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Highest Grossing Films Of All Time (Adjusted for Inflation)

This list features movies that have earned the highest box-office revenue in film history - adjusted for inflation.

RANK

FILMS

WORLDWIDE GROSS

(adjusted)

TICKETS SOLD

YEAR

1

Gone with the Wind

$1,850,581,586

202,286,200

1939

2

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

$1,629,496,559

178,119,500

1977

3

The Sound of Music

$1,303,502,105

142,485,200

1965

4

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

$1,297,730,421

141,854,300

1982

5

Titanic

$1,240,054,754

135,549,800

1997

6

The Ten Commandments

$1,198,431,667

131,000,000

1956

7

Jaws

$1,172,447,655

128,159,700

1975

8

Doctor Zhivago

$1,135,632,932

124,135,500

1965

9

The Exorcist

$1,011,798,348

110,599,200

1973

10

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

$997,168,333

109,000,000

1937

11

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

$989,072,973

108,115,100

2015

12

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

$914,076,766

99,917,300

1961

13

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

$899,035,076

98,273,100

1980

14

Ben-Hur

$896,965,723

98,046,900

1959

15

Avatar

$890,220,657

97,309,600

2009

16

Avengers: Endgame

$871,551,653

95,268,900

2019

17

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

$860,486,744

94,059,400

1983

18

Jurassic Park

$839,814,255

91,799,700

1993

19

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

$826,205,195

90,312,100

1999

20

The Lion King

$815,540,983

89,146,400

1994

21

The Sting

$815,508,963

89,142,900

1973

22

Raiders of the Lost Ark

$810,024,538

88,543,400

1981

23

The Graduate

$782,885,092

85,576,800

1967

24

Fantasia

$759,709,619

83,043,500

1941

25

The Godfather

$722,009,337

78,922,500

1972

26

Forrest Gump

$719,398,403

78,637,100

1994

27

Mary Poppins

$715,233,167

78,181,800

1964

28

Grease

$705,323,692

77,098,600

1978

29

The Avengers

$703,334,845

76,881,200

2012

30

Jurassic World

$702,609,382

76,801,900

2015

31

Black Panther

$698,123,039

76,311,500

2018

32

Thunderball

$684,295,333

74,800,000

1965

33

The Dark Knight

$681,216,919

74,463,500

2008

34

The Jungle Book

$674,048,285

73,679,900

1967

35

Sleeping Beauty

$664,864,273

72,676,000

1959

36

Avengers: Infinity War

$662,519,555

72,419,700

2018

37

Ghostbusters

$652,072,159

71,277,700

1984

38

Shrek 2

$649,997,317

71,050,900

2004

39

Spider-Man

$646,112,934

70,626,300

2002

40

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

$645,487,188

70,557,900

1969

41

Love Story

$640,515,984

70,014,500

1970

42

Independence Day

$633,694,987

69,268,900

1996

43

Home Alone

$619,655,040

67,734,200

1990

44

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

$618,377,017

67,594,500

2017

45

Pinocchio

$616,627,856

67,403,300

1940

46

Cleopatra

$614,617,052

67,183,500

1963

47

Beverly Hills Cop

$614,310,583

67,150,000

1984

48

Goldfinger

$606,534,500

66,300,000

1964

49

Incredibles 2

$606,527,181

66,299,200

2018

50

Airport

$604,808,209

66,111,300

1970

51

American Graffiti

$601,176,321

65,714,300

1973

52

The Robe

$598,799,584

65,454,500

1953

53

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

$591,242,146

64,628,400

2006

54

Around the World in 80 Days

$591,123,218

64,615,400

1956

55

Bambi

$582,862,273

63,712,400

1942

56

Blazing Saddles

$578,536,941

63,239,600

1974

57

Batman

$576,091,591

62,972,300

1989

58

The Bells of St. Mary's

$574,013,090

62,745,100

1945

59

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

$563,900,522

61,639,700

2003

60

Finding Nemo

$563,413,831

61,586,500

2003

61

The Towering Inferno

$561,485,362

61,375,700

1974

62

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

$552,939,904

60,441,600

2016

63

The Lion King (2019)

$551,852,167

60,322,700

2019

64

Cinderella

$551,657,308

60,301,400

1950

65

Spider-Man 2

$550,351,840

60,158,700

2004

66

My Fair Lady

$549,469,026

60,062,200

1964

67

The Greatest Show on Earth

$548,900,000

60,000,000

1952

68

National Lampoon's Animal House

$547,896,428

59,890,300

1978

69

The Passion of the Christ

$546,199,412

59,704,800

2004

70

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

$542,721,216

59,324,600

2005

71

Back to the Future

$542,087,236

59,255,300

1985

72

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

$528,091,201

57,725,400

2002

73

The Dark Knight Rises

$526,777,500

57,581,800

2012

74

The Sixth Sense

$526,752,800

57,579,100

1999

75

Superman

$524,967,960

57,384,000

1978

76

Tootsie

$520,575,845

56,903,900

1982

77

Beauty and the Beast

$520,064,453

56,848,000

2017

78

Smokey and the Bandit

$519,926,313

56,832,900

1977

79

Finding Dory

$513,753,018

56,158,100

2016

80

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

$513,616,708

56,143,200

2001

81

West Side Story

$512,423,765

56,012,800

1961

82

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

$511,600,415

55,922,800

1977

83

Lady and the Tramp

$509,881,443

55,734,900

1955

84

Lawrence of Arabia

$507,156,155

55,437,000

1962

85

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

$503,793,228

55,069,400

1975

86

Rocky

$503,524,267

55,040,000

1976

87

The Best Years of Our Lives

$503,158,333

55,000,000

1946

88

Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

$503,014,704

54,984,300

2019

89

The Poseidon Adventure

$502,261,797

54,902,000

1972

90

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

$501,323,178

54,799,400

2001

91

Twister

$500,304,968

54,688,100

1996

92

Men in Black

$499,651,777

54,616,700

1997

93

The Bridge on the River Kwai

$497,669,333

54,400,000

1957

94

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

$493,103,400

53,900,900

2009

95

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

$492,870,118

53,875,400

1963

96

Swiss Family Robinson

$492,253,520

53,808,000

1960

97

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

$491,131,934

53,685,400

1975

98

MAS*H

$491,120,956

53,684,200

1970

99

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

$489,735,899

53,532,800

1984

100

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

$489,147,661

53,468,500

2002


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References

Box Office Mojo (n.d.) Top Lifetime Grosses – Adjusted for inflation (to 2019) [online]. Available at: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2019 (Accessed 1 December 2025). Wikipedia. (2025) Lists of Films [online]. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_films (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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