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Top Box Office Hits (Adjusted for Inflation)

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1957

7.8

8.2

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Adjusted Gross: $1,450 million

Actual Gross (1939 + re-releases): $198.7 million

4913

8.8

2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Adjusted Gross: $1,279 million

Actual Gross (1997 + re-releases): $461 million

Prelude's rating:

1834

7.5

7.9

3. The Sound of Music (1965)

Adjusted Gross: $1,022 million

Actual Gross (1965): $158.7 million

Prelude's rating:

5354

7.2

7.9

4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Adjusted Gross: $1,018 million

Actual Gross (1982 + re-releases): $435.1 million

Prelude's rating:

492

7.3

7.8

5. The Ten Commandments (1956)

Adjusted Gross: $940 million

Actual Gross (1956): $65.5 million

7737

7.6

6. Titanic (1997)

Adjusted Gross: $921 million

Actual Gross (1997): $600.8 million

Prelude's rating:

3651

7.2

8.2

7. Jaws (1975)

Adjusted Gross: $919 million

Actual Gross (1975): $260 million

Prelude's rating:

663

7.4

8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Adjusted Gross: $891 million

Actual Gross (1965): $111.7 million

Prelude's rating:

3153

7.4

9. The Exorcist (1973)

Adjusted Gross: $794 million

Actual Gross (1973 + re-releases): $232.6 million

Prelude's rating:

2643

7.2

7.8

10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Adjusted Gross: $782 million

Actual Gross (1937 + re-releases): $184.9 million

Prelude's rating:

2142

6.9

7.2

11. 101 Dalmatians (1961)

Adjusted Gross: $717 million

Actual Gross (1961 + re-releases): $144.9 million

Prelude's rating:

4585

8.1

8.8

12. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Ba... (1980)

Adjusted Gross: $705 million

Actual Gross (1980 + re-releases): $290.5 million

Prelude's rating:

997

7.5

8.1

13. Ben-Hur (1959)

Adjusted Gross: $703 million

Actual Gross (1959): $74 million

4260

7.9

8.4

14. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Adjusted Gross: $665,940,600

Actual Gross (1983 + re-releases): $309,306,177

Prelude's rating:

829

8.4

15. The Sting (1973)

Adjusted Gross: $675 million

Actual Gross (1973): $156 million

4249

8.7

16. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ar... (1981)

Adjusted Gross: $633 million

Actual Gross (1981 + re-releases): $242.4 million

Prelude's rating:

6620

7.1

17. Jurassic Park (1993)

Adjusted Gross: $619 million

Actual Gross (1993): $357 million

Prelude's rating:

1772

7.7

8.1

18. The Graduate (1967)

Adjusted Gross: $615 million

Actual Gross (1967 + re-releases): $104.9 million

4743

6.1

6.5

19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Adjusted Gross: $609 million

Actual Gross (1999): $431 million

Prelude's rating:

1621

7.5

7.8

20. Fantasia (1940)

Adjusted Gross: $596 million

Actual Gross (1941 + re-releases): $76.4 million

Prelude's rating:

4829

8.7

9.2

21. The Godfather (1972)

Adjusted Gross: $567 million

Actual Gross (1972 + re-releases): $135 million

Prelude's rating:

7764

7.9

8.7

22. Forrest Gump (1994)

Adjusted Gross: $564 million

Actual Gross (1994): $329.7 million

Prelude's rating:

2078

7.3

7.7

23. Mary Poppins (1964)

Adjusted Gross: $553,527,300

Actual Gross (1964 + re-releases): $102,272,727

Prelude's rating:

6011

7.9

8.4

24. The Lion King (1994)

Adjusted Gross: $546,801,100

Actual Gross (1994 + re-releases): $328,541,776

Prelude's rating:

3144

6.8

7.1

25. Grease (1978)

Adjusted Gross: $552 million

Actual Gross (1978 + re-releases): $188.4 million

579

6.5

26. Thunderball (1965)

Adjusted Gross: $537 million

Actual Gross (1965): $63.6 million

5949

8.4

27. The Dark Knight (2008)

Adjusted Gross: $533.4 million

Actual Gross (2008): $533.4 million

Prelude's rating:

2215

6.9

7.6

28. The Jungle Book (1967)

Adjusted Gross: $529 million

Actual Gross (1967 + re-releases): $141.8 million

Prelude's rating:

1984

7.3

29. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Adjusted Gross: $522 million

Actual Gross (1959 + re-releases): $51.6 million

Prelude's rating:

5491

6.8

7.3

30. Shrek 2 (2004)

Adjusted Gross: $510 million

Actual Gross (2004): $441 million

Prelude's rating:

4420

7.1

7.8

31. Ghostbusters (1984)

Adjusted Gross: $508 million

Actual Gross (1984 + re-releases): $238.6 million

Prelude's rating:

1026

7.9

8.2

32. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Adjusted Gross: $506 million

Actual Gross (1969): $102.3 million

291

6.2

6.7

33. Love Story (1970)

Adjusted Gross: $503 million

Actual Gross (1970): $106.4 million

7060

6.8

7.3

34. Spider-Man (2002)

Adjusted Gross: $499 million

Actual Gross (2002): $403.7 million

Prelude's rating:

4332

6.4

6.8

35. Independence Day (1996)

Adjusted Gross: $497 million

Actual Gross (1996): $306.1 million

Prelude's rating:

5714

6.7

7.3

36. Home Alone (1990)

Adjusted Gross: $486 million

Actual Gross (1990): $285.8 million

Prelude's rating:

2281

6.8

7.6

37. Pinocchio (1940)

Adjusted Gross: $484 million

Actual Gross (1940 + re-releases): $84.3 million

Prelude's rating:

413

6.7

6.8

38. Cleopatra (1963)

Adjusted Gross: $482 million

Actual Gross (1963): $57.8 million

1465

6.6

7.3

39. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Adjusted Gross: $482 million

Actual Gross (1984): $234.8 million

Prelude's rating:

1159

7.3

7.8

40. Goldfinger (1964)

Adjusted Gross: $476 million

Actual Gross (1964): $51.1 million

6.4

6.5

41. Airport (1970)

Adjusted Gross: $475 million

Actual Gross (1970): $100.5 million

756

7.2

7.5

42. American Graffiti (1973)

Adjusted Gross: $472 million

Actual Gross (1973): $115 million

6.5

6.6

43. The Robe (1953)

Adjusted Gross: $470 million

Actual Gross (1953): $36 million

6917

7.1

7.3

44. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Adjusted Gross: $464 million

Actual Gross (2006): $423.3 million

Prelude's rating:

255

6.4

6.8

45. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Adjusted Gross: $464 million

Actual Gross (1956): $42 million

2296

6.9

7.4

46. Bambi (1942)

Adjusted Gross: $457 million

Actual Gross (1942 + re-releases): $102.2 million

Prelude's rating:

831

7.3

7.7

47. Blazing Saddles (1974)

Adjusted Gross: $454 million
Actual Gross (1974): $119.5 million

4265

7.6

48. Batman (1989)

Adjusted Gross: $452 million

Actual Gross (1989): $251.2 million

Prelude's rating:

6.8

7.3

49. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Adjusted Gross: $450 million

Actual Gross (1945): $21.3 million

7385

8.2

8.9

50. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kin... (2003)

Adjusted Gross: $442 million

Actual Gross (2003): $377 million

Prelude's rating:

Compiled from BoxOfficeMojo website, this is all-time top 50 box office hits, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION and with ticket prices taken as constant.

* Adjusted to the estimated 2009 average ticket price of $7.18. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each movie was released (taking in to account re-releases where applicable).

Most pre-1980 pictures achieved their totals through multiple releases, especially Disney animated features which made much of their totals in the past few decades belying their original release dates in terms of adjustment. For example, Snow White has made $118,328,683 of its unadjusted $184,925,486 total since 1983.