DOMESTIC GROSSES Viewing Chart as of Jan. 15, 2012
#1–100 - #101–200 - #201–300 - #301–400 - #401–500 Row Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 1 134 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $184,925,486 1937^ 2 116 Gone with the Wind MGM $198,676,459 1939^ 3 472 Bambi RKO $102,247,150 1942^ 4 235 101 Dalmatians Dis. $144,880,014 1961^ 5 471 Mary Poppins Dis. $102,272,727 1964^ 6 198 The Sound of Music Fox $158,671,368 1965 7 406 Doctor Zhivago MGM $111,721,910 1965 8 247 The Jungle Book Dis. $141,843,612 1967^ 9 450 The Graduate AVCO $104,901,839 1967^ 10 470 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $102,308,889 1969 11 442 Love Story Par. $106,397,186 1970 12 494 Airport Uni. $100,489,151 1970 13 278 The Godfather Par. $134,966,411 1972^ 14 81 The Exorcist WB $232,906,145 1973^ 15 205 The Sting Uni. $156,000,000 1973 16 389 American Graffiti Uni. $115,000,000 1973 17 357 Blazing Saddles WB $119,500,000 1974 18 383 The Towering Inferno Fox $116,000,000 1974 19 57 Jaws Uni. $260,000,000 1975 20 399 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $112,892,319 1975 21 422 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest UA $108,981,275 1975 22 375 Rocky UA $117,235,147 1976 23 4 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 1977^ 24 290 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Col. $132,088,635 1977^ 25 319 Smokey and the Bandit Uni. $126,737,428 1977 26 129 Grease Par. $188,755,690 1978^ 27 249 National Lampoon's Animal House Uni. $141,600,000 1978^ 28 282 Superman WB $134,218,018 1978 29 443 Kramer Vs. Kramer Col. $106,260,000 1979 30 46 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $290,271,960 1980^ 31 460 9 to 5 Fox $103,290,500 1980 32 480 Stir Crazy Col. $101,300,000 1980 33 69 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $245,034,358 1981^ 34 360 On Golden Pond Uni. $119,285,432 1981 35 428 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1981 36 6 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $435,110,554 1982^ 37 154 Tootsie Col. $177,200,000 1982 38 302 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $129,795,554 1982 39 329 Rocky III UA $125,049,125 1982^ 40 409 Porky's Fox $111,289,673 1982^ 41 34 Return of the Jedi Fox $309,306,177 1983^ 42 425 Terms of Endearment Par. $108,423,489 1983 43 76 Ghostbusters Col. $238,632,124 1984^ 44 77 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $234,760,478 1984 45 150 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $179,870,271 1984 46 215 Gremlins WB $153,083,102 1984^ 47 103 Back to the Future Uni. $210,609,762 1985 48 218 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $150,415,432 1985 49 310 Rocky IV UA $127,873,716 1985 50 155 Top Gun Par. $176,786,701 1986^ 51 162 Crocodile Dundee Par. $174,803,506 1986 52 265 Platoon Orion $138,530,565 1986 53 388 The Karate Kid Part II Col. $115,103,979 1986 54 418 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. $109,713,132 1986 55 180 Three Men and a Baby BV $167,780,960 1987 56 203 Fatal Attraction Par. $156,645,693 1987 57 213 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $153,665,036 1987 58 336 Good Morning, Vietnam BV $123,922,370 1987 59 168 Rain Man MGM $172,825,435 1988 60 204 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV $156,452,370 1988 61 307 Coming to America Par. $128,152,301 1988 62 390 Big Fox $114,968,774 1988 63 404 Twins Uni. $111,938,388 1988 64 420 Crocodile Dundee II Par. $109,306,210 1988 65 64 Batman WB $251,188,924 1989 66 120 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $197,171,806 1989 67 227 Lethal Weapon 2 WB $147,253,986 1989 68 257 Look Who's Talking TriS $140,088,813 1989 69 296 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $130,724,172 1989 70 369 Back to the Future Part II Uni. $118,450,002 1989 71 402 Ghostbusters II Col. $112,494,738 1989 72 408 The Little Mermaid BV $111,543,479 1989^ 73 440 Driving Miss Daisy WB $106,593,296 1989 74 48 Home Alone Fox $285,761,243 1990 75 92 Ghost Par. $217,631,306 1990 76 135 Dances with Wolves Orion $184,208,848 1990 77 152 Pretty Woman BV $178,406,268 1990 78 276 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL $135,265,915 1990 79 340 The Hunt for Red October Par. $122,012,643 1990 80 359 Total Recall Sony $119,394,840 1990^ 81 373 Die Hard 2: Die Harder Fox $117,540,947 1990 82 458 Dick Tracy BV $103,738,726 1990 83 111 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriS $204,843,345 1991 84 128 Beauty and the Beast BV $189,102,458 1991^ 85 184 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves WB $165,493,908 1991 86 295 The Silence of the Lambs Orion $130,742,922 1991 87 335 City Slickers Col. $124,033,791 1991 88 355 Hook TriS $119,654,823 1991 89 395 The Addams Family Par. $113,502,426 1991 90 476 Sleeping with the Enemy Fox $101,599,005 1991 91 95 Aladdin BV $217,350,219 1992 92 164 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Fox $173,585,516 1992 93 192 Batman Returns WB $162,831,698 1992 94 238 Lethal Weapon 3 WB $144,731,527 1992 95 251 A Few Good Men Col. $141,340,178 1992 96 259 Sister Act BV $139,605,150 1992 97 341 The Bodyguard WB $121,945,720 1992^ 98 342 Wayne's World Par. $121,697,323 1992 99 371 Basic Instinct TriS $117,727,224 1992 100 432 A League of Their Own Sony $107,533,928 1992
#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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