The highest-grossing movies of all time adjusted for inflation - Business Insider

Box-Office Top Films of All-Time: Rankings of both US Domestic and Worldwide Box-Office blockbusters have been compiled from various recent sources.

A few other sites post all-time box-office information, including the Internet Movie DataBase, Boxoffice.

Box-Office Top Films of All-Time

The Greatest Films that have been selected at this site are identified throughout by a yellow star. The greatest films The "Greatest" and the "Best" in Cinematic History www. ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE TOP Box-Office Top Films of All-Time: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Avatar Titanic Jurassic World Marvel's The Avengers The Dark Knight Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Beauty and the Beast Finding Dory Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Avengers: Age of Ultron The Dark Knight Rises Shrek 2 E.

All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses

The Extra-Terrestrial The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The Lion King Toy Story 3 Iron Man 3 Captain America: Civil War The Hunger Games Spider-Man Jurassic Park Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Frozen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 Finding Nemo Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Spider-Man 2 The Passion of the Christ The Secret Life of Pets Despicable Me 2 The Jungle Book Deadpool Inside Out Furious 7 Transformers: Dark of the Moon American Sniper The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Zootopia Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Mockingjay - Part 1 Spider-Man 3 Minions Alice in Wonderland Guardians of the Galaxy Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Forrest Gump Suicide Squad Shrek the Third Transformers Iron Man Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Iron Man 2 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Independence Day Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Skyfall The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Twilight Saga: New Moon Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 The Sixth Sense Up Inception The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Man of Steel Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Monsters, Inc.

Mockingjay - Part 2 The Matrix Reloaded The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 Meet the Fockers The Hangover Gravity Sing Monsters University Shrek The Amazing Spider-Man Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Incredibles Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Jaws Captain America: The Winter Soldier The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The LEGO Movie Star Trek I Am Legend The Blind Side Gone With the Wind Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope The Sound of Music E.

The Extra-Terrestrial Titanic The Ten Commandments Jaws Doctor Zhivago The Exorcist Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Dalmatians Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Ben-Hur Avatar Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Jurassic Park Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace The Lion King The Sting Raiders of the Lost Ark The Graduate Fantasia Jurassic World The Godfather Forrest Gump Mary Poppins Grease Marvel's The Avengers Thunderball The Dark Knight The Jungle Book Sleeping Beauty Ghostbusters Shrek 2 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Love Story Spider-Man Independence Day Home Alone Pinocchio Cleopatra Beverly Hills Cop Goldfinger Airport American Graffiti The Robe Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Around the World in 80 Days Bambi Blazing Saddles Batman The Bells of St.

Mary's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Finding Nemo The Towering Inferno Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Cinderella Spider-Man 2 My Fair Lady The Greatest Show on Earth National Lampoon's Animal House The Passion of the Christ Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Back to the Future The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Twister Men in Black The Bridge On The River Kwai Transformers: Age of Ultron Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Mrs.

Doubtfire Aladdin Toy Story 3 Ghost The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Duel in the Sun Avatar Titanic Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Jurassic World Marvel's The Avengers Furious 7 Avengers: Age of Ultron Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 Frozen Beauty and the Beast The Fate of the Furious Iron Man 3 Minions Captain America: Civil War Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Skyfall Transformers: Age of Extinction The Dark Knight Rises Toy Story 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Jurassic Park Finding Dory Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Alice in Wonderland Zootopia The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Dark Knight Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Despicable Me 2 The Lion King The Jungle Book Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Finding Nemo Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Shrek 2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Spider-Man 3 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Spectre Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ice Age: Continental Drift The Secret Life of Pets Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Inside Out Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Inception Spider-Man Independence Day Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Shrek the Third Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban E.

Episode IV - A New Hope Guardians of the Galaxy Maleficent The Da Vinci Code The Amazing Spider-Man The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Shrek Forever After X-Men: Days of Future Past Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Suicide Squad The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Monsters University The Matrix Reloaded Up Gravity Captain America: The Winter Soldier The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The Twilight Saga: New Moon Transformers The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Twilight Saga: Impossible - Ghost Protocol The Hunger Games Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation Forrest Gump Interstellar Doctor Strange The Sixth Sense Man of Steel Copyright American Movie Classics Company LLC.

ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE TOP ALL-TIME BOX-OFFICE TOP FILMS through to early June The Domestic , Unadjusted for inflation list of box-office champs is top heavy with recent films.

Rankings may change daily with every new blockbuster release.

There are few films that are classics or films from Hollywood's Golden Era in this list. Top-grossing, financially-successful films often rate lower in artistic achievement.

All Time Domestic Box Office Results

Blockbusters, special effects wonders, films with sequels and expensive campaign and publicity ads fill many of the positions. Notice that there are very few pre films in the unadjusted list.

The Domestic , Adjusted for inflation list of box-office champs - with rankings that don't vary much from month to month and therefore is not updated as regularly - takes into account inflationary factors such as ticket prices and any re-issues or re-releases, and is more reflective of a film's actual appeal.

Most pre pictures achieved their totals through multiple releases. The Worldwide list of box-office-champs - in some cases, the gross earnings were made with multiple releases. Currently, only about a tenth of the films were not in the decade of the s or s.