Worldwide Box Office, Adjusted for Inflation: Top 100

These are the top films of all-time based on worldwide box office after being adjusted for inflation. The number right before the movie title indicates the adjusted worldwide box office numbers in millions. See the bottom of the page for resources used to compile this list. 1) 5192.10: Titanic (1997) 2) 4349.40: Avatar (2009) 3) 4341.00: Gone with the Wind (1939) 4) 3753.70: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 5) 3731.10: The Ten Commandments (1956) 6) 3589.90: Avengers: Endgame (2019) 7) 3095.40: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 8) 3093.10: The Sound of Music (1965) 9) 2980.22: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 10) 2970.22: Ben-Hur (1959) 11) 2860.20: Jurassic Park (1993) 12) 2846.50: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) 13) 2712.00: Jaws (1975) 14) 2680.60: The Exorcist (1973) 15) 2634.30: Doctor Zhivago (1965) 16) 2625.10: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 17) 2588.80: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) 18) 2384.50: The Lion King (1994) 19) 2349.50: Jurassic World (2015) 20) 2344.40: Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) 21) 1736.00: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 22) 2231.60: The Avengers (2012) 23) 2179.40: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 24) 2173.00: Independence Day (1996) 25) 2169.00: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 26) 2140.00: 101 Dalmatians (1961) 27) 2124.90: The Lion King (2019) 28) 2103.40: Furious 7 (The Fast and the Furious 7) (2015) 29) 2025.10: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (aka “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”) (2001) 30) 2020.00: The Jungle Book (1967) 31) 1999.00: Ne Zha 2 (2025) 32) 1987.70: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part II (2011) 33) 1980.40: Mary Poppins (1964) 34) 1947.70: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 35) 1938.60: Grease (1978) 36) 1924.90: Forrest Gump (1994) 37) 1904.10: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) 38) 1878.80: The Graduate (1967) 39) 1860.00: Frozen II (2019) 40) 1858.70: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 41) 1851.00: The Sting (1973) 42) 1840.60: Frozen (2013) 43) 1820.00: Enter the Dragon (1973) 44) 1797.50: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 45) 1778.30: Finding Nemo (2003) 46) 1776.60: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 47) 1745.70: Star Wars – Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) 48) 1741.70: Thunderball (1965) 49) 1741.10: Goldfinger (1964) 50) 1740.40: Shrek 2 (2004) 51) 1736.70: Iron Man 3 (2013) 52) 1730.00: The Godfather (1972) 53) 1730.00: Bambi (1942) 54) 1727.50: Black Panther (2018) 55) 1723.70: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) 56) 1696.20: Inside Out 2 (2024) 57) 1673.70: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) 58) 1666.50: Top Gun: Maverick (2022) 59) 1664.70: Spider-Man (2002) 60) 1663.70: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 61) 1661.70: Beauty and the Beast (2017) 62) 1645.40: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) 63) 1644.80: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 64) 1641.50: The Dark Knight (2008) 65) 1639.60: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 66) 1636.40: Skyfall (2012) 67) 1621.60: Minions (2015) 68) 1618.80: The Fate of the Furious (Fast and the Furious 8) (2017) 69) 1615.50: The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 70) 1592.50: The Incredibles 2 (2018) 71) 1590.80: Toy Story 3 (2010) 72) 1587.80: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) 73) 1583.70: Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997) 74) 1575.00: Cinderella (1950) 75) 1565.10: Barbie (2023) 76) 1562.60: Captain America: Civil War (2016) 77) 1560.10: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 78) 1558.30: Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) 79) 1557.70: The Sixth Sense (1999) 80) 1549.40: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) 81) 1522.70: Alice in Wonderland (2010) 82) 1521.50: Spider-Man 3 (2007) 83) 1508.80: Men in Black (1997) 84) 1507.90: Superman: The Movie (1978) 85) 1507.40: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 86) 1501.20: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 87) 1483.00: Spider-Man 2 (2004) 88) 1483.00: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) 89) 1471.50: Aquaman (2018) 90) 1463.90: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) 91) 1450.90: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 92) 1447.30: Captain Marvel (2019) 93) 1446.10: The Matrix Reloaded (2003) 94) 1430.10: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) 95) 1427.10: Aladdin (1992) 96) 1420.90: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 97) 1420.40: Despicable Me 2 (2013) 98) 1404.70: Ghost (1990) 99) 1400.40: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 100) 1397.20: Finding Dory (2016) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office Lists Box Office Mojo (7/18/2019). “All Time Worldwide Grosses” Games Radar (1/6/2023). “The 30 highest-grossing movies of all time, adjusted for inflation” Internet Movie Database (2025). “Highest Grossing Blockbusters of All Time, Adjusted for Inflation” Reddit (2017). “The Highest Grossing Movies of All Time Adjusted for Inflation” Rotten Tomatoes (12/12/2023). “The 50 Highest-Grossing Movies of All Time: Your Top Box Office Earners Ever Worldwide” TheStreet.com (6/24/2019). “Top 30 Highest-Grossing Movies of All Time Adjusted for Inflation” UltimateMovingRankings.com (2024). “All Time Top Worldwide Box Office Grossing Movies…” Wikipedia (2023). “Highest-Grossing Films Worldwide” Wikipedia (2023). “Highest-Grossing Films Worldwide, adjusted for inflation” Originally posted 7/19/2019; last updated 3/7/2025.

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. 2024: Wicked 2023: Barbie 2022: Top Gun: Maverick 2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home 2020: Bad Boys for Life 2019: Avengers: Endgame 2018: Black Panther 2017: Star Wars – Episode VIII: The Last Jedi 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2015: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens 2014: American Sniper 2013: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2012: The Avengers 2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2010: Toy Story 3 2009: Avatar 2008: The Dark Knight 2007: Spider-Man 3 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 2005: Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2004: Shrek 2 2003: Finding Nemo 2002: Spider-Man 2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 2000: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1999: Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1998: Saving Private Ryan 1997: Titanic 1996: Independence Day 1995: Toy Story 1994: The Lion King 1993: Jurassic Park 1992: Aladdin 1991: Beauty and the Beast 1990: Home Alone 1989: Batman 1988: Rain Man 1987: Three Men and a Baby 1986: Top Gun 1985: Back to the Future 1984: Ghostbusters 1983: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1980: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer 1978: Grease 1977: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope 1976: Rocky 1975: Jaws 1974: Blazing Saddles 1973: The Exorcist 1972: The Godfather 1971: Billy Jack 1970: Love Story 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey 1967: The Jungle Book 1966: The Bible: In the Beginning 1965: The Sound of Music 1964: Mary Poppins 1963: Cleopatra 1962: Lawrence of Arabia 1961: 101 Dalmations 1960: Psycho 1959: Ben-Hur 1958: South Pacific 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956: The Ten Commandments 1955: Lady and the Tramp 1954: Rear Window 1953: Peter Pan 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth 1951: Quo Vadis? 1950: Cinderella 1949: Samson and Delilah 1948: The Red Shoes 1947: Miracle on 34th Street 1946: Song of the South 1945: The Bells of St. Mary’s 1944: Going My Way 1943: This Is the Army 1942: Bambi 1941: Sergeant York 1940: Pinocchio 1939: Gone with the Wind 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1936: Modern Times 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty 1934: It Happened One Night 1933: King Kong 1932: Shanghai Express 1931: Frankenstein 1930: Tom Sawyer 1929: The Broadway Melody 1928: The Singing Melody 1927: The Jazz Singer 1926: Aloma of the South Seas 1925: The Big Parade 1924: The Sea Hawk 1923: The Covered Wagon 1922: Robin Hood 1921: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1920: Something to Think About 1919: The Miracle Man 1918: Mickey 1917: The Poor Little Rich Girl / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm / Cleopatra 1916: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1915: The Birth of a Nation 1914: Million Dollar Mystery 1913: Traffic in Souls Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office Lists Box Office Mojo: good source to look up domestic gross for movies Box Office Mojo “Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses” Box Office Mojo “Domestic Grosses Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation” Box Office Mojo “Domestic Grosses: Estimated Tickets Sold” Filmsite.org “Box Office Hits by Decade and Year” (1913-2023) Robert Munafo (year?). “All-Time Top 232 Movies by U.S. Theatre Attendance” TheNumbers.com (searchable database) Originally posted 6/4/2023; last updated 2/24/2025.

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie of the Year

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie of the Year, 1919-2024

These are the top movies for each year from 1915 to 2024 based on their overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database. You can also click on a year to see the top ten movies for that year. 2024: Anora 2023: Oppenheimer 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water 2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home 2020: Nomadland 2019: Avengers: Endgame 2018: Black Panther 2017: Get Out 2016: Moonlight 2015: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens 2014: Boyhood 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2012: The Avengers 2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2010: Inception 2009: Avatar 2008: The Dark Knight 2007: No Country for Old Men 2006: Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) 2005: Brokeback Mountain 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2000: Gladiator 1999: The Matrix 1998: Saving Private Ryan 1997: Titanic 1996: Fargo 1995: Toy Story 1994: Pulp Fiction 1993: Schindler’s List 1992: Unforgiven 1991: The Silence of the Lambs 1990: Goodfellas 1989: Do the Right Thing 1988: Die Hard 1987: The Princess Bride 1986: Blue Velvet 1985: Back to the Future 1984: Amadeus 1983: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1980: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1979: Apocalypse Now 1978: The Deer Hunter 1977: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope 1976: Taxi Driver 1975: Jaws 1974: The Godfather Part II 1973: The Exorcist 1972: The Godfather 1971: A Clockwork Orange 1970: Patton 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey 1967: The Graduate 1966: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 1965: The Sound of Music 1964: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1963: 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) 1962: Lawrence of Arabia 1961: West Side Story 1960: Psycho 1959: Some Like It Hot 1958: Vertigo 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956: The Searchers 1955: The Night of the Hunter 1954: Rear Window 1953: Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) 1952: Singin’ in the Rain 1951: A Streetcar Named Desire 1950: All About Eve 1949: The Third Man 1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1947: Out of the Past 1946: It’s a Wonderful Life 1945: Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) 1944: Double Indemnity 1943: Shadow of a Doubt 1942: Casablanca 1941: Citizen Kane 1940: The Philadelphia Story 1939: Gone with the Wind 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1936: Modern Times 1935: Bride of Frankenstein 1934: It Happened One Night 1933: King Kong 1932: Trouble in Paradise 1931: City Lights 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front 1929: Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) 1928: The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) 1927: Metropolis 1926: The General 1925: Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) 1924: Greed 1923: Safety Last! 1922: Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka "Nosferatu, the Vampire") (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) 1921: The Kid 1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari) 1919: Broken Blossoms 1918: The Blue Bird 1917: The Poor Little Rich Girl 1916: Intolerance 1915: The Birth of a Nation Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists Originally posted 7/26/2019; last updated 3/2/2025.

Top Movies of the 2000s

This page offers lists of the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by two different metrics. The first list is based on box office and the second is based on critics’ picks.

Box Office: Top 25 of the 2000s These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by worldwide box office gross. The first number indicates dollars made in millions.

1. 2923.71: Avatar (2009) 2. 1147.63: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 3. 1066.18: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) 4. 1026.41: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (aka “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”) (2001) 5. 1006.23: The Dark Knight (2008) 6. 961.69: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) 7. 942.86: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 8. 941.64: Finding Nemo (2003) 9. 941.06 :Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) 10. 938.24: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 11. 932.53: Shrek 2 (2004) 12. 898.47: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 13. 891.68: Spider-Man 3 (2007) 14. 888.17: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) 16. 882.74: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 17. 850.04: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) 18. 836.30: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) 19. 825.03: Spider-Man (2002) 20. 808.49: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 21. 808.31: Shrek the Third (2007) 22. 795.11: Spider-Man 2 (2004) 23. 791.22: 2012 (2009) 24. 786.60: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 25. 760.01: The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Critics’ Picks: Top 25 of the 2000s These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by a combination of the movies’ ratings points and awards points.

1. No Country for Old Men (2007) 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 3. Brokeback Mountain (2005) 4. The Hurt Locker (2009) 5. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 6. The Dark Knight (2008) 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006) 9. Sideways (2004) 10. Gladiator (2000) 11. There Will Be Blood (2007) 12. Avatar (2009) 13. Chicago (2002) 14. A Beautiful Mind (2001) 15. The Departed (2006) 16. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 17. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) (2000) 18. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 19. Wall-E (2008) 20. Juno (2007) 21. The Pianist (2002) 22. Million Dollar Baby (2004) 23. Lost in Translation (2003) 24. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001) 25. Ratatouille (2007)

Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Eras Dave’s Movie Database: Movies of the Year Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Dave’s Movie Database: Ratings Page Originally posted 3/5/2025.

Avatar released

Avatar Released: December 18, 2009 Studio: 20th Century Fox Genre: sci fi/fantasy Box Office (numbers in millions) Domestic: 760.50 Worldwide: 2923.71 Adjusted for Inflation: Domestic: 911.79 Worldwide: 3824.00

Directing: James Cameron Screenwriting: James Cameron Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver Review: “It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron’s singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking.” RT The movie held the title for biggest box office hit for a decade before being overcome by Avengers: Endgame. The original story by Cameron focuses on Jake Sully (Worthington), a former marine confined to a wheelchair. He is recruited to go to an outpost on Pandora, where a rare mineral could solve Earth’s energy crisis. However, the Na’vi, the natives of Pandora, stand in the way and the toxic atmosphere means humans can only enter via remote-controlled biological bodies which mix the DNA of humans and the Na’vi. As an avatar, Jake can walk again. In his mission to infiltrate the Na’vi, he falls for Neytiri (Saldana) after she saves his life and he becomes part of her clan. He gains appreciation for their way of life and ends up leading the Na’vi in battle to defend Pandora against the military operation set to destroy them. Sources: RT Rotten Tomatoes

Awards/Honors/Lists: Dave’s Movie Database Lists: Dave’s Movie Database Genre Lists: Awards: Box Office: Awards: Oscars: Wins: 3: Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects Nominations: 9, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing Other Lists/Honors: First posted 9/6/2019; last updated 2/25/2025.