Smokey
10-07-2006, 04:49 PM
This list of movies become interesting when price of tickets sold at the time is adjusted to today’s dollars ($6.58). And ranked according to how many tickets (in the USA) each movie sold.
Gone with the Wind-which have the highest gross-had four releases theatrically (in 1939, 1954, 1961 and 1971).
1. Gone with the Wind $1.3 billion 1939
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/images/185/01_gone_with_the_wind.jpg
2. Star Wars $1.1 billion 1977
http://www.digg.be/images/movie/newhope3.jpg
3. The Sound of Music $937,093,200 1965
http://mayabini.blogspirit.com/list/jagat_s_fav_movies/sound-of-music.3.jpg
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial $933,401,500 1982
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/images/185/31_et.jpg
5. The Ten Commandments $861,980,000 1956
http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/24/news/companies/christ_movie/ten_commandments_story.jpg
6. Titanic $844,515,900 1997
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/26/wkd.kate.winslet.ap/story.titanic.jpg
7. Jaws $842,758,600 1975
http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/Rick/jaws.jpg
8. Doctor Zhivago $816,811,300 1965
http://images.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/normal/196/product-5880196.jpg
9. The Exorcist $727,541,800 1973
http://www.startsiden.no/magasin/2001/01/12/exorcist_180.jpg
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $717,220,000 1937
http://allost.ru/img/ost/2285/200x200covf.jpg
11. 101 Dalmatians $657,455,500 1961^
12. The Empire Strikes Back $646,028,600 1980^
13. Ben-Hur $644,840,000 1959
14. Return of the Jedi $618,910,900 1983^
15. The Sting $586,560,000 1973
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark $579,973,400 1981^
17. Jurassic Park $567,234,400 1993
18. The Graduate $562,688,100 1967
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $558,153,800 1999
20. Fantasia $546,426,100 1941
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
Gone with the Wind-which have the highest gross-had four releases theatrically (in 1939, 1954, 1961 and 1971).
1. Gone with the Wind $1.3 billion 1939
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/images/185/01_gone_with_the_wind.jpg
2. Star Wars $1.1 billion 1977
http://www.digg.be/images/movie/newhope3.jpg
3. The Sound of Music $937,093,200 1965
http://mayabini.blogspirit.com/list/jagat_s_fav_movies/sound-of-music.3.jpg
4. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial $933,401,500 1982
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/images/185/31_et.jpg
5. The Ten Commandments $861,980,000 1956
http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/24/news/companies/christ_movie/ten_commandments_story.jpg
6. Titanic $844,515,900 1997
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/26/wkd.kate.winslet.ap/story.titanic.jpg
7. Jaws $842,758,600 1975
http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/Rick/jaws.jpg
8. Doctor Zhivago $816,811,300 1965
http://images.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/normal/196/product-5880196.jpg
9. The Exorcist $727,541,800 1973
http://www.startsiden.no/magasin/2001/01/12/exorcist_180.jpg
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $717,220,000 1937
http://allost.ru/img/ost/2285/200x200covf.jpg
11. 101 Dalmatians $657,455,500 1961^
12. The Empire Strikes Back $646,028,600 1980^
13. Ben-Hur $644,840,000 1959
14. Return of the Jedi $618,910,900 1983^
15. The Sting $586,560,000 1973
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark $579,973,400 1981^
17. Jurassic Park $567,234,400 1993
18. The Graduate $562,688,100 1967
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $558,153,800 1999
20. Fantasia $546,426,100 1941
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm