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List of highest-grossing films

Gone With the Wind held the record ofhighest-grossing film for 25 years, and, adjusted

for inflation, has earned more than any other film.

Films generate income from several revenue streams includingtheatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights andmerchandising. However, theatrical box office earnings are the primarymetric for trade publications (such as Box Office Mojo and Variety) inassessing the success of a film, mostly due to the availability of thedata compared to sales figures for home video and broadcast rights,and also due to historical practice. Included on the list are charts of thetop box-office earners (ranked by both the nominal and real value oftheir revenue), a chart of high-grossing films by calendar year, atimeline showing the transition of the highest-grossing film record, anda chart of the highest-grossing film franchises and series. All charts areranked by international theatrical box office performance wherepossible, excluding income derived from home video, broadcastingrights and merchandise.

Traditionally, war films, musicals and historical dramas have been themost popular genres, but franchise films have been the best performersin the 21st century, with films from the Harry Potter, Middle-Earthand Pirates of the Caribbean series dominating the top end of the list.Since Superman (1978) there has been new interest in the superherogenre; Batman from DC Comics and films based on the MarvelComics brand such as Spider-Man, X-Men and films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have all done particularlywell. The only films in the top ten that do not form a franchise are the top two, Avatar and Titanic, both directed byJames Cameron. Animated family films have performed consistently well, with Disney films enjoying lucrativere-releases prior to the home video era. Disney enjoyed later success with its Pixar brand, of which the Toy Storyfilms and Finding Nemo have been the best performers; beyond Pixar animation, the Shrek, Ice Age and Madagascarseries have met with the most success.

While inflation has eroded away the achievements of most films from the 1960s and 1970s, there are franchisesoriginating from that period that are still active: James Bond and Star Trek films are still being released periodically,and the Star Wars saga was reprised after a lengthy hiatus; Indiana Jones also saw a successful comeback after lyingdormant for nearly twenty years. All four are still among the highest-grossing franchises, despite starting over thirtyyears ago. Some of the older films that held the record of highest-grossing film still have respectable grosses even bytoday's standards, but do not really compete against today's top-earners: Gone with the Wind for instance—whichwas the highest-grossing film for twenty-five years—does not even make the top fifty in the modern market, but,adjusted for inflation, it would still be the highest-grossing film. All grosses on the list are expressed in US dollars attheir nominal value, except where stated otherwise.

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Highest-grossing films

The two highest-grossing films have both beendirected and written by James Cameron.

With a worldwide box-office gross of about $2.8 billion, Avatar isoften proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claimsusually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take account ofhome video and television income, which can form a significantportion of a film's earnings. Once revenue from home entertainment isfactored in it is not immediately clear which film is the mostsuccessful. In addition to the $1.8 billion Titanic grossed during itsoriginal theatrical run, it also earned a further $1.2 billion from videoand DVD sales and rentals.[1] While complete sales data is notavailable for Avatar, it earned $190 million from the sale of ten millionDVD and Blu-ray units in North America,[2] and sold a total of thirtymillion units worldwide.[3] After home video income is accounted for,both films have earned over $3 billion. Television broadcast rights willalso substantially add to a film's earnings, with a film often earning asmuch as 20–25% of its theatrical box-office for a couple of television runs on top of pay-per-view revenues;[4]

Titanic earned $55 million from just the US broadcast rights alone for its initial television run (equating to about 9%of its North American gross).[1]

When a film is highly exploitable as a commercial property, its ancillary revenues from merchandising can dwarf itsincome from direct film sales.[5] Pixar's Cars earned $461 million in theatrical revenues[6]—which was only amodest hit by comparison to other Pixar films[7]—but generated merchandise sales approaching $10 billion in thefive years after its 2006 release,[8] the most revenue ever generated by a single film.[]

Only the revenues from theatrical exhibition at their nominal value are included here, which sees Avatar rank in thetop position. Sixteen films in total have grossed in excess of $1 billion worldwide. The films on this chart have allhad a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1996, and films that have not played since then do not appear on thechart due to ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered. The mostrepresented year is 2012 with seven films.

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Highest-grossing films[9]

Rank Title Worldwide gross Year Ref

1 Avatar $2,782,275,172 2009 [10]

2 Titanic $2,185,372,302 1997 [1]

3 The Avengers $1,511,757,910 2012 []

4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1,341,511,219 2011 []

5 Iron Man 3 $1,196,616,000 2013 []

6 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,746,996 2011 [11]

7 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,929,521 2003 [12]

8 Skyfall $1,108,561,013 2012 [13]

9 The Dark Knight Rises $1,084,439,099 2012 [14]

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10 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725 2006 []

11 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911 2010 []

12 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $1,043,871,802 2011 [15]

13 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace $1,027,044,677 1999 [16]

14 Alice in Wonderland $1,024,299,904 2010 [17]

15 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $1,017,003,568 2012 [18]

16 The Dark Knight $1,004,558,444 2008 [19]

17 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone $974,755,371 2001 []

18 Jurassic Park $969,851,882 1993 [20]

19 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $963,420,425 2007 []

20 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $960,283,305 2010 [21]

21 The Lion King $951,583,777 1994 [22]

22 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $939,885,929 2007 [23]

23 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $934,416,487 2009 [24]

24 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $926,047,111 2002 [25]

25 Finding Nemo $921,743,261 2003 [26]

26 Shrek 2 $919,838,758 2004 []

27 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $896,911,078 2005 []

28 Spider-Man 3 $890,871,626 2007 [27]

29 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $886,686,817 2009 [28]

30 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $878,979,634 2002 [29]

31 Ice Age: Continental Drift $877,244,782 2012 [30]

32 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $871,530,324 2001 [31]

33 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith $848,754,768 2005 [32]

34 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $836,303,693 2009 [33]

35 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 $829,685,377 2012 [34]

36 Inception $825,532,764 2010 [35]

37 Spider-Man $821,708,551 2002 [36]

38 Independence Day $817,400,891 1996 []

39 Shrek the Third $798,958,162 2007 [37]

40 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban $796,688,549 2004 [38]

41 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $792,910,554 1982 []

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42 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $786,636,033 2008 [39]

43 Spider-Man 2 $783,766,341 2004 [40]

44 Star Wars $775,398,007 1977 []

45 2012 $769,679,473 2009 [41]

46 The Da Vinci Code $758,239,851 2006 [42]

47 Shrek Forever After $752,600,867 2010 [43]

48 The Amazing Spider-Man $752,216,557 2012 [44]

49 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $745,013,115 2005 [45]

50 The Matrix Reloaded $742,128,461 2003 [46]

Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation

World map showing inflation rates in 2009

Due to the long-term effects of inflation, notably the significantincrease of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflationgives far more weight to later films.[] The unadjusted list, whilecommonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless forcomparing films widely separated in time, as many films from earliereras will never appear on a modern unadjusted list, despite achievinghigher commercial success when adjusted for price increases.[] Tocompensate for the devaluation of the currency, some charts makeadjustments for inflation, but not even this practise fully addresses the issue since ticket prices and inflation do notnecessarily parallel one another. For example, in 1970 tickets cost $1.55 or about $6.68 in inflation-adjusted 2004dollars; by 1980, prices had risen to about $2.69, a drop to $5.50 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars.[] Ticket priceshave also risen at different rates of inflation around the world, further complicating the process of adjustingworldwide grosses.[]

Another complication is release in multiple formats for which different ticket prices are charged. One notableexample of this phenomenon is Avatar, which was also released in 3D and IMAX: almost two-thirds of tickets forthat film were for 3D showings with an average price of $10, and about one-sixth were for IMAX showings with anaverage price over $14.50, compared to a 2010 average price of $7.61 for 2D films.[] Social and economic factorssuch as population change[] and the growth of international markets[][][] also impact on the number of peoplepurchasing theater tickets, along with audience demographics where some films sell a much higher proportion ofdiscounted children's tickets, or perform better in big cities where tickets cost more.[]

The measuring system for gauging a film's success is based on unadjusted grosses, mainly because historically this isthe way it has always been done due to the practices of the film industry: the box office receipts are compiled bytheaters and relayed to the distributor, which in turn releases them to the media.[] Converting to a more representativesystem that counts ticket sales rather than gross is also fraught with problems due to the fact that the only dataavailable for older films are the sale totals.[] As the motion picture industry is highly oriented towards marketingcurrently released films, unadjusted figures are always used in marketing campaigns so that new blockbuster filmscan much more easily achieve a high sales ranking, and thus be promoted as a "top film of all time",[][] so there islittle incentive to switch to a more economically robust system from a marketing or even newsworthy point of view.[]

Despite the inherent difficulties in accounting for inflation, several attempts have been made. Estimates depend on the price index used to adjust the grosses,[] and the exchange rates used to convert between currencies can also

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impact upon the calculations, both of which can have an effect on the ultimate rankings of an inflation adjusted list.Gone with the Wind—first released in 1939—is generally considered to be the most successful film, with GuinnessWorld Records estimating its adjusted global gross at $3.3 billion. Estimates for Gone with the Wind's adjusted grosshave varied substantially: its owner, Turner Entertainment, also estimated its adjusted earnings at $3.3 billion in2007, a few years earlier than the Guinness estimate;[] other estimates fall either side of this amount, with one puttingits gross just under $3 billion in 2010,[] while another provided an alternative figure of about $3.8 billion in 2006.[47]

Which film is Gone with the Wind's nearest rival depends on the set of figures used: Guinness have Avatar in secondplace with nearly $2.8 billion, while other estimates see Titanic in the runner-up spot with first-run worldwideearnings of almost $2.9 billion at 2010 prices. Including the Guinness figures, estimates for Star Wars (1977) rangefrom $2.2–2.7 billion at 2010/11 price levels, while E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has earned approximately $1.9–2.2billion, and the $1.9–2.0 billion figure for Jaws is corroborated by The Economist.[][]

Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation[48]

Rank Title Worldwidegross

(constant $)

Year

1 Gone with the Wind $3,301,400,000 1939

2 Avatar $2,782,300,000 2009

3 Star Wars $2,710,800,000 1977

4 Titanic $2,413,800,000T 1997

5 The Sound of Music $2,269,800,000 1965

6 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $2,216,800,000 1982

7 The Ten Commandments $2,098,600,000 1956

8 Doctor Zhivago $1,988,600,000 1965

9 Jaws $1,945,100,000 1975

10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $1,746,100,000 1937

TThe figure for Titanic is based on the gross from its 1997 theatrical release, and does not incorporate earnings fromthe 2012 reissue, which has since added approximately $343 million to the total.[49]

High-grossing films by yearGlossary: Distributor rentals

Box-office figures are reported in the form of gross or distributor rentals, the latter being especially true of older films. Commonlymistaken for home video revenue, the rentals are the distributor's share of the film's theatrical revenue i.e. the box office gross lessthe exhibitor's cut.[][] Historically, the rental price averaged at 35–40% when the distributors owned the theater chains, equating tojust over a third of the gross being paid to the distributor of the film.[] In the modern marketplace, rental fees can varygreatly—depending on a number of factors—although the films from the major studios average out at 43%.[]

Audience tastes were fairly eclectic during the 20th century, but several trends did emerge. During the silent era, films with war themes were popular with audiences, with The Birth of a Nation (American Civil War), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Big Parade and Wings (all World War I) becoming the most successful films in their respective years of release, with the trend coming to an end with All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930. With the advent of sound in 1927, the musical—the genre best placed to showcase the new technology—took over as the most popular type of film with audiences, with 1928 and 1929 both being topped by musical films. The genre continued to perform strongly in the 1930s, but the outbreak of World War II saw war themed films dominate again

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during this period, starting with Gone with the Wind (American Civil War) in 1939, and finishing with The BestYears of Our Lives (World War II) in 1946. Samson and Delilah (1949) saw the beginning of a trend of increasinglyexpensive historical dramas set during Ancient Rome/biblical times throughout the 1950s as cinema competed withtelevision for audiences,[50] with Quo Vadis, The Robe, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and Spartacus allbecoming the highest-grossing film of the year during initial release, before the genre started to wane after thefinancially catastrophic Cleopatra in 1963.[51] The success of White Christmas and South Pacific in the 1950sforeshadowed the comeback of the musical in the 1960s with West Side Story, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, TheSound of Music and Funny Girl all among the top films of the decade. The 1970s saw a shift in audience tastes tohigh concept films, with six such films made by either George Lucas or Steven Spielberg topping the chart duringthe 1980s. The 21st century has seen an increasing dependence on franchises and adaptations, with Avatar in 2009being the only chart-topper forming an original work.

Films directed by Steven Spielberg have been thehighest-grossing film of the year on six

occasions.

Steven Spielberg is the most represented director on the chart with sixfilms to his credit, occupying the top spot in 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984,1989 and 1993. William Wyler (1942, 1946, 1959 and 1968) and CecilB. DeMille (1947, 1949, 1952 and 1956) are in second place, each withfour films, while Leo McCarey (1932, 1944 and 1945), George RoyHill (1966, 1969 and 1973) and James Cameron (1991, 1997 and 2009)all feature heavily with three films apiece. George Lucas directed twochart-toppers in 1977 and 1999, but also served in a strong creativecapacity as a producer and writer in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1989as well. The following directors have also all directed two films on thechart: D. W. Griffith, Frank Lloyd, King Vidor, Frank Capra, MichaelCurtiz, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, GuyHamilton, Mike Nichols, William Friedkin, Peter Jackson and GoreVerbinski; Mervyn LeRoy, Ken Annakin and Robert Wise are eachrepresented by one solo credit and one shared credit, and John Fordco-directed two films. Disney films are usually co-directed and some

directors have served on several winning teams: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand,Ben Sharpsteen, Wolfgang Reitherman and Bill Roberts have all co-directed at least two films on the list. Only fivedirectors have topped the chart in consecutive years: McCarey (1944 and 1945), Nichols (1966 and 1967), Spielberg(1981 and 1982), Jackson (2002 and 2003) and Verbinski (2006 and 2007).

Due to release schedules—especially in the case of films released towards the end of the year—and different releasepatterns across the world, many films can do business in two or more calendar years; therefore the grossesdocumented here are not confined to just the year of release. Grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs either,with many older films often being re-released periodically so the figures represent all the business a film has donesince its original release; a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known. In the cases whereestimates conflict both films are recorded, and in cases where a film has moved into first place due to beingre-released the previous record-holder is also retained. Due to incomplete data it cannot be known for sure how muchmoney some films have made and when they made it, but generally the chart chronicles the films from each year thatwent on to earn the most. At least one film every year has generated $100 million in gross revenue at the box officesince 1967, and from 2008 each year has succeeded in producing a billion dollar grossing film.

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High-grossing films by year of release[52][53][]

Year Title Worldwide gross Budget Ref(s)

1915 The Birth of a Nation $50,000,000–$100,000,000$20,000,000+R ($5,200,000)R

$110,000 [54][][55]

1916 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea $8,000,000* $200,000–$500,000 [56][57]

1917 Cleopatra $2,000,000* $300,000 [58]

1918 Mickey $8,000,000 $250,000 []

1919 The Miracle Man $3,000,000R $120,000 [59]

1920 Way Down East $5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R $800,000 [60][61]

1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse $5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R $600,000–$800,000 [62]

1922 Robin Hood $2,500,000R $986,000 [63]

1923 The Covered Wagon $5,000,000R $800,000 []

1924 The Sea Hawk $3,000,000R $700,000 []

1925 The Big Parade $18,000,000–22,000,000R

($6,131,000)R

$382,000 [][64][65]

Ben-Hur $9,386,000R $3,967,000 [66]

1926 Aloma of the South Seas $3,000,000 AS TBA [67]

For Heaven's Sake $2,600,000R $150,000 [60][68]

What Price Glory? $2,429,000R $817,000 [61]

1927 Wings $3,600,000R $2,000,000 [60][69][70]

1928 The Singing Fool $5,900,000R $388,000 [70][]

1929 The Broadway Melody $4,400,000–$4,800,000R $379,000 [71][72]

Sunny Side Up $3,500,000*R SS TBA [73]

1930 All Quiet on the Western Front $3,000,000R $1,250,000 [74][75]

Whoopee! $2,655,000R $1,000,000 [][76][75]

1931 Frankenstein $12,000,000R ($1,400,000)R $250,000 [77][78]

City Lights $5,000,000R $1,607,351 [79]

1932 The Kid from Spain $2,621,000R KS TBA [][80]

Grand Hotel $2,594,000R $700,000 [81][80]

1933 King Kong $5,347,000R ($1,856,000)R $672,255.75 [82]

I'm No Angel $3,250,000+R $200,000 [83][84]

Cavalcade $3,000,000–$4,000,000R $1,116,000 [61][76]

She Done Him Wrong $3,000,000R $200,000 []

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1934 The Merry Widow $2,608,000R $1,605,000 [85][81]

It Happened One Night $1,000,000R ON $325,000 [86][87]

1935 Mutiny on the Bounty $4,460,000R $2,000,000 [81][]

1936 San Francisco $6,044,000R ($5,273,000)R $1,300,000 [85][81]

1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $416,316,184S7 ($8,500,000)R $1,488,423 [88][89]

1938 You Can't Take It With You $5,000,000R $1,200,000 [90][91]

1939 Gone with the Wind $393,400,000 ($32,000,000)R GW $3,850,000 [92][][93]

1940 Pinocchio $84,300,000* ($3,290,000)R $2,600,000 [94][89][]

Boom Town $4,586,000*R $2,000,000 [][95][96]

1941 Sergeant York $7,800,000R $1,600,000 [97][98]

1942 Bambi $268,000,000 ($3,449,353)R $2,000,000 [99][100]

Mrs. Miniver $8,878,000R $1,344,000 [101][102]

1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls $11,000,000R $2,681,298 [103][104][]

This Is the Army $9,555,586.44*R $1,400,000 [105][106][]

1944 Going My Way $6,500,000*R $1,000,000 [][107][108]

1945 Mom and Dad $80,000,000MD/$22,000,000R $65,000 []

The Bells of St. Mary's $11,200,000R $1,600,000 [109]

1946 Song of the South $65,000,000* ($3,300,000)R $2,125,000 [110][111][112]

The Best Years of Our Lives $14,750,000R $2,100,000 [113][114]

Duel in the Sun $10,000,000*R $5,255,000 [][115]

1947 Forever Amber $8,000,000R $6,375,000 [73][115]

Unconquered $7,500,000R UN $4,200,000 [116][117]

1948 Easter Parade $6,800,000R $2,500,000 [118]

The Red Shoes $5,000,000*R £505,581 (~$2,000,000) [][119][120]

The Snake Pit $4,100,000*R TBA [121]

1949 Samson and Delilah $14,209,250R $3,097,563 [122]

1950 Cinderella $85,000,000*

($20,000,000/$7,800,000R)

$2,200,000–$2,900,000 [123][124][125]

King Solomon's Mines $10,050,000R $2,258,000 []

1951 Quo Vadis $21,037,000R $7,623,000 [122][126]

1952 This Is Cinerama $50,000,000CI $1,000,000 [127][128]

The Greatest Show on Earth $18,350,000R $4,000,000 [129][130]

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1953 Peter Pan $145,000,000 $3,000,000–$4,000,000 [131]

The Robe $25,000,000–$26,100,000R $4,100,000 [132][133]

1954 Rear Window $36,764,313* ($5,300,000)*R $1,000,000 [134][126]

White Christmas $30,000,000* ($12,000,000)*R $3,800,000 [135][136][137]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea $28,200,000*/$11,000,000*R

($6,800,000)*R

$5,000,000–$9,000,000 [138][139]

1955 Lady and the Tramp $93,600,000* ($6,500,000)*R $4,000,000 [140][][141]

Cinerama Holiday $21,000,000CI $2,000,000 [142][143]

Mister Roberts $9,900,000R $2,400,000 [144]

1956 The Ten Commandments $58,000,000–60,000,000R $13,266,491 [145][146]

1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai $30,600,000R $2,840,000 [146]

1958 South Pacific $30,000,000R $5,610,000 [147]

1959 Ben-Hur $90,000,000R

($146,900,000/$66,100,000R)

$15,900,000 [148][149]

1960 Swiss Family Robinson $30,000,000R $4,000,000 [150]

Spartacus $60,000,000 ($22,105,225)R $10,284,014 [151][152]

Psycho $50,000,000+ ($14,000,000)R $800,000 [153]

1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians $215,000,000 $4,000,000 [154][155]

West Side Story $30,000,000R $6,000,000 [156][157]

1962 Lawrence of Arabia $77,324,144 ($69,995,385) $13,800,000 [158][159]

How the West Was Won $35,000,000R $14,483,000 [160]

The Longest Day $33,200,000R $8,000,000 [161][159]

1963 Cleopatra $38,042,000R $31,115,000 [159]

From Russia With Love $78,900,000/$29,400,000R

($12,500,000)R

$2,000,000 [162][163][164]

1964 My Fair Lady $55,000,000R $17,000,000 [165]

Goldfinger $124,900,000 ($46,000,000)R $3,000,000 [162][164]

Mary Poppins $44,000,000–$50,000,000R $5,200,000 [166][165]

1965 The Sound of Music $286,214,286 ($112,481,000)R $8,100,000 [167][]

1966 The Bible: In the Beginning $25,300,000R $18,000,000 [152]

Hawaii $34,562,222* ($15,600,000)*R $15,000,000 [168][]

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? $33,736,689* ($14,500,000)*R $7,613,000 [169][][170]

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1967 The Jungle Book $170,800,000–205,843,612 $3,900,000–4,000,000 [154][171][172]

The Graduate $85,000,000R $3,100,000 [173][174]

1968 2001: A Space Odyssey $138,000,000–190,000,000($31,900,000)R

$10,500,000 [175][176][177]

Funny Girl $80,000,000–$100,000,000 $8,800,000 [178][179]

1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid $96,000,000R $6,825,000 [180][174]

1970 Love Story $80,000,000R $2,200,000 [181][182]

Airport $75,000,000R $10,000,000 [183][184]

1971 Diamonds Are Forever $116,000,000 ($45,700,000)R $7,200,000 [162][163][185]

The French Connection $75,000,000R $3,300,000 [73]

1972 The Godfather $286,000,000 ($142,000,000)R $6,200,000 [186][187][]

1973 The Exorcist $402,735,134 ($110,000,000)R $10,000,000–12,000,000 [][188]

The Sting $115,000,000R $5,500,000 [189][190]

1974 The Towering Inferno $88,650,000R $15,000,000 [191]

Blazing Saddles $80,000,000+R $2,600,000 [192][193]

1975 Jaws $470,700,000($400,000,000/$193,700,000R)

$9,000,000 [][][194]

1976 Rocky $225,000,000 $1,000,000 [195]

1977 Star Wars $775,398,007 ($530,000,000)SW $11,293,151 [][][196]

1978 Grease $387,513,770 ($341,000,000) $6,000,000 [197][198]

1979 Moonraker $210,300,000 $31,000,000 [162][199]

Rocky II $200,182,160 $7,000,000 [200][201][199]

1980 The Empire Strikes Back $538,375,067 ($413,562,607)SW $23,000,000 [202]

1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark $389,925,971 ($353,988,025) $20,000,000 [203]

1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $792,910,554 ($619,000,000) $10,500,000 [][]

1983 Return of the Jedi $475,106,177 ($385,845,197)SW $32,500,000 [204]

1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $333,107,271 $28,000,000 [205]

1985 Back to the Future $383,874,862 $19,000,000 [206]

1986 Top Gun $356,830,601 ($353,781,728) $15,000,000 [207]

1987 Fatal Attraction $320,100,000 $14,000,000 [208]

1988 Rain Man $412,800,000 $25,000,000 [209]

1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $474,171,806 $48,000,000 [210]

1990 Ghost $517,600,000 $22,000,000 [211]

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1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day $519,843,345 $102,000,000 []

1992 Aladdin $504,050,219 $28,000,000 [212]

1993 Jurassic Park $968,020,792 ($914,691,118) $63,000,000 [20]

1994 The Lion King $951,583,777 ($768,155,561) $45,000,000 [22]

1995 Die Hard with a Vengeance $366,101,666 $90,000,000 [213]

1996 Independence Day $817,400,891 $75,000,000 []

1997 Titanic $2,185,372,302 ($1,843,201,268) $200,000,000 [1]

1998 Armageddon $554,600,000 $140,000,000 [214]

1999 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace $1,027,044,677 ($924,317,558) $115,000,000 [16]

2000 Mission: Impossible II $546,388,105 $125,000,000 [215]

2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone $974,755,371 $125,000,000 []

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $926,047,111 ($921,780,457) $94,000,000 [25]

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,929,521 ($1,119,110,941) $94,000,000 [12]

2004 Shrek 2 $919,838,758 $150,000,000 []

2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $896,911,078 $150,000,000 []

2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725 $225,000,000 []

2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $963,420,425 $300,000,000 []

2008 The Dark Knight $1,004,558,444 ($997,039,412) $185,000,000 [19]

2009 Avatar $2,782,275,172 ($2,749,064,328) $237,000,000 [10][]

2010 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911 $200,000,000 []

2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1,341,511,219 $250,000,000HP [][216]

2012 Marvel's The Avengers $1,511,757,910 $220,000,000 []

2013 Iron Man 3 $1,196,616,000 $200,000,000 []

•• ( ... ) Since grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs, a film's first-run gross is included in brackets afterthe total if known.

• *Canada and U.S. gross only.• RDistributor rental.• TBATo be ascertained.• ASNo contemporary sources provide figures for Aloma of the South Seas, so it is unclear what the $3 million

figure relates to. If it were the rental gross then that would have made it not only the highest-grossing film of theyear, but one of the highest-grossing films of the silent era, and if that is the case it would be unusual for bothInternational Motion Picture Almanac and Variety to omit it from their lists.

• SSIt is not clear if the figure for Sunny Side Up is for North America or worldwide. Other sources put its earningsat $2 million,[217] which may suggest the higher figure is the worldwide rental, given the confusion overinternational figures during this period.[218]

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• KSThe figures for Whoopee ($2,655,000), The Kid from Spain ($2,621,000), Roman Scandals ($2,443,000) andPalmy Days ($1,601,000) are provided by Eddie Cantor who starred in them. The International Motion PictureAlmanac conflates worldwide and North American grosses, but the figure for Whoopee! is corroborated as theworldwide earnings.

• ONThe figure for It Happened One Night is not truly representative of its success: it was distributed as a packagedeal along with more than two dozen other Columbia films, and the total earnings were averaged out; the truegross would have been much higher.

• S7Snow White's $416 million global cume omits earnings outside of North America from the 1987 and 1993re-releases. Up to and including the 1983 re-release, Snow White had grossed $330 million, with $98 millioncoming from the North American market. As a guide to its potential earnings from those releases, this equates toSnow White generally doubling its American earnings in foreign territories, with the 1987 reissue earning about$45 million in North America, and the 1993 reissue $41 million.

• GWIt is not absolutely clear how much Gone with the Wind earned from its initial release. Contemporary accountsoften list it as earning $32 million in North American rentals and retrospective charts have often duplicated thisclaim; however, it is likely this was the worldwide rental figure. Trade journals would collate the data by eitherobtaining it from the distributors themselves, who were keen to promote a successful film, or by surveyingtheaters and constructing an estimate. Distributors would often report the worldwide rental since the higher figuremade the film appear more successful, while estimates were limited to performance in North America; therefore itwas not unusual for worldwide and North American rentals to be mixed up. Following the outbreak of World WarII, many of the foreign markets were unavailable to Hollywood so it became standard practice to just report onNorth American box-office performance.[218] In keeping with this new approach, the North American rental forGone with the Wind was revised to $21 million in 1947 ($11 million lower than the previous figure),[219] and as of1953—following the 1947 re-release—Variety was reporting earnings of $26 million.[220] Through 1956, MGMreported cumulative North American earnings of $30,015,000 and foreign earnings of $18,964,000, from threereleases.[221] Worldwide rentals of $32 million from the initial release is consistent with the revised figures andlater reported worldwide figures: they indicate that the film earned $21 million in North America and $11 millionoverseas from the initial release, and added a further $9 million in North America and $8 million overseas fromsubsequent re-releases up to 1956.

• MDMom and Dad does not generally feature in 'high-gross' lists such as those published by Variety due to itsindependent distribution. Essentially belonging to the exploitation genre, it was marketed as an educational sexhygiene film in an effort to circumvent censorship laws. Falling foul of the Motion Picture Production Code, Momand Dad was prevented from obtaining mainstream distribution and restricted to independent and drive-intheaters. It was the biggest hit of its kind, and remained in continual distribution until the 1970s when hardcorepornography eventually took over. At the end of 1947 it had earned $2 million, and by 1949, $8 million; by 1956it had earned $22 million in rentals, representing a gross of $80 million, and would have easily placed in the topten films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Estimates of its total earnings are as high as $100 million.

• UNChopra-Gant stipulates that the figure given for Unconquered is for North American box-office, but as wascommon at the time, the chart confuses worldwide and North American grosses. Other sources state that thetakings for Forever Amber ($8 million) and Life with Father ($6.5 million)[222] were in fact worldwide rentalgrosses, so it is possible this is also true of Unconquered.

• CIThe Cinerama figures represent gross amounts. Since the Cinerama corporation owned the theaters there were no rental fees for the films, meaning the studio received 100% of the box-office gross, unlike the case with most other films where the distributor typically receives less than half the gross. Since Variety at the time ranked films by their US rental, they constructed a hypothetical rental figure for the Cinerama films to provide a basis for comparison to other films in their chart: in the case of This Is Cinerama, the $50 million worldwide gross was reconfigured as a $12.5 million US rental gross; this is exactly 25% of the amount reported by Cinerama, so Variety's formula seemingly halved the gross to obtain an estimate for the US share, and halved it again to

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simulate a rental fee. Variety's 'rental' amounts are often repeated, but have no basis in the reality of what thefilms actually earned—they are hypothetical figures conceived for comparative analysis.[223] All five Cineramafeatures collectively generated $120 million in worldwide box office receipts.[224]

• SWThe 'first run' Star Wars grosses do not include revenue from the 1997 special edition releases; however, thefigure does include revenue from the re-releases prior to the special editions.

• HPProduction costs were shared with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.

Timeline of highest-grossing films

The Birth of a Nation pioneered many of thetechniques used in film-making today, becomingthe most successful film ever made at the time of

its release.

At least ten films have held the record of 'highest-grossing film' sinceThe Birth of a Nation assumed the top spot in 1915. Both The Birth ofa Nation and Gone with the Wind spent twenty-five consecutive yearsapiece as the highest-grosser, with films directed by Steven Spielbergholding the record on three occasions and James Cameron—the currentholder—twice. Spielberg became the first director to break his ownrecord when Jurassic Park overtook E.T., and Cameron emulated thefeat when Avatar broke the record set by Titanic.

Some sources claim that The Big Parade superseded The Birth of aNation as highest-grossing film, eventually being replaced by SnowWhite and the Seven Dwarfs, which in turn was quickly usurped byGone with the Wind.[] Exact figures are not known for The Birth of aNation, but contemporary records put its worldwide earnings at $5.2million as of 1919.[] Its international release was delayed by WorldWar I, and it was not released in many foreign territories until the1920s; coupled with further re-releases in the United States, its $10million earnings as reported by Variety in 1932 are consistent with theearlier figure.[60] At this time, Variety still had The Birth of a Nationahead of The Big Parade ($6,400,000) on distributor rentals, and if itsestimate is correct, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ($8,500,000)[225]

would not have earned enough on its first theatrical run to take therecord,[226] although it would have been the highest-grossing 'talkie',[227] displacing The Singing Fool($5,900,000).[228] Although received wisdom holds that it is unlikely The Birth of a Nation was ever overtaken by asilent-era film,[229] the record would fall to Ben-Hur (1925) ($9,386,000) if The Birth of a Nation earnedsignificantly less than its estimated gross.[66] In addition to its gross rental earnings through public exhibition, TheBirth of a Nation played at a large number of private, club and organizational engagements which figures areunavailable for.[] It was hugely popular with the Ku Klux Klan who used it to drive recruitment,[230] and at one pointVariety estimated its total earnings to stand at around $50 million.[231] Despite later retracting the claim, the sum hasbeen widely reported even though it has never been substantiated.[] While it is generally accepted that Gone with theWind took over the record of highest-grossing film on its initial release—which is true in terms of publicexhibition—it is likely it did not overtake The Birth of a Nation in total revenue until a much later date, with it stillbeing reported as the highest earner up until the 1960s.[] Gone with the Wind itself may have been briefly overtakenby The Ten Commandments (1956), which closed at the end of 1960 with worldwide rentals of $58–60million[232][233] compared to Gone with the Wind's $59 million;[] if it did claim the top spot its tenure there wasshort-lived, since Gone with the Wind was re-released the following year and increased its earnings to $67 million.Depending on how accurate the estimates are, the 1959 remake of Ben-Hur may also have captured the record from

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Gone with the Wind: as of the end of 1961 it had earned $47 million worldwide,[234] and by 1963 it was trailingGone with the Wind by just $2 million with international takings of $65 million,[] ultimately earning $66 millionfrom its initial release.[235]

The 1972 pornographic film Deep Throatreportedly earned as much as $600 million, a

figure that may have been inflated by gangsters inmoney laundering schemes.

Another film purported to have been the highest-grosser is the 1972pornographic film, Deep Throat. In 1984, Linda Lovelace testified to aUnited States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on juvenile justice thatthe film had earned $600 million;[236] this figure has been the subjectof much speculation, since if it is accurate then the film would havemade more money than Star Wars, and finished the 1970s as thehighest-grossing film. The main argument against this figure is that itsimply did not have a wide enough release to sustain the sort of sumsthat would be required for it to ultimately gross this amount.[237] Exactfigures are not known, but testimony in a federal trial in 1976—aboutfour years into the film's release—showed the film had grossed over$25 million.[238] Roger Ebert has reasoned it possibly did earn as muchas $600 million on paper, since mobsters owned most of the adultmovie theaters during this period and would launder income fromdrugs and prostitution through them, so probably inflated the boxoffice receipts for the film.[239]

The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, The Godfather, Jaws, StarWars, E.T. and Avatar all increased their record grosses withre-releases. The grosses from their original theatrical runs are included

here along with totals from re-releases up to the point that they lost the record; therefore the total for The Birth of aNation includes income from its reissues up to 1940; the total for Star Wars includes revenue from the late 1970s andearly 1980s reissues but not from the 1997 Special Edition; the total for E.T. incorporates its gross from the 1985reissue but not from 2002; the total for Avatar—as the current record-holder—includes all its earnings at the presenttime. Gone with the Wind is represented twice on the chart: the 1940 entry includes earnings from its staggered1939–1942 release (roadshows/first-run engagements/general release)[] along with all of its revenue up to the 1961reissue prior to losing the record to The Sound of Music in 1966; its 1971 entry—after it took back therecord—includes income from the 1967 and 1971 reissues but omitting later releases. The Godfather was re-releasedin 1973 after its success at the 45th Academy Awards, and Jaws was released again in 1976, and their grosses heremost likely include earnings from those releases. The Sound of Music, The Godfather, Jaws, Jurassic Park andTitanic increased their earnings with further releases in 1973, 1997, 1979, 2013 and 2012 respectively, but they arenot included in the totals here since they had already conceded the record prior to being re-released.

Timeline of the highest-grossing film record

Established Title Record setting gross Ref

1915[] The Birth of a Nation $5,200,000R []

1940 $15,000,000R ‡ []

1940[] Gone with the Wind $32,000,000R []

1963 $67,000,000R ‡ []

1966[] The Sound of Music $112,481,000R []

1971[] Gone with the Wind $114,000,000R ‡ [240]

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1972[] The Godfather $285,000,000/$142,000,000R [241][242]

1976[243][] Jaws $400,000,000 []

1978[244][245] Star Wars $410,000,000 []

1982 $530,000,000 ‡ []

1983[] E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $619,000,000 []

1993 $701,000,000 ‡ [246]

1993[] Jurassic Park $914,691,118 [20]

1998[] Titanic $1,843,201,268 [1]

2010[][] Avatar $2,749,064,328 [10]

$2,782,275,172 ‡

• RDistributor rental.• Includes revenue from re-releases. If a film increased its gross through re-releases while holding the record, the

year in which it recorded its highest gross is also noted in italics.

Highest-grossing franchises and film series

The James Bond series was the first to gross overa billion dollars, and is still the highest-grossing

after adjusting for inflation.

Prior to 2000, only seven series had grossed over $1 billion at the boxoffice: James Bond,[247] Star Wars,[248] Indiana Jones,[249]

Rocky,[250][251][252] Batman,[253] Jurassic Park[254] and Star Trek.[255]

Since the turn of the century that number has increased to over thirty;[]

this is partly due to inflation and market growth, but also toHollywood's adoption of the franchise model: films that have built-inbrand recognition, such as being based on a well known literary source(The Lord of the Rings) or an established character (Indiana Jones).The methodology is based on the concept that films associated withthings audiences are already familiar with can be more effectivelymarketed to them, and as such are known as "pre-sold" films within theindustry.[] The Harry Potter series has grossed the most, amassing nearly $8 billion over eight films at the boxoffice, although the EON James Bond series is the highest grossing when adjusted for inflation, with a total of over$13 billion at 2011/12 prices.[256] If ancillary income from merchandising is included, then Star Wars is the mostlucrative franchise, earning more than $22 billion in total, with direct income from the films themselves accountingfor just one third of overall revenues.[257][] At constant prices the live-action Star Wars films are also the mostconsistent performers, earning on average more per film than any other series,[] while Peter Jackson's Middle-Earthseries is the nominal record-holder, averaging at about $980 million with each film earning in excess of $870million.

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Highest-grossing franchises and film series[§]

Rank Series Totalworldwidebox office

No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

1 Harry Potter $7,723,431,572 8 $965,428,947 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1,341,511,219)

1 Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1,341,511,219

2 Philosopher's Stone $974,755,371

3 Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $960,283,305

4 Order of the Phoenix $939,885,929

5 Half-Blood Prince $934,416,487

6 Goblet of Fire $896,911,078

7 Chamber of Secrets $878,979,634

8 Prisoner of Azkaban $796,688,549

2 James Bond $6,159,601,036 25 $246,384,041 Skyfall ($1,108,561,013)

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Eon series $5,957,856,318 23 $259,037,231 Skyfall ($1,108,561,013)

Daniel Craig Bond $2,293,697,700 3 $764,565,900 Skyfall ($1,108,561,013)

1 Skyfall $1,108,561,013

2 Casino Royale $599,045,960

3 Quantum of Solace $586,090,727

Pierce Brosnan Bond $1,479,008,618 4 $369,752,155 Die Another Day ($431,971,116)

1 Die Another Day $431,971,116

2 The World is Not Enough $361,832,400

3 GoldenEye $352,194,034

4 Tomorrow Never Dies $333,011,068

Roger Moore Bond $1,151,600,000 7 $164,514,286 Moonraker ($210,300,000)

1 Moonraker $210,300,000

2 For Your Eyes Only $194,900,000

3 The Spy Who Loved Me $185,400,000

4 Octopussy $183,700,000

5 A View to a Kill $152,400,000

6 Live and Let Die $126,400,000

7 The Man with the Golden Gun $98,500,000

Sean Connery Bond $621,500,000 6 $103,583,333 Thunderball ($141,200,000)

1 Thunderball $141,200,000

2 Goldfinger $124,900,000

3 Diamonds Are Forever $116,000,000

4 You Only Live Twice $101,000,000

5 From Russia with Love $78,900,000

6 Dr. No $59,500,000

Timothy Dalton Bond $347,400,000 2 $173,700,000 The Living Daylights ($191,200,000)

1 The Living Daylights $191,200,000

2 Licence to Kill $156,200,000

George Lazenby Bond $64,600,000 1 $64,600,000 On Her Majesty's Secret Service ($64,600,000)

1 On Her Majesty's Secret Service $64,600,000

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Never Say Never Again $160,000,000

Casino Royale (1967) $41,744,718

3 Marvel Cinematic Universe $4,998,843,995 7 $714,120,571 Marvel's The Avengers($1,511,757,910)

Phase One $3,802,227,995 6 $633,704,666 Marvel's The Avengers ($1,511,757,910)

1 Marvel's The Avengers $1,511,757,910

2 Iron Man 2 $623,933,331

3 Iron Man $585,174,222

4 Thor $449,326,618

5 Captain America: The First Avenger $368,608,363

6 The Incredible Hulk $263,427,551

Phase Two $1,196,616,000 1 $1,196,616,000 Iron Man 3 ($1,196,616,000)

1 Iron Man 3 $1,196,616,000

4 Star Wars $4,382,359,868 7 $626,051,410 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace($1,027,044,427)

Prequel trilogy $2,525,197,773 3 $841,732,591 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace ($1,027,044,677)

1 I: The Phantom Menace $1,027,044,677

2 III: Revenge of the Sith $848,754,768

3 II: Attack of the Clones $649,398,328

Original trilogy $1,788,879,251 3 $596,293,084 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope ($775,398,007)

1 IV: A New Hope $775,398,007

2 V: The Empire Strikes Back $538,375,067

3 VI: Return of the Jedi $475,106,177

The Clone Wars $68,282,844

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5 Tolkien'sMiddle-Earth

$3,964,981,944 5 $792,996,389 The Lord of the Rings: The Return ofthe King ($1,119,929,521)

Peter Jacksonseries

$3,934,510,524 4 $983,627,631 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King($1,119,929,521)

The Lord of the Rings $2,917,506,956 3 $972,502,319 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1,119,929,521)

1 The Return of the King $1,119,929,521

2 The Two Towers $926,047,111

3 The Fellowship of the Ring $871,530,324

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $1,017,003,568

The Lord of the Rings (1978) $30,471,420

6 Pirates of the Caribbean $3,727,735,967 4 $931,933,992 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($1,066,179,725)

1 Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725

2 On Stranger Tides $1,043,871,802

3 At World's End $963,420,425

4 The Curse of the Black Pearl $654,264,015

7 Batman $3,723,441,151 9 $413,715,683 The Dark Knight Rises ($1,084,439,099)

Nolan series $2,463,216,216 3 $821,072,072 The Dark Knight Rises ($1,084,439,099)

1 The Dark Knight Rises $1,084,439,099

2 The Dark Knight $1,004,558,444

3 Batman Begins $374,218,673

Burton/Schumacher series $1,252,907,544 4 $313,226,886 Batman ($411,348,924)

1 Batman $411,348,924

2 Batman Forever $336,529,144

3 Batman Returns $266,822,354

4 Batman & Robin $238,207,122

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm $5,617,391

Batman: The Movie *R $1,700,000

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8 Shrek $3,510,516,231 5 $702,103,246 Shrek 2 ($919,838,758)

Main series $2,955,807,005 4 $738,951,751 Shrek 2 ($919,838,758)

1 Shrek 2 $919,838,758

2 Shrek The Third $798,958,162

3 Shrek Forever After $752,600,867

4 Shrek $484,409,218

Puss in Boots $554,709,226

9 The Twilight Saga $3,345,177,904 5 $669,035,581 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 ($829,685,377)

1 Breaking Dawn – Part 2 $829,685,377

2 Breaking Dawn – Part 1 $712,171,856

3 New Moon $709,827,462

4 Eclipse $698,491,347

5 Twilight $392,616,625

6 Twilight/New Moon combo $2,385,237

10 Spider-Man $3,248,563,075 4 $812,140,769 Spider-Man 3 ($890,871,626)

Raimi series $2,496,346,518 3 $832,115,506 Spider-Man 3 ($890,871,626)

1 Spider-Man 3 $890,871,626

2 Spider-Man $821,708,551

3 Spider-Man 2 $783,766,341

The Amazing Spider-Man $752,216,557

11 Ice Age $2,802,576,893 4 $700,644,223 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($886,686,817)

1 Dawn of the Dinosaurs $886,686,817

2 Continental Drift $877,244,782

3 The Meltdown $655,388,158

4 Ice Age $383,257,136

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12 Transformers $2,675,610,116 4 $668,902,529 Transformers: Dark of the Moon($1,123,746,996)

Live-action series $2,669,760,469 3 $889,920,156 Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($1,123,746,996)

1 Dark of the Moon $1,123,746,996

2 Revenge of the Fallen $836,303,693

3 Transformers $709,709,780

The Transformers: The Movie $5,849,647

13 Iron Man $2,405,723,553 3 $801,907,851 Iron Man 3 ($1,196,616,000)

1 Iron Man 3 $1,196,616,000

2 Iron Man 2 $623,933,331

3 Iron Man $585,174,222

14 The Fast and the Furious $2,176,050,818 6 $362,675,136 Fast Five ($626,137,675)

1 Fast Five $626,137,675

2 Fast & Furious 6 $584,646,000

3 Fast & Furious $363,164,265

4 2 Fast 2 Furious $236,350,661

5 The Fast and the Furious $207,283,925

6 Tokyo Drift $158,468,292

15 Mission: Impossible $2,096,647,856 4 $524,161,964 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol ($694,713,380)

1 Ghost Protocol $694,713,380

2 Mission: Impossible II $546,388,105

3 Mission: Impossible $457,696,359

4 Mission: Impossible III $397,850,012

16 Indiana Jones $1,983,841,081 4 $495,960,270 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($786,636,033)

1 Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $786,636,033

2 Last Crusade $474,171,806

3 Raiders of the Lost Ark $389,925,971

4 Temple of Doom $333,107,271

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17 Jurassic Park $1,957,271,690 3 $652,423,897 Jurassic Park ($969,851,882)

1 Jurassic Park $969,851,882

2 The Lost World $618,638,999

3 Jurassic Park III $368,780,809

18 Toy Story $1,948,143,626 3 $649,381,209 Toy Story 3 ($1,063,171,911)

1 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911

2 Toy Story 2 $485,015,179

3 Toy Story $361,958,736

4 Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (3D) $32,284,600

5 Toy Story 2 (3D) $5,713,200

19 X-Men $1,890,097,619 5 $378,019,524 X-Men: The Last Stand ($459,359,555)

Main series $1,163,410,631 3 $387,803,544 X-Men: The Last Stand ($459,359,555)

1 The Last Stand $459,359,555

2 X2 $407,711,549

3 X-Men $296,339,527

X-Men Origins: Wolverine $373,062,864

X-Men: First Class $353,624,124

20 Madagascar $1,878,691,276 3 $626,230,425 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted ($742,110,251)

1 3: Europe's Most Wanted $742,110,251

2 Escape 2 Africa $603,900,354

3 Madagascar $532,680,671

21 Star Trek $1,840,233,272 12 $153,352,773 Star Trek ($385,680,446)

Alternate Reality Series $762,220,446 2 $381,110,223 Star Trek ($385,680,446)

1 Star Trek $385,680,446

2 Into Darkness $376,540,000

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The Original Series $622,900,000 6 $103,816,667 Star Trek: The Motion Picture ($139,000,000)

1 The Motion Picture $139,000,000

2 IV: The Voyage Home $133,000,000

3 VI: The Undiscovered Country $96,900,000

4 II: The Wrath of Khan $96,800,000

5 III: The Search for Spock $87,000,000

6 V: The Final Frontier $70,200,000

The Next Generation $455,112,826 4 $113,778,207 Star Trek: First Contact ($150,000,000)

1 First Contact $150,000,000

2 Generations $120,000,000

3 Insurrection $117,800,000

4 Nemesis $67,312,826

22 Men in Black $1,655,236,118 3 $551,745,373 Men in Black 3 ($624,026,776)

1 Men in Black 3 $624,026,776

2 Men in Black $589,390,539

3 Men in Black II $441,818,803

23 The Matrix $1,632,989,142 3 $544,329,714 The Matrix Reloaded ($742,128,461)

1 The Matrix Reloaded $742,128,461

2 The Matrix $463,517,383

3 The Matrix Revolutions $427,343,298

24 The Chronicles of Narnia $1,580,364,900 3 $526,788,300 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe($745,013,115)

1 The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe

$745,013,115

2 Prince Caspian $419,665,568

3 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader $415,686,217

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25 Die Hard $1,435,086,362 5 $287,017,272 Live Free or Die Hard ($383,531,464)

1 Live Free or Die Hard $383,531,464

2 Die Hard with a Vengeance $366,101,666

3 A Good Day to Die Hard $304,654,182

4 Die Hard 2 $240,031,094

5 Die Hard $140,767,956

• *Canada and U.S. gross only.• RDistributor rental.

References[1][1] Titanic

•• Total:•• Original release:

[10][10] Avatar

•• Total:•• Special edition:

[12][12] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

•• Total:•• Re-release (2011):

[16][16] Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

•• Total:•• Original release:

[19][19] The Dark Knight

•• Total:•• Original release (excluding 2009 IMAX reissue):•• 2009 IMAX re-release:

[20][20] Jurassic Park

•• Total:•• Original release:

[22][22] The Lion King

•• Total:•• IMAX release (2002):•• Total prior to 3D release (2011):

[25][25] The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

•• Total:•• Re-release (2003):•• Re-release (2011):

[57] . "These films were all long and expensive. A Daughter of the Gods was ten reels long and was advertised as costing a million dollars.Variety estimated its true cost at $850,000, still well in excess of the average feature and more than the cost of The Birth of a Nation andIntolerance combined. Neptune's Daughter (at seven reels), 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (at eight reels), and Civilization (at ten reels) havebeen costed at $35,000, $500,000, and $100,000 respectively."

[58][58] . "Domestic Box Office Revenues: $2.0; Production Cost: $0.3 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."[60][60] Cited in

• Way Down East: p. 52 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=zospQ7o5u0oC& pg=PA52). "D.W. Griffith's Way Down East (1920) wasprojected to return rentals of $4,000,000 on an $800,000 negative. This figure was based on the amounts earned from its roadshow run,coupled with its playoff in the rest of the country's theaters. Griffith had originally placed the potential film rental at $3,000,000 but,because of the success of the various roadshows that were running the $4,000,000 total was expected. The film showed a profit of$615,736 after just 23 weeks of release on a gross of $2,179,613."

• What Price Glory?: p. 112 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=zospQ7o5u0oC& pg=PA122& q=What Price Glory hit the jackpot with massive world rentals of $2,429,000, the highest figure in the history of the company. Since it was also the most expensive production of the year at $817,000 the profit was still a healthy $796,000). "What Price Glory hit the jackpot with massive world rentals of

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$2,429,000, the highest figure in the history of the company. Since it was also the most expensive production of the year at $817,000 theprofit was still a healthy $796,000..."

• Cavalcade: p. 170 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=zospQ7o5u0oC& pg=PA170). "The actual cost of Cavalcade was $1,116,000and it was most definitely not guaranteed a success. In fact, if its foreign grosses followed the usual 40 percent of domestic returns, thefilm would have lost money. In a turnaround, the foreign gross was almost double the $1,000,000 domestic take to reach total worldrentals of $3,000,000 and Fox's largest profit of the year at $664,000."

• State Fair: p. . "State Fair did turn out to be a substantial hit with the help of Janet Gaynor boosting Will Rogers back to the level ofmoney-making star. Its prestige engagements helped raked in a total $1,208,000 in domestic rentals. Surprisingly, in foreign countriesunfamiliar with state fairs, it still earned a respectable $429,000. With its total rentals, the film ended up showing a $398,000 profit."

[62] . "The Four Forsemen of the Apocalypse was to become Metro's most expensive production and one of the decade's biggest box-office hits.Its production costs have been estimated at "something between $600,000 and $800,000." Variety estimated its worldwide gross at $4 millionin 1925 and at $5 million in 1944; in 1991, it estimated its cumulative domestic rentals at $3,800,000."

[65][65] . "Even then, at a time when the budget for a feature averaged at around $300,000, no more than $382,000 was spent onproduction...According to the Eddie Mannix Ledger at MGM, it grossed $4,990,000 domestically and $1,141,000 abroad."

[66] . "MGM's silent Ben-Hur, which opened at the end of 1925, had out-grossed all the other pictures released by the company in 1926combined. With worldwide rentals of $9,386,000 on first release it was, with the sole possible exception of The Birth of a Nation, thehighest-earning film of the entire silent era."

[69] . "At a cost of $2 million Wings was the studio's most expensive movie of the decade, and though it did well it was not good enough to earna profit."

[70] The Jazz Singer and The Singing Fool

•• In: .[71][71] In: .

• The Singing Fool: p. 12 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=Rg-UBJaPD-sC& pg=PA12). "Ego aside, Jolson was at the top of hispowers in The Singing Fool. The $150,000 Warner Bros. paid him to make it, and the $388,000 it took to produce the film, were drops inthe hat next to the film's world gross of $5.9 million. Its $3.8-million gross in this country set a box-office record that would not besurpassed until Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)."

• The Broadway Melody: p. 24 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=Rg-UBJaPD-sC& pg=PA24). "The Broadway Melody with anegative cost of $379,000, grossed $2.8 million in the United States, $4.8 million worldwide, and made a recorded profit of $1.6 millionfor MGM."

• Gold Diggers of Broadway: p. 58 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=Rg-UBJaPD-sC& q="gold diggers of broadway" worldwide)."It grossed an impressive $2.5 million domestically and nearly $4 million worldwide."

• Sunny Side Up: p. 10 (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC& pg=PA10). "Sunny Side Up, a musical starring JanetGaynor and Charles Farrell, showed domestic rentals of $3.5 million, a record for the company."

• Forever Amber: p. 66 (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC& q="on+ the+ surface"+ "world+ rentals"+ $8). "On thesurface, with world rentals of $8 million, Forever Amber was considered a hit at distribution level."

•• The French Connection

p. 167 (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC& pg=PA167). "The Planet of the Apesmotion pictures were all moneymakers and Zanuck's record would have immediately improved had hestayed through the release of The French Connection, which took in rentals of approximately $75million worldwide."p. 256 (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?ei=xjwLUOyvE8mn0QWI4c2uCg& id=w70iAAAAMAAJ&q="french+ connection"#search_anchor). "$3,300,00".

[75][75] Hell's Angels

• Cavalcade: p. 182 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=_J9HTLOI08wC& pg=PA182). "Produced by Winfield Sheehan at a cost of$1.25 million, Cavalcade won Academy Awards for best picture, director, art direction and grossed close to $4 million during its firstrelease, much of which came from Great Britain and the Empire."

• Whoopee: p. 212 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=_J9HTLOI08wC& pg=PA212). "Produced by Sam Goldwyn at a cost of $1million, the picture was an adaptation of a smash musical comedy built around Eddie Cantor...A personality-centered musical, Whoopee!made little attempt to integrate the comedy routines, songs, and story. Nonetheless, Cantor's feature-film debut grossed over $2.6 millionworldwide and started a popular series that included Palmy Days (1931), The Kid from Spain (1932), and Roman Scandals (1933)."

[78] . "It drew $1.4 million in worldwide rentals in its first run versus $1.2 million for Dracula, which had opened in February 1931."[80][80] Shanghai Express

• . "Shanghai Express was Dietrich's biggest hit in America, bringing in $1.5 million in worldwide rentals."

• Grand Hotel: Production Cost $000s: 700; Distribution Cost $000s: 947; US box-office $000s: 1,235; Foreign box-office $000s: 1,359;Total box-office $000s: 2,594; Profit $000s: 947.

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• The Merry Widow: Production Cost $000s: 1,605; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,116; US box-office $000s: 861; Foreign box-office $000s:1,747; Total box-office $000s: 2,608; Profit $000s: -113.

• Viva Villa: Production Cost $000s: 1,022; Distribution Cost $000s: 766; US box-office $000s: 941; Foreign box-office $000s: 934; Totalbox-office $000s: 1,875; Profit $000s: 87.

• Mutiny on the Bounty: Production Cost $000s: 1,905; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,646; US box-office $000s: 2,250; Foreign box-office$000s: 2,210; Total box-office $000s: 4,460; Profit $000s: 909.

• San Francisco: Production Cost $000s: 1,300; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,736; US box-office $000s: 2,868; Foreign box-office $000s:2,405; Total box-office $000s: 5,273; Profit $000s: 2,237.

[82][82] King Kong[84] . "The studio released its most profitable pictures of the decade in 1933, She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel, written by and starring

Mae West. Produced at a rock-bottom cost of $200,000 each, they undoubtedly helped Paramount through the worst patch in its history..."

• The Merry Widow: p. 361 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=ojOxCgHZLpUC& pg=PA361) Cost: $1,605,000. Earnings: domestic$861,000; foreign $1,747,000; total $2,608,000. Loss: $113,000.

• San Francisco: p. 364 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=ojOxCgHZLpUC& pg=PA364) Cost: $1,300,000. Earnings: domestic$2,868,000; foreign $2,405,000; total $5,273,000. Profit: $2,237,000. [Reissues in 1938–39 and 1948–49 brought profits of $124,000 and$647,000 respectively.]

[88][88] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[89] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio

p. 207 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC& pg=PA207& q=When the budgetrose from $250,000 to $1,488,423). "When the budget rose from $250,000 to $1,488,423 he evenmortgaged his own home and automobile. Disney had bet more than his company on the success ofSnow White."p. 237 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC& pg=PA237& q="$8 million inworldwide rentals" george lucas blockbusting& f=false). "By the end of 1938, it had grossed more than$8 million in worldwide rentals and was ranked at the time as the second-highest-grossing film after the1925 epic Ben-Hur".p. 255 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC& pg=PA255& q="foreign rentals")."On its initial release Pinocchio brought in only $1.6 million in domestic rentals (compared with SnowWhites $4.2 million) and $1.9 million in foreign rentals (compared with Snow Whites $4.3 million)."

[90][90] 1938

• You Can't Take It With You:• Boys Town:• The Adventures of Robin Hood:• Alexander's Ragtime Band:

[96] . "Boom Town was the biggest moneymaker of 1940 and one of the top films of the decade."[97][97] . "With worldwide rentals of $7.8 million in its initial release, the movie made a net profit of over $3 million."[98] . "The studio did particularly well with its war-related pictures, such as Sergeant York (1941), which cost $1.6 million but was the studio's

biggest hit of the decade aside from This is the Army (1943), the Irving Berlin musical for which the profits were donated to the ArmyEmergency Relief fund."

[100][100] . "Worldwide rentals of $3,449,353 barely recouped the film's nearly $2 million production cost."

• Mrs. Miniver:• Yankee Doodle Dandy: p. 275 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC& pg=PA275& q="worldwide+ rentals"). "It

became the second biggest box-office hit of 1942 (after Mrs. Miniver) and was praised by critics, making a profit of $3.4 million onworldwide rentals of $6.5 million."

[103][103] In: .[107] . "(Unadjusted $s) in Millions of $s – Production Cost: $1.0"[108][108] Meet Me in St. Louis

• . "The public had eagerly awaited the debut of Meet Me in St. Louis, which had been highly publicized with the tagline “The Trolley Song'Picture.” not only was the film a resounding success at the box office, but industry praise was overwhelming, with Variety and TheHollywood Reporter going so far as to say it was the role that gave Garland “true stature” as an actress. It made a profit of $2.4 million onworldwide rentals of $6.6 million, making it one of the top films of 1944 and one of the all-time biggest-grossing musical films through2005."

• p. 296 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC& pg=PA296). "Production Cost: $1.6 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)"

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• p. 132 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC& pg=PA132)."Best Years was considerably cheaper, costing only $2.1million, and therefore vastly more profitable."

• p. 286 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C& pg=PA286) (note 6.70). "Worldwide rentals for The Best Years of OurLives amounted to $14,750,000."

[114][114] In: .[115] . "The cost of Duel in the Sun has been reported as both $5,255,000 (Haver, David O'Selznick's Hollywood, 361) and $6,480,000

(Thomson, Showman: The Life of David O'Selznick, 472); the latter figure may include distribution expenses. Forever Amber cost $6,375,000(Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, 243)."

• Samson and Delilah: "...the film became the highest grosser in the studio's history to date, with domestic rentals of $7,976,730 by 1955and a further $6,232,520 overseas...For all their spectacle, Samson and David were quite economically produced, costing $3,097,563 and$2,170,000 respectively."

• Quo Vadis: "Production costs totaled a record $7,623,000...Worldwide rentals totaled $21,037,000, almost half of which came from theforeign market."

• Quo Vadis: p. 15 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=TEGl2Ele_XoC& pg=PA15). "MGM's most expensive film of the period, QuoVadis (1951) also did extremely well. The cost was $7,623,000, earnings were an estimated $21.2 million (with foreign earnings almost 50percent of this total), and profit was estimated at $5,562,000."

• Rear Window: pp. 203 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=TEGl2Ele_XoC& pg=PA203)– 204 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/books?id=TEGl2Ele_XoC& pg=PA204). "Rear Window (1954) was an excellent commercial success, with a cost of $1 million and NorthAmerican rentals of $5.3 million."

[129][129] In: .[132] . "To take full advantage of CinemaScope's panoramic possibilities, shooting was delayed for the sets to be redesigned and rebuilt, adding

$500,000 to the eventual $4.1 million budget...It ultimately returned domestic rentals of $17.5 million and $25 million worldwide, placing itsecond only to Gone with the Wind in Varietys annually updated chart."

[133][133] . "It brought in $16.7 million in domestic rentals, $9.4 million in foreign rentals, and made a net profit of $8.1 million."[136][136] . "Domestic Box Office: $19.6 million; Production Cost: $3.8 million."[137] . "VistaVision was first used for the musical White Christmas (1954), which Variety named the top grosser of its year with anticipated

domestic rentals of $12 million."

• p. 382 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC& pg=PA382). "Production Cost: $2.4 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)"

• The Ten Commandments: "No film did more to entrench roadshow policy than The Ten Commandments. While the success of This IsCinerama, The Robe, and even Eighty Days could be attributed, at least in part, to their respective photographic and projection formats,that of DeMille's film (which cost a record $13,266,491) could not...General release began at normal prices in 1959 and continued until theend of the following year, when the film was temporarily withdrawn (the first of several reissues came in 1966). The worldwide rental bythis time was around $60 million. In the domestic market it dislodged Gone with the Wind from the number one position on Variety's listof All-Time Rentals Champs. GWTW had hitherto maintained its lead through several reissues (and was soon to regain it through anotherin 1961)."

• The Bridge on the River Kwai: Columbia's Anglo-American war film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) opened on a roadshow basis inselected U.S. cities (including New York, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles) and in London. Costing only $2,840,000 to produce, itgrossed $30.6 million worldwide on first release."

[147] . "South Pacific also became for a time the most successful film ever released in the United Kingdom, where it earned a box-office grossthree times its negative cost of $5,610,000. Anticipated global rentals after three years were $30 million."

[149][149] . "Worldwide box office: $146.9 million (initial release); Worldwide rentals: $66.1 million (initial release); Production cost: $15.9 million."[152][152] .

• Spartacus: "In the case of Spartacus, overseas earnings to 1969 amounted to $12,462,044, while U.S. and Canadian rentals (evenincluding a million-dollar TV sale) were only $10,643,181. But the film failed to show a profit on production costs of $10,284,014 becauseof the distribution charges and expenses amounting to an additional $15,308,083."

• The Bible: "The Bible—In the Beginning... (1966) was financed by the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis from private investors andSwiss banks. He then sold distribution rights outside Italy jointly to Fox and Seven Arts for $15 million (70 percent of which came fromFox), thereby recouping the bulk of his $18 million investment. Although The Bible returned a respectable world rental of $25.3 million,Fox was still left with a net loss of just over $1.5 million. It was the last biblical epic to be released by any major Hollywood studio fornearly twenty years."

[154][154] .

• 101 Dalmatians: "Worldwide Box Office (Millions of $s): $215.0"• The Jungle Book: "Worldwide Box Office (Millions of $s): $170.8"

[158][158] Lawrence of Arabia

•• 1962 release:•• US reissues:

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• Lawrence of Arabia: Columbia released the $13.8 million Lawrence of Arabia (1962), filmed in Super Panavision 70, exclusively on ahard-ticket basis, but opened Barabbas (1962), The Cardinal (1963), and the $12 million Joseph Conrad adaptation Lord Jim (1965) as70mm roadshows in selected territories only."

• The Longest Day: "Darryl's most ambitious independent production was The Longest Day (1962), a three-hour reconstruction of D-Dayfilmed in black-and-white CinemaScope at a cost of $8 million. It grossed over $30 million worldwide as a roadshow followed by generalrelease, thereby helping the studio regain stability during its period of reorganization."

• Cleopatra: "With top tickets set at an all-time high of $5.50,Cleopatra had amassed as much as $20 million in such guarantees fromexhibitors even before its premiere. Fox claimed the film had cost in total $44 million, of which $31,115,000 represented the directnegative cost and the rest distribution, print and advertising expenses. (These figures excluded the more than $5 million spent on theproduction's abortive British shoot in 1960–61, prior to its relocation to Italy.) By 1966 worldwide rentals had reached $38,042,000including $23.5 million from the United States."

[160] . "West cost $14,483,000; although it earned $35 million worldwide in just under three years, with ultimate domestic rentals totaling$20,932,883, high distribution costs severely limited its profitability."

[161][161] . "The film opened to strong trade reviews and took in $33.2 million in worldwide rentals, resulting in a net profit of $4.2 million during itsinitial release."

• From Russia With Love: "Worldwide Box Office: 78.9; Production Cost: 2.0 (in millions of $s)"• Goldfinger: "Worldwide Box Office: 124.9; Production Cost: 3.0 (in millions of $s)"• Diamonds Are Forever: "Worldwide Box Office: 116; Production Cost: 7.2 (in millions of $s)"• Moonraker: "Worldwide Box Office: 210.3; Production Cost: 34.0 (in millions of $s)"

• From Russia With Love: "The American release of From Russia With Love again followed on some six months after it had been shown inBritain. North American rentals of $9.9 million were an improvement on its predecessor, helped by a slightly wider release, though theywere still only half the $19.5 million of foreign rentals... ( Online copy (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=E8wqAQAAIAAJ&q="the+ american+ release+ of+ from+ russia+ with+ love") at Google Books)"

• Diamonds Are Forever: "Diamonds Are Forever marked a return to the box-office heights of the Bond films of the mid-1960s. Itsworldwide rentals were $45.7 million... ( Online copy at [[Google Books (http:/ / www. google. co. uk/ search?tbm=bks& tbo=1&q="worldwide+ rentals+ were+ $45. 7+ million")]])"

• Moonraker: "These figures were surpassed by Moonraker, which earned total worldwide rentals of $87.7 million, of which $33 millioncame from North America. ( Online copy (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=E8wqAQAAIAAJ& q=$87. 7+ million) at GoogleBooks)"

• From Russia With Love: "The picture grossed twice as much as Dr. No, both domestic and foreign—$12.5 million worldwide ( Onlinecopy (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=KKoLAQAAMAAJ& q="$12. 5+ million+ worldwide") at Google Books)"

• Goldfinger: "Produced on a budget of around $3 million, Goldfinger grossed a phenomenal $46 million worldwide the first time around. (Online copy (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=KKoLAQAAMAAJ& q=Goldfinger+ "$46+ million+ worldwide") at GoogleBooks)"

• My Fair Lady: "My Fair Lady (1964) cost Warners $17 million to make, including a record $5.5 million just for the film rights to the AlanJay Lerner and Frederick Loewe stage show and a million-dollar fee for star Audrey Hepburn. By 1967 it was reported to have grossed$55 million from roadshowing worldwide."

• Mary Poppins: "Mary Poppins (1964), which cost $5.2 million, was neither a stage adaptation nor a roadshow. But by the end of its firstrelease, it had grossed nearly $50 million worldwide."

[166][166] In: .[170] . "The negative cost of Warners' adaptation of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (1966)—filmed in widescreen and

black-and-white, largely set in domestic interiors and with a cast of only four principal actors—amounted to $7,613,000, in part because starsElizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton received up-front fees of $1 million and $750,000 respectively, against 10 percent of the gross apiece.(Their participation was presumably added to the budget)."

• The Graduate: "The Graduate eventually earned U.S. rentals of $44,090,729 on a production cost of $3.1 million to become the mostlucrative non-roadshow picture (and independent release) to date."

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "None of these films was roadshown in the United States; most were set in contemporary Americaor had a contemporary "take" on the past (the casting of genuine teenagers to play Romeo and Juliet, the urbane sophistication of thedialogue in Butch Cassidy, the antiauthoritarianism of Bonnie and Clyde and MASH); most were produced on modest or medium-sizedbudgets (as low as $450,000 for Easy Rider and no higher than $6,825,000 for Butch Cassidy); and all grossed upward of $10 milliondomestically."

[181][181] Love Story[184][184] . "Screenwriter and director George Seaton was given a then-whopping production budget of $10 million to make what would be his last

big movie after a long career as an actor in radio, a screenwriter, and a director."[185] . "Fiddler had the highest domestic box office of 1971 (it was second in worldwide box office after Diamonds Are Forever), with more

than $100 million in unadjusted worldwide box office on its initial release."[186][186] The Godfather

•• 1991:

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•• 1997 re-release:[191] . "The most successful entry in the disaster cycle was the $15 million The Towering Inferno which earned over $48,650,000 in domestic

rentals and about $40 million foreign."[195] . "Rocky was the "sleeper of the decade". Produced by UA and costing just under $1 million, it went on to earn a box-office gross of

$117,235,247 in the United States and $225 million worldwide."[196] . "Eventually costing $11,293,151, Star Wars was previewed at the Northpoint Theatre in San Francisco on May 1, 1977."[199][199] Kramer vs. Kramer[202][202] The Empire Strikes Back

•• Total:•• Special edition:

[204][204] Return of the Jedi

•• Total:•• Special edition:

[207][207] Top Gun

•• Total:•• Original release:

[208][208] Fatal Atraction[218] . "For similar reasons of accountability, Variety has typically used figures for domestic (U.S. and Canadian) rather than worldwide revenue.

This became its standard policy in 1940, when the advent of war in Europe persuaded the American film industry (temporarily, as it turnedout) that it should be wholly reliant on the home market for profitability. Where specific rentals data are reported in Variety before this (whichtended to be only sporadically) they were often for worldwide rather domestic performance. This was also the case with other trade sources,such as Quigleys annual Motion Picture Almanac, which published its own all-time hits lists from the early 1930s onward. The subsequentconfusion of domestic and worldwide figures, and of rental and box-office figures, has plagued many published accounts of Hollywoodhistory (sometimes including those in Variety itself), and we have attempted to be diligant in clarifying the differences between them."

[221][221] . "Domestic Rentals: $30,015,000 (61%); Foreign Rentals: $18,964,000 (39%)...Gone with the Wind includes initial release plus fourrereleases (1941,1942,1947 and 1954) since foreign rental revenues were available only cumulative through 1956."

[222][222] In: .[224][224] . "The commercial success of the five Cinerama travelogues, which earned an aggregate worldwide box-office gross of $120 million by

1962 (including $82 million in the United States and Canada), nevertheless demonstrated to the mainstream industry the market value ofspecial screen formats."

[226] . "By the end of 1938, it had grossed more than $8 million in worldwide rentals and was ranked at the time as the second-highest-grossingfilm after the 1925 epic Ben-Hur".

[227] . "Walt Disney took a big risk when he decided to invest $1.5 million in his first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the SevenDwarfs. It became the biggest hit of the sound era and the largest-grossing movie since The Birth of a Nation – until the release of independentproducer David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind just two years later."

[233] . "General release began at normal prices in 1959 and continued until the end of the following year, when the film was temporarilywithdrawn (the first of several reissues came in 1966). The worldwide rental by this time was around $60 million. In the domestic market itdislodged Gone with the Wind from the number one position on Varietys list of All-Time Rentals Champs. GWTW had hitherto maintained itslead through several reissues (and was soon to regain it through another in 1961)."

[235][235] . "Worldwide rentals: $66.1 million (initial release)"[256] Prior to the release of Skyfall in 2012, the James Bond series had grossed approximately $12.5 billion at 2011 prices;

UNIQ-ref-0-7fb6d4cbba010198-QINU after factoring in earnings of over $1 billion from Skyfall, the series has earned at least $13 billion at2011/12 prices.

Box-office sources§ Franchise and series sources• "Franchise Index" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ ). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 3, 2013.•• Batman

• "Batman – Worldwide (Unadjusted) & Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/franchises/ chart/ ?id=batman. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

• "Big Rental Pictures of 1966". Variety. January 4, 1967. p. 8. "Batman: $1.7 million"• "Catwoman (2004)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=catwoman. htm). Box Office Mojo.

Retrieved July 22, 2012.• "The Chronicles of Narnia – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/

?id=chroniclesofnarnia. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

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• "Die Hard – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=diehard. htm).Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

• "The Fast and the Furious – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/?id=fastandthefurious. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "Harry Potter – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=harrypotter.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "Ice Age – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=iceage. htm). BoxOffice Mojo. Retrieved January 3, 2013.

•• Indiana Jones

• Initial releases: "Indiana Jones – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/chart/ ?id=indianajones. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• Raiders of the Lost Ark (including reissues): "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/movies/ ?page=main& id=raidersofthelostark. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

• "Iron Man – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/?id=ironmanfranchise. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

•• James Bond

• "James Bond – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/?id=jamesbond. htm) (Brosnan and Craig). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

• Block & Wilson 2010, pp.  428–429 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA428#v=twopage) (Connery, Lazenby, Moore and Dalton). "James Bond Franchise Films: All-ReleaseWorldwide Box Office."

• "Never Say Never Again (1983)" (http:/ / www. the-numbers. com/ movies/ 1983/ 0NSNA. php). TheNumbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved November 25, 2012.

• "Casino Royale (1967)" (http:/ / www. the-numbers. com/ movies/ 1967/ 0CARO. php). The Numbers. NashInformation Services. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "Jurassic Park – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/?id=jurassicpark. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

• "Madagascar – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=madagascar.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 3, 2013.

•• Marvel Cinematic Universe

• "Avengers – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=avengers.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2012.

• "The Matrix – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=matrix. htm).Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "Men in Black – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/?id=meninblackseries. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

• "Mission: Impossible – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/?id=missionimpossible. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

• "Pirates of the Caribbean – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/?id=piratesofthecaribbean. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "Shrek – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=shrek. htm). BoxOffice Mojo. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

• "Spider-Man – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=spiderman.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

• "Box Office History for Star Trek Movies" (http:/ / www. the-numbers. com/ movies/ series/ StarTrek. php). TheNumbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved June 30, 2012.

•• Star Wars

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• "A New Hope" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=starwars4. htm). Box Office Mojo. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2012.

• "The Empire Strikes Back" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=starwars5. htm). Box Office Mojo.Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "Return of the Jedi" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=starwars6. htm). Box Office Mojo.Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "The Phantom Menace" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=starwars. htm). Box Office Mojo.Retrieved November 25, 2012.

• "Attack of the Clones" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=starwars2. htm). Box Office Mojo.Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "Revenge of the Sith" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=starwars3. htm). Box Office Mojo.Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "The Clone Wars" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=starwarsclonewars. htm). Box Office Mojo.Retrieved January 6, 2012.

•• Tolkien's Middle-earth

• "The Lord of the Rings – Worldwide (Unadjusted) & The Lord of the Rings (1978)" (http:/ / www.boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=lordoftherings. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

•• Toy Story

• "Toy Story – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=toystory.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

• "Toy Story 2 (3D)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=toystory2(3d). htm). Box Office Mojo.Retrieved December 4, 2010.

• "Transformers – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/?id=transformers. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

•• The Twilight Saga

• "Twilight – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=twilight.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

• "Twilight/New Moon Combo (one-night-only)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/?id=twilightnewmooncombo. htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 25, 2011.

• "X-Men – Worldwide (Unadjusted)" (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ franchises/ chart/ ?id=xmen. htm). BoxOffice Mojo. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

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External links• All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ alltime/ world) at Box Office Mojo• All-Time Top Grossing Movies Worldwide (http:/ / www. the-numbers. com/ movies/ international/ records. php)

at The Numbers• All-Time Box Office: World-wide (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ Charts/ worldtopmovies) at Internet Movie

Database• Box-Office Top 100 Films of All-Time (http:/ / www. filmsite. org/ boxoffice. html) at Filmsite.org

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