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.

Dave’s Movie Database: “The Top 100 Movies of All Time”

Dave’s Movie Database: Top 100 Movies of All Time

At the turn of the century, I was enamored with all the best-of lists floating around. Being particularly interested in music, I created a database to accumulate as many music-focused lists as I could find. I ended up aggregating hundreds of lists to make “definitive” lists of the best songs, albums, and acts of all time – and more. I created a website – DavesMusicDatabase.com – to gather and publish those lists. This endeavor is based on the same concept. Gather and aggregate multiple lists focused on the best movies of all time. The anchor list is this one – The Top 100 Movies of All Time. It was created by aggregating more than 50 lists (see those lists here) along with box office figures (sources here), ratings (sources here), and awards (sources here). Note to Members of the Film Fanatics Movie Club: This is a revised version of the 2019 list we use for our group. You can check out the original list on which our group is based here. Here’s the list: 1. The Godfather (1972) 2. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 3. Citizen Kane (1941) 4. Gone with the Wind (1939) 5. Casablanca (1942) 6. Schindler’s List (1993) 7. Psycho (1960) 8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 9. Pulp Fiction (1994) 10. Jaws (1975) 11. Vertigo (1958) 12. The Godfather Part II (1974) 13. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 14. Apocalypse Now (1979) 15. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 16. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 17. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 18. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 19. Titanic (1997) 20. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 21. Taxi Driver (1976) 22. Some Like It Hot (1959) 23. Goodfellas (1990) 24. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 25. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 26. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 27. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 28. Chinatown (1974) 29. The Dark Knight (2008) 30. Rear Window (1954) 31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 32. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 33. Raging Bull (1980) 34. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 35. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954) 36. Forrest Gump (1994) 37. All About Eve (1950) 38. Sunset Boulevard (1950) 39. Double Indemnity (1944) 40. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 41. The Third Man (1949) 42. On the Waterfront (1954) 43. The Sound of Music (1965) 44. North by Northwest (1959) 45. Alien (1979) 46. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) 47. 12 Angry Men (1957) 48. The Graduate (1967) 49. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 50. Annie Hall (1977) 51. City Lights (1931) 52. Back to the Future (1985) 53. Toy Story (1995) 54. Avatar (2009) 55. The Searchers (1956) 56. Blade Runner (1982) 57. Jurassic Park (1993) 58. The Apartment (1960) 59. Fargo (1996) 60. The Exorcist (1973) 61. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 62. Rocky (1976) 63. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 64. The Matrix (1999) 65. The Shining (1980) 66. Ben-Hur (1959) 67. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 68. King Kong (1933) 69. Metropolis (1927) 70. Modern Times (1936) 71. Touch of Evil (1958) 72. No Country for Old Men (2007) 73. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001) 74. West Side Story (1961) 75. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 76. Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948) 77. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 78. Gladiator (2000) 79. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963) 80. The Lion King (1994) 81. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006) 82. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953) 83. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 84. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 85. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 86. Avengers: Endgame (2019) 87. Inception (2010) 88. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 89. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 90. It Happened One Night (1934) 91. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 92. The Deer Hunter (1978) 93. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 94. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019) 95. American Beauty (1999) 96. Do the Right Thing (1989) 97. Doctor Zhivago (1965) 98. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 99. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 100. The Wild Bunch (1969) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists Film Fanatics Classic Movie Club Meetup Originally posted 7/18/2019; last updated 3/4/2025.