LIST OF HIGHEST-GROSSING FILMS

The following is a non-definitive list of the all-time 'highest-grossing films'.

Contents

Highest Grossing Films

Highest Grossing Film Series

References

See also

External links

Highest Grossing Films

The list is based on the total box office receipts, updated on September 9, 2007. It includes box office takes only, not the ancillary earnings (video rentals, TV broadcasts, etc.), and serves only as a guide. Amounts are in United States dollars, and are not adjusted for inflation.
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 the changing value of the US Dollar against other currencies, particularly the Pound and the Euro. The unadjusted list, while commonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless for comparing films widely separated in time. name=fallacyfiles>Fallacy Files. Retrieved 2007-04-23. It is possible 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."
2004 has more films in the top 50 than any other year, with 6. Only 3 films so far have passed the 1 Billion dollar mark - ''Titanic'', '' and '' - Not adjusted for inflation.

'List of highest-grossing films (unadjusted)'

Rank	Movie name	Worldwide Gross	Source
1	''Titanic'' (1997) - 20th Century Fox / Paramount	$1,845,034,188
2	'' (2003) - New Line Cinema	$1,118,888,979
3	'' (2006) - Buena Vista/Walt Disney	$1,066,179,725
4	''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001) - Warner Bros.	$976,475,550
5	'' (2007) - Buena Vista/Walt Disney	$959,864,994
6	'' (2002) - New Line Cinema	$926,287,400
7	'' (1999) - 20th Century Fox	$924,300,000
8	''Shrek 2'' (2004) - DreamWorks SKG	$919,838,758
9	''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007) - Warner Bros.	$914,969,841
10	''Jurassic Park'' (1993) - Universal	$914,700,000
11	''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005) - Warner Bros.	$896,013,036
12	''Spider-Man 3'' (2007) -Sony/Columbia	$890,243,184
13	''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002) - Warner Bros.	$878,988,482
14	'' (2001) - New Line Cinema	$871,368,364
15	''Finding Nemo'' (2003) - Buena Vista/Walt Disney	$864,625,978
16	'' (2005) - 20th Century Fox	$849,997,605
17	''Spider-Man'' (2002) - Sony/Columbia	$821,708,551
18	''Independence Day'' (1996) - 20th Century Fox	$816,969,268
19	''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004) - Warner Bros.	$795,541,069
20	''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982) - Universal	$792,900,000
21	''The Lion King'' (1994) - Buena Vista/Walt Disney	$783,841,776
22	''Spider-Man 2'' (2004) - Sony/Columbia	$783,766,341
23	'' (1977) - 20th Century Fox	$775,408,007
24	''The Da Vinci Code'' (2006) - Sony/Columbia	$758,239,851
25	''Shrek the Third'' (2007) - Paramount/DreamWorks SKG	$757,466,679
26	'' (2005) - Walt Disney/Buena Vista	$744,783,957
27	''The Matrix Reloaded'' (2003) - Warner Bros.	$738,599,701
28	''Transformers'' (2007) - Paramount/DreamWorks SKG	$686,405,486
29	''Forrest Gump'' (1994) - Paramount	$679,400,000
30	''The Sixth Sense'' (1999) - Buena Vista/Hollywood Pictures	$672,806,292
31	'' (2003) - Walt Disney/Buena Vista	$654,264,015
32	'' (2006) - 20th Century Fox	$651,564,512
33	'' (2002) - 20th Century Fox	$649,398,328
34	''The Incredibles'' (2004) - Buena Vista/Walt Disney	$631,442,092
35	'' (1997) - Universal	$618,638,999
36	''The Passion of the Christ'' (2004) - Icon Entertainment	$611,899,420
37	''Casino Royale'' (2006) - Sony/MGM/Columbia	$594,239,066
38	''War of the Worlds'' (2005) - Paramount/DreamWorks SKG	$591,745,528
39	''Men in Black'' (1997) - Sony/Columbia	$589,390,539
40	''Night at the Museum'' (2006) - 20th Century Fox	$573,138,045
41	''Armageddon'' (1998) - Buena Vista	$553,709,788
42	''King Kong'' (2005) - Universal	$549,358,447
43	''Mission Impossible II'' (2000) - Paramount	$546,388,105
44	''The Day After Tomorrow'' (2004) - 20th Century Fox	$542,771,772
45	'' (1980) - 20th Century Fox	$538,375,067
46	''Madagascar'' (2005) - DreamWorks SKG	$532,680,671
47	''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001) - Buena Vista/Walt Disney	$525,366,597
48	'' (1991) - TriStar/Carolco	$519,843,345
49	''Meet the Fockers'' (2004) - Universal	$516,533,043
50	''Ghost'' (1990) - Paramount	$505,702,588

As with the above, this list does not include television or video sales.
 
★ Gross includes re-released films.
'''Note:''' Original and re-release profits ''not'' calculated separately. This could 'greatly' sway the results because inflation is not the same for profits made in different years.''

Highest Grossing Film Series

'Highest Grossing Film Series (unadjusted)'

Rank	Series	Total worldwide box office	No. of films
1	''Harry Potter''	$4,459,191,101	5
2	''James Bond''	$4,355,700,000	21
3	''Star Wars films''	$4,212,592,742	6
4	''The Lord of the Rings''	$2,916,544,743	3
5	''Pirates of the Caribbean''	$2,680,308,734	3
6	''Spider-Man''	$2,495,718,076	3
7	''Shrek''	$2,161,714,655	3
8	''Jurassic Park''	$1,902,110,926	3
9	''Batman''	$1,624,772,639	5
10	''The Matrix''	$1,623,967,842	3

References

1. Domestic Grosses: Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation (1910 adjustor: .07, 2006 adjustor: .58.) Retrieved 2007-04-23.

See also

★ List of highest-grossing films throughout history

★ List of biggest opening weekends

★ List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada

★ List of highest grossing films in Canada

★ List of Soviet movies of the year by ticket sales

★ List of most expensive films

★ List of highest-grossing Bollywood films

★ Internet Movie Database

★ List of U.S. box office bombs

External links

'Adjusted for inflation:'

★ ''Box Office Mojo'' - Inflation-adjusted grossing lists since 1910

★ Australian All Time Adjusted box office
'Unadjusted for inflation:'

★ Top 100 adjusted and unadjusted for inflation

★ ''The Numbers'' all time worldwide chart

★ '' IMDB'' all time worldwide chart

★ ''Box Office Mojo''
'Other all time highest grossing films::'

★ UK all time box office

★ All time Australian box office

★ All time German box office

★ All time French box office