Top 74 Films By Gross Adjusted for Inflation
Top 74 USA Film Releases by Gross
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation*
* Adjusted to the estimated number of tickets sold. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each movie was released (taking in to account re-releases where applicable).
^ Indicates documented multiple theatrical releases. Most of the pre-1980 movies listed on this chart had multiple undocumentented releases over the years. The year shown is the first year of release.
Most pre-1980 pictures achieved their totals through multiple releases, especially Disney animated features which made much of their totals in the past few decades belying their original release dates in terms of adjustment. For example, Snow Whitehas made $118,328,683 of its unadjusted $184,925,486 total since 1983.
| 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 | Titanic | Par. | 135,474,500 | $658,672,302 | 1997^ |
| 6 | The Ten Commandments | Par. | 131,000,000 | $65,500,000 | 1956 |
| 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 | 110,599,200 | $232,906,145 | 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 | Avatar | Fox | 97,255,300 | $760,507,625 | 2009^ |
| 15 | Return of the Jedi | Fox | 94,059,400 | $309,306,177 | 1983^ |
| 16 | Jurassic Park | Uni. | 91,922,000 | $402,453,882 | 1993^ |
| 17 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Fox | 90,312,100 | $474,544,677 | 1999^ |
| 18 | The Lion King | BV | 89,146,400 | $422,783,777 | 1994^ |
| 19 | The Sting | Uni. | 89,142,900 | $156,000,000 | 1973 |
| 20 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Par. | 88,526,800 | $248,159,971 | 1981^ |
| 21 | The Graduate | AVCO | 85,576,700 | $104,945,305 | 1967^ |
| 22 | Fantasia | Dis. | 83,043,500 | $76,408,097 | 1941^ |
| 23 | The Godfather | Par. | 78,922,600 | $134,966,411 | 1972^ |
| 24 | Forrest Gump | Par. | 78,612,600 | $330,252,182 | 1994^ |
| 25 | Mary Poppins | Dis. | 78,181,800 | $102,272,727 | 1964^ |
| 26 | Grease | Par. | 76,969,200 | $188,755,690 | 1978^ |
| 27 | Marvel's The Avengers | BV | 76,768,200 | $623,357,910 | 2012 |
| 28 | Thunderball | UA | 74,800,000 | $63,595,658 | 1965 |
| 29 | The Dark Knight | WB | 74,455,400 | $534,858,444 | 2008^ |
| 30 | The Jungle Book | Dis. | 73,679,900 | $141,843,612 | 1967^ |
| 31 | Sleeping Beauty | Dis. | 72,676,100 | $51,600,000 | 1959^ |
| 32 | Ghostbusters | Col. | 71,160,400 | $242,212,467 | 1984^ |
| 33 | Shrek 2 | DW | 71,050,900 | $441,226,247 | 2004 |
| 34 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Fox | 70,557,900 | $102,308,889 | 1969 |
| 35 | Love Story | Par. | 69,998,100 | $106,397,186 | 1970 |
| 36 | Spider-Man | Sony | 69,484,700 | $403,706,375 | 2002 |
| 37 | Independence Day | Fox | 69,268,900 | $306,169,268 | 1996^ |
| 38 | Home Alone | Fox | 67,734,200 | $285,761,243 | 1990 |
| 39 | Pinocchio | Dis. | 67,403,300 | $84,254,167 | 1940^ |
| 40 | Cleopatra (1963) | Fox | 67,183,500 | $57,777,778 | 1963 |
| 41 | Beverly Hills Cop | Par. | 67,150,000 | $234,760,478 | 1984 |
| 42 | Goldfinger | UA | 66,300,000 | $51,081,062 | 1964 |
| 43 | Airport | Uni. | 66,111,300 | $100,489,151 | 1970 |
| 44 | American Graffiti | Uni. | 65,714,300 | $115,000,000 | 1973 |
| 45 | The Robe | Fox | 65,454,500 | $36,000,000 | 1953 |
| 46 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | BV | 64,628,400 | $423,315,812 | 2006 |
| 47 | Around the World in 80 Days | UA | 64,615,400 | $42,000,000 | 1956 |
| 48 | Bambi | RKO | 63,712,400 | $102,247,150 | 1942^ |
| 49 | Blazing Saddles | WB | 63,239,600 | $119,601,481 | 1974^ |
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