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All Time Box Office — Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Name: Reel Numbers domestic box office
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The classic site's exact adjusted-for-inflation method, every film priced in 2024 dollars ($10.78 a ticket, the most recent year with a measured average US ticket price), so 2025–26 hits rank head-to-head with Gone with the Wind. Flip the toggle and watch the chart re-order. Top 200 of 7,463films adjusted. → Time machine: price any film into any other year

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#	Title	Studio	Adjusted Gross	Unadjusted	Est. tickets	Year
1	Gone with the Wind^a	MGM	$2,180,645,236	$198,676,459	202,286,200	1939^{^}
2	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope^a	Fox	$1,920,128,210	$460,998,007	178,119,500	1977^{^}
3	The Sound of Music^a	Fox	$1,535,990,456	$158,671,368	142,485,200	1965
4	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial^a	Uni.	$1,529,189,354	$435,110,554	141,854,300	1982^{^}
5	Titanic^a	Par.	$1,461,226,844	$658,672,302	135,549,800	1997^{^}
6	The Ten Commandments^a	Par.	$1,412,180,000	$65,500,000	131,000,000	1956
7	Jaws^a	Uni.	$1,381,561,566	$260,000,000	128,159,700	1975
8	Doctor Zhivago^a	MGM	$1,338,180,690	$111,721,910	124,135,500	1965
9	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens		$1,196,470,204	$935,644,139	110,989,815	2015
10	The Exorcist^a	WB	$1,192,259,376	$232,906,145	110,599,200	1973^{^}
11	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs^a	Dis.	$1,175,020,000	$184,925,486	109,000,000	1937^{^}
12	Avatar	Fox	$1,077,663,864	$749,766,139	99,968,819	2009^{^}
13	One Hundred and One Dalmatians^a	Dis.	$1,077,108,494	$144,880,014	99,917,300	1961^{^}
14	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back^a	Fox	$1,059,384,018	$290,475,067	98,273,100	1980^{^}
15	Ben-Hur^a	MGM	$1,056,945,582	$74,000,000	98,046,900	1959
16	Avengers: Endgame		$1,026,998,994	$858,373,000	95,268,923	2019
17	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi^a	Fox	$1,013,960,332	$309,306,177	94,059,400	1983^{^}
18	Jurassic Park^a	Uni.	$989,600,766	$402,453,882	91,799,700	1993^{^}
19	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace^a	Fox	$973,564,438	$474,544,677	90,312,100	1999^{^}
20	The Lion King^a	BV	$960,998,192	$422,783,777	89,146,400	1994^{^}
21	The Sting^a	Uni.	$960,960,462	$156,000,000	89,142,900	1973
22	Raiders of the Lost Ark^a	Par.	$954,497,852	$248,159,971	88,543,400	1981^{^}
23	Spider-Man: No Way Home		$946,262,411	$804,059,711	87,779,444	2021
24	The Graduate^a	AVCO	$922,517,904	$104,945,305	85,576,800	1967^{^}
25	Fantasia^a	Dis.	$895,208,930	$76,408,097	83,043,500	1941^{^}
26	The Godfather^a	Par.	$850,784,550	$134,966,411	78,922,500	1972^{^}
27	Forrest Gump^a	Par.	$847,707,938	$329,694,499	78,637,100	1994
28	Mary Poppins^a	Dis.	$842,799,804	$102,272,727	78,181,800	1964^{^}
29	The Avengers	BV	$838,642,257	$619,257,177	77,796,128	2012
30	Jurassic World		$834,008,806	$652,197,981	77,366,309	2015
31	Grease^a	Par.	$831,122,908	$188,755,690	77,098,600	1978^{^}
32	Black Panther		$828,391,012	$700,059,566	76,845,177	2018
33	Top Gun: Maverick		$807,633,917	$716,981,130	74,919,658	2022
34	Thunderball^m	UA	$806,344,000	$63,595,658	74,800,000	1965
35	Avengers: Infinity War		$803,252,568	$678,815,482	74,513,225	2018
36	The Dark Knight	WB	$800,760,858	$533,345,358	74,282,083	2008^{^}
37	The Jungle Book^m	Dis.	$794,269,438	$141,843,612	73,679,911	1967^{^}
38	Sleeping Beauty^m	Dis.	$783,447,912	$51,600,000	72,676,059	1959^{^}
39	Avatar: The Way of Water		$769,562,899	$683,183,390	71,388,024	2022
40	Ghostbusters^m	Col.	$762,476,000	$238,632,124	70,730,612	1984^{^}
41	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid^m	Fox	$760,613,700	$102,308,889	70,557,857	1969
42	Shrek 2	DW	$759,290,885	$437,402,263	70,435,147	2004
43	Love Story^m	Par.	$754,580,062	$106,397,186	69,998,151	1970
44	Independence Day^m	Fox	$746,718,500	$306,169,268	69,268,878	1996^{^}
45	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi		$745,323,891	$620,181,382	69,139,507	2017
46	Spider-Man	Sony	$744,929,418	$401,487,933	69,102,914	2002
47	Home Alone^m	Fox	$730,174,638	$285,761,243	67,734,196	1990
48	Pinocchio^m	Dis.	$726,607,888	$84,254,167	67,403,329	1940^{^}
49	Cleopatra (1963)^m	Fox	$724,237,662	$57,777,778	67,183,457	1963
50	Beverly Hills Cop^m	Par.	$723,877,137	$234,760,478	67,150,013	1984
51	Incredibles 2		$720,143,930	$608,581,744	66,803,704	2018
52	Goldfinger^m	UA	$714,714,000	$51,081,062	66,300,000	1964
53	Airport^m	Uni.	$712,679,688	$100,489,151	66,111,288	1970
54	American Graffiti^m	Uni.	$708,400,000	$115,000,000	65,714,286	1973
55	The Robe^m	Fox	$705,599,950	$36,000,000	65,454,541	1953
56	Around the World in 80 Days^m	UA	$696,553,825	$42,000,000	64,615,383	1956
57	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$691,018,982	$419,867,749	64,101,946	2006
58	Bambi^m	RKO	$686,820,200	$102,247,150	63,712,449	1942^{^}
59	Blazing Saddles^m	WB	$681,723,212	$119,601,481	63,239,630	1974^{^}
60	Batman^m	WB	$678,650,775	$251,188,924	62,954,617	1989
61	The Bells of St. Mary's^m	RKO	$676,392,200	$21,333,333	62,745,102	1945
62	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$674,022,316	$377,027,325	62,525,261	2003^{^}
63	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story		$663,222,145	$532,177,324	61,523,390	2016
64	The Towering Inferno^m	Fox	$661,629,650	$116,000,000	61,375,663	1974
65	Barbie		$651,956,938	$636,837,343	60,478,380	2023
66	Inside Out 2		$650,924,793	$650,924,793	60,382,634	2024
67	The Lion King		$650,434,862	$543,638,043	60,337,186	2019
68	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$647,155,922	$372,805,035	60,033,017	2004
69	My Fair Lady^m	WB	$646,800,000	$72,000,000	60,000,000	1964
70	The Greatest Show on Earth^m	Par.	$646,800,000	$36,000,000	60,000,000	1952
71	National Lampoon's Animal House^m	Uni.	$645,617,088	$141,600,000	59,890,268	1978^{^}
72	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$642,105,034	$369,895,386	59,564,474	2004^{^}
73	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$639,519,005	$380,270,577	59,324,583	2005^{^}
74	Back to the Future^m	Uni.	$636,566,012	$210,609,762	59,050,651	1985
75	Deadpool & Wolverine		$635,311,148	$635,311,148	58,934,244	2024
76	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$630,444,794	$339,785,181	58,482,819	2002^{^}
77	The Sixth Sense^m	BV	$620,703,050	$293,506,292	57,579,133	1999
78	Superman^m	WB	$618,320,588	$134,218,018	57,358,125	1978
79	Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker		$616,413,252	$515,202,542	57,181,192	2019
80	Tootsie^m	Col.	$613,424,488	$177,200,000	56,903,941	1982
81	Smokey and the Bandit^m	Uni.	$612,658,888	$126,737,428	56,832,921	1977
82	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$606,901,946	$448,139,099	56,298,882	2012
83	Finding Dory		$606,042,329	$486,295,561	56,219,140	2016
84	Beauty and the Beast		$605,716,020	$504,014,165	56,188,870	2017
85	West Side Story^m	MGM	$603,359,625	$43,656,822	55,970,281	1961
86	Lady and the Tramp^m	Dis.	$600,822,062	$93,602,326	55,734,885	1955^{^}
87	Finding Nemo	BV	$599,423,048	$335,298,792	55,605,106	2003^{^}
88	Close Encounters of the Third Kind^m	Col.	$599,104,412	$132,088,635	55,575,548	1977^{^}
89	Lawrence of Arabia^m	Col.	$597,034,625	$44,824,144	55,383,546	1962^{^}
90	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$596,831,296	$313,364,113	55,364,684	2001^{^}
91	The Rocky Horror Picture Show^m	Fox	$593,648,412	$112,892,319	55,069,426	1975
92	Rocky^m	UA	$593,330,925	$117,235,147	55,039,974	1976
93	The Best Years of Our Lives^m	RKO	$592,900,000	$23,650,000	55,000,000	1946
94	The Poseidon Adventure^m	Fox	$591,843,175	$84,563,118	54,901,964	1972
95	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$591,172,827	$310,393,154	54,839,780	2001
96	Twister^m	WB	$589,537,988	$241,721,524	54,688,125	1996
97	Men in Black^m	Sony	$588,767,712	$250,690,539	54,616,671	1997
98	The Super Mario Bros. Movie		$588,397,574	$574,751,990	54,582,335	2023
99	The Bridge on the River Kwai^m	Col.	$586,432,000	$27,200,000	54,400,000	1957
100	Avengers: Age of Ultron		$582,516,887	$455,530,367	54,036,817	2015
101	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World^m	MGM	$580,777,038	$46,332,858	53,875,421	1963
102	Swiss Family Robinson^m	Dis.	$580,050,212	$40,356,000	53,807,997	1960
103	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest^m	UA	$578,728,150	$108,981,275	53,685,357	1975
104	M.A.S.H.^m	Fox	$578,715,775	$81,600,000	53,684,209	1970
105	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	P/DW	$577,968,794	$402,111,870	53,614,916	2009
106	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom^m	Par.	$577,083,788	$179,870,271	53,532,819	1984
107	Frozen II		$571,152,849	$477,373,578	52,982,639	2019
108	Mrs. Doubtfire^m	Fox	$567,937,700	$219,195,243	52,684,388	1993
109	Aladdin^m	BV	$565,328,500	$217,350,219	52,442,347	1992
110	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	LGF	$563,089,981	$424,668,047	52,234,692	2013
111	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$560,692,303	$302,191,306	52,012,273	2002^{^}
112	Toy Story 3	BV	$560,411,112	$410,171,027	51,986,188	2010
113	Ghost^m	Par.	$554,795,038	$217,631,306	51,465,217	1990
114	The Hunger Games	LGF	$552,557,193	$408,010,692	51,257,625	2012
115	Duel in the Sun^m	Selz.	$550,000,000	$20,408,163	51,020,408	1946
116	House of Wax^m	WB	$544,734,025	$23,750,000	50,531,913	1953
117	Rear Window^m	Par.	$542,824,150	$36,764,313	50,354,745	1954^{^}
118	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	BV	$540,949,473	$302,590,475	50,180,842	2003
119	Iron Man 3	BV	$539,145,441	$406,609,688	50,013,492	2013
120	The Lost World: Jurassic Park^a	Uni.	$538,029,800	$229,086,679	49,910,000	1997
121	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade^m	Par.	$532,709,787	$197,171,806	49,416,492	1989
122	Frozen	BV	$531,009,954	$400,474,112	49,258,808	2013
123	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$526,629,066	$336,104,636	48,852,418	2007
124	Terminator 2: Judgment Day^m	TriS	$524,515,750	$204,843,345	48,656,378	1991
125	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Uni.	$521,491,240	$260,745,620	48,375,811	2000
126	Toy Story 4		$519,304,076	$434,038,008	48,172,920	2019
127	Sergeant York^m	WB	$518,767,975	$16,361,885	48,123,189	1941
128	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	WB	$517,944,633	$381,011,219	48,046,812	2011
129	Top Gun^m	Par.	$517,710,325	$179,800,601	48,025,077	1986^{^}
130	Toy Story 2^m	BV	$515,677,662	$245,852,179	47,836,518	1999^{^}
131	Captain Marvel		$510,679,874	$426,829,839	47,372,901	2019
132	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever		$510,208,699	$452,940,376	47,329,193	2022
133	Shrek	DW	$510,148,894	$267,851,831	47,323,645	2001
134	Captain America: Civil War		$508,572,171	$408,084,349	47,177,381	2016
135	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$503,279,515	$281,519,061	46,686,411	2003
136	Shrek the Third	P/DW	$502,981,574	$321,012,359	46,658,773	2007
137	Transformers	P/DW	$499,940,998	$319,071,806	46,376,716	2007
138	Crocodile Dundee^m	Par.	$498,062,537	$174,803,506	46,202,462	1986
139	Wonder Woman		$495,811,989	$412,563,408	45,993,691	2017
140	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse^m	MPC	$495,000,000	$9,183,673	45,918,367	1921
141	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom		$493,169,433	$416,769,345	45,748,556	2018
142	Saving Private Ryan^m	DW	$493,153,512	$216,540,909	45,747,079	1998
143	Young Frankenstein^m	Fox	$492,077,575	$86,273,333	45,647,270	1974
144	Peter Pan^m	Dis.	$491,821,550	$87,404,651	45,623,520	1953^{^}
145	Gremlins^m	WB	$490,297,775	$153,083,102	45,482,168	1984^{^}
146	Beauty and the Beast^m	BV	$489,020,812	$218,967,620	45,363,712	1991^{^}
147	Despicable Me 2	Uni.	$488,037,497	$368,065,385	45,272,495	2013
148	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	WB	$487,728,632	$290,013,036	45,243,843	2005
149	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle		$486,140,120	$404,515,480	45,096,486	2017
150	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	WB	$485,663,516	$261,753,713	45,052,274	2002
151	Meet the Fockers	Uni.	$484,666,543	$279,200,300	44,959,791	2004
152	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BV	$483,472,521	$287,482,269	44,849,028	2005
153	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	BV	$480,216,234	$306,483,088	44,546,960	2007
154	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	P/DW	$479,037,838	$352,390,543	44,437,647	2011
155	The Fugitive^m	WB	$478,602,987	$183,875,760	44,397,309	1993
156	The Caine Mutiny^m	Col.	$478,500,000	$21,750,000	44,387,755	1954
157	Iron Man	Par.	$478,201,437	$318,505,224	44,360,059	2008
158	Monsters, Inc.	BV	$477,714,702	$250,822,376	44,314,907	2001^{^}
159	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Par.	$475,977,314	$317,023,851	44,153,740	2008
160	Toy Story^m	BV	$472,900,587	$191,796,233	43,868,329	1995^{^}
161	Dances with Wolves^m	Orion	$471,078,437	$184,208,848	43,699,298	1990
162	An Officer and a Gentleman^m	Par.	$470,620,837	$129,795,554	43,656,849	1982
163	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2		$468,471,040	$389,813,101	43,457,425	2017
164	Toy Story 5		$467,611,614	$467,611,614	43,377,701	2026
165	Spider-Man: Far from Home		$467,251,485	$390,532,085	43,344,294	2019
166	2001: A Space Odyssey^m	MGM	$467,167,662	$56,954,992	43,336,518	1968^{^}
167	Rain Man^m	MGM	$466,684,488	$172,825,435	43,291,696	1988
168	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner^m	Col.	$466,310,487	$56,666,667	43,257,003	1967
169	Kramer Vs. Kramer^m	Col.	$463,758,212	$106,260,000	43,020,242	1979
170	Armageddon^m	BV	$463,328,938	$201,578,182	42,980,421	1998
171	American Sniper		$461,978,343	$350,126,444	42,855,134	2014
172	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness		$461,571,304	$409,762,280	42,817,375	2022
173	Psycho^m	Uni.	$459,946,850	$32,000,000	42,666,684	1960
174	The Secret Life of Pets		$459,394,822	$368,623,860	42,615,475	2016
175	Rocky III^m	UA	$458,292,862	$125,049,125	42,513,253	1982^{^}
176	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	WB	$457,530,680	$292,004,738	42,442,549	2007
177	Rambo: First Blood Part II^m	TriS	$456,754,512	$150,415,432	42,370,548	1985
178	Batman Forever^m	WB	$456,058,762	$184,031,112	42,306,008	1995
179	Pretty Woman^m	BV	$454,661,900	$178,406,268	42,176,429	1990
180	Earthquake^m	Uni.	$454,395,012	$79,666,653	42,151,671	1974
181	Alice in Wonderland	BV	$454,194,874	$332,430,200	42,133,105	2010
182	The Jungle Book		$453,633,769	$364,001,123	42,081,055	2016
183	Deadpool		$452,438,857	$363,042,311	41,970,209	2016
184	Inside Out		$452,187,672	$353,612,437	41,946,908	2015
185	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York^m	Fox	$451,138,600	$173,585,516	41,849,592	1992
186	Three Men and a Baby^m	BV	$449,566,700	$167,780,960	41,703,776	1987
187	Furious 7		$448,889,059	$351,032,910	41,640,915	2015
188	The Incredibles	BV	$445,933,790	$256,887,647	41,366,771	2004
189	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1		$444,837,802	$337,135,885	41,265,102	2014
190	Mission: Impossible^m	Par.	$441,399,200	$180,981,856	40,946,122	1996
191	Saturday Night Fever^m	Par.	$437,719,150	$94,213,184	40,604,745	1977
192	On Golden Pond^m	Uni.	$437,499,012	$119,285,432	40,584,324	1981
193	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me^m	NL	$437,226,762	$206,040,086	40,559,069	1999
194	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$434,016,019	$301,959,197	40,261,226	2009
195	Bruce Almighty	Uni.	$433,705,642	$242,601,579	40,232,434	2003
196	Guardians of the Galaxy		$432,909,480	$328,095,589	40,158,579	2014
197	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	WB	$432,878,949	$249,367,187	40,155,747	2004
198	Funny Girl^m	Col.	$431,625,288	$52,223,306	40,039,452	1968^{^}
199	Minions		$429,724,010	$336,045,770	39,863,081	2015
200	Apollo 13^m	Uni.	$429,666,325	$173,837,933	39,857,730	1995^{^}

Method. Estimated tickets sold (gross ÷ the average ticket price of the release year), re-priced at $10.78 — 2024— for every row. That is the classic site's own method, not a CPI adjustment: it answers how many people bought a ticket, which is the question a general price index cannot. Where the numbers come from: 86 from our own daily grosses; 26 marked ^a from published admissions; 87 marked ^mfrom The classic site's own published chart archived 2014-01-14 — hover one to see its published figure and the ticket price it was published in; and 1 from lifetime totals for films released since our daily feed ends. ^ = includes re-releases. The toggle re-ranks between adjusted and actual dollars.