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Top 100 Domestic Box Office Films Adjusted for Inflation (#1 - #50)Inflation adjustment was calculated using following formula: "gross divided by ticket price".Each film's domestic gross was divided by the average ticket price during its theatrical releases. This calculation produced an estimate of total tickets sold (admissions). The total number of admissions was multiplied by 2010's average ticket price creating it's adjusted gross. Original release year listed however those marked with an (*) denotes the film has been re-released. This factor will affect it's adjusted gross and placement on this list as the number of times the film is re-released and the average ticket price during each re-release varies from film to film. Please note that these rankings are current as of APRIL 2011. As box office receipts for new releases come in, these rankings (esp. films ranked over 100) will begin to fluctuate. TITLE ADJUSTED ORIGINAL DATE 1 Gone with the Wind $1,618,377,500 $198,676,459 1939* 2 Star Wars $1,426,738,000 $460,998,007 1977* 3 The Sound of Music $1,140,747,200 $158,671,368 1965 4 E.T. $1,136,253,200 $435,110,554 1982* 5 The Ten Commandments $1,049,310,000 $65,500,000 1956 6 Titanic $1,028,050,500 $600,788,188 1997 7 Jaws $1,025,911,300 $260,000,000 1975 8 Doctor Zhivago $994,325,000 $111,721,910 1965 9 The Exorcist $885,655,000 $232,671,011 1973* 10 Snow White & 7 Dwarfs $873,090,000 $184,925,486 1937* 11 101 Dalmatians $800,337,200 $144,880,014 1961* 12 Empire Strikes Back $786,426,900 $290,475,067 1980* 13 Ben-Hur $784,980,000 $74,000,000 1959 14 Avatar $779,014,700 $760,507,625 2009* 15 Return of the Jedi $753,415,900 $309,306,177 1983* 16 The Sting $714,034,300 $156,000,000 1973 17 Raiders of Lost Ark $706,016,300 $242,374,454 1981* 18 Jurassic Park $690,508,800 $357,067,947 1993 19 The Graduate $685,426,900 $104,901,839 1967* 20 The Phantom Menace $679,454,700 $431,088,301 1999* 21 Fantasia $665,178,300 $76,408,097 1941* 22 The Godfather $632,169,800 $134,966,411 1972* 23 Forrest Gump $629,150,400 $329,694,499 1994 24 Mary Poppins $626,236,400 $102,272,727 1964* 25 The Lion King $618,626,700 $328,541,776 1994* 26 Grease $616,143,200 $188,389,888 1978* 27 Thunderball $599,148,000 $63,595,658 1965 28 The Dark Knight $594,999,500 $533,345,358 2008 29 The Jungle Book $590,176,100 $141,843,612 1967* 30 Sleeping Beauty $582,135,200 $51,600,000 1959* 31 Shrek 2 $569,117,900 $441,226,247 2004 32 Ghostbusters $566,552,200 $238,632,124 1984* 33 Butch Cassidy/Sundance $565,168,400 $102,308,889 1969 34 Love Story $560,685,100 $106,397,186 1970 35 Spider-Man $556,572,800 $403,706,375 2002 36 Independence Day $554,843,700 $306,169,268 1996 37 Home Alone $542,550,900 $285,761,243 1990 38 Pinocchio $539,900,700 $84,254,167 1940* 39 Cleopatra $538,139,500 $57,777,778 1963 40 Beverly Hills Cop $537,871,600 $234,760,478 1984 41 Goldfinger $531,063,000 $51,081,062 1964 42 Airport $529,551,400 $100,489,151 1970 43 American Graffiti $526,371,400 $115,000,000 1973 44 The Robe $524,290,900 $36,000,000 1953 45 Dead Man's Chest $517,673,200 $423,315,812 2006 46 Around World in 80 Days $517,569,200 $42,000,000 1956 47 Bambi $510,336,700 $102,247,150 1942* 48 Blazing Saddles $506,452,400 $119,500,000 1974 49 Batman $504,266,500 $251,188,924 1989 50 Bells of St. Mary's $502,588,200 $21,333,333 1945
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