DOMESTIC GROSSES Viewing Chart as of Dec. 13, 1988
#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500 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 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV $156,452,370 1988 21 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973 22 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $153,665,036 1987 23 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1984^ 24 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985 25 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $143,291,015 1937^ 26 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^ 27 Platoon Orion $138,530,565 1986 28 Superman WB $134,218,018 1978 29 The Godfather Par. $133,698,921 1972^ 30 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $132,088,635 1977^ 31 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $129,795,554 1982 32 Coming to America Par. $128,152,301 1988 33 Rocky IV UA $127,873,716 1985 34 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $126,737,428 1977 35 Rocky III UA $125,049,125 1982^ 36 Good Morning, Vietnam BV $123,922,370 1987 37 Blazing Saddles WB $119,500,000 1974 38 On Golden Pond Uni. $119,285,432 1981 39 Rocky UA $117,235,147 1976 40 The Towering Inferno Fox $116,000,000 1974 41 The Karate Kid Part II Col. $115,103,979 1986 42 American Graffiti Uni. $115,000,000 1973 43 Big Fox $114,968,774 1988 44 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $112,892,319 1975 45 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965 46 Porky's Fox $111,289,673 1982^ 47 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. $109,713,132 1986 48 Crocodile Dundee II Par. $109,306,210 1988 49 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UA $108,981,275 1975 50 Terms of Endearment Par. $108,423,489 1983 51 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1981 52 Love Story Par. $106,397,186 1970 53 Kramer Vs. Kramer Col. $106,260,000 1979 54 The Graduate AVCO $104,642,560 1967^ 55 9 to 5 Fox $103,290,500 1980 56 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $102,308,889 1969 57 Mary Poppins Dis. $102,272,727 1964^ 58 Bambi RKO $102,247,150 1942^ 59 Stir Crazy Col. $101,300,000 1980 60 Airport Uni. $100,489,151 1970 61 The Color Purple WB $98,467,863 1985^ 62 The Jungle Book Dis. $97,197,993 1967^ 63 Arthur WB $95,461,682 1981 64 Saturday Night Fever Par. $94,213,184 1977 65 Lady and the Tramp Dis. $93,602,326 1955^ 66 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203 1983 67 Back to School Orion $91,258,000 1986 68 The Karate Kid Col. $90,815,558 1984 69 Trading Places Par. $90,404,800 1983 70 Out of Africa Uni. $87,071,205 1985 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 Die Hard Fox $83,008,852 1988 81 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Par. $82,258,456 1979 82 Jaws 2 Uni. $81,766,007 1978^ 83 Heaven Can Wait (1978) Par. $81,640,278 1978 84 M.A.S.H. Fox $81,600,000 1970 85 Police Academy WB $81,198,894 1984 86 Moonstruck MGM $80,640,528 1987 87 Footloose Par. $80,035,402 1984 88 The Golden Child Par. $79,817,937 1986 89 Earthquake Uni. $79,666,653 1974 90 WarGames MGM $79,567,667 1983 91 Alien Fox $78,944,891 1979^ 92 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Par. $78,912,963 1982 93 48 HRS. Par. $78,868,508 1982 94 Apocalypse Now MGM $78,845,221 1979^ 95 Cocktail BV $78,222,753 1988 96 Hooper WB $78,000,000 1978 97 Poltergeist MGM $76,606,280 1982 98 Romancing the Stone Fox $76,572,238 1984 99 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Par. $76,471,046 1984 100 The Untouchables Par. $76,270,454 1987
#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500
CHART NOTES 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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