List of highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States

The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States, a market known in the film industry as the North American box office and the domestic box office,[1][2] and where "gross" is defined in US dollars.

Adjusted for ticket-price inflation

This chart was compiled based on data from Box Office Mojo, by dividing the gross by the average ticket price to calculate an estimate of the total number of admissions.[3] Admissions better reflect the popularity of older films, since they are less susceptible to the effects of inflation.

Many of the films on this list released prior to the availability of home video have had multiple releases.

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Rank Title Year Est. tickets[3] Adjusted gross
1 Gone with the Wind 1939 202,044,600 $1,739,604,006
2 Star Wars 1977 178,119,600 $1,533,609,756
3 The Sound of Music 1965 142,415,400 $1,226,196,594
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 141,854,300 $1,221,365,523
5 Titanic 1997 135,654,500 $1,167,985,245
6 The Ten Commandments 1956 131,000,000 $1,127,910,000
7 Jaws 1975 128,078,800 $1,102,758,468
8 Doctor Zhivago 1965 124,135,500 $1,068,806,655
9 The Exorcist 1973 110,599,200 $952,259,112
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 109,000,000 $938,490,000
11 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 108,115,100 $930,871,011
12 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 99,917,300 $860,287,953
13 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 98,180,600 $845,334,966
14 Ben-Hur 1959 98,000,000 $843,780,000
15 Avatar 2009 [nb 1] 97,255,300 $837,368,133
16 Return of the Jedi 1983 94,059,400 $809,851,434
17 Jurassic Park 1993 91,922,000 $791,448,420
18 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 1999 90,312,700 $777,592,347
19 The Sting 1973 89,142,900 $767,520,369
20 The Lion King 1994 89,101,100 $767,160,471
21 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 88,526,800 $762,215,748
22 The Graduate 1967 85,576,700 $736,815,387
23 Fantasia 1941 83,043,500 $715,004,535
24 Jurassic World 2015 79,051,900 $680,636,859
25 The Godfather 1972 78,922,600 $679,523,586
26 Forrest Gump 1994 78,545,600 $676,277,616
27 Mary Poppins 1964 78,181,800 $673,145,298
28 Grease 1978 76,969,200 $662,704,812
29 The Avengers 2012 76,768,200 $660,974,202
30 Thunderball 1965 74,800,000 $644,028,000
31 The Dark Knight 2008 74,455,400 $641,060,994
32 The Jungle Book 1967 73,679,900 $634,383,939
33 Sleeping Beauty 1959 72,676,100 $625,741,221
34 Ghostbusters 1984 71,160,400 $612,691,044
35 Shrek 2 2004 71,050,900 $611,748,249
36 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 70,557,900 $607,503,519
37 Love Story 1970 69,998,100 $602,683,641
38 Spider-Man 2002 69,484,700 $598,263,267
39 Independence Day 1996 69,268,900 $596,405,229
40 Home Alone 1990 67,734,200 $583,191,462
41 Pinocchio 1940 67,403,300 $580,342,413
42 Cleopatra 1963 67,183,500 $578,449,935
43 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 67,150,000 $578,161,500
44 Goldfinger 1964 66,300,000 $570,843,000
45 Airport 1970 66,111,300 $569,218,293
46 American Graffiti 1973 65,714,300 $565,800,123
47 The Robe 1953 65,454,500 $563,563,245
48 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 64,628,400 $556,450,524
49 Around the World in 80 Days 1956 64,615,400 $556,338,594
50 Bambi 1942 63,712,400 $548,563,764
51 Blazing Saddles 1974 63,227,500 $544,388,775
52 Batman 1989 62,954,600 $542,039,106
53 Cinderella 1950 62,879,300 $541,390,773
54 The Bells of St. Mary's 1945 62,745,100 $540,235,311
55 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 61,639,700 $530,717,817
56 Finding Nemo 2003 61,623,900 $530,581,779
57 The Towering Inferno 1974 61,375,700 $528,444,777
58 Spider-Man 2 2004 60,158,700 $517,966,407
59 My Fair Lady 1964 60,000,000 $516,600,000
60 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 60,000,000 $516,600,000
61 National Lampoon's Animal House 1978 59,890,300 $515,655,483
62 The Passion of the Christ 2004 59,704,800 $514,058,328
63 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005 59,324,600 $510,784,806
64 Back to the Future 1985 59,050,700 $508,426,527
65 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 57,725,300 $497,014,833
66 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 57,601,400 $495,948,054
67 The Sixth Sense 1999 57,579,100 $495,756,051
68 Superman 1978 57,358,100 $493,853,241
69 Tootsie 1982 56,903,900 $489,942,579
70 Smokey and the Bandit 1977 56,832,900 $489,331,269
71 Finding Dory film currently playing 2016 56,165,500 $483,584,955
72 West Side Story 1961 55,970,300 $481,904,283
73 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 55,913,000 $481,410,930
74 Lady and the Tramp 1955 55,734,900 $479,877,489
75 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 55,575,500 $478,505,055
76 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 55,383,600 $476,852,796
77 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 55,069,400 $474,147,534
78 Rocky 1976 55,040,000 $473,894,400
79 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 55,000,000 $473,550,000
80 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 54,902,000 $472,706,220
81 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 54,799,300 $471,821,973
82 Twister 1996 54,688,100 $470,864,541
83 Men in Black 1997 54,616,700 $470,249,787
84 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 54,400,000 $468,384,000
85 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 53,900,900 $464,086,749
86 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963 53,875,400 $463,867,194
87 Swiss Family Robinson 1960 53,808,000 $463,286,880
88 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 53,685,400 $462,231,294
89 M*A*S*H 1970 53,684,200 $462,220,962
90 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 53,532,800 $460,917,408
91 Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 53,527,100 $460,868,331
92 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 2002 53,468,500 $460,363,785
93 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 52,684,400 $453,612,684
94 Aladdin 1992 52,442,300 $451,528,203
95 Toy Story 3 2010 52,201,900 $449,458,359
96 Ghost 1990 51,465,200 $443,115,372
97 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 51,114,600 $440,096,706
98 Duel in the Sun 1946 51,020,400 $439,285,644
99 The Hunger Games 2012 50,838,300 $437,717,763
100 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 50,648,900 $436,087,029

Factors in determining "adjusted gross"

No one yet has calculated a truly precise and definite referential adjusted gross for a film, since doing so would have to take into account most (or all) of the following:

Further explanation of issues with calculating an adjusted gross can be found in the article for List of highest-grossing films.

Not adjusted for inflation

This is a list of the highest-grossing films in the U.S. and Canada,[8] a market known in the film industry as the North American box office, or as the domestic box office within the U.S. itself.[1][2] The chart is ranked by lifetime gross, and for comparison, the figures adjusted for the effects of inflation are also listed, using the U.S. consumer price index;[9] a film's earnings from its initial release are also included to provide a basis for comparison between films released around the same time.

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Rank Title Initial gross
(unadjusted)
Unadjusted Adjusted Year
Lifetime gross
1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $936,662,225 $936,662,225 $936,662,225 2015
2 Avatar $749,766,139 $760,507,625 $840,058,659 2009
3 Titanic $600,788,188 $658,672,302 $946,872,616 1997
4 Jurassic World $652,270,625 $652,270,625 $652,270,625 2015
5 The Avengers $623,357,910 $623,357,910 $643,597,390 2012
6 The Dark Knight $533,345,358 $534,858,444 $588,736,709 2008
7 Finding Dory film currently playing $486,293,573 $486,293,573 $486,293,573 2016
8 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace $431,088,301 $474,544,677 $658,259,667 1999
9 Star Wars $221,300,000* $460,998,007 $1,385,421,200 1977
10 Avengers: Age of Ultron $459,005,868 $459,005,868 $459,005,868 2015
11 The Dark Knight Rises $448,139,099 $448,139,099 $462,689,492 2012
12 Shrek 2 $441,226,247 $441,226,247 $553,709,401 2004
13 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $359,200,000 $435,110,554 $1,018,268,038 1982
14 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $424,668,047 $424,668,047 $432,130,071 2013
15 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812 $423,315,812 $497,734,983 2006
16 The Lion King $312,855,561 $422,783,777 $620,304,845 1994
17 Toy Story 3 $415,004,880 $415,004,880 $451,103,275 2010
18 Iron Man 3 $409,013,994 $409,013,994 $416,200,954 2013
19 Captain America: Civil War $408,084,349 $408,084,349 $408,084,349 2016
20 The Hunger Games $408,010,692 $408,010,692 $421,258,176 2012
21 Spider-Man $403,706,375 $403,706,375 $532,025,996 2002
22 Jurassic Park $357,067,947 $402,453,882 $632,084,142 1993
23 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $402,111,870 $402,111,870 $444,275,299 2009
24 Frozen $400,738,009 $400,738,009 $407,779,548 2013
25 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $381,011,219 $381,011,219 $401,470,845 2011
26 Finding Nemo $339,714,978 $380,843,261 $480,196,975 2003
27 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith $380,270,577 $380,270,577 $461,521,097 2005
28 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377,027,325 $377,845,905 $486,673,975 2003
29 Spider-Man 2 $373,585,825 $373,585,825 $468,825,199 2004
30 The Passion of the Christ $370,274,604 $370,782,930 $465,286,776 2004
31 Despicable Me 2 $368,061,265 $368,061,265 $374,528,627 2013
32 The Secret Life of Pets film currently playing $368,015,345 $368,015,345 $368,015,345 2016
33 The Jungle Book $364,001,123 $364,001,123 $364,001,123 2016
34 Deadpool $363,070,709 $363,070,709 $363,070,709 2016
35 Inside Out $356,461,711 $356,461,711 $356,461,711 2015
36 Furious 7 $353,007,020 $353,007,020 $353,007,020 2015
37 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $352,390,543 $352,390,543 $371,313,290 2011
38 American Sniper $350,126,372 $350,126,372 $350,569,321 2014
39 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $339,789,881 $342,551,365 $451,172,102 2002
40 Zootopia $341,268,248 $341,268,248 $341,268,248 2016
41 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 $337,135,885 $337,135,885 $337,562,399 2014
42 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303 $336,530,303 $384,706,363 2007
43 Minions $336,045,770 $336,045,770 $336,045,770 2015
44 Alice in Wonderland $334,191,110 $334,191,110 $363,260,076 2010
45 Guardians of the Galaxy $333,176,600 $333,176,600 $333,598,105 2014
46 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $330,360,194 $330,360,194 $330,360,194 2016
47 Forrest Gump $329,694,499 $330,252,182 $527,817,912 1994
48 Suicide Squad $325,100,054 $325,100,054 $325,100,054 2016
49 Shrek the Third $322,719,944 $322,719,944 $368,918,979 2007
50 Transformers $319,246,193 $319,246,193 $364,947,943 2007
51 Iron Man $318,412,101 $318,412,101 $350,548,593 2008
52 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $317,575,550 $317,575,550 $425,125,097 2001
53 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $317,101,119 $317,101,119 $349,105,297 2008
54 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $313,364,114 $315,544,750 $422,116,753 2001
55 Iron Man 2 $312,128,345 $312,128,345 $339,278,224 2010
56 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones $302,191,252 $310,676,740 $409,426,535 2002
57 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $309,420,425 $309,420,425 $353,715,565 2007
58 Return of the Jedi $252,583,617 $309,306,177 $693,059,383 1983
59 Independence Day $306,169,268 $306,169,268 $462,729,407 1996
60 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305,413,918 $305,413,918 $393,535,336 2003
61 Skyfall $304,360,277 $304,360,277 $314,242,391 2012
62 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $303,003,568 $303,003,568 $312,841,631 2012
63 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $301,959,197 $301,959,197 $333,621,120 2009
64 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $300,531,751 $300,531,751 $326,672,923 2010
65 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $296,607,170 $296,607,170 $327,707,906 2009
66 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $295,983,305 $295,983,305 $321,728,839 2010
67 The Sixth Sense $293,506,292 $293,506,292 $417,627,910 1999
68 Up $293,004,164 $293,004,164 $323,727,107 2009
69 Inception $292,576,195 $292,576,195 $318,025,368 2010
70 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 $292,324,737 $292,324,737 $301,816,075 2012
71 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $292,004,738 $292,004,738 $333,806,732 2007
72 The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
$291,710,957 $291,710,957 $354,039,384 2005
73 Man of Steel $291,045,518 $291,045,518 $296,159,604 2013
74 The Empire Strikes Back $181,400,000* $290,475,067 $731,375,684 1980
75 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $290,013,036 $290,013,036 $351,978,677 2005
76 Monsters, Inc. $255,873,250 $289,916,256 $377,675,141 2001
77 Home Alone $285,761,243 $285,761,243 $518,460,859 1990
78 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 $281,723,902 $281,723,902 $281,723,902 2015
79 The Matrix Reloaded $281,576,461 $281,576,461 $362,820,031 2003
80 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 $281,287,133 $281,287,133 $296,391,753 2011
81 Meet the Fockers $279,261,160 $279,261,160 $350,454,060 2004
82 The Hangover $277,322,503 $277,322,503 $306,401,146 2009
83 Gravity $274,092,705 $274,092,705 $278,908,905 2013
84 Monsters University $268,492,764 $268,492,764 $273,210,565 2013
85 Shrek $267,665,011 $267,665,011 $358,311,948 2001
86 The Amazing Spider-Man $262,030,663 $262,030,663 $270,538,399 2012
87 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $261,988,482 $261,988,482 $345,262,527 2002
88 The Incredibles $261,441,092 $261,441,092 $328,091,067 2004
89 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $260,044,825 $260,044,825 $357,932,230 2000
90 Jaws $191,741,308* $260,000,000 $1,099,400,575 1975
91 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $259,766,572 $259,766,572 $260,095,206 2014
92 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $258,366,855 $258,366,855 $262,906,730 2013
93 The Lego Movie $257,760,692 $257,760,692 $258,086,788 2014
94 Star Trek $257,730,019 $257,730,019 $284,754,293 2009
95 I Am Legend $256,386,216 $256,386,216 $293,089,234 2007
96 The Blind Side $255,959,475 $255,959,475 $282,798,098 2009
97 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $255,119,788 $255,119,788 $255,442,543 2014
98 The Hangover: Part II $254,464,305 $254,464,305 $268,128,586 2011
99 Despicable Me $251,513,985 $251,513,985 $273,391,441 2010
100 Batman $251,188,924 $251,188,924 $480,327,169 1989

* These films fall outside the top 100 when considering only initial gross, and would be replaced by Night at the Museum ($250,86m), Men in Black ($250.69m) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ($249.54m).

Franchises and film series adjusted for inflation

This chart was compiled based on data from Box Office Mojo, by dividing the gross by the average ticket price to calculate an estimate of the total number of admissions.

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Highest-grossing franchises and film series[§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")
Rank Series Total adjusted for inflation No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

Franchises and film series not adjusted for inflation

This is a list of highest-grossing franchises and film series in the U.S. and Canada.[10]

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(The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")
Rank Series Total box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

Notes

  1. The figure of 97,255,300 is an average value based on Box Office Mojo estimating the number of admissions by dividing gross revenue by the cost of an average ticket. However in the case of Avatar, ticket sales are a combination of the three formats of 2D, 3D and IMAX used during its theatrical run. Since box office admissions are not tracked, the total number of admissions cannot therefore be accurately determined simply by dividing the gross receipts by the average ticket price. Box Office Mojo revised estimate - by taking account of the ticket prices for all three different formats - is that Avatar sold 75 million tickets by April 21, 2010, by which time it had grossed $745 million of its $760 million total.[4] An extra $15 million of sales would be equivalent to about 2 million more ticket sales, at the average 2D ticket price of $7.50 in 2009; using this revision, Avatar probably sold closer to 77,000,000 tickets.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Genre and InternatIonal Box offIce" (PDF). Film Victoria / Government of Australia. p. 10. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012. North American box office statistics includes figures from both the United States and Canada as industry standard.
  2. 1 2 Richwine, Lisa (April 30, 2012). "Think Like a Man tops North American box office". Reuters via Canada.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012. ...easily beat four new films to win the U.S. and Canadian box office race.... Think Like a Man led domestic charts with...
  3. 1 2 "All Time Box Office > Domestic Grosses: Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 16, 2012. * Adjusted to the estimated number of tickets sold. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each film was released (taking into account rereleases where applicable).
  4. Subers, Ray (April 21, 2010). "'Avatar' Strikes DVD". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Adjusting for Ticket Price Inflation". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Anderson, S. Eric; Albertson, Stewart; Shavlik, David. "2004 Proceedings of the Midwest Business Economics Association March 17 – March 19, Chicago, Illinois: How the Motion Picture Industry Miscalculates Box Office Receipts". Loma Linda University. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 Garris, Daniel (September 7, 2007). "$200 Million Adjusted Extra". BoxOfficeReport.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009.
  8. "Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  9. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  10. "Franchise Index". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
§ Franchise and series sources

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