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Thursday, May 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)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office Lists
Box Office Mojo (7/18/2019). “Domestic Grosses: Estimated Tickets Sold”
Box Office Mojo (5/25/2023). “Domestic: Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses”
Wikipedia (5/25/2023). “List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada: Adjusted for ticket-price inflation”

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

Thursday, December 31, 2015

50 years ago: Doctor Zhivago, another epic from director David Lean, released

Doctor Zhivago

Released: December 31, 1965

Studio: MGM

Genre: epic/romance

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 111.72 Worldwide: ?

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 1217.89 Worldwide: 2526.00

Directing: David Lean

Screenwriting: Robert Bolt

Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Rod Steiger, Geraldine Chaplin

Review:

Director David Lean, who’d already helmed The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, delivers yet another “sprawling, visually stunning epic.” ^BFI Doctor Zhivago, based on Boris Pasternak’s novel, is set in Russia during World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. “Its stunning set-pieces include the huge crowd scenes in Moscow, the train sequences and the beautiful snowy vistas.” ^BFI

It tells the story of the titular character (Sharif) and how, although married (to Chaplin), falls for Lara (Christie). She “inspire[s] him to write beautiful love poems that contrast with the stark realities of life in Russia after the 1917 Communist Revolution.” ^A98

The movie is also “memorable for its haunting music score and stunning cinematography. Lean collaborated with cinematographer Freddie Young for the second time.” ^A07

Sources:

^A98 American Film Institute (1998). “AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies”
^A07 American Film Institute (2007). “AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies – 10th Anniversary Edition”
^BFI British Film Institute (1999) “The BFI 100: A Selection of the Favourite British Films of the 20th Century”

Awards/Honors/Lists:

Dave’s Movie Database Lists:

Dave’s Movie Database Genre Lists:

Box Office:

Awards:

Oscars:

Wins: 5 – Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art/Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Original Music Score

Nominations: 5 – including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Tom Courtenay), Best Sound, Best Film Editing

Other Lists/Honors:

First posted 5/30/2023.

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Top Movies of the 1960s

This page offers lists of the top 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 1960s

These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by worldwide box office gross adjusted for inflation. The first number indicates dollars made in millions. See sources for box office figures here.

1) The Sound of Music (1965)
2) Doctor Zhivago (1965)
3) 101 Dalmatians (1961)
4) The Jungle Book (1967)
5) Mary Poppins (1964)

6) The Graduate (1967)
7) Thunderball (1965)
8) Goldfinger (1964)
9) Cleopatra (1963)
10) How the West Was Won (1962)

11) West Side Story (1961)
12) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
13) The Guns of Navarone (1961)
14) You Only Live Twice (1967)
15) From Russia with Love (1963)

16) My Fair Lady (1964)
17) Dr. No (1962)
18) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
19) The Dirty Dozen (1967)
20) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

21) It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
22) Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
23) Tom Jones (1963)
24) Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
25) Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

Critics’ Picks:

Top 25 of the 1960s

These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by a combination of the movies’ ratings points and awards points.

1) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2) West Side Story (1961)
3) The Sound of Music (1965)
4) Psycho (1960)
5) The Apartment (1960)

6) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
7) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
8) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
9) The Graduate (1967)
10) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

11) My Fair Lady (1964)
12) Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
13) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
14) Midnight Cowboy (1969)
15) A Man for All Seasons (1966)

16) Mary Poppins (1964)
17) Doctor Zhivago (1965)
18) In the Heat of the Night (1967)
19) The Hustler (1961)
20) The Wild Bunch (1969)

21) 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
22) Tom Jones (1963)
23) The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
24) Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
25) Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)

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 3/8/2025.