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List added by schwarzerabt on 27 March 2007 06:17
Most Successful Movies |
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 2914  6.7  7.3 Release: December 19th 1997
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 1,842,879,955 $ Director: James Cameron Still the "King of the World"! By far the most successful movie of all time. That is, if inflation is not taken into account. schwarzerabt's rating:
 
3217 8.1 8.8 Release: December 17th 2003
Country: USA, New Zealand Worldwide Gross: 1,119,110,941 $ Director: Peter Jackson The third and last part of the Tolkien trilogy was the most succesful at the box office. schwarzerabt's rating:
 
3047 7.2 7.3 Release: July 7th 2006
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 1,066,179,725 $ Director: Gore Verbinski The middle part of the pirates trilogy is the most succesful one. It is the summer movie with the most gross of all time. schwarzerabt's rating:
1644 8.5 8.9 Release: July 18th 2008
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 1,001,921,825 $ Director: Christopher Nolan The phenomenon of the summer of 2008. Heath Ledger's performance boosted this movie to a total gross of more than 1 billion dollars. The Dark Knight is the fourth movie ever to reach this mark. schwarzerabt's rating:
 
2113 6.8 7.2 Release: November 16th 2001
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 976,475,550 $ Director: Chris Columbus The first Harry Potter movie has set the standards for the following. None could beat "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". 
1804 7 7 Release: May 25th 2007
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 960,996,492 $ Director: Gore Verbinski The last movie of Verbinski's pirates-trilogy couldn't beat the 2nd one. Still a success with a gross of over 900 million dollar. schwarzerabt's rating:
 
1538 7.1 7.4 Release: July 11th 2007
Country: USA, Great Britain Worldwide Gross: 938,468,864 $ Director: David Yates Harry Potter number five. 
801 6.9 7.5 Release: July 15th 2009
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 929,214,695 $ The 6th entry into the Harry Potter legacy. 
3306 7.8 8.6 Release: December 18th 2002
Country: USA, New Zealand Worldwide Gross: 925,282,504 $ Director: Peter Jackson The middle part of the ring trilogy is also the middle part concerning the total gross. Compared to most other movies it is still extraordinary. schwarzerabt's rating:
2126 6 6.4 Release: May 19th 1999
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 924,317,558 $ Director: George Lucas The enormous expectations boosted this movie to a gross of over 900 million dollar and the second position at its time. Although some longtime Star Wars fans were disappointed by the movie its commercial success is undisputable. schwarzerabt's rating:
 
2419 7 7.5 Release: May 19th 2004
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 919,838,758 $ Director: Andrew Adamson The most successful animated movie of all time. 
2918 6.9 7.8 Release: June 11th 1993
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 914,691,118 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
2242 7.1 7.6 Release: November 18th 2005
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 895,921,036 $ 
1782 6.2 6.4 Release: May 4th 2007
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 890,871,626 $ 
268 6.6 7.2 Release: July 1st 2009
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 878,748,529 $ 
2043 6.7 7.2 Release: November 15th 2002
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 878,643,482 $ 
3508 7.9 8.7 Release: December 19th 2001
Country: USA / New Zealand Worldwide Gross: 870,761,744 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
3050 7.6 8.2 Release: May 30th 2003
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 864,625,978 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1989 6.8 7.9 Release: May 19th 2005
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 848,999,005 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
394 6.4 6.1 Release: June 24th 2009
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 832,590,229 $ 
3067 6.9 7.4 Release: May 3rd 2002
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 821,708,551 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1900 6.4 6.5 Release: July 3rd 1996
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 817,400,891 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1028 6.1 6.1 Release: May 18th 2007
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 798,958,162 $ 
2140 7.2 7.7 Release: June 4th 2004
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 795,634,069 $ 
2291 7.1 7.9 Release: June 11th 1982
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 792,910,554 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1030 6.4 6.6 Release: May 22nd 2008
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 786,636,033 $ 
2255 7.7 8.2 Release: June 15th 1994
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 783,841,776 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
2522 6.9 7.7 Release: July 30th 2004
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 783,766,341 $ 
2180 7.9 8.8 Release: May 25th 1977
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 775,398,007 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1829 5.8 6.4 Release: May 19th 2006
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 758,239,851 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1553 6.6 7 Release: December 9th 2005
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 745,011,272 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
2589 6.4 7.1 Release: May 15th 2003
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 738,599,701 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1178 7 7.4 Release: July 3rd 2007
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 708,272,592 $ 
3187 7.8 8.6 Release: July 6th 1994
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 677,387,716 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
2514 7.5 8.2 Release: August 6th 1999
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 672,806,292 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
3630 7.7 8 Release: July 9th 2003
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 654,264,015 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1157 6.7 6.9 Release: March 31st 2006
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 651,789,668 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1921 6.1 6.8 Release: May 16th 2002
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 649,398,328 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
670 7.1 7.7 Release: June 6th 2008
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 635,260,686 $ 
2565 7.2 8.1 Release: November 5th 2004
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 631,442,092 $ 
1031 7.7 8.2 Release: June 29th 2007
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 621,426,008 $ 
1509 5.9 5.9 Release: May 23rd 1997
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 618,638,999 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
727 6.3 7.1 Release: February 25th 2004
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 611,899,420 $ 
359 6.6 6.6 Release: July 18th 2008
Country: USA / Great Britain Worldwide Gross: 602,609,487 $ 
291 6.8 6.9 Release: November 7th 2008
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 602,308,178 $ 
1307 7.3 8 Release: November 17th 2006
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 594,239,066 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
1687 6 6.6 Release: June 29th 2005
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 591,745,540 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
2667 6.7 7 Release: July 2nd 1997
Country: USA Worldwide Gross: 589,390,539 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
491 6.4 6.9 Release: November 14th 2008
Country: Great Britain Worldwide Gross: 586,090,727 $ schwarzerabt's rating:
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Description
The movies with the biggest gross (not adapted to inflation), as seen at Box Office Mojo Please note: similar lists are available for several actors and directors. Updated: November 17th 2009
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That's why gone with the wind is always at the top of those lists. :D
I agree that with some points - This list doesn't say anything about how many people watched the movies in cinema or how much the revenue of the movies was worth at the time.
But on the other hand - how can I convert the gross? I need the mean ticket prices for each year. Then I need to calculate the gross for every single movie. The question is: is it worth it? It is a lot of work.
And what about the movies that are not on this list? There are a lot of movies that would be in this list if I would convert the grosses. For example Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Its converted gross would be 782,620,000 $, but it is not in this list because its "real" gross was only 184,925,486 $. And there are many others like this. So I would not be able to create a complete list.
I hope you can understand my problems...