Top 100 money makers of all time in the U.S and International!

[Siso]

Well i also thought this was interesting as well, and i though i would post it, i forgot to add these movies grossed the most in the U.S.

RANK FILM TITLE RELEASE DATE DOMESTIC GROSS
1 Titanic 12/19/97 $600,743,440

2 Star Wars 5/25/77 $460,935,655*

3 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 6/11/82 $434,949,459*

4 Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 5/19/99 $431,065,444

5 Spider-Man 5/3/02 $403,706,375

6 Jurassic Park 6/11/93 $356,763,175

7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 12/18/02$330,104,919

8 Forrest Gump 7/6/94 $329,452,287

9 The Lion King 6/15/94 $328,423,001

10 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 11/16/01 $317,557,891

11 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 12/19/01 $313,364,114

12 Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones 5/16/02 $310,675,583

13 Return of the Jedi 5/25/83 $309,064,373*

14 Independence Day 7/3/96 $306,200,000

15 The Sixth Sense 8/6/99 $293,501,675

16 The Empire Strikes Back 5/21/80 $290,158,751*

17 Home Alone 11/16/90 $285,761,243

18 Shrek 5/18/01 $267,652,016

19 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 11/15/02 $261,970,615

20 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas 11/17/00 $260,031,035

21 Jaws 6/20/75 $260,000,000

22 Monsters, Inc. 11/2/01 $255,870,172

23 Batman 6/23/89 $251,188,924

24 Men in Black 7/2/97 $250,147,615

25 The Matrix Reloaded 5/15/03 $247,778,753

26 Toy Story 2 11/24/99 $245,823,397

27 Raiders of the Lost Ark 6/12/81 $242,374,454*

28 Twister 5/10/96 $241,700,000

29 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 4/19/02 $241,437,427

30 Ghostbusters 7/8/84 $238,600,000

31 Beverly Hills Cop 12/5/84 $234,760,478

32 Cast Away 12/22/00 $233,630,478

33 The Lost World 5/22/97 $229,074,000

34 Signs 8/2/02 $227,965,690

35 Rush Hour 2 8/3/01 $226,138,454

36 Mrs. Doubtfire 11/24/93 $219,195,051

37 Ghost 7/13/90 $217,631,306

38 Aladdin 11/11/92 $216,967,404

39 Saving Private Ryan 7/24/98 $216,119,491

40 Mission: Impossible 2 5/24/00 $215,397,307

41 Austin Powers in Goldmember 7/26/02 $213,079,163

42 Back to the Future 7/3/85 $210,609,762

43 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 6/11/99 $205,399,422

44 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7/3/91 $204,843,345

45 The Exorcist 12/26/73 $204,565,000*

46 X2: X-Men United 5/2/03 $204,263,301

47 The Mummy Returns 5/4/01 $202,007,640

48 Armageddon 7/1/98 $201,600,000

49 Gone With the Wind 1939 $198,655,278*

50 Pearl Harbor 5/25/01 $198,539,855

51 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 5/24/89 $197,171,806

52 Toy Story 11/22/95 $191,773,000

53 Men in Black II 7/3/02 $190,418,803

54 Gladiator 5/4/00 $187,670,866

55 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 $184,925,485*

56 Dances With Wolves 11/9/90 $184,208,842

57 Batman Forever 6/16/95 $184,031,000

58 The Fugitive 8/6/93 $183,752,965

59 Ocean's 11 12/7/01 $183,349,128

60 What Women Want 12/17/00 $182,805,123

61 The Perfect Storm 6/30/00 $182,618,434

62 Liar Liar 3/21/97 $181,395,000

63 Grease 6/16/78 $181,360,000

64 Jurassic Park III 7/18/01 $181,166,115

65 Mission: Impossible 5/22/96 $180,965,237

66 Planet of the Apes 7/27/01 $180,011,740

67 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 5/23/84 $179,870,271

68 Pretty Woman 3/23/90 $178,406,268

69 Tootsie 12/17/82 $177,200,000

70 Top Gun 5/16/86 $176,781,728

71 There's Something About Mary 7/15/98 $176,483,808

72 Ice Age 3/15/02 $176,387,405

73 Crocodile Dundee 9/26/86 $174,634,806

74 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 11/20/92 $173,600,000

75 Air Force One 7/27/97 $172,888,056

76 Rain Man 12/16/88 $172,825,435

77 Apollo 13 6/30/95 $172,100,000

78 Bruce Almighty 5/23/03 $171,435,525

79 The Matrix 4/2/99 $171,383,253

80 Beauty and the Beast 11/13/91 $171,301,428*

81 Tarzan 7/13/99 $171,085,177

82 A Beautiful Mind 12/21/01 $170,708,996

83 Chicago 12/27/02 $168,962,297

84 3 Men and a Baby 11/25/87 $167,780,960

85 Meet the Parents 10/6/00 $166,225,040

86 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 6/14/91 $165,493,908

87 Hannibal 2/9/01 $165,091,464

88 Catch Me if You Can 12/25/02 $164,435,221

89 Big Daddy 6/15/99 $163,479,795

90 The Sound of Music 1965 $163,214,286

91 Batman Returns 6/19/92 $162,831,698

92 A Bug's Life 11/25/98 $162,792,677

93 The Waterboy 11/6/98 $161,487,252

94 Die Another Day 11/22/02 $160,201,106

95 The Sting 12/25/73 $159,600,000

96 The Firm 6/30/93 $158,348,367

97 X-Men 7/14/00 $157,175,311

98 Scary Movie 7/7/00 $156,997,084

99 Fatal Attraction 9/18/87 $156,645,693

100 What Lies Beneath 7/21/00 $155,370,362

Any movies you think are overrated and should not be here. Of course with new blockbusters coming out every week the list is always subject to change but this is basically what it is.

Here is the top 100 from the coutries all over the world not including the U.S.

Rank Title Total Box Office

1 Titanic (1997) $1,234,600,000 -
2 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) $651,100,000 -
3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) $604,400,000 -4 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) $576,100,000
5 Jurassic Park (1993) $563,000,000 -
6 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) $546,900,000 5
7 Independence Day (1996) $505,000,000 -
8 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $491,314,983 -
9 Lion King, The (1994) $455,000,000 -
10 Spider-Man (2002) $403,000,000 -
11 Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997) $385,300,000 -
12 Matrix Reloaded, The (2003) $377,000,000 -
13 Sixth Sense, The (1999) $368,000,000 74
14 Armageddon (1998) $353,000,000 -
15 Forrest Gump (1994) $350,000,000 125
16 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $337,600,000 -
17 Men in Black (1997) $337,100,000 -
18 Star Wars (1977) $337,000,000 9
19 Mission: Impossible II (2000) $330,000,000 -
20 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $321,800,000 227
21 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) $312,000,000 122
22 Ghost (1990) $300,000,000 -
23 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) $297,600,000 152
24 Bodyguard, The (1992) $289,000,000 -
25 Matrix, The (1999) $285,000,000 33
26 Aladdin (1992) $285,000,000 -
27 Monsters, Inc. (2001) $273,100,000 139
28 Mission: Impossible (1996) $271,600,000 -
29 Gladiator (2000) $268,600,000 154
30 Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) $265,000,000 -
31 Die Another Day (2002) $264,500,000 -
32 Tarzan (1999) $264,200,000 -
33 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) $263,700,000 126
34 Saving Private Ryan (1998) $263,200,000 51
35 Ocean's Eleven (2001) $260,900,000 -
36 Pretty Woman (1990) $259,800,000 -
37 Mummy, The (1999) $258,100,000 -
38 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) $253,800,000
39 Twister (1996) $253,000,000 -
40 Pearl Harbor (2001) $251,900,000 -
41 Se7en (1995) $250,000,000 55
42 Home Alone (1990) $248,000,000 -
43 Notting Hill (1999) $247,000,000 -
44 GoldenEye (1995) $244,900,000 -
45 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) $243,700,000 15
46 Rain Man (1988) $240,000,000 199
47 Dances with Wolves (1990) $240,000,000 -
48 Toy Story 2 (1999) $239,900,000 85
49 Godzilla (1998) $239,700,000 -
50 Men in Black II (2002) $235,200,000 -
51 Basic Instinct (1992) $235,000,000 -
52 Flintstones, The (1994) $228,000,000 -
53 Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1996) $225,400,000 -
54 World Is Not Enough, The (1999) $225,100,000 -
55 Schindler's List (1993) $225,100,000 4
56 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) $225,000,000 -
57 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) $221,300,000 -
58 True Lies (1994) $219,000,000 -
59 Mummy Returns, The (2001) $216,700,000 -
60 Back to the Future Part II (1989) $213,500,000 -
61 Full Monty, The (1997) $211,000,000 -
62 Jaws (1975) $210,600,000 73
63 Dinosaur (2000) $210,100,000 -
64 Minority Report (2002) $210,000,000 170
65 Deep Impact (1998) $208,300,000 -
66 Beauty and the Beast (1991) $207,000,000 221
67 American Beauty (1999) $206,000,000 28
68 Pocahontas (1995) $205,600,000 -
69 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) $204,000,000 -
70 Ice Age (2002) $202,000,000 -
71 Mask, The (1994) $201,000,000 -
72 Fifth Element, The (1997) $200,100,000 -
73 Grease (1978) $198,500,000 -
74 Rock, The (1996) $196,400,000 -
75 Bug's Life, A (1998) $195,200,000 -
76 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) $195,000,000 -
77 Gone with the Wind (1939) $191,900,000 132
78 Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) $191,400,000 -
79 Cast Away (2000) $190,400,000 -
80 Shakespeare in Love (1998) $188,900,000 -
81 X2 (2003) $188,100,000 -
82 What Women Want (2000) $188,000,000 -
83 Shrek (2001) $187,500,000 113
84 Bean (1997) $186,700,000 -
85 Fugitive, The (1993) $185,000,000 -
86 Hannibal (2001) $184,200,000 -
87 There's Something About Mary (1998) $183,600,000 -
88 Mulan (1998) $183,000,000 -
89 Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) $182,900,000 -
90 Babe (1995) $182,400,000 -
91 Casper (1995) $182,000,000 -
92 Jurassic Park III (2001) $181,800,000 -
93 Hook (1991) $181,200,000 -
94 Signs (2002) $180,000,000 -
95 Planet of the Apes (2001) $178,900,000 -
96 Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) $175,000,000 -
97 Rocky IV (1985) $172,600,000 -
98 Ransom (1996) $172,400,000 -
99 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) $171,700,000 235
100 Vita è bella, La (1997) $171,400,000

[Google]

 

[hazyshadeof]

A couple of positional changes by the new releases:

54 Finding Nemo DISNEY/PIXAR $191,487,211 5/30/03 (wasn't in the top 100 a week ago)
52 Bruce Almighty UNIVERSAL $193,818,135 5/23/03
22 The Matrix: Reloaded WARNERS $257,486,680 5/15/03
43 X2: X-Men United FOX $207,305,598 5/2/03

How did What Lies Beneath get in there? That movie sucked.

Overrated. Titanic. Most overrated movie in history. Good movie, but come on, it wasn't THAT good.

[greenie]

I agree. Titanic actually had some pretty awful acting in it.

[Siso]

Yep, the movies you listed though are still raking in alot of dough so i think until no theaters are showing them is when they add the movies, but the movies that you posted are around there, they could move up a few spots. And expect The Hulk and Charlie's Angels to make it too.

[hazyshadeof]

I was surprised The Hulk did so well the first week considering all the negative hype it's received and that piss poor trailer.

[AnnaRHR]

Hated it:
1 Titanic 12/19/97 $600,743,440
6 Jurassic Park 6/11/93 $356,763,175
41 Austin Powers in Goldmember 7/26/02 $213,079,163
43 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 6/11/99 $205,399,422
49 Gone With the Wind 1939 $198,655,278*
68 Pretty Woman 3/23/90 $178,406,268
93 The Waterboy 11/6/98 $161,487,252 (What was Kathy Bates thinking?)
98 Scary Movie 7/7/00 $156,997,084

Liked it:
8 Forrest Gump 7/6/94 $329,452,287
9 The Lion King 6/15/94 $328,423,001
14 Independence Day 7/3/96 $306,200,000
17 Home Alone 11/16/90 $285,761,243
18 Shrek 5/18/01 $267,652,016
20 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas 11/17/00 $260,031,035
21 Jaws 6/20/75 $260,000,000
24 Men in Black 7/2/97 $250,147,615
28 Twister 5/10/96 $241,700,000
30 Ghostbusters 7/8/84 $238,600,000
31 Beverly Hills Cop 12/5/84 $234,760,478
32 Cast Away 12/22/00 $233,630,478
36 Mrs. Doubtfire 11/24/93 $219,195,051
50 Pearl Harbor 5/25/01 $198,539,855
51 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 5/24/89 $197,171,806
56 Dances With Wolves 11/9/90 $184,208,842
60 What Women Want 12/17/00 $182,805,123
62 Liar Liar 3/21/97 $181,395,000
63 Grease 6/16/78 $181,360,000
74 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 11/20/92 $173,600,000
75 Air Force One 7/27/97 $172,888,056
77 Apollo 13 6/30/95 $172,100,000
89 Big Daddy 6/15/99 $163,479,795
95 The Sting 12/25/73 $159,600,000

Loved it:
3 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 6/11/82 $434,949,459*
27 Raiders of the Lost Ark 6/12/81 $242,374,454*
35 Rush Hour 2 8/3/01 $226,138,454
42 Back to the Future 7/3/85 $210,609,762
44 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7/3/91 $204,843,345
71 There's Something About Mary 7/15/98 $176,483,808
76 Rain Man 12/16/88 $172,825,435
78 Bruce Almighty 5/23/03 $171,435,525
85 Meet the Parents 10/6/00 $166,225,040
90 The Sound of Music 1965 $163,214,286

I guess I've seen too many movies...

[pankaren]

AnnaRHR - Wow, I agree with all of your hated list except for Scary Movie. I feel like that movie was meant to be bad and it lived up to its expectations

Watching Titanic in the movie theater was one of the most unpleasant movie experiences in my life. I saw it with two friends (it was their second time and they still cried). I however, couldn't wait for the movie to end. I didn't wear a watch so I was a complete pest with the "how much longer?" I wish I had driven myself that day.

[brusch]

I saw Titanic once in a theater and that was enough for me. Obviously I knew what was going to happen and throwing in a romance a la "Pearl Harbor" doesn't increase my interest at all (although I'm also not a 12 year old girl who saw it 50 times)

[Mosaik]

Would be very interesting to see how the original Star Wars, Jaws, and some of the other classics fare on this list once you account for today's astronomical ticket prices...

[Siso]

I agree Mosaik it would be interesting to see a list for actual numbers of ppl that went to see the movie instead of counting the ticket sales and what not. I'm thinking if it were that way the list would be completely different.