darklich13 on 21 January 2010
I prefer this list adjusted for inflation
| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Adjusted Gross | Unadjusted Gross | Year^ |
| 1 | Gone with the Wind | MGM | $1,485,028,000 | $198,676,459 | 1939^ |
| 2 | Star Wars | Fox | $1,309,179,000 | $460,998,007 | 1977^ |
| 3 | The Sound of Music | Fox | $1,046,753,000 | $158,671,368 | 1965 |
| 4 | E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial | Uni. | $1,042,629,400 | $435,110,554 | 1982^ |
| 5 | The Ten Commandments | Par. | $962,850,000 | $65,500,000 | 1956 |
| 6 | Titanic | Par. | $943,342,300 | $600,788,188 | 1997 |
| 7 | Jaws | Uni. | $941,379,300 | $260,000,000 | 1975 |
| 8 | Doctor Zhivago | MGM | $912,395,600 | $111,721,910 | 1965 |
| 9 | The Exorcist | WB | $812,679,700 | $232,671,011 | 1973^ |
| 10 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Dis. | $801,150,000 | $184,925,486 | 1937^ |
| 11 | 101 Dalmatians | Dis. | $734,391,800 | $144,880,014 | 1961^ |
| 12 | The Empire Strikes Back | Fox | $721,627,700 | $290,475,067 | 1980^ |
| 13 | Ben-Hur | MGM | $720,300,000 | $74,000,000 | 1959 |
| 14 | Return of the Jedi | Fox | $691,336,700 | $309,306,177 | 1983^ |
| 15 | The Sting | Uni. | $655,200,000 | $156,000,000 | 1973 |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Par. | $647,842,600 | $242,374,454 | 1981^ |
| 17 | Jurassic Park | Uni. | $633,612,900 | $357,067,947 | 1993 |
| 18 | The Graduate | AVCO | $628,949,700 | $104,901,839 | 1967^ |
| 19 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Fox | $623,469,700 | $431,088,301 | 1999 |
| 20 | Fantasia | Dis. | $610,369,600 | $76,408,097 | 1941^ |
| 21 | The Godfather | Par. | $580,080,900 | $134,966,411 | 1972^ |
| 22 | Forrest Gump | Par. | $577,310,300 | $329,694,499 | 1994 |
| 23 | Mary Poppins | Dis. | $574,636,400 | $102,272,727 | 1964^ |
| 24 | The Lion King | BV | $567,653,700 | $328,541,776 | 1994^ |
| 25 | Grease | Par. | $565,374,900 | $188,389,888 | 1978^ |
| 26 | Thunderball | UA | $549,780,000 | $63,595,658 | 1965 |
| 27 | The Dark Knight | WB | $545,973,300 | $533,345,358 | 2008 |
| 28 | The Jungle Book | Dis. | $541,547,400 | $141,843,612 | 1967^ |
| 29 | Sleeping Beauty | Dis. | $534,169,000 | $51,600,000 | 1959^ |
| 30 | Shrek 2 | DW | $522,224,300 | $441,226,247 | 2004 |
| 31 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $519,870,000 | $238,632,124 | 1984^ |
| 32 | Avatar | Fox | $519,567,500 | $512,852,205 | 2009 |
| 33 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Fox | $518,600,200 | $102,308,889 | 1969 |
| 34 | Love Story | Par. | $514,486,400 | $106,397,186 | 1970 |
| 35 | Spider-Man | Sony | $510,712,900 | $403,706,375 | 2002 |
| 36 | Independence Day | Fox | $509,126,200 | $306,169,268 | 1996 |
| 37 | Home Alone | Fox | $497,846,400 | $285,761,243 | 1990 |
| 38 | Pinocchio | Dis. | $495,414,500 | $84,254,167 | 1940^ |
| 39 | Cleopatra (1963) | Fox | $493,798,400 | $57,777,778 | 1963 |
| 40 | Beverly Hills Cop | Par. | $493,552,600 | $234,760,478 | 1984 |
| 41 | Goldfinger | UA | $487,305,000 | $51,081,062 | 1964 |
| 42 | Airport | Uni. | $485,917,900 | $100,489,151 | 1970 |
| 43 | American Graffiti | Uni. | $483,000,000 | $115,000,000 | 1973 |
| 44 | The Robe | Fox | $481,090,900 | $36,000,000 | 1953 |
| 45 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | BV | $475,018,500 | $423,315,812 | 2006 |
| 46 | Around the World in 80 Days | UA | $474,923,100 | $42,000,000 | 1956 |
| 47 | Bambi | RKO | $468,286,500 | $102,247,150 | 1942^ |
| 48 | Blazing Saddles | WB | $464,722,200 | $119,500,000 | 1974 |
| 49 | Batman | WB | $462,716,400 | $251,188,924 | 1989 |
| 50 | The Bells of St. Mary's | RKO | $461,176,500 | $21,333,333 | 1945 |
| 51 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | NL | $452,305,300 | $377,027,325 | 2003 |
| 52 | The Towering Inferno | Fox | $451,111,100 | $116,000,000 | 1974 |
| 53 | Spider-Man 2 | Sony | $442,166,800 | $373,585,825 | 2004 |
| 54 | My Fair Lady | WB | $441,000,000 | $72,000,000 | 1964 |
| 55 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Par. | $441,000,000 | $36,000,000 | 1952 |
| 56 | National Lampoon's Animal House | Uni. | $440,193,500 | $141,600,000 | 1978^ |
| 57 | The Passion of the Christ | NM | $438,830,600 | $370,782,930 | 2004^ |
| 58 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Fox | $436,035,700 | $380,270,577 | 2005 |
| 59 | Back to the Future | Uni. | $434,022,300 | $210,609,762 | 1985 |
| 60 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | NL | $423,583,600 | $341,786,758 | 2002^ |
| 61 | The Sixth Sense | BV | $423,206,600 | $293,506,292 | 1999 |
| 62 | Superman | WB | $421,582,200 | $134,218,018 | 1978 |
| 63 | Tootsie | Col. | $418,244,000 | $177,200,000 | 1982 |
| 64 | Smokey and the Bandit | Uni. | $417,722,000 | $126,737,428 | 1977 |
| 65 | Finding Nemo | BV | $414,080,400 | $339,714,978 | 2003 |
| 66 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | P/DW | $411,632,600 | $402,111,870 | 2009 |
| 67 | West Side Story | MGM | $411,381,600 | $43,656,822 | 1961 |
| 68 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | WB | $410,960,400 | $317,575,550 | 2001 |
| 69 | Lady and the Tramp | Dis. | $409,651,400 | $93,602,326 | 1955^ |
| 70 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Col. | $408,480,200 | $132,088,635 | 1977^ |
| 71 | Lawrence of Arabia | Col. | $407,069,100 | $44,824,144 | 1962^ |
| 72 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Fox | $404,760,300 | $112,892,319 | 1975 |
| 73 | Rocky | UA | $404,543,800 | $117,235,147 | 1976 |
| 74 | The Best Years of Our Lives | RKO | $404,250,000 | $23,650,000 | 1946 |
| 75 | The Poseidon Adventure | Fox | $403,529,400 | $84,563,118 | 1972 |
| 76 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | NL | $402,073,800 | $314,776,170 | 2001^ |
| 77 | Twister | WB | $401,957,700 | $241,721,524 | 1996 |
| 78 | Men in Black | Sony | $401,432,600 | $250,690,539 | 1997 |
| 79 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. | $399,840,000 | $27,200,000 | 1957 |
| 80 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | MGM | $395,984,300 | $46,332,858 | 1963 |
| 81 | Swiss Family Robinson | Dis. | $395,488,800 | $40,356,000 | 1960 |
| 82 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | UA | $394,587,400 | $108,981,275 | 1975 |
| 83 | M.A.S.H. | Fox | $394,578,900 | $81,600,000 | 1970 |
| 84 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $393,466,200 | $179,870,271 | 1984 |
| 85 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Fox | $392,993,300 | $310,676,740 | 2002^ |
| 86 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Fox | $387,230,200 | $219,195,243 | 1993 |
| 87 | Aladdin | BV | $385,451,300 | $217,350,219 | 1992 |
| 88 | Ghost | Par. | $378,269,400 | $217,631,306 | 1990 |
| 89 | Duel in the Sun | Selz. | $375,000,000 | $20,408,163 | 1946 |
| 90 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | BV | $372,269,400 | $305,413,918 | 2003 |
| 91 | House of Wax | WB | $371,409,600 | $23,750,000 | 1953 |
| 92 | Rear Window | Par. | $370,107,400 | $36,764,313 | 1954^ |
| 93 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Uni. | $366,838,100 | $229,086,679 | 1997 |
| 94 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Par. | $363,211,200 | $197,171,806 | 1989 |
| 95 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony | $359,520,000 | $336,530,303 | 2007 |
| 96 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | TriS | $357,624,400 | $204,843,345 | 1991 |
| 97 | Sergeant York | WB | $353,705,500 | $16,361,885 | 1941 |
| 98 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Uni. | $353,585,200 | $260,044,825 | 2000 |
| 99 | Toy Story 2 | BV | $351,598,400 | $245,852,179 | 1999^ |
| 100 | Top Gun | Par. | $350,237,800 | $176,786,701 | 1986 |
