DOMESTIC GROSSES Viewing Chart as of Aug. 14, 1990
#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 Batman WB $251,188,924 1989 6 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $242,374,454 1981^ 7 Ghostbusters Col. $238,632,124 1984^ 8 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $234,760,478 1984 9 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $222,674,266 1980^ 10 Back to the Future Uni. $210,609,762 1985 11 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $197,171,806 1989 12 The Exorcist WB $193,000,000 1973^ 13 Gone with the Wind MGM $191,926,347 1939^ 14 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $179,870,271 1984 15 Tootsie Col. $177,200,000 1982 16 Top Gun Par. $176,786,701 1986^ 17 Crocodile Dundee Par. $174,803,506 1986 18 Rain Man MGM $172,825,435 1988 19 Three Men and a Baby BV $167,780,960 1987 20 Pretty Woman BV $164,783,450 1990 21 Grease Par. $159,978,870 1978^ 22 The Sound of Music Fox $158,671,368 1965 23 Fatal Attraction Par. $156,645,693 1987 24 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV $156,452,370 1988 25 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973 26 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $153,665,036 1987 27 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1984^ 28 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985 29 Lethal Weapon 2 WB $147,253,986 1989 30 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $143,291,015 1937^ 31 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^ 32 Look Who's Talking TriS $140,088,813 1989 33 Platoon Orion $138,530,565 1986 34 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL $135,265,915 1990 35 Superman WB $134,218,018 1978 36 The Godfather Par. $133,698,921 1972^ 37 The Jungle Book Dis. $132,754,095 1967^ 38 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $132,088,635 1977^ 39 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $130,724,172 1989 40 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $129,795,554 1982 41 Coming to America Par. $128,152,301 1988 42 Rocky IV UA $127,873,716 1985 43 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $126,737,428 1977 44 Rocky III UA $125,049,125 1982^ 45 Good Morning, Vietnam BV $123,922,370 1987 46 The Hunt for Red October Par. $122,012,643 1990 47 Blazing Saddles WB $119,500,000 1974 48 On Golden Pond Uni. $119,285,432 1981 49 Back to the Future Part II Uni. $118,450,002 1989 50 Rocky UA $117,235,147 1976 51 The Towering Inferno Fox $116,000,000 1974 52 The Karate Kid Part II Col. $115,103,979 1986 53 American Graffiti Uni. $115,000,000 1973 54 Big Fox $114,968,774 1988 55 Total Recall Sony $114,304,660 1990^ 56 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $112,892,319 1975 57 Ghostbusters II Col. $112,494,738 1989 58 Twins Uni. $111,938,388 1988 59 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965 60 Porky's Fox $111,289,673 1982^ 61 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. $109,713,132 1986 62 Crocodile Dundee II Par. $109,306,210 1988 63 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UA $108,981,275 1975 64 Terms of Endearment Par. $108,423,489 1983 65 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1981 66 Driving Miss Daisy WB $106,593,296 1989 67 Love Story Par. $106,397,186 1970 68 Kramer Vs. Kramer Col. $106,260,000 1979 69 The Graduate AVCO $104,642,560 1967^ 70 9 to 5 Fox $103,290,500 1980 71 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $102,308,889 1969 72 Mary Poppins Dis. $102,272,727 1964^ 73 Bambi RKO $102,247,150 1942^ 74 Dick Tracy BV $101,735,816 1990 75 Stir Crazy Col. $101,300,000 1980 76 Die Hard 2: Die Harder Fox $101,182,968 1990 77 Airport Uni. $100,489,151 1970 78 Parenthood Uni. $100,047,830 1989 79 The Color Purple WB $98,467,863 1985^ 80 Dead Poets Society BV $95,860,116 1989 81 Arthur WB $95,461,682 1981 82 Saturday Night Fever Par. $94,213,184 1977 83 Lady and the Tramp Dis. $93,602,326 1955^ 84 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203 1983 85 When Harry Met Sally... Col. $92,823,546 1989 86 Back to School Orion $91,258,000 1986 87 The Karate Kid Col. $90,815,558 1984 88 Trading Places Par. $90,404,800 1983 89 Peter Pan Dis. $87,404,651 1953^ 90 Out of Africa Uni. $87,071,205 1985 91 The War of the Roses Fox $86,888,546 1989 92 The Amityville Horror AIP $86,432,000 1979 93 Young Frankenstein Fox $86,273,333 1974 94 Ghost Par. $85,477,046 1990 95 Stripes Col. $85,297,000 1981 96 Every Which Way But Loose WB $85,196,485 1978 97 Rocky II UA $85,182,160 1979 98 Aliens Fox $85,160,248 1986 99 The Poseidon Adventure Fox $84,563,118 1972 100 The Little Mermaid BV $84,355,863 1989^
#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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