DOMESTIC GROSSES
Viewing Chart as of Dec. 19, 1997
#1100 - #101200 - #201300 - #301400 - #401500 Rank Title(click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross Year^ 201
Days of Thunder
Par.
$82,670,733
1990
202
Mr. Holland's Opus
BV
$82,569,971
1995
203
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Col.
$82,522,790
1992
204
Fried Green Tomatoes
Uni.
$82,418,501
1991
205
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Par.
$82,258,456
1979
206
Jaws 2
Uni.
$81,766,007
1978^
207
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Par.
$81,640,278
1978
208
M.A.S.H.
Fox
$81,600,000
1970
209
Police Academy
WB
$81,198,894
1984
210
While You Were Sleeping
BV
$81,057,016
1995
211
Congo
Par.
$81,022,101
1995
212
Another 48 HRS.
Par.
$80,818,974
1990
213
Moonstruck
MGM
$80,640,528
1987
214
Footloose
Par.
$80,035,402
1984
215
The Golden Child
Par.
$79,817,937
1986
216
Earthquake
Uni.
$79,666,653
1974
217
WarGames
MGM
$79,567,667
1983
218
Cape Fear
Uni.
$79,091,969
1991
219
Alien
Fox
$78,944,891
1979^
220
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Par.
$78,912,963
1982
221
48 HRS.
Par.
$78,868,508
1982
222
Apocalypse Now
MGM
$78,845,221
1979^
223
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Par.
$78,756,177
1988
224
The English Patient
Mira.
$78,676,425
1996
225
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
NL
$78,656,813
1991
226
Cocktail
BV
$78,222,753
1988
227
Hooper
WB
$78,000,000
1978
228
Backdraft
Uni.
$77,868,585
1991
229
Free Willy
WB
$77,698,625
1993
230
Philadelphia
TriS
$77,446,440
1993
231
Poltergeist
MGM
$76,606,280
1982
232
Father of the Bride Part II
BV
$76,594,107
1995
233
Romancing the Stone
Fox
$76,572,238
1984
234
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Par.
$76,471,046
1984
235
Fantasia
Dis.
$76,408,097
1941^
236
The Untouchables
Par.
$76,270,454
1987
237
White Men Can't Jump
Fox
$76,253,806
1992
238
Cocoon
Fox
$76,113,124
1985
239
Conspiracy Theory
WB
$75,982,834
1997
240
The Jewel of the Nile
Fox
$75,973,200
1985
241
Star Trek: Generations
Par.
$75,671,125
1994
242
Braveheart
Par.
$75,609,945
1995
243
The Last of the Mohicans
Fox
$75,505,856
1992
244
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Par.
$74,888,996
1991
245
10
WB
$74,865,517
1979
246
The Prince of Tides
Col.
$74,787,599
1991
247
Oliver & Company
BV
$74,151,346
1988^
248
Ben-Hur
MGM
$74,000,000
1959
249
Beetlejuice
WB
$73,707,461
1988
250
The Jerk
Uni.
$73,691,419
1979
251
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sony
$72,586,134
1997
252
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
WB
$72,217,396
1994
253
The Cannonball Run
Fox
$72,179,579
1981
254
Get Shorty
MGM
$72,101,622
1995
255
My Fair Lady
WB
$72,000,000
1964
256
Ruthless People
BV
$71,624,879
1986
257
Three Men and a Little Lady
BV
$71,609,321
1990
258
Stargate
MGM
$71,567,262
1994
259
Grumpier Old Men
WB
$71,518,503
1995
260
The Bridges of Madison County
WB
$71,516,617
1995
261
Christmas Vacation
WB
$71,319,526
1989
262
The Rescuers
Dis.
$71,215,869
1977^
263
Turner & Hooch
BV
$71,079,915
1989
264
Bird on a Wire
Uni.
$70,978,012
1990
265
Groundhog Day
Col.
$70,906,973
1993
266
Broken Arrow (1996)
Fox
$70,770,147
1996
267
Any Which Way You Can
WB
$70,687,344
1980
268
All the President's Men
WB
$70,600,000
1976
269
Mortal Kombat
NL
$70,454,098
1995
270
JFK
WB
$70,405,498
1991
271
Moonraker
MGM
$70,308,099
1979
272
Grumpy Old Men
WB
$70,172,621
1993
273
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Par.
$70,136,369
1986
274
Boomerang
Par.
$70,052,444
1992
275
Born on the Fourth of July
Uni.
$70,001,698
1989
276
Private Benjamin
WB
$69,847,348
1980
277
Splash
BV
$69,821,334
1984
278
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Uni.
$69,701,637
1982
279
Nine Months
Fox
$69,684,532
1995
280
Hot Shots!
Fox
$69,467,617
1991
281
Cool Runnings
BV
$68,856,263
1993
282
Witness
Par.
$68,706,993
1985
283
Purple Rain
WB
$68,392,977
1984
284
Octopussy
MGM
$67,893,619
1983
285
Outbreak
WB
$67,659,560
1995
286
Sudden Impact
WB
$67,642,693
1983
287
Heat
WB
$67,436,818
1995
288
Coal Miner's Daughter
Uni.
$67,182,787
1980
289
Dante's Peak
Uni.
$67,127,760
1997
290
Waiting to Exhale
Fox
$67,052,156
1995
291
The Secret of My Success
Uni.
$66,995,879
1987
292
Uncle Buck
Uni.
$66,758,538
1989
293
The Godfather Part III
Par.
$66,666,062
1990
294
Legends of the Fall
Sony
$66,638,883
1994
295
Smokey and the Bandit II
Uni.
$66,132,626
1980
296
What's Up, Doc?
WB
$66,000,000
1972
297
Anaconda
Sony
$65,885,767
1997
298
Bad Boys
Sony
$65,807,024
1995
299
Stakeout
BV
$65,673,233
1987
300
The Ten Commandments
Par.
$65,500,000
1956
#1100 - #101200 - #201300 - #301400 - #401500
CHART NOTES
^ Indicates movie made its gross over multiple releases, e.g., 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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