All Time Domestic Box Office Results

All Time Box Office

DOMESTIC GROSSES
Viewing Chart as of Aug. 12, 1988

#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500

Data as of: or ( / / )

Rank	Title(click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross	Year^
1	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	Uni.	$399,804,539	1982^
2	Star Wars	Fox	$322,740,142	1977^
3	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$263,835,740	1983^
4	Jaws	Uni.	$260,000,000	1975
5	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Par.	$242,374,454	1981^
6	Ghostbusters	Col.	$238,632,124	1984^
7	Beverly Hills Cop	Par.	$234,760,478	1984
8	The Empire Strikes Back	Fox	$222,674,266	1980^
9	Back to the Future	Uni.	$210,609,762	1985
10	The Exorcist	WB	$193,000,000	1973^
11	Gone with the Wind	MGM	$189,523,031	1939^
12	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Par.	$179,870,271	1984
13	Tootsie	Col.	$177,200,000	1982
14	Top Gun	Par.	$176,786,701	1986^
15	Crocodile Dundee	Par.	$174,803,506	1986
16	Three Men and a Baby	BV	$167,780,960	1987
17	Grease	Par.	$159,978,870	1978^
18	The Sound of Music	Fox	$158,671,368	1965
19	Fatal Attraction	Par.	$156,645,693	1987
20	The Sting	Uni.	$156,000,000	1973
21	Beverly Hills Cop II	Par.	$153,665,036	1987
22	Gremlins	WB	$153,083,102	1984^
23	Rambo: First Blood Part II	TriS	$150,415,432	1985
24	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Dis.	$143,291,015	1937^
25	National Lampoon's Animal House	Uni.	$141,600,000	1978^
26	Platoon	Orion	$138,530,565	1986
27	Superman	WB	$134,218,018	1978
28	The Godfather	Par.	$133,698,921	1972^
29	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Col.	$132,088,635	1977^
30	An Officer and a Gentleman	Par.	$129,795,554	1982
31	Rocky IV	UA	$127,873,716	1985
32	Smokey and the Bandit	Uni.	$126,737,428	1977
33	Rocky III	UA	$125,049,125	1982^
34	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$123,922,370	1987
35	Blazing Saddles	WB	$119,500,000	1974
36	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$119,285,432	1981
37	Rocky	UA	$117,235,147	1976
38	The Towering Inferno	Fox	$116,000,000	1974
39	The Karate Kid Part II	Col.	$115,103,979	1986
40	American Graffiti	Uni.	$115,000,000	1973
41	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Fox	$112,892,319	1975
42	Doctor Zhivago	MGM	$111,721,910	1965
43	Porky's	Fox	$111,289,673	1982^
44	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Par.	$109,713,132	1986
45	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	UA	$108,981,275	1975
46	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	BV	$108,692,320	1988
47	Terms of Endearment	Par.	$108,423,489	1983
48	Superman II	WB	$108,185,706	1981
49	Love Story	Par.	$106,397,186	1970
50	Kramer Vs. Kramer	Col.	$106,260,000	1979
51	The Graduate	AVCO	$104,642,560	1967^
52	Crocodile Dundee II	Par.	$103,828,227	1988
53	9 to 5	Fox	$103,290,500	1980
54	Coming to America	Par.	$103,076,552	1988
55	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Fox	$102,308,889	1969
56	Mary Poppins	Dis.	$102,272,727	1964^
57	Stir Crazy	Col.	$101,300,000	1980
58	Airport	Uni.	$100,489,151	1970
59	The Color Purple	WB	$98,467,863	1985^
60	The Jungle Book	Dis.	$97,197,993	1967^
61	Arthur	WB	$95,461,682	1981
62	Saturday Night Fever	Par.	$94,213,184	1977
63	Bambi	RKO	$93,956,337	1942^
64	Lady and the Tramp	Dis.	$93,602,326	1955^
65	Flashdance	Par.	$92,921,203	1983
66	Back to School	Orion	$91,258,000	1986
67	The Karate Kid	Col.	$90,815,558	1984
68	Trading Places	Par.	$90,404,800	1983
69	Out of Africa	Uni.	$87,071,205	1985
70	Big	Fox	$86,679,766	1988
71	The Amityville Horror	AIP	$86,432,000	1979
72	Young Frankenstein	Fox	$86,273,333	1974
73	Stripes	Col.	$85,297,000	1981
74	Every Which Way But Loose	WB	$85,196,485	1978
75	Rocky II	UA	$85,182,160	1979
76	Aliens	Fox	$85,160,248	1986
77	The Poseidon Adventure	Fox	$84,563,118	1972
78	101 Dalmatians	Dis.	$84,049,729	1961^
79	Airplane!	Par.	$83,453,539	1980
80	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Par.	$82,258,456	1979
81	Jaws 2	Uni.	$81,766,007	1978^
82	Heaven Can Wait (1978)	Par.	$81,640,278	1978
83	M.A.S.H.	Fox	$81,600,000	1970
84	Police Academy	WB	$81,198,894	1984
85	Moonstruck	MGM	$80,640,528	1987
86	Footloose	Par.	$80,035,402	1984
87	The Golden Child	Par.	$79,817,937	1986
88	Earthquake	Uni.	$79,666,653	1974
89	WarGames	MGM	$79,567,667	1983
90	Alien	Fox	$78,944,891	1979^
91	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Par.	$78,912,963	1982
92	48 HRS.	Par.	$78,868,508	1982
93	Apocalypse Now	MGM	$78,845,221	1979^
94	Hooper	WB	$78,000,000	1978
95	Poltergeist	MGM	$76,606,280	1982
96	Romancing the Stone	Fox	$76,572,238	1984
97	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Par.	$76,471,046	1984
98	The Untouchables	Par.	$76,270,454	1987
99	Cocoon	Fox	$76,113,124	1985
100	The Jewel of the Nile	Fox	$75,973,200	1985

#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500

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.