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: 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.

Musicals: Top 25

image from Singin’ in the Rain

Top 25 Musicals This is a list of the best musicals ever put on film. The list was compiled by aggregating multiple best-of lists (see resources at bottom of page) along with films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database. 1. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 2. West Side Story (1961) 3. The Sound of Music (1965) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Grease (1978) 6. Cabaret (1972) 7. Chicago (2002) 8. Mary Poppins (1964) 9. My Fair Lady (1964) 10. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 11. La La Land (2016) 12. Moulin Rouge! (2001) 13. A Star Is Born (1954) 14. An American in Paris (1951) 15. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) (1964) 16. Top Hat (1935) 17. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) 18. Guys and Dolls (1955) 19. Dreamgirls (2006) 20. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 21. All That Jazz (1979) 22. Funny Girl (1968) 23. The Band Wagon (1953) 24. 42nd Street (1933) 25. On the Town (1949) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Genre Lists ABC News/People Magazine (3/22/2011). “Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time” (includes top 5 musicals) American Film Institute (2006). “25 Greatest Movie Musicals of All TIme” Ambient-Mixer.com “20 of the Best Musical Movies of All Time” Glamour magazine (7/29/2019). “Incredible movie musicals that will spark joy in your life” TheGuardian.com (12/3/2013). “Top 10 musicals” Guinness Book of Film (1999). “The Top 100 Films by Genre Type” (includes top 5 musicals) Independent.co.uk (4/6/2019). “The 20 greatest movie musicals of all time” IndieWire.com (12/15/2017). “Ranking the 20 Best Movie Musicals of All Time…” Internet Movie Database (1/25/2016). “The 57 best musical films of all time” LiveAbout.com (10/3/2017). “8 Classic Musicals You Have to See” MarieClaire.com (8/27/2019). “The 40 Best Musical Movies to Get You Singing” Newsweek (8/8/2018). “The Best Movie Musicals of All Time, According to Critics” NYTimes.com “Classic Musicals” Norman, Barry (1993). “100 Greatest Films of All Time” (includes top 10 musicals) ThePlaylist.net (1/10/2017). “The 50 Best Movie Musicals of All Time” Ranker.com “The Best Musical Movies of All Time” Reader’s Digest “The 10 Best-Ever Movie Musicals You Need to Watch Again” RottenTomatoes.com “100 Best Musical Movies of All Time” TeenVogue.com (2/15/2018). “The 30 Best Movie Musicals for Teens” TheTopTens.com “Best Musical Movies of All Time” Time Out (3/30/2016). “The 30 best musical movies of all time” Vulture.com (4/2/2018). “The 25 Best Golden-Age Movie Musicals” WhatCulture.com (7/22/2018). “10 Greatest Ever Musical Movies” Originally posted 9/2/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.

The Sound of Music released 50 years ago today

The Sound of Music Released: April 1, 1965 Studio: 20th Century Fox Genre: musical/romance Box Office (numbers in millions): Domestic: 163.21 Worldwide: ? Adjusted for Inflation: Domestic: 1397.92 Worldwide: 2884.00

Directing: Robert Wise Screenwriting: Ernest Lehman Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood Review: Music, comedy, romance, and drama “are woven perfectly into this beautiful film” VD “adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical,” A7 which, in turn, was based on the true story of the von Trapp family. Maria (Andrews) is a restless nun prone to daydreaming and, as seen in the memorable opening, roaming the hills and belting out the title song. When it becomes clear the Abbey isn’t for her, she’s assigned as the governess to the von Trapp family. The seven children, ages 5 to 16, “have a well-deserved reputation for scaring off caretakers, but Maria wins them over” FS with their shared love of music through songs like “Do-Re-Mi” and “My Favorite Things,” which became iconic because of the movie. It takes a bit more effort, but she also warms the heart of their stern, widowed father, Captain von Trapp (Plummer). Their blossoming romance, however, is overshadowed by the impending threat of Nazi occupation in their native Austria. Maria and the von Trapps have to find a way to escape before their country is invaded. Sources: A7 American Film Institute (2007). “AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies – 10th Anniversary Edition” FS Filmsite.org “100 Greatest Films” VD Video Detective (1997). “Top 100 Films of All Time”

Awards/Honors/Lists: Dave’s Movie Database Lists: Dave’s Movie Database Genre Lists: Box Office: Oscars: Wins: 5 – including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound, Best Adapted Score, Best Film Editing Nominations: 10 – including Best Actress (Andrews), Best Supporting Actress (Wood), Best Color Cinematography, Best Color Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Color Costume Design Awards: Other Lists/Honors: First posted 8/25/2019; last updated 5/29/2023.

Los Angeles Daily News: "The Greatest American Movies"

Los Angeles Daily News: The Greatest American Movies

In response to the American Film Institute announcing its list of 400 films to be voted on for its “100 Years…100 American Movies” list, the Los Angeles Daily News conducted its own poll of its readers, using the same list. The original list resulted in multiple ties and more than 100 titles. Ties have been broken here according to movies’ overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database and the list has been restricted to the first 100 titles. 1. Casablanca (1942) 2. Citizen Kane (1941) 3. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 4. Gone with the Wind (1939) 5. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 6. The Godfather (1972) 7. The African Queen (1951) 8. The Sound of Music (1965) 9. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 10. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 11. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 12. Schindler’s List (1993) 13. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 14. It Happened One Night (1934) 15. Sunset Boulevard (1950) 16. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 17. Patton (1970) 18. Dances with Wolves (1990) 19. King Kong (1933) 20. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 21. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 22. All About Eve (1950) 23. The Birth of a Nation (1915) 24. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 25. Stagecoach (1939) 26. Fantasia (1940) 27. High Noon (1952) 28. Ben-Hur (1959) 29. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 30. Psycho (1960) 31. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 32. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 33. Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 34. Oklahoma! (1955) 35. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 36. Forrest Gump (1994) 37. My Fair Lady (1964) 38. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 39. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 40. Some Like It Hot (1959) 41. West Side Story (1961) 42. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 43. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 44. On the Waterfront (1954) 45. Doctor Zhivago (1965) 46. From Here to Eternity (1953) 47. An American in Paris (1951) 48. Laura (1944) 49. The Quiet Man (1952) 50. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 51. North by Northwest (1959) 52. The Graduate (1967) 53. Rocky (1976) 54. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 55. The Ten Commandments (1956) 56. Frankenstein (1931) 57. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 58. Double Indemnity (1944) 59. Mary Poppins (1964) 60. Braveheart (1995) 61. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 62. M*A*S*H (1970) 63. Lost Horizon (1937) 64. Raging Bull (1980) 65. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 66. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 67. Rebecca (1940) 68. Giant (1956) 69. Mrs. Miniver (1942) 70. Wings (1927) 71. The Jazz Singer (1927) 72. Annie Hall (1977) 73. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 74. 12 Angry Men (1957) 75. The Sting (1973) 76. The French Connection (1971) 77. The Gold Rush (1925) 78. American Graffiti (1973) 79. Tootsie (1982) 80. Rain Man (1988) 81. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 82. The Color Purple (1985) 83. The Longest Day (1962) 84. Apocalypse Now (1979) 85. Chinatown (1974) 86. The Third Man (1949) 87. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 88. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 89. Shane (1953) 90. Funny Girl (1968) 91. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) 92. Gunga Din (1939) 93. The Godfather Part II (1974) 94. Vertigo (1958) 95. Taxi Driver (1976) 96. Rear Window (1954) 97. Blade Runner (1982) 98. The Lion King (1994) 99. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 100. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists Los Angeles Daily News (12/3/1997). “The Greatest American Movies” Originally posted 8/27/2019; last updated 5/29/2023.

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.