THE BIG WINNERS AND LOSERS AT THE BOX OFFICE: WHAT ~REALLY~ IS THE TOP GROSSING FILM OF ALL TIME?
THE BIG WINNERS AND LOSERS AT THE BOX OFFICE: WHAT ~REALLY~ IS THE TOP GROSSING FILM OF ALL TIME?
(MOVIE TITLE) (ORIGINAL BOX OFFICE GROSS) (GROSS CONVERTED TO 1998 US DOLLARS)** ALL NUMBERS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS **
1) GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) 194.0 863.3 2) STAR WARS (1977) 460.9 775.0 3) TITANIC (1997) 600.0 600.0 4) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) 400.0 594.3 5) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956) 65.5 572.5 6) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) 163.2 570.6 7) JAWS (1975) 260.0 559.7 8) DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) 111.7 542.5 9) THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967) 135.5 485.3 10) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN 184.9 476.3 DWARFS (1937) 11) BEN-HUR (1926) 70.0 470.6 12) 101 DALMATIANS (1961) 152.6 459.8 13) THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) 290.0 431.7 14) RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) 307.0 413.8 15) THE EXORCIST (1973) 165.0 412.0 16) THE STING (1973) 159.6 398.6 17) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) 242.0 381.0 18) JURASSIC PARK (1993) 357.0 376.7
THERE YOU HAVE IT!!
WITH A FAIR COMPARISON, SOME CURRENT FILMS DON'T FARE SO WELL
TITANIC IS STILL THIRD, WHICH IS AMAZING!!
(MOVIE TITLE) (BUDGET) (BOX OFFICE GROSS)
**ALL AMOUNTS ARE SHOWN IN US DOLLARS, IN THE AMOUNTS AT THE TIME OF RELEASE IN MILLIONS (NO CONVERSION TO '98)**1) Scream 12.0 102.6
2) Dead Man Walking 11.0 80.0
3) Star Wars 10.0 460.9
4) Trainspotting 3.5 72.1 (worldwide)
5) Three Men and a Baby 18.0 168.0
6) Dumb and Dumber 38.0 127.0
7) The Mask 40.0 119.0
8) Crocodile Dundee 10.0 175.0 (worldwide)