List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada

Here are the 50 top-grossing movies of all time in the United States and Canada, based on total receipts as of September 23, 2008. This figure is often called the U.S. box office or the North American box office, both of which are inaccurate. The figures in this first list are shown with adjustment for inflation. There is an inflation unadjusted list further down the page, this list will favor more recent releases due to inflation.

Highest-grossing/best-selling movies/films in the US and Canada, adjusted for inflation

This is a list of the highest-grossing movies of all time in the U.S. and Canada, commonly referred to as domestic gross in the two countries, where "gross" is defined as:

• US and Canada box-office revenues in U.S. dollars
• adjusted for the effects of inflation using the U.S. consumer price index for January of the year of release (except for long runners, see below)

This list was compiled on March 16, 2008 based on data from boxofficemojo.com

The adjustment for inflation better reflects the importance of older films, as lists compiled without adjustment for inflation will consist almost entirely of films released in the last 20 years. Some of the films on this list have had multiple releases and would not be so highly ranked based on their original release alone. At number 3, The Sound of Music holds the highest position for a movie that was only released once.

Film list (adjusted for inflation)

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
3. The Sound of Music (1965)
4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. The Ten Commandments (1956)
6. Titanic (1997)
7. Jaws (1975)
8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
9. The Exorcist (1973)
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
11. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
12. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
13. Ben-Hur (1959)
14. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
15. The Sting (1973)
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. Jurassic Park (1993)
18. The Graduate (1967)
19. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
20. Fantasia (1941)
21. The Godfather (1972)
22. Forrest Gump (1994)
23. Mary Poppins (1964)
24. The Lion King (1994)
25. Grease (1978)
26. Thunderball (1965)
27. The Dark Knight (2008)
28. The Jungle Book (1967)
29. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
30. Shrek 2 (2004)
31. Ghostbusters (1984)
32. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
33. Love Story (1970)
34. Spider-Man (2002)
35. Independence Day (1996)
36. Home Alone (1990)
37. Pinocchio (1940)
38. Cleopatra (1963)
39. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
40. Goldfinger (1964)
41. Airport (1970)
42. American Graffiti (1973)
43. The Robe (1953)
44. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
45. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
46. Bambi (1942)
47. Blazing Saddles (1974)
48. Batman (1989)
49. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
51. The Towering Inferno (1974)
52. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
53. My Fair Lady (1964)
54. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
55. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
56. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
57. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
58. Back to the Future (1985)
59. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
60. The Sixth Sense (1999)
61. Superman (1978)
62. Tootsie (1982)
63. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
64. Finding Nemo (2003)
65. West Side Story (1961)
66. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone (2001)
67. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
68. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
69. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
70. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
71. Rocky (1976)
72. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
73. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
74. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
75. Twister (1996)
76. Men in Black (1997)
77. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
78. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
79. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
80. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
81. MASH (1970)
82. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
83. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
84. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
85. Aladdin (1992)
86. Ghost (1990)
87. Duel in the Sun (1946)
88. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
89. House of Wax (1953)
90. Rear Window (1954)
91. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
92. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
93. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
94. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
95. Sergeant York (1941)
96. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
97. Toy Story 2 (1999)
98. Top Gun (1986)
99. Shrek (2001)
100. Shrek the Third (2007)

Highest grossing films (unadjusted for inflation)

Rank	Title	Studio	Lifetime Gross	Year
1	Titanic	Paramount	$600,788,188	1997
2	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	$525,106,180	2008
3	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	$460,998,007	1977
4	Shrek 2	DreamWorks	$441,226,247	2004
5	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	$435,110,554	1982
6	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	$431,088,301	1999
7	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	$423,315,812	2006
8	Spider-Man	Sony	$403,706,375	2002
9	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	$380,270,577	2005
10	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New line	$377,027,325	2003
11	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$373,585,825	2004
12	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket	$370,782,930	2004
13	Jurassic Park	Universal	$357,067,947	1993
14	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	$341,786,758	2002
15	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	$339,714,978	2003
16	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$336,530,303	2007
17	Forrest Gump	Paramount	$329,694,499	1994
18	The Lion King	Buena Vista	$328,541,776	1994
19	Shrek The Third	Dreamworks	$322,719,944	2007
20	Transformers	Paramount	$319,246,193	2007
21	Iron Man	Paramount	$318,223,785	2008
22	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	$317,575,550	2001
23	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount	$316,678,795	2008
24	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line	$314,776,170	2001
25	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	$310,676,740	2002
26	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Buena Vista	$309,420,425	2007
27	Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	$309,306,177	1983
28	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	$306,169,268	1996
29	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	$305,413,918	2003
30	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	$293,506,292	1999
31	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	$292,004,738	2007
32	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Buena Vista	$291,710,957	2005
33	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	$290,475,067	1980
34	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	$290,013,036	2005
35	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	$285,761,243	1990
36	Meet the Fockers	Universal	$279,261,160	2004
37	Shrek	Dreamworks	$267,665,011	2001
38	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	$261,988,482	2002
39	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	$261,441,092	2004
40	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	$260,044,825	2000
41	Jaws	Universal	$260,000,000	1975
42	I Am Legend	Warner Bros.	$256,386,216	2007
43	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	$255,873,250	2001
44	Batman	Warner Bros.	$251,188,924	1989
45	Night at the Museum	20th Century Fox	$250,863,268	2006
46	Men in Black	Sony	$250,690,539	1997
47	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	$249,541,069	2004
48	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	$245,852,179	1999
49	Cars	Buena Vista	$244,082,982	2006
50	Bruce Almighty	Universal	$242,829,261	2003

See also

• List of highest-grossing films
• List of films: U.S. box office bombs

External links

• Box Office Mojo All Time U.S. Box Office
• The Numbers all time worldwide chart
• Internet Movie Database list
• IMDB all time worldwide chart
• UK all time box office
• All time Australian box office
• All time UK box office
• All time German box office
• All time French box office
• All-Time Non-US Box-Office - Top 300 Movies