Top Grossing Movies of All Time 1976 - 2022

Updated timeline history of the highest grossing movies starting 1976 to 2022. Numbers represent worldwide gross revenue with a long-term ticket price adjustment for inflation. Please note: numbers keep growing due to inflation. Data source: movie-ticket admission reports.

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[mayur_mpd]

Dominance of just 2 Directors, Spielberg and Cameron at top 4 for such long durations, is insane!

[dorkybananas]

this made me realize just how monumental ET must’ve been for its time

[Alsayid]

So, if inflation adjusted, E.T. and Titanic would be the top movies on this list. But if inflation adjusted, the highest grossing movie EVER is still "Gone with the Wind."

[ChrisGiarratano]

The fact E.T. does not have a sequel is still mind-boggling.

[WithFearGaming]

It's wild that Titanic held the Top spot for 12 years before Avatar became the Top for the next 13

[robertferraro]

This creator has the perfect formula for making 8 minutes feel like 30 seconds.

[KartiksWorld]

let's just appreciate that Jurassic park is staying on the list since 1993 for 30 years

[nicks]

Spielberg being on this list so often really speaks a lot about his incredible career

[plastique]

These are the top 10 box office success of all time, adjusted for inflation :

1 Gone with the Wind - 1939
2 Star Wars - 1977
3 The Sound of Music - 1965
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 1982
5 Titanic - 1997
6 The Ten Commandments - 1956
7 Jaws. - 1975
8 Doctor Zhivago - 1965
9 The Exorcist - 1973
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - 1937

These are what used to be considered "domestic" numbers, as there was no real foreign markets like china or India in those days.

Noticed how nothing released after the 1990's even cracks the top 10.

[cgsweat]

No one is talking about how The Godfather stayed on the list for 30 years.

[bathecat]

James Cameron basically owns the box office

[captaincooool]

One of the cool things is you can kinda get an idea of how big certain movies were. Very few of us on here will remember how big ET was at the time. There had never been anything like it. Everyone was into it. I remember my grandparents pulling my brother and I from school to go see it. Even they wanted to see it.

[TJMiton]

the fact that the god awful lion king remake is the 10th highest grossing film of all time is whats wrong with the world...

[DeathsquadDemongods]

I can not believe that there was a time where Enter the Dragon was in the top 3 top grossing movies of all time.

[SingGod]

0:06 Star Wars
1:18 ET
3:19 Jurassic Park
3:57 Titanic
5:49 Avatar

[lastguyminn]

Would love to see this calculated by actual tickets sold rather than gross dollars made

[JeffreyDeCristofaro]

I'm surprised and impressed by the length of time in which stand-alone films ENTER THE DRAGON, DANCES WITH WOLVES, GHOST, HOME ALONE and INDEPENDENCE DAY each managed to hold their own in the Top Ten... ETD and ID4 for me were the biggest surprises.

[andrerobinson]

I saw E.T. 6 times in the theater. My mom thought there was something really wrong with me lol
Ya know...maybe she was right 🤔
Anyway...great movie!

[bacon.cheesecake]

No idea E.T was that successful, it stayed at the top longer than anything, whopping 15 years

[juliegolick]

I'm legit amazed at the staying power of E.T., after all these years.