DOMESTIC GROSSES Viewing Chart as of Jan. 14, 1999
#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500 Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 1 Titanic Par. $600,788,188 1997^ 2 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 1977^ 3 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $399,804,539 1982^ 4 Jurassic Park Uni. $357,067,947 1993^ 5 Forrest Gump Par. $329,694,499 1994 6 The Lion King BV $312,855,561 1994^ 7 Return of the Jedi Fox $309,306,177 1983^ 8 Independence Day Fox $306,169,268 1996^ 9 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $290,271,960 1980^ 10 Home Alone Fox $285,761,243 1990 11 Jaws Uni. $260,000,000 1975 12 Batman WB $251,188,924 1989 13 Men in Black Sony $250,690,539 1997 14 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $242,374,454 1981^ 15 Twister WB $241,721,524 1996 16 Ghostbusters Col. $238,632,124 1984^ 17 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $234,760,478 1984 18 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $229,086,679 1997 19 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox $219,195,243 1993 20 Ghost Par. $217,631,306 1990 21 Aladdin BV $217,350,219 1992 22 Back to the Future Uni. $210,609,762 1985 23 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriS $204,843,345 1991 24 Armageddon BV $201,578,182 1998 25 Gone with the Wind MGM $198,676,459 1939^ 26 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $197,171,806 1989 27 The Exorcist WB $193,000,000 1973^ 28 Toy Story BV $191,796,233 1995^ 29 Saving Private Ryan DW $190,878,157 1998 30 Grease Par. $188,389,888 1978^ 31 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $184,925,486 1937^ 32 Dances with Wolves Orion $184,208,848 1990 33 Batman Forever WB $184,031,112 1995 34 The Fugitive WB $183,875,760 1993 35 Liar Liar Uni. $181,410,615 1997 36 Mission: Impossible Par. $180,981,856 1996 37 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $179,870,271 1984 38 Pretty Woman BV $178,406,268 1990 39 Tootsie Col. $177,200,000 1982 40 Top Gun Par. $176,786,701 1986^ 41 There's Something About Mary Fox $175,217,283 1998 42 Crocodile Dundee Par. $174,803,506 1986 43 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Fox $173,585,516 1992 44 Air Force One Sony $172,956,409 1997 45 Rain Man MGM $172,825,435 1988 46 Apollo 13 Uni. $172,071,312 1995^ 47 Three Men and a Baby BV $167,780,960 1987 48 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves WB $165,493,908 1991 49 Batman Returns WB $162,831,698 1992 50 The Sound of Music Fox $158,671,368 1965 51 The Firm Par. $158,348,367 1993 52 Fatal Attraction Par. $156,645,693 1987 53 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV $156,452,370 1988 54 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973 55 Jerry Maguire Sony $153,952,592 1996 56 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $153,665,036 1987 57 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1984^ 58 The Waterboy BV $152,671,594 1998 59 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985 60 As Good as It Gets Sony $148,478,011 1997 61 Lethal Weapon 2 WB $147,253,986 1989 62 True Lies Fox $146,282,411 1994 63 Beauty and the Beast BV $145,863,363 1991^ 64 101 Dalmatians Dis. $144,880,014 1961^ 65 The Santa Clause BV $144,833,357 1994 66 Lethal Weapon 3 WB $144,731,527 1992 67 Doctor Dolittle Fox $144,156,605 1998 68 A Bug's Life BV $143,954,668 1998 69 The Jungle Book Dis. $141,843,612 1967^ 70 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^ 71 Pocahontas BV $141,579,773 1995 72 A Few Good Men Col. $141,340,178 1992 73 Deep Impact Par. $140,464,664 1998 74 Look Who's Talking TriS $140,088,813 1989 75 Sister Act BV $139,605,150 1992 76 Rush Hour NL $139,370,384 1998 77 Platoon Orion $138,530,565 1986 78 Good Will Hunting Mira. $138,433,435 1997 79 Ransom BV $136,492,681 1996 80 Godzilla Sony $136,314,294 1998 81 101 Dalmatians (1996) BV $136,189,294 1996 82 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL $135,265,915 1990 83 The Godfather Par. $134,966,411 1972^ 84 Superman WB $134,218,018 1978 85 The Rock BV $134,069,511 1996 86 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $132,088,635 1977^ 87 The Silence of the Lambs Orion $130,742,922 1991 88 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $130,724,172 1989 89 The Flintstones Uni. $130,531,208 1994 90 Lethal Weapon 4 WB $130,444,603 1998 91 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $129,795,554 1982 92 The Nutty Professor (1996) Uni. $128,814,019 1996 93 Coming to America Par. $128,152,301 1988 94 Rocky IV UA $127,873,716 1985 95 Dumb and Dumber NL $127,175,374 1994 96 My Best Friend's Wedding Sony $127,120,029 1997 97 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $126,737,428 1977 98 Sleepless in Seattle TriS $126,680,884 1993 99 The Truman Show Par. $125,618,201 1998 100 Tomorrow Never Dies MGM $125,304,276 1997
#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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