Top Box Office Hits (Adjusted for Inflation)
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
Adjusted Gross: $1,450 million
Actual Gross (1939 + re-releases): $198.7 million
Actual Gross (1939 + re-releases): $198.7 million
Adjusted Gross: $1,279 million
Actual Gross (1997 + re-releases): $461 million
Actual Gross (1997 + re-releases): $461 million
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Adjusted Gross: $1,022 million
Actual Gross (1965): $158.7 million
Actual Gross (1965): $158.7 million
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Adjusted Gross: $1,018 million
Actual Gross (1982 + re-releases): $435.1 million
Actual Gross (1982 + re-releases): $435.1 million
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Adjusted Gross: $891 million
Actual Gross (1965): $111.7 million
Actual Gross (1965): $111.7 million
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The Exorcist (1973) (1973)
Adjusted Gross: $794 million
Actual Gross (1973 + re-releases): $232.6 million
Actual Gross (1973 + re-releases): $232.6 million
Prelude's rating:
Adjusted Gross: $782 million
Actual Gross (1937 + re-releases): $184.9 million
Actual Gross (1937 + re-releases): $184.9 million
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Adjusted Gross: $717 million
Actual Gross (1961 + re-releases): $144.9 million
Actual Gross (1961 + re-releases): $144.9 million
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Adjusted Gross: $705 million
Actual Gross (1980 + re-releases): $290.5 million
Actual Gross (1980 + re-releases): $290.5 million
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Adjusted Gross: $665,940,600
Actual Gross (1983 + re-releases): $309,306,177
Actual Gross (1983 + re-releases): $309,306,177
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Adjusted Gross: $633 million
Actual Gross (1981 + re-releases): $242.4 million
Actual Gross (1981 + re-releases): $242.4 million
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Adjusted Gross: $619 million
Actual Gross (1993): $357 million
Actual Gross (1993): $357 million
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Adjusted Gross: $609 million
Actual Gross (1999): $431 million
Actual Gross (1999): $431 million
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Fantasia (1941)
Adjusted Gross: $596 million
Actual Gross (1941 + re-releases): $76.4 million
Actual Gross (1941 + re-releases): $76.4 million
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The Godfather (1972)
Adjusted Gross: $567 million
Actual Gross (1972 + re-releases): $135 million
Actual Gross (1972 + re-releases): $135 million
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Mary Poppins (1964)
Adjusted Gross: $553,527,300
Actual Gross (1964 + re-releases): $102,272,727
Actual Gross (1964 + re-releases): $102,272,727
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The Lion King (1994)
Adjusted Gross: $546,801,100
Actual Gross (1994 + re-releases): $328,541,776
Actual Gross (1994 + re-releases): $328,541,776
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The Dark Knight (2008)
Adjusted Gross: $533.4 million
Actual Gross (2008): $533.4 million
Actual Gross (2008): $533.4 million
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Adjusted Gross: $529 million
Actual Gross (1967 + re-releases): $141.8 million
Actual Gross (1967 + re-releases): $141.8 million
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Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Adjusted Gross: $522 million
Actual Gross (1959 + re-releases): $51.6 million
Actual Gross (1959 + re-releases): $51.6 million
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Ghostbusters (1984)
Adjusted Gross: $508 million
Actual Gross (1984 + re-releases): $238.6 million
Actual Gross (1984 + re-releases): $238.6 million
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Spider-Man (2002)
Adjusted Gross: $499 million
Actual Gross (2002): $403.7 million
Actual Gross (2002): $403.7 million
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Independence Day (1996)
Adjusted Gross: $497 million
Actual Gross (1996): $306.1 million
Actual Gross (1996): $306.1 million
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Home Alone (1990)
Adjusted Gross: $486 million
Actual Gross (1990): $285.8 million
Actual Gross (1990): $285.8 million
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Adjusted Gross: $484 million
Actual Gross (1940 + re-releases): $84.3 million
Actual Gross (1940 + re-releases): $84.3 million
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Adjusted Gross: $482 million
Actual Gross (1984): $234.8 million
Actual Gross (1984): $234.8 million
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Adjusted Gross: $464 million
Actual Gross (2006): $423.3 million
Actual Gross (2006): $423.3 million
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Bambi (1942)
Adjusted Gross: $457 million
Actual Gross (1942 + re-releases): $102.2 million
Actual Gross (1942 + re-releases): $102.2 million
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Adjusted Gross: $442 million
Actual Gross (2003): $377 million
Actual Gross (2003): $377 million
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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.
* 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.