Highest Grossing Movies of All Time
These days, it’s become commonplace for blockbuster movies to draw revenues in excess of $100 or $200 million, sometimes even within the first weekend.
As far as box office revenues go, the 10 highest grossing movies of all-time have been released within the past 15 years. But with the ever-depreciating dollar, $100 million today means substantially less than it did even 20 years ago. This begs the question: how would the rankings look if revenues were adjusted for inflation?
Recently, BoxOfficeMojo, a subsidiary of IMDB, put out its newest list of all-time US Domestic box office grosses, which are adjusted for inflation by using today’s average ticket prices and the film’s original box office sales. When the numbers are adjusted, only one film in the past 15 years makes the top 10 and the highest grossing movie of the 21st century - The Dark Knight (2008) - ranks 27th overall.
So, what are the real highest grossing movies of all time? Click ahead to find out!
By Paul Toscano
Posted 8 July 2009
15. The Sting
Adjusted Gross: $640,045,700
Unadjusted Gross: $156,000,000
Year: 1973
Studio: Universal Studios
14. Return of the Jedi
Adjusted Gross: $675,346,600
Unadjusted Gross: $309,306,177
Year: 1983
Studio: Fox
13. Ben-Hur
Adjusted Gross: $703,640,000
Unadjusted Gross: $74,000,000
Year: 1959
Studio: MGM
12. The Empire Strikes Back
Adjusted Gross: $704,937,000
Unadjusted Gross: $290,475,067
Year: 1980
Studio: Fox
11. 101 Dalmatians
Adjusted Gross: $717,405,900
Unadjusted Gross: $144,880,014
Year: 1961
Studio: Disney
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Adjusted Gross: $782,620,000
Unadjusted Gross: $184,925,486
Year: 1937
Studio: Disney
9. The Exorcist
Adjusted Gross: $793,883,100
Unadjusted Gross: $232,671,011
Year: 1973
Studio: Warner Brothers
8. Doctor Zhivago
Adjusted Gross: $891,292,600
Unadjusted Gross: $111,721,910
Year: 1965
Studio: MGM
7. Jaws
Adjusted Gross: $919,605,900
Unadjusted Gross: $260,000,000
Year: 1975
Studio: Universal Studios
6. Titanic
Adjusted Gross: $921,523,500
Unadjusted Gross: $600,788,188
Year: 1997
Studio: Paramount Studios
5. The Ten Commandments
Adjusted Gross: $940,580,000
Unadjusted Gross: $65,500,000
Year: 1956
Studio: Paramount Studios
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Adjusted Gross: $1,018,514,100
Unadjusted Gross: $435,110,554
Year: 1982
Studio: Universal Studios
3. The Sound of Music
Adjusted Gross: $1,022,542,400
Unadjusted Gross: $158,671,368
Year: 1965
Studio: Fox
2. Star Wars
Adjusted Gross: $1,278,898,700
Unadjusted Gross: $460,998,007
Year: 1977
Studio: Fox
1. Gone with the Wind
Adjusted Gross: $1,450,680,400
Unadjusted Gross: $198,676,459
Year: 1939
Studio: MGM