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John Seale
Lifetime Gross Total (29): $2,111,175,555 Average: $72,799,157 Opening Gross Average (19): $19,842,864 (Wide Releases Only) |
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Adjusted Gross | Unadjusted Gross | Release |
1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | WB | $505,196,800 | $317,871,467 | 11/16/01 |
2 | Rain Man | MGM | $390,924,100 | $172,825,435 | 12/16/88 |
3 | The Firm | Par. | $345,383,000 | $158,348,367 | 7/2/93 |
4 | The Perfect Storm | WB | $305,945,200 | $182,618,434 | 6/30/00 |
5 | Dead Poets Society | BV | $218,039,500 | $95,860,116 | 6/2/89 |
6 | Witness | Par. | $174,767,400 | $68,706,993 | 2/8/85 |
7 | Mad Max: Fury Road | WB | $163,924,800 | $154,058,340 | 5/15/15 |
8 | The English Patient | Mira. | $156,302,500 | $78,676,425 | 11/15/96 |
9 | Stakeout | BV | $151,669,900 | $65,673,233 | 8/7/87 |
10 | City of Angels | WB | $151,498,200 | $78,685,114 | 4/10/98 |
11 | Cold Mountain | Mira. | $139,261,200 | $95,636,509 | 12/25/03 |
12 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Par. | $139,000,600 | $81,298,265 | 12/25/99 |
13 | The American President | Sony | $124,285,100 | $60,079,496 | 11/17/95 |
14 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | BV | $104,191,600 | $90,759,676 | 5/28/10 |
15 | The Paper | Uni. | $83,871,700 | $38,824,341 | 3/18/94 |
16 | Poseidon | WB | $83,647,900 | $60,674,817 | 5/12/06 |
17 | The Doctor | BV | $81,765,300 | $38,120,905 | 7/26/91 |
18 | The Tourist | Sony | $76,665,500 | $67,631,157 | 12/10/10 |
19 | Children of a Lesser God | Par. | $76,081,500 | $31,853,080 | 10/3/86 |
20 | Spanglish | Sony | $61,316,900 | $42,726,869 | 12/17/04 |
21 | Gorillas in the Mist | Uni. | $54,312,900 | $24,720,479 | 9/23/88 |
22 | Dreamcatcher | WB | $50,489,300 | $33,715,436 | 3/21/03 |
23 | At First Sight | MGM | $39,755,400 | $22,365,133 | 1/15/99 |
24 | The Mosquito Coast | WB | $33,416,100 | $14,302,779 | 11/26/86 |
25 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Sony | $26,210,900 | $13,323,144 | 12/20/96 |
26 | Lorenzo's Oil | Uni. | $15,892,800 | $7,286,388 | 1/1/93 |
27 | The Hitcher | TriS | $14,226,200 | $5,844,868 | 2/21/86 |
28 | Beyond Rangoon | Sony | $11,936,400 | $5,750,110 | 8/25/95 |
29 | Careful, He Might Hear You | Fox | $7,896,400 | $2,938,179 | 6/15/84 |
Adjusted Total: $3,787,875,000
Average: $130,616,400
Worldwide (Unadjusted)
Title (click to view) | Studio | Worldwide | Domestic / % | Overseas / % | Year | ||
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | WB | $974.8 | $317.6 | 32.6% | $657.2 | 67.4% | 2001 |
Mad Max: Fury Road | WB | $378.4 | $153.6 | 40.6% | $224.8 | 59.4% | 2015 |
Rain Man | MGM | $354.8 | $172.8 | 48.7% | $182.0 | 51.3% | 1988 |
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | BV | $336.4 | $90.8 | 27% | $245.6 | 73% | 2010 |
The Perfect Storm | WB | $328.7 | $182.6 | 55.6% | $146.1 | 44.4% | 2000 |
The Tourist | Sony | $278.3 | $67.6 | 24.3% | $210.7 | 75.7% | 2010 |
The Firm | Par. | $270.2 | $158.3 | 58.6% | $111.9 | 41.4% | 1993 |
Dead Poets Society | BV | $235.9 | $95.9 | 40.6% | $140.0 | 59.4% | 1989 |
The English Patient | Mira. | $232.0 | $78.7 | 33.9% | $153.3 | 66.1% | 1996 |
City of Angels | WB | $198.7 | $78.7 | 39.6% | $120.0 | 60.4% | 1998 |
Poseidon | WB | $181.7 | $60.7 | 33.4% | $121.0 | 66.6% | 2006 |
Cold Mountain | Mira. | $173.0 | $95.6 | 55.3% | $77.4 | 44.7% | 2003 |
The Talented Mr. Ripley | Par. | $128.8 | $81.3 | 63.1% | $47.5 | 36.9% | 1999 |
The American President | Sony | $107.9 | $60.1 | 55.7% | $47.8 | 44.3% | 1995 |
Dreamcatcher | WB | $75.7 | $33.7 | 44.5% | $42.0 | 55.5% | 2003 |
Gorillas in the Mist | Uni. | $61.1 | $24.7 | 40.4% | $36.4 | 59.6% | 1988 |
Spanglish | Sony | $55.0 | $42.7 | 77.6% | $12.3 | 22.4% | 2004 |
The Paper | Uni. | $48.4 | $38.8 | 80.2% | $9.6 | 19.8% | 1994 |
The Hitcher | TriS | $5.8 | $5.8 | 100% | n/a | 0% | 1986 |
Total: $4,425.8 million
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