DOMESTIC GROSSES
Viewing Chart as of Jun. 19, 1984
#1100 - #101200 - #201300 - #301400 - #401499 Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 1
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Uni.
$359,197,037
1982^
2
Star Wars
Fox
$322,740,142
1977^
3
Jaws
Uni.
$260,000,000
1975
4
Return of the Jedi
Fox
$252,583,617
1983^
5
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Par.
$242,374,454
1981^
6
The Empire Strikes Back
Fox
$222,674,266
1980^
7
The Exorcist
WB
$193,000,000
1973^
8
Gone with the Wind
MGM
$189,523,031
1939^
9
Tootsie
Col.
$177,200,000
1982
10
Grease
Par.
$159,978,870
1978^
11
The Sound of Music
Fox
$158,671,368
1965
12
The Sting
Uni.
$156,000,000
1973
13
National Lampoon's Animal House
Uni.
$141,600,000
1978^
14
Superman
WB
$134,218,018
1978
15
The Godfather
Par.
$133,698,921
1972^
16
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Col.
$132,088,635
1977^
17
An Officer and a Gentleman
Par.
$129,795,554
1982
18
Smokey and the Bandit
Uni.
$126,737,428
1977
19
Rocky III
UA
$125,049,125
1982^
20
Blazing Saddles
WB
$119,500,000
1974
21
On Golden Pond
Uni.
$119,285,432
1981
22
Rocky
UA
$117,235,147
1976
23
The Towering Inferno
Fox
$116,000,000
1974
24
American Graffiti
Uni.
$115,000,000
1973
25
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Fox
$112,892,319
1975
26
Doctor Zhivago
MGM
$111,721,910
1965
27
Porky's
Fox
$111,289,673
1982^
28
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
UA
$108,981,275
1975
29
Terms of Endearment
Par.
$108,423,489
1983
30
Superman II
WB
$108,185,706
1981
31
Love Story
Par.
$106,397,186
1970
32
Kramer Vs. Kramer
Col.
$106,260,000
1979
33
The Graduate
AVCO
$104,642,560
1967^
34
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Par.
$103,487,041
1984
35
9 to 5
Fox
$103,290,500
1980
36
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Fox
$102,308,889
1969
37
Mary Poppins
Dis.
$102,272,727
1964^
38
Stir Crazy
Col.
$101,300,000
1980
39
Airport
Uni.
$100,489,151
1970
40
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Dis.
$96,696,803
1937^
41
Arthur
WB
$95,461,682
1981
42
Saturday Night Fever
Par.
$94,213,184
1977
43
Flashdance
Par.
$92,921,203
1983
44
Trading Places
Par.
$90,404,800
1983
45
The Amityville Horror
AIP
$86,432,000
1979
46
Young Frankenstein
Fox
$86,273,333
1974
47
Stripes
Col.
$85,297,000
1981
48
Every Which Way But Loose
WB
$85,196,485
1978
49
Rocky II
UA
$85,182,160
1979
50
The Poseidon Adventure
Fox
$84,563,118
1972
51
Airplane!
Par.
$83,453,539
1980
52
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Par.
$82,258,456
1979
53
Jaws 2
Uni.
$81,766,007
1978^
54
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Par.
$81,640,278
1978
55
M.A.S.H.
Fox
$81,600,000
1970
56
Earthquake
Uni.
$79,666,653
1974
57
WarGames
MGM
$79,567,667
1983
58
Alien
Fox
$78,944,891
1979^
59
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Par.
$78,912,963
1982
60
48 HRS.
Par.
$78,868,508
1982
61
Apocalypse Now
MGM
$78,784,010
1979^
62
Hooper
WB
$78,000,000
1978
63
Poltergeist
MGM
$76,606,280
1982
64
Footloose
Par.
$75,846,770
1984
65
Police Academy
WB
$75,544,030
1984
66
10
WB
$74,865,517
1979
67
Ben-Hur
MGM
$74,000,000
1959
68
The Jungle Book
Dis.
$73,741,048
1967^
69
The Jerk
Uni.
$73,691,419
1979
70
The Cannonball Run
Fox
$72,179,579
1981
71
My Fair Lady
WB
$72,000,000
1964
72
Any Which Way You Can
WB
$70,687,344
1980
73
All the President's Men
WB
$70,600,000
1976
74
Moonraker
MGM
$70,308,099
1979
75
Private Benjamin
WB
$69,847,348
1980
76
Splash
BV
$69,821,334
1984
77
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Uni.
$69,701,637
1982
78
Octopussy
MGM
$67,893,619
1983
79
Sudden Impact
WB
$67,642,693
1983
80
Coal Miner's Daughter
Uni.
$67,182,787
1980
81
Smokey and the Bandit II
Uni.
$66,132,626
1980
82
What's Up, Doc?
WB
$66,000,000
1972
83
The Ten Commandments
Par.
$65,500,000
1956
84
The Muppet Movie
AFD
$65,200,000
1979
85
Staying Alive
Par.
$64,892,670
1983
86
Mr. Mom
Fox
$64,783,827
1983
87
Thunderball
UA
$63,595,658
1965
88
Risky Business
WB
$63,541,777
1983
89
Bambi
RKO
$63,200,000
1942^
90
Lady and the Tramp
Dis.
$62,473,244
1955^
91
Romancing the Stone
Fox
$62,258,588
1984
92
The Electric Horseman
Col.
$61,801,971
1979
93
Patton
Fox
$61,749,765
1970
94
National Lampoon's Vacation
WB
$61,399,552
1983
95
The Omen
Fox
$60,922,980
1976
96
Superman III
WB
$59,950,623
1983
97
Chariots of Fire
Col.
$58,972,904
1981
98
The Blue Lagoon
Col.
$58,853,106
1980
99
Peter Pan
Dis.
$57,959,520
1953^
100
Cleopatra (1963)
Fox
$57,777,778
1963
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CHART NOTES
^ Indicates movie made its gross over multiple releases, e.g., E.T. was re-released in 1985 and a special edition was released in 2002. Clicking on these titles will display a breakdown of releases. Most of the pre-1980 movies listed on this chart had multiple, undocumented releases over the years.
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