Disney Pictures $2,681,440,232 3 $893,813,410 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($1,066,200,651)
6 Batman Warner Bros. $2,627,539,384 6 $368,448,234 The Dark Knight ($1,001,842,429)
7 Spider-Man Columbia Pictures $2,496,346,518 3 $831,906,025 Spider-Man 3 ($890,449,338)
8 Shrek DreamWorks Animation $2,203,206,138 3 $720,571,552 Shrek 2 ($920,665,658)
9 Indiana Jones Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm $1,978,055,564 4 $570,568,233 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($783,357,249)
10 Ice Age 20th Century Fox, Blue Sky $1,913,334,848 3 $637,778,283 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($878,178,430)
11 Jurassic Park Universal Studios $1,902,110,926 3 $634,036,975 Jurassic Park ($914,691,118)
12 The Matrix Warner Bros. $1,623,967,842 3 $541,322,614 The Matrix Reloaded ($738,599,701)
13 Transformers DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures, United International Pictures $1,541,501,603 2 $770,750,802 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($833,229,011)
14 X-Men 20th Century Fox $1,536,473,200 4 $384,118,300 X-Men: The Last Stand ($459,359,555)
15 Star Trek Paramount Pictures $1,449,218,912 11 $131,747,174 Star Trek ($382,318,911)
16 Terminator Orion Pictures, Carolco Pictures, Intermedia, The Halcyon Company $1,402,938,567 4 $350,734,642 Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($519,843,345)
17 Mission: Impossible Paramount Pictures $1,401,934,476 3 $467,131,492 Mission: Impossible II ($546,388,105)
18 Mummy series (1999–2008) Universal Studios $1,250,075,319 3 $416,691,773 The Mummy Returns ($433,013,274)
19 The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, often called the Dan Brown saga. Columbia Pictures, Imagine Entertainment $1,242,618,311 2 $621,309,156 The Da Vinci Code ($758,239,851)
20 The Chronicles of Narnia Walden Media with Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Fox $1,164,662,885 2 $582,331,343 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($745,011,272)

Biggest opening day gross

This is a list of the highest-grossing movies on opening day (US and Canada), before inflation.[11]

Biggest Opening Day of all time
Rank Movie name Studios Domestic gross (unadjusted) Inflation-adjusted (2024 USD) Year
1 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Summit Entertainment $72703754 $103253540 Template:Fy
2 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. $67165092 $95048467 Template:Fy
3 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Paramount Pictures $62016476 $88075516 Template:Fy
4 Spider-Man 3 Columbia Pictures $59841919 $87933335 Template:Fy
5 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. $58471512 $83040975 Template:Fy
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Walt Disney Pictures $55830600 $84381805 Template:Fy
7 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox $50013859 $78024688 Template:Fy
8 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox $45102265 $68167108 Template:Fy
9 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. $44232338 $64996194 Template:Fy
10 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Walt Disney Pictures $42910392 $63053691 Template:Fy

Highest-grossing films

This list includes those films which have held the record for highest grossing film released in the United States and Canada, before inflation.[12]

List of highest-grossing films throughout history
Since Movie name # of years held Gross (at time of record)
1915 The Birth of a Nation 6 $9,283,673
1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 16 $10,000,000
1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 2 $66,596,803 [13]
1939 Gone with the Wind 34 $189,523,031
1973 The Exorcist 2 $232,671,011
1975 Jaws 2 $260,000,000
1977/1997 Star Wars 6 (non-consecutive) $307,263,857
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 11 $359,197,037
1993 Jurassic Park 4 $914,691,118
1997 Titanic 13 - still holds $1,842,879,955

Highest worldwide openings

This list includes those films which have held the record for Worldwide openings.[14]

List of highest worldwide opening weekends
Rank Title Studio Worldwide opening
(million)
Year
1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Brothers $394.0 Template:Fy
2 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures Entertainment $381.7 Template:Fy
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Walt Disney Pictures $344.0 Template:Fy
4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Brothers $332.7 Template:Fy
5 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox $303.9 Template:Fy
6 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount Pictures $272.2 Template:Fy
7 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Summit Entertainment $258.8 Template:Fy
8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema $250.0 Template:Fy
9 Avatar 20th Century Fox $241.6 Template:Fy
10 The Da Vinci Code Sony Pictures Entertainment $232.1 Template:Fy

See also

References

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Worldwide highest-grossing films before inflation
  1. ^ "Titanic (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  2. ^ "Avatar (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
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