Saturday, June 10, 2023

Metacritic: Top 100 Movies

Metacritic:

Top 100 Movies

This is a list of the top 100 movies based on Metascore’s ratings. There’s no indication of when this list was put together or how multiple ties were broken.


1. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Rear Window (1954)
5. Casablanca (1942)
6. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
7. Boyhood (2014)
8. Vertigo (1958)
9. Notorious (1946)
10. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

11. Playtime (1967)
12. City Lights (1931)
13. Moonlight (2016)
14. Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
15. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
16. Pinocchio (1940)
17. Touch of Evil (1958)
18. Zone of Interest (2023)
19. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
20. The Wild Bunch (1969)

21. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
22. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
23. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
24. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
25. Some Like It Hot (1959)
26. North by Northwest (1959) 27. Hoop Dreams (1994)
28. Rashômon (1950)
29. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
30. All About Eve (1950)

31. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
32. My Left Foot (1989)
33. Ran (1985)
34. The Third Man (1949)
35. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
36. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)
37. Psycho (1960)
38. Gone with the Wind (1939)
39. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
40. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)

41. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
42. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
43. American Graffiti (1973)
44. 12 Angry Men (1957)
45. Dumbo (1941)
46. Roma (2018)
47. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
48. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
49. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019)
50. Toy Story (1995)

51. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
52. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
53. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
54. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
55. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
56. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
57. Killer of Sheep (1977)
58. Nashville (1975)
59. Red River (1948)
60. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)

61. Ratatouille (2007)
62. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
63. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
64. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
65. Mean Streets (1973)
66. The Lady Eve (1941)
67. Gravity (2013)
68. Fantasia (1940)
69. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
70. Small Axe: Lovers Rock (2020)

71. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
72. Don’t Look Now (1973)
73. The Social Network (2010)
74. My Fair Lady (1964)
75. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
76. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
77. Woodstock (1970)
78. Aftersun (2022)
79. Rocks (2021)
80. Amour (2012)

81. The Hurt Locker (2009)
82. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
83. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
84. Collective (2020)
85. A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (2011)
86. Double Indemnity (1944)
87. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
88. Schindler’s List (1993)
89. Pulp Fiction (1994)
90. Wall-E (2008)

91. Carol (2015)
92. Before Midnight (2013)
93. Amazing Grace (2018)
94. Dunkirk (2017)
95. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
96. The Searchers (1956)
97. 45 Years (2015)
98. Taxi Driver (1976)
99. The Servant (1963)
100. Yi Yi (A One and a Two…) (2000)


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Originally posted 9/13/2019; last updated 6/10/2023.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Critics’ Picks: Top 100 Movies

Critics’ Picks:

Top 100 Movies

These are the top 100 movies based on more than 20 lists from individuals in the movie industries, including critics such as Robert Ebert and Leonard Maltin, and directors such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. See links to sources at bottom of page.


1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Raging Bull (1980)
6. Vertigo (1958)
7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. The Third Man (1949)
10. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

11. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
12. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
13. Goodfellas (1990)
14. Schindler’s List (1993)
15. City Lights (1931)
16. The Wild Bunch (1969)
17. The Godfather Part II (1974)
18. Casablanca (1942)
19. Chinatown (1974)
20. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

21. Paths of Glory (1957)
22. Jaws (1975)
23. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25. North by Northwest (1959)
26. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
27. All About Eve (1950)
28. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
29. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
30. Rear Window (1954)

31. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
32. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
33. Fargo (1996)
34. Double Indemnity (1944)
35. Nashville (1975)
36. On the Waterfront (1954)
37. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
38. Pulp Fiction (1994)
39. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
40. The Apartment (1960)

41. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
42. Greed (1925)
43. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
44. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
45. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
46. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
47. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
48. High Noon (1952)
49. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
50. The General (1927)

51. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
52. Manhattan (1979)
53. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
54. The Shining (1980)
55. Duck Soup (1933)
56. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
57. Gone with the Wind (1939)
58. Annie Hall (1977)
59. American Beauty (1999)
60. Some Like It Hot (1959)

61. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
62. King Kong (1933)
63. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
64. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
65. Blue Velvet (1986)
66. Modern Times (1936)
67. Amadeus (1984)
68. Metropolis (1927)
69. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
70. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

71. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
72. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
73. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
74. Rashômon (1950)
75. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
76. Toy Story (1995)
77. The Searchers (1956)
78. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
79. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
80. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

81. Forrest Gump (1994)
82. Crumb (1994)
83. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
84. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
85. Stagecoach (1939)
86. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
87. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
88. Glory (1989)
89. Platoon (1986)
90. Pinocchio (1940)

91. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
92. The Lady Eve (1941)
93. Fantasia (1940)
94. Do the Right Thing (1989)
95. The Graduate (1967)
96. Blade Runner (1982)
97. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
98. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
99. Rocky (1976)
100. Se7en (1995)


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Originally posted 6/7/2023.

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Dave’s Movie Database: Best Rated Movies

Dave’s Movie Database:

Best-Rated Movies

This is a list of the best-rated movies according to Dave’s Movie Database. Go to the “Ratings/Reviews” page on this site to see what movie ratings have been aggregated to create this list. All the movies on this list averaged at least 4.5 out of 5 stars and had to be rated by 9 or more sources.


1. The Godfather (1972)
2. 12 Angry Men (1957)
3. Schindler’s List (1993)
4. The Godfather Part II (1974)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
7. City Lights (1931)
8. Rear Window (1954)
9. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)

11. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
12. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
14. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
15. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
16. Casablanca (1942)
17. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
19. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
20. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)

21. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
22. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
23. The Dark Knight (2008)
24. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
25. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
26. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
27. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979)
29. The Decalogue (Dekalog) (1988)
30. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)

31. Modern Times (1936)
32. Touch of Evil (1958)
33. All About Eve (1950)
34. Shoah (1985)
35. Rashômon (aka “In the Woods”) (1950)
36. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
37. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
38. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
39. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
40. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)

41. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
42. Alien (1979)
43. Psycho (1960)
44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
45. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
46. The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)
47. Strangers on a Train (1951)
48. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
49. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
50. Gone with the Wind (1939)
51. Double Indemnity (1944)
52. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
53. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
54. Toy Story (1995)
55. Back to the Future (1985)
56. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
57. Chinatown (1974)
58. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
59. Raging Bull (1980)
60. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
61. The Great Dictator (1940)
62. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
63. Vertigo (1958)
64. Rififi (Du Rififi Chez les Hommes) (1955)
65. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
66. The Third Man (1949)
67. Forrest Gump (1994)
68. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
69. The Red Shoes (1948)
70. Trouble in Paradise (1932)

71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72. Citizen Kane (1941)
73. Metropolis (1927)
74. Paths of Glory (1957)
75. Yojimbo (Yôjinbô) (1961)
76. The Wild Bunch (1969)
77. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
78. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
79. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
80. Umberto D. (1952)

81. The Thin Man (1934)
82. It Happened One Night (1934)
83. Woman in the Dunes (Suna No Onna) (1964)
84. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
85. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
86. The Apu Trilogy: Aparajito (1956)
87. Rebecca (1940)
88. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
89. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
90. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

91. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019)
92. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
93. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
94. City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
95. Laura (1944)
96. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
97. Goodfellas (1990)
98. The Heiress (1949)
99. Jaws (1975)
100. Notorious (1946)


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Originally posted 8/15/2019; last updated 6/4/2023.

Domestic Box Office: Best of the Year

Domestic Box Office:

Best of the Year

These are the top domestic grossing movies for each year based on the sources at the bottom of the page.



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Originally posted 6/4/2023.

Saturday, June 3, 2023

Dave’s Movie Database: Movies Appearing on the Most Lists

Dave’s Movie Database:

Movies Appearing on the Most Lists

These are the movies which appear on the most lists. Not surprisingly, most of these movies show up on the DMDB list of the top 100 movies of all time. Ties are broken by movies’ overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database.


99 lists:

1. The Godfather (1972)


88 lists:

2. Citizen Kane (1941)


82 lists:

3. Casablanca (1942)


81 lists:

4. Schindler’s List (1993)


75 lists:

5. Psycho (1960)
6. The Godfather Part II (1974)


73 lists:

7. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)


72 lists:

8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
9. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
10. Apocalypse Now (1979)
11. Vertigo (1958)


70 lists:

12. Pulp Fiction (1994)


69 lists:

13. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)


68 lists:

14. Taxi Driver (1976)


67 lists:

15. Goodfellas (1990)


66 lists:

16. Gone with the Wind (1939)


65 lists:

17. Raging Bull (1980)


64 lists:

18. Chinatown (1974)
19. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)


62 lists:

20. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
21. The Wizard of Oz (1939)


61 lists:

22. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)


60 lists:

23. Some Like It Hot (1959)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)


57 lists:

26. Jaws (1975)
27. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
28. All About Eve (1950)
29. On the Waterfront (1954)


55 lists:

30. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
31. Rear Window (1954)
32. Annie Hall (1977)
33. North by Northwest (1959)
34. Sunset Boulevard (1950)


54 lists:

35. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
36. Double Indemnity (1944)
37. The Searchers (1956)


53 lists:

38. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
39. The Third Man (1949)


51 lists:

40. Saving Private Ryan (1998)


50 lists:

41. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)


48 lists:

42. The Graduate (1967)
43. Fargo (1996)


47 lists:

44. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
45. City Lights (1931)


46 lists:

46. Forrest Gump (1994)
47. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
48. Modern Times (1936)


45 lists:

49. Blade Runner (1982)


44 lists:

50. A Clockwork Orange (1971)


43 lists:

51. Titanic (1997)
52. The Apartment (1960)
53. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
54. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)


42 lists:

55. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
56. American Beauty (1999)


41 lists:

57. The Sound of Music (1965)
58. The Dark Knight (2008)
59. West Side Story (1961)
60. Touch of Evil (1958)


40 lists:

61. 12 Angry Men (1957)
62. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)


39 lists:

63. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
64. King Kong (1933)
65. Unforgiven (1992)
66. L.A. Confidential (1997)
67. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
68. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)


38 lists:

69. Alien (1979)
70. Metropolis (1927)
71. The Deer Hunter (1978)
72. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
73. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)


37 lists:

74. Ben-Hur (1959)
75. Toy Story (1995)
76. Gladiator (2000)
77. Rocky (1976)
78. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
79. The Shining (1980)


36 lists:

80. It Happened One Night (1934)
81. The Wild Bunch (1969)
82. Nashville (1975)


34 lists:

83. Back to the Future (1985)
84. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
85. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
86. The General (1927)
87. No Country for Old Men (2007)


33 lists:

88. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
89. Amadeus (1984)
90. Rashômon (1950)
91. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
92. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)


32 lists:

93. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
94. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
95. Blue Velvet (1986)
96. Do the Right Thing (1989)


31 lists:

97. The Exorcist (1973)
98. The Matrix (1999)
99. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
100. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)


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Originally posted 9/14/2019; last updated 6/3/2023.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Dave’s Movie Database: Best Rated Movies by Year

Dave’s Movie Database:

Best-Rated Movies by Year,
1919-2022

These are the best-rated movies of each year based on an aggregate of the sources at the Ratings and Reviews” page on this site.



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Originally posted 8/15/2019; last updated 5/30/2023.

Friday, May 26, 2023

The Greatest Films: Top 100

TheGreatestFilms.com:

Top 100 Films

This is a personal website created by Thomas Evenson around 2015. As it says on the site, this list was created “by aggregating the ratings of over 930 movies from 40 movie lists.” Lists are weighted based on various criteria, such as lists by critics favored over lists by the general public.


1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
5. Casablanca (1942)
6. Schindler’s List (1993)
7. Annie Hall (1977)
8. Taxi Driver (1976)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. Pulp Fiction (1994)

11. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
12. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
13. The Godfather Part II (1974)
14. Apocalypse Now (1979)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Chinatown (1974)
17. The Searchers (1956)
18. Psycho (1960)
19. Some Like It Hot (1959)
20. All About Eve (1950)

21. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
22. On the Waterfront (1954)
23. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
24. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
25. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
26. Gone with the Wind (1939)
27. The Third Man (1949)
28. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
29. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
30. North by Northwest (1959)

31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
32. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
33. Raging Bull (1980)
34. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
35. Jaws (1975)
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
37. The Hurt Locker (2009)
38. The Graduate (1967)
39. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
40. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

41. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
42. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
43. The Apartment (1960)
44. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
45. Rear Window (1954)
46. City Lights (1931)
47. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
48. The Gold Rush (1925)
49. Forrest Gump (1994)
50. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)

51. Nashville (1975)
52. Rashômon (1950)
53. The Shining (1980)
54. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
55. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
56. Blade Runner (1982)
57. It Happened One Night (1934)
58. West Side Story (1961)
59. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
60. Modern Times (1936)

61. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
62. Fargo (1996)
63. American Beauty (1999)
64. Boyhood (2014)
65. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
66. There Will Be Blood (2007)
67. All the President’s Men (1976)
68. The Wild Bunch (1969)
69. L.A. Confidential (1997)
70. Mean Streets (1973)

71. Double Indemnity (1944)
72. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
73. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
74. Touch of Evil (1958)
75. The Sound of Music (1965)
76. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
77. King Kong (1933)
78. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
79. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
80. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

81. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
82. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
83. Do the Right Thing (1989)
84. Mulholland Drive (2001)
85. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
86. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
87. Gandhi (1982)
88. The Deer Hunter (1978)
89. Toy Story (1995)
90. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

91. Notorious (1946)
92. Duck Soup (1933)
93. Ben-Hur (1959)
94. Gladiator (2000)
95. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
96. The Social Network (2010)
97. The Dark Knight (2008)
98. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
99. The General (1927)
100. Amadeus (1984)


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Originally posted 8/21/2019; last updated 5/26/2023.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Worldwide Box Office – Adjusted for Inflation

Worldwide Box Office:

Top 100, Adjusted for Inflation

These are the top films of all-time based on box office after being adjusted for inflation. Numbers are in millions. Check out the Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office page for resources used to compile this list.

Rank

Box Office
(in millions)

Movie

Year

1$4192.00Gone with the Wind1939
2$3824.00Avatar2009
3$3485.00Titanic1997
4$3443.00Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope1977
5$3165.00Avengers: Endgame2019
6$2980.22Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937
7$2884.00The Sound of Music1965
8$2815.00E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982
9$2665.00The Ten Commandments1956
10$2578.10Ben-Hur1959
11$2526.00Doctor Zhivago1965
12$2491.00Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens2015
13$2320.25Avatar: The Way of Water2022
14$2183.50Jurassic Park1993
15$2100.00Jaws1975
16$2052.42Avengers: Infinity War2018
17$2046.40The Exorcist1973
18$1950.00Spider Man: No Way Home2021
19$1950.00101 Dalmations1961
20$1900.00The Lion King1994

Rank

Box Office
(in millions)

Movie

Year

21$1850.00Jurassic World2015
22$1800.00Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1999
23$1800.00The Jungle Book2016
24$1750.00The Avengers2012
25$1737.00The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
26$1736.00Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back1980
27$1726.00Independence Day1996
28$1725.00The Lion King2019
29$1650.00Furious 7 (The Fast and the Furious 7)2015
30$1600.00Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (aka “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”)2001
31$1575.00Cinderella1950
32$1550.00Bambi1942
33$1550.00Thunderball1965
34$1525.00Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part II2011
35$1516.15Star Wars – Episode VIII: The Last Jedi2017
36$1511.80Mary Poppins1964
37$1493.49Top Gun: Maverick2022
38$1486.90Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
39$1480.00Grease1978
40$1469.50Forrest Gump1994

Rank

Box Office
(in millions)

Movie

Year

41$1453.68Frozen II2019
42$1453.60Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest2006
43$1434.30The Graduate1967
44$1418.90The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002
45$1413.00The Sting1973
46$1405.10Frozen2013
47$1386.20Pinocchio1940
48$1372.30The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
49$1357.60Finding Nemo2003
50$1356.30Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002
51$1349.93Black Panther2018
52$1329.10Goldfinger1964
53$1328.70Shrek 22004
54$1325.80Iron Man 32013
55$1315.90Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi1983
56$1310.47Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom2018
57$1291.63The Fate of the Furious (Fast and the Furious 8)2017
58$1288.50The Godfather1972
59$1274.00Beauty and the Beast2017
60$1270.80Spider-Man2002

Rank

Box Office
(in millions)

Movie

Year

61$1270.00Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
62$1256.10Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End2007
63$1255.70Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005
64$1253.10The Dark Knight2008
65$1251.70Raiders of the Lost Ark1981
66$1249.20Skyfall2012
67$1249.16The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023
68$1243.23The Incredibles 22018
69$1237.90Minions2015
70$1233.30The Dark Knight Rises2012
71$1219.40Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969
72$1214.40Toy Story 32010
73$1212.20Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
74$1209.00Jurassic Park: The Lost World1997
75$1192.90Captain America: Civil War2016
76$1191.00Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977
77$1189.60Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith2005
78$1189.20The Sixth Sense1999
79$1182.90Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011
80$1162.40Alice in Wonderland2010

Rank

Box Office
(in millions)

Movie

Year

81$1161.50Spider-Man 32007
82$1151.80Men in Black1997
83$1151.10Superman: The Movie1978
84$1150.80Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004
85$1148.53Aquaman2018
86$1146.00The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012
87$1132.89Airport1970
88$1132.10Spider-Man 22004
89$1131.93Spider-Man: Far from Home2019
90$1131.42Captain Marvel2019
91$1117.60Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009
92$1107.60Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991
93$1104.00The Matrix Reloaded2003
94$1091.70Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 12010
95$1089.50Aladdin1992
96$1084.80Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016
97$1084.30Despicable Me 2Year
98$1081.37Despicable Me 3Year
99$1077.02Star Wars – Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker2019
100$1074.46JOker2019

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Originally posted 7/19/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.

Domestic Box Office: Estimated Tickets Sold

Domestic Box Office:

Estimated Tickets Sold

These are the top 100 movies when domestic sales are converted into estimated number of tickets sold. The number is in millions.


1. 202.29: Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. 178.12: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
3. 142.49: The Sound of Music (1965)
4. 141.85: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. 135.55: Titanic (1997)
6. 131.00: The Ten Commandments (1956)
7. 128.16: Jaws (1975)
8. 124.14: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
9. 110.60: The Exorcist (1973)
10. 109.00: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

11. 108.12: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
12. 99.92: 101 Dalmatians (1961)
13. 98.11: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. 98.05: Ben-Hur (1959)
15. 97.31: Avatar (2009)
16. 95.27: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
17. 94.06: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
18. 91.66: Jurassic Park (1993)
19. 90.31: Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
20. 89.15: The Lion King (1994)

21. 89.14: The Sting (1973)
22. 88.54: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
23. 85.58: The Graduate (1967)
24. 83.04: Fantasia (1941)
25. 82.04: Spider Man: No Way Home (2021)
26. 78.92: The Godfather (1972)
27. 78.64: Forrest Gump (1994)
28. 78.18: Mary Poppins (1964)
29. 77.10: Grease (1978)
30. 76.88: The Avengers (2012)

31. 76.79: Jurassic World (2015)
32. 76.27: Black Panther (2018)
33. 74.80: Thunderball (1965)
34. 74.51: The Dark Knight (2008)
35. 73.68: The Jungle Book (1967)
36. 72.68: Sleeping Beauty (1959)
37. 72.42: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
38. 72.10: Shrek 2 (2004)
39. 71.14: Ghostbusters (1984)
40. 70.63: Spider-Man (2002)

41. 70.56: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
42. 70.00: Love Story (1970)
43. 69.27: Independence Day (1996)
44. 67.73: Home Alone (1990)
45. 67.59: Star Wars – Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
46. 67.40: Pinocchio (1940)
47. 67.18: Cleopatra (1963)
48. 67.15: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
49. 66.30: Goldfinger (1964)
50. 66.30: The Incredibles 2 (2018)

51. 66.11: Airport (1970)
52. 65.71: American Graffiti (1973)
53. 65.60: Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
54. 64.45: The Robe (1953)
55. 64.63: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
56. 64.62: Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
57. 63.71: Bambi (1942)
58. 63.24: Blazing Saddles (1974)
59. 62.97: Batman (1989)
60. 62.75: The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)

61. 62.47: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
62. 61.64: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
63. 61.59: Finding Nemo (2003)
64. 61.40: Aladdin (1992)
65. 61.38: The Towering Inferno (1974)
66. 60.44: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
67. 60.32: The Lion King (2019)
68. 60.30: Cinderella (1950)
69. 60.16: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
70. 60.06: My Fair Lady (1964)

71. 60.00: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
72. 59.89: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978): 59.89
73. 59.70: The Passion of the Christ (2004)
74. 59.32: Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
75. 59.27: Back to the Future (1985)
76. 58.60: Superman: The Movie (1978)
77. 57.73: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
78. 57.58: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
79. 57.58: The Sixth Sense (1999)
80. 56.90: Tootsie (1982)

81. 56.83: Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
82. 56.80: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
83. 56.16: Finding Dory (2016)
84. 56.14: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
85. 56.01: West Side Story (1961)
86. 55.92: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
87. 55.73: Lady and the Tramp (1955)
88. 55.38: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
89. 55.07: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
90. 55.04: Rocky (1976)

91. 55.00: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
92. 54.97: Star Wars – Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
93. 54.90: The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
94. 54.80: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
95. 54.69: Twister (1996)
96. 54.62: Men in Black (1997): 54.62
97. 54.40: Saturday Night Fever (1977)
98. 54.40: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
99. 53.90: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
100. 53.88: It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)


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Originally posted 7/18/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.