Here's a cool site:
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/
You can find out many interesting movie box office facts on money they made. For example. Here's a non-adjusted top 20 list:
Released Film Name Total Box Office
1 1997 Titanic $600,788,188
2 1977 Star Wars $460,998,007
3 2004 Shrek 2 $436,721,703
4 1982 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial $435,110,554
5 1999 Star Wars: Phantom Menace $431,088,297
6 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,416,000
7 2002 Spider-Man $403,706,375
8 2005 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith $380,270,577
9 2003 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377,027,325
10 2004 Spider-Man 2 $373,524,485
11 2004 Passion of the Christ, The $370,782,930
12 1993 Jurassic Park $357,067,947
13 2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $341,784,377
14 2003 Finding Nemo $339,714,978
15 1994 Forrest Gump $329,694,499
16 1994 Lion King, The $328,539,505
17 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $317,557,891
18 2001 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $314,776,170
19 2002 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones $310,676,740
20 1983 Return of the Jedi $309,205,079
Now, here is the list adjusted for inflation:
Released Film Name Total Box Office
1 1977 Star Wars $1,043,723,179
2 1982 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial $861,614,714
3 1997 Titanic $825,808,723
4 1980 Empire Strikes Back, The $619,088,812
5 1983 Return of the Jedi $596,091,905
6 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark $554,438,790
7 1993 Jurassic Park $553,312,661
8 1999 Star Wars: Phantom Menace $546,051,952
9 1994 Forrest Gump $514,937,479
10 1994 Lion King, The $513,412,706
11 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind $477,156,951
12 1978 Grease $458,212,857
13 1984 Ghost Busters $455,247,591
14 2004 Shrek 2 $450,062,074
15 2002 Spider-Man $446,165,146
16 1996 Independence Day $444,014,687
17 1990 Home Alone $434,541,374
18 1984 Beverly Hills Cop $432,480,322
19 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,415,999
20 1989 Batman $403,539,101
Look how much a movie like "The Empire Strikes Back" gains when you adjust for inflation. Same thing for "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Both not even on the top list.
Lots more cool info at the site.
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