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Subject: Top ten movies
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Asked by: chuck92570-ga
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Posted: 30 Jan 2006 10:43 PST
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What are the top ten grossing movies of all time
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Subject: Re: Top ten movies
Answered By: rainbow-ga on 30 Jan 2006 11:37 PST
 
Hi chuck92570,

According to Box Office Mojo:

The Top Grossing Movies of All Time (US)

Rank - Released - Film Name -Total Box Office 
1 - 1997 - Titanic - $600,788,188 
2 - 1977 - Star Wars - $460,998,007 
3 - 2004 - Shrek 2 - $441,226,247
4 - 1982 - ET: The ExtraTerrestrial - $435,110,554 
5 - 1999 - Star Wars: Phantom Menace - $431,088,301
6 - 2002 - Spider Man - $403,706,375 
7 - 2005 - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - $380,270,577
8 - 2003 - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - $377,027,325 
9 - 2004 - Spider Man 2 - $373,585,825
10 - 2004 - The Passion of the Christ - $370,782,930

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm

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The Top Grossing Movies of All Time (Worldwide)

Rank - Released - Film Name -Total Box Office(in millions)
1 - 1997 - Titanic - $1,845.0
2 - 2003 - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - $1,118.9
3 - 2001 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - $976.5
4 - 2002 - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - $926.3
5 - 1999 - Star Wars: Phantom Menace - $924.3
6 - 2004 - Shrek 2 - $920.7
7 - 1993 - Jurassic Park - $914.7
8 - 2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - $879.4
9 - 2002 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - $876.7
10 - 2001 - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - $871.4 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/


I hope this is helpful.

Best regards,
Rainbow
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Subject: Re: Top ten movies
From: canadianhelper-ga on 30 Jan 2006 12:01 PST
 
IMDB is slightly different in its answers:

http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross?region=world-wide

Also...don't forget actual ticket sales would put Gone With The Wind
at the top once you accounted for changes in ticket prices.

If you adjust for inflation (or look at ticket sales) here are the top
10 US based on TICKET sales:
http://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice.html

 TOP 100 AMERICAN FILMS
(ADJUSTED)

   1. Gone With the Wind (1939)
   2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
   3. The Sound of Music (1965)
   4. E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
   5. The Ten Commandments (1956)
   6. Titanic (1997)
   7. Jaws (1975)
   8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
   9. The Exorcist (1973)
  10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 

Here are the top ten movies for each decade in the US:
http://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice2.html

 TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1920s
(estimated)

   1. The Big Parade (1925)
   2. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
   3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
   4. The Ten Commandments (1923)
   5. What Price Glory? (1926)
   6. The Covered Wagon (1923)
   7. Way Down East (1921)
   8. The Singing Fool (1928)
   9. Wings (1927)
  10. The Gold Rush (1925)

      Also in the Pre-Sound Era:

      The Birth of a Nation (1915)




TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1930s

   1. Gone With The Wind (1939)
   2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
   3. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
   4. Frankenstein (1931)
      (some sources displace this film with The Woman in Red (1935) as # 4)
   5. King Kong (1933)
   6. San Francisco (1936)
   7. Hell's Angels (1930) (tie)
   8. Lost Horizon (1937) (tie)
   9. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (tie)
  10. Maytime (1937)




TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1940s

   1. Bambi (1942)
   2. Pinocchio (1940)
   3. Fantasia (1940)
   4. Song of the South (1946)
   5. Mom and Dad (1947)
   6. Samson and Delilah (1949)
   7. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
   8. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
   9. Duel in the Sun (1946)
  10. This is the Army (1943)

	
Alternate List

   1. Bambi (1942)
   2. Pinocchio (1940)
   3. Fantasia (1940)
   4. Cinderella (1949)
   5. Song of the South (1946)
   6. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
   7. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
   8. Duel in the Sun (1946)
   9. Mom and Dad (1947)
  10. Samson and Delilah (1949)




TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1950s

   1. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
   2. Peter Pan (1953)
   3. Cinderella (1950)
   4. The Ten Commandments (1956)
   5. Ben-Hur (1959)
   6. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
   7. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
   8. This is Cinerama (1952)
   9. South Pacific (1958)
  10. The Robe (1953) 

	
Alternate List

   1. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
   2. Peter Pan (1953)
   3. Ben-Hur (1959)
   4. The Ten Commandments (1956)
   5. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
   6. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
   7. The Robe (1953) (tie)
   8. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (tie)
   9. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  10. Peyton Place (1957)




TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1960s

   1. 101 Dalmatians (1961)
   2. The Jungle Book (1967)
   3. The Sound of Music (1965)
   4. Thunderball (1965)
   5. Goldfinger (1964)
   6. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
   7. You Only Live Twice (1967)
   8. The Graduate (1967)
   9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  10. Mary Poppins (1964)
      (some sources switch the order of # 9 and # 10)




TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1970s

   1. Star Wars (1977)
   2. Jaws (1975)
   3. Grease (1978)
   4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/80)
   5. The Exorcist (1973)
   6. Superman (1978)
   7. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
   8. Jaws 2 (1978)
   9. Moonraker (1979)
  10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 

	
Alternate List

   1. Star Wars (1977)
   2. Jaws (1975)
   3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/80)
   4. The Exorcist (1973)
   5. Moonraker (1979)
   6. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
   7. The Sting (1973)
   8. Grease (1978)
   9. The Godfather (1972)
  10. Saturday Night Fever (1977) 




TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1980s

   1. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
   2. Return of the Jedi (1983)
   3. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
   4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
   5. Rain Man (1988)
   6. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
   7. Batman (1989)
   8. Back to the Future (1985)
   9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  10. Top Gun (1986)

	
Alternate List

   1. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
   2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
   3. Batman (1989)
   4. Rain Man (1988)
   5. Return of the Jedi (1983)
   6. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
   7. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
   8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
   9. Back to the Future (1985)
  10. Top Gun (1986) 




TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1990s

   1. Titanic (1997)
   2. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
   3. Jurassic Park (1993)
   4. Independence Day (1996)
   5. The Lion King (1994)
   6. Forrest Gump (1994)
   7. The Sixth Sense (1999)
   8. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
   9. Men in Black (1997)
  10. Armageddon (1998) 

	

Alternate List

   1. Titanic (1997)
   2. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
   3. Jurassic Park (1993)
   4. Independence Day (1996)
   5. The Lion King (1994)
   6. Forrest Gump (1994)
   7. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
   8. Men in Black (1997)
   9. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  10. Armageddon (1998)

Another good site to look at is here:
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/international/records.php

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