DOMESTIC GROSSES Viewing Chart as of Jul. 31, 2005
#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500 Row Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 1 71 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $184,925,486 1937^ 2 61 Gone with the Wind MGM $198,676,459 1939^ 3 405 Pinocchio Dis. $84,254,167 1940^ 4 473 Fantasia Dis. $76,408,097 1941^ 5 307 Bambi RKO $102,247,150 1942^ 6 385 Peter Pan Dis. $87,404,651 1953^ 7 352 Lady and the Tramp Dis. $93,602,326 1955^ 8 138 101 Dalmatians Dis. $144,880,014 1961^ 9 306 Mary Poppins Dis. $102,272,727 1964^ 10 115 The Sound of Music Fox $158,671,368 1965 11 259 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965 12 145 The Jungle Book Dis. $141,843,612 1967^ 13 292 The Graduate AVCO $104,901,839 1967^ 14 305 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $102,308,889 1969 15 285 Love Story Par. $106,397,186 1970 16 326 Airport Uni. $100,489,151 1970 17 428 M.A.S.H. Fox $81,600,000 1970 18 170 The Godfather Par. $134,966,411 1972^ 19 404 The Poseidon Adventure Fox $84,563,118 1972 20 44 The Exorcist WB $232,671,011 1973^ 21 121 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973 22 244 American Graffiti Uni. $115,000,000 1973 23 224 Blazing Saddles WB $119,500,000 1974 24 239 The Towering Inferno Fox $116,000,000 1974 25 392 Young Frankenstein Fox $86,273,333 1974 26 447 Earthquake Uni. $79,666,653 1974 27 31 Jaws Uni. $260,000,000 1975 28 253 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $112,892,319 1975 29 269 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UA $108,981,275 1975 30 234 Rocky UA $117,235,147 1976 31 445 A Star Is Born (1976) WB $80,000,000 1976 32 2 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 1977^ 33 176 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $132,088,635 1977^ 34 196 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $126,737,428 1977 35 347 Saturday Night Fever Par. $94,213,184 1977 36 67 Grease Par. $188,389,888 1978^ 37 146 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^ 38 171 Superman WB $134,218,018 1978 39 400 Every Which Way But Loose WB $85,196,485 1978 40 426 Jaws 2 Uni. $81,766,007 1978^ 41 427 Heaven Can Wait (1978) Par. $81,640,278 1978 42 459 Hooper WB $78,000,000 1978 43 286 Kramer Vs. Kramer Col. $106,260,000 1979 44 390 The Amityville Horror AIP $86,432,000 1979 45 401 Rocky II UA $85,182,160 1979 46 412 Apocalypse Now MGM $83,471,511 1979^ 47 425 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Par. $82,258,456 1979 48 438 Alien Fox $80,931,801 1979^ 49 494 10 WB $74,865,517 1979 50 23 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $290,271,960 1980^ 51 298 9 to 5 Fox $103,290,500 1980 52 313 Stir Crazy Col. $101,300,000 1980 53 413 Airplane! Par. $83,453,539 1980 54 38 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $242,374,454 1981^ 55 226 On Golden Pond Uni. $119,285,432 1981 56 275 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1981 57 343 Arthur WB $95,461,682 1981 58 398 Stripes Col. $85,297,000 1981 59 4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $435,110,554 1982^ 60 86 Tootsie Col. $177,200,000 1982 61 184 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $129,795,554 1982 62 204 Rocky III UA $125,049,125 1982^ 63 262 Porky's Fox $111,289,673 1982^ 64 450 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Par. $78,912,963 1982 65 451 48 HRS. Par. $78,868,508 1982 66 466 Poltergeist MGM $77,142,388 1982 67 19 Return of the Jedi Fox $309,306,177 1983^ 68 272 Terms of Endearment Par. $108,423,489 1983 69 357 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203 1983 70 373 Trading Places Par. $90,404,800 1983 71 448 WarGames MGM $79,567,667 1983 72 41 Ghostbusters Col. $238,632,124 1984^ 73 42 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $234,760,478 1984 74 82 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $179,870,271 1984 75 128 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1984^ 76 368 The Karate Kid Col. $90,815,558 1984 77 432 Police Academy WB $81,198,894 1984 78 444 Footloose Par. $80,035,402 1984 79 470 Romancing the Stone Fox $76,572,238 1984 80 472 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Par. $76,471,046 1984 81 56 Back to the Future Uni. $210,609,762 1985 82 130 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985 83 190 Rocky IV UA $127,873,716 1985 84 335 The Color Purple WB $98,467,863 1985^ 85 387 Out of Africa Uni. $87,071,205 1985 86 477 Cocoon Fox $76,113,124 1985 87 480 The Jewel of the Nile Fox $75,973,200 1985 88 87 Top Gun Par. $176,786,701 1986^ 89 91 Crocodile Dundee Par. $174,803,506 1986 90 159 Platoon Orion $138,530,565 1986 91 243 The Karate Kid Part II Col. $115,103,979 1986 92 267 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. $109,713,132 1986 93 364 Back to School Orion $91,258,000 1986 94 402 Aliens Fox $85,160,248 1986 95 446 The Golden Child Par. $79,817,937 1986 96 103 Three Men and a Baby BV $167,780,960 1987 97 119 Fatal Attraction Par. $156,645,693 1987 98 126 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $153,665,036 1987 99 209 Good Morning, Vietnam BV $123,922,370 1987 100 440 Moonstruck MGM $80,640,528 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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