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Friday, March 25, 2022

Highest-Grossing films by year of release

Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights, and merchandising. However, theatrical box office earnings are the primary metric for trade publications in assessing the success of a film, mostly because of the availability of the data compared to sales figures for home video and broadcast rights, but also because of historical practice. Included on the list are charts of the top box-office earners (ranked by both the nominal and real value of their revenue), a chart of high-grossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest-grossing film record, and a chart of the highest-grossing film franchises and series. All charts are ranked by international theatrical box-office performance where possible, excluding income derived from home video, broadcasting rights, and merchandise.

Traditionally, war films, musicals, and historical dramas have been the most popular genres, but franchise films have been among the best performers of the 21st century. There is strong interest in the superhero genre, with ten films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe featuring among the nominal top-earners. The most successful superhero film, Avengers: Endgame, is also the second-highest-grossing film on the nominal earnings chart, and there are four films in total based on the Avengers comic books charting in the top twenty. Other Marvel Comics adaptations have also had success with the Spider-Man and X-Men properties, while films based on Batman and Superman from DC Comics have generally performed well. Star Wars is also represented in the nominal earnings chart with five films, while the Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises feature prominently. Although the nominal earnings chart is dominated by films adapted from pre-existing properties and sequels, it is headed by Avatar, which is an original work. Animated family films have performed consistently well, with Disney films enjoying lucrative re-releases prior to the home-video era. Disney also enjoyed later success with films such as Frozen I and II, Zootopia, and The Lion King (with its computer-animated remake as the highest-grossing animated film), as well as its Pixar brand, of which Incredibles 2, Toy Story 3 and 4, and Finding Dory have been the best performers. Beyond Disney and Pixar animation, the Despicable Me, Shrek, and Ice Age series have met with the most success.

While inflation has eroded away the achievements of most films from the 1960s and 1970s, there are franchises originating from that period that are still active. Besides the Star Wars and Superman franchises, James Bond and Star Trek films are still being released periodically; all four are among the highest-grossing franchises. Some of the older films that held the record of highest-grossing film still have respectable grosses by today's standards, but no longer compete numerically against today's top-earners in an era of much higher individual ticket prices. When those prices are adjusted for inflation, however, then Gone with the Wind—which was the highest-grossing film outright for twenty-five years—is still the highest-grossing film of all time. All grosses on the list are expressed in U.S. dollars at their nominal value, except where stated otherwise.
High-grossing films by year of release[42][43][44]
YearTitleWorldwide grossBudgetReference(s)
1915The Birth of a Nation$50,000,000100,000,000
$20,000,000+R ($5,200,000)R
$110,000[# 82][# 83][# 84]
1916Intolerance$1,000,000*R IN$489,653[# 85][# 86]
1917Cleopatra$500,000*R$300,000[# 85]
1918Mickey$8,000,000$250,000[# 87]
1919The Miracle Man$3,000,000R$120,000[# 88]
1920Way Down East$5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R$800,000[# 89][# 90]
1921The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse$5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R$600,000800,000[# 91]
1922Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood$2,500,000R$930,042.78[# 92][# 93]
1923The Covered Wagon$5,000,000R$800,000[# 94][# 95]
1924The Sea Hawk$3,000,000R$700,000[# 94]
1925The Big Parade$18,000,00022,000,000R
($6,131,000)R
$382,000[# 96][# 97][# 98]
Ben-Hur$10,738,000R ($9,386,000)R$3,967,000[# 99][# 100]
1926For Heaven's Sake$2,600,000R FH$150,000[# 89][# 101]
1927Wings$3,600,000R$2,000,000[# 89][# 102][# 103]
1928The Singing Fool$5,900,000R$388,000[# 103][# 104]
1929The Broadway Melody$4,400,0004,800,000R$379,000[# 105][# 106]
Sunny Side Up$3,500,000*R SS$600,000[# 107][# 108]
1930All Quiet on the Western Front$3,000,000R$1,250,000[# 89][# 109][# 110][# 111]
1931Frankenstein$12,000,000R ($1,400,000)R$250,000[# 112][# 113]
City Lights$5,000,000R$1,607,351[# 114]
1932The Sign of the Cross$2,738,993R$694,065[# 95][# 115][# 116][# 117]
1933King Kong$5,347,000R ($1,856,000)R$672,255.75[# 118]
I'm No Angel$3,250,000+R$200,000[# 119][# 120]
Cavalcade$3,000,0004,000,000R$1,116,000[# 90][# 110]
She Done Him Wrong$3,000,000+R$274,076[# 121][# 122][# 123]
1934The Merry Widow$2,608,000R$1,605,000[# 124][# 116]
It Happened One Night$1,000,000R ON$325,000[# 125][# 126]
1935Mutiny on the Bounty$4,460,000R$1,905,000[# 116]
1936San Francisco$6,044,000+R ($5,273,000)R$1,300,000[# 124][# 116]
1937Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs$418,000,000+S7 ($8,500,000)R$1,488,423[# 127][# 128]
1938You Can't Take It With You$5,000,000R$1,200,000[# 129][# 130]
1939Gone with the Wind$390,525,192402,352,579
($32,000,000)R GW
$3,900,0004,250,000[# 131][# 132][# 133][# 134][# 135]
1940Pinocchio$87,000,862* ($3,500,000)R$2,600,000[# 136][# 128][# 137]
Boom Town$4,600,000*R$2,100,000[# 138][# 139]
1941Sergeant York$7,800,000R$1,600,000[# 140][# 141]
1942Bambi$267,997,843 ($3,449,353)R$1,700,0002,000,000[# 142][# 143][# 144]
Mrs. Miniver$8,878,000R$1,344,000[# 145][# 146]
1943For Whom the Bell Tolls$11,000,000R$2,681,298[# 147][# 148][# 149]
This Is the Army$9,555,586.44*R$1,400,000[# 150][# 151][# 149]
1944Going My Way$6,500,000*R$1,000,000[# 152][# 153][# 154]
1945Mom and Dad$80,000,000MD/$22,000,000R$65,000[# 155]
The Bells of St. Mary's$11,200,000R$1,600,000[# 156]
1946Song of the South$65,000,000* ($3,300,000)R$2,125,000[# 157][# 158][# 159]
The Best Years of Our Lives$14,750,000R$2,100,000[# 160][# 161]
Duel in the Sun$10,000,000*R$5,255,000[# 152][# 162]
1947Forever Amber$8,000,000R$6,375,000[# 107][# 162]
Unconquered$7,500,000R UN$4,200,000[# 163][# 164]
1948Easter Parade$5,918,134R$2,500,000[# 154][# 165]
The Red Shoes$5,000,000*R£505,581 (~$2,000,000)[# 152][# 166][# 167]
The Snake Pit$4,100,000*R$3,800,000[# 168][# 169]
1949Samson and Delilah$14,209,250R$3,097,563[# 170][# 95]
1950Cinderella$263,591,415
($20,000,000/$7,800,000R)
$2,200,000[# 171][# 172][# 173]
King Solomon's Mines$10,050,000R$2,258,000[# 174]
1951Quo Vadis$21,037,00026,700,000R$7,623,000[# 170][# 175][# 176]
1952This Is Cinerama$50,000,000CI$1,000,000[# 177][# 178]
The Greatest Show on Earth$18,350,000R GS$3,873,946[# 179][# 180][# 95]
1953Peter Pan$145,000,000 ($7,000,000)*R$3,000,0004,000,000[# 181][# 182]
The Robe$25,000,00026,100,000R$4,100,000[# 183][# 184][# 176]
1954Rear Window$24,500,000* ($5,300,000)*R$1,000,000[# 185][# 175]
White Christmas$26,000,050* ($12,000,000)*R$3,800,000[# 186][# 187][# 188]
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea$25,000,134*
($6,800,0008,000,000)*R
$4,500,0009,000,000[# 189][# 190][# 152][# 191]
1955Lady and the Tramp$187,000,000 ($6,500,000)*R$4,000,000[# 192][# 152][# 193]
Cinerama Holiday$21,000,000CI$2,000,000[# 194][# 195]
Mister Roberts$9,900,000R$2,400,000[# 196]
1956The Ten Commandments$90,066,230R
($122,700,000/$55,200,000R)
$13,270,000[# 95][# 197][# 198]
1957The Bridge on the River Kwai$30,600,000R$2,840,000[# 198]
1958South Pacific$30,000,000R$5,610,000[# 199]
1959Ben-Hur$90,000,000R
($146,900,000/$66,100,000R)
$15,900,000[# 200][# 201]
1960Swiss Family Robinson$30,000,000R$4,000,000[# 202]
Spartacus$60,000,000 ($22,105,225)R$10,284,014[# 203][# 204]
Psycho$50,000,000+ ($14,000,000)R$800,000[# 205]
1961One Hundred and One Dalmatians$303,000,000$3,600,0004,000,000[# 192][# 206][# 144]
West Side Story$105,000,000 ($31,800,000)R$7,000,000[# 207][# 208]
1962Lawrence of Arabia$77,324,852 ($69,995,385)$13,800,000[# 209][# 210]
How the West Was Won$35,000,000R$14,483,000[# 211]
The Longest Day$33,200,000R$8,600,000[# 208][# 210]
1963Cleopatra$40,300,000R$31,115,000[# 208][# 210]
From Russia with Love$78,900,000/$29,400,000R
($12,500,000)R
$2,000,000[# 212][# 213][# 214]
1964My Fair Lady$55,000,000R$17,000,000[# 215]
Goldfinger$124,900,000 ($46,000,000)R$3,000,000[# 212][# 214]
Mary Poppins$44,000,000$50,000,000R$5,200,000[# 216][# 215]
1965The Sound of Music$286,214,076 ($114,600,000)R$8,000,000[# 217][# 208]
1966The Bible: In the Beginning$25,325,000R$18,000,000[# 204][# 218]
Hawaii$34,562,222* ($15,600,000)*R$15,000,000[# 219][# 152]
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?$33,736,689* ($14,500,000)*R$7,613,000[# 220][# 152][# 221]
1967The Jungle Book$378,000,000 ($23,800,000)R$3,900,0004,000,000[# 192][# 222][# 223][# 144]
The Graduate$85,000,000R$3,100,000[# 224][# 225]
19682001: A Space Odyssey$141,000,000190,000,000
($21,900,000)R
$10,300,000[# 226][# 208]
Funny Girl$80,000,000100,000,000$8,800,000[# 227][# 228]
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid$152,308,525 ($37,100,000)R$6,600,000[# 229][# 208][# 225]
1970Love Story$173,400,000 ($80,000,000)R$2,260,000[# 230][# 231][# 232]
1971The French Connection$75,000,000R$3,300,000[# 107]
Fiddler on the Roof$49,400,000R
($100,000,000/$45,100,000R)
$9,000,000[# 233][# 234]
Diamonds Are Forever$116,000,000 ($45,700,000)R$7,200,000[# 212][# 213]
1972The Godfather$246,120,974287,000,000
($127,600,000142,000,000)R
$6,000,0007,200,000[# 235][# 234][# 236][# 237]
1973The Exorcist$413,071,948 ($112,300,000)R$10,000,000[# 238][# 239][# 240][# 241]
The Sting$115,000,000R$5,500,000[# 242][# 243]
1974The Towering Inferno$203,336,412 ($104,838,000)R$14,300,000[# 244][# 245][# 246][# 241][# 247]
1975Jaws$470,653,591 ($193,700,000)R$9,000,000[# 248][# 249][# 250]
1976Rocky$225,000,000 ($77,100,000)R$1,075,000[# 251][# 234][# 252]
1977Star Wars$775,398,007
($530,000,000SW/$268,500,000R)
$11,293,151[# 253][# 254][# 234][# 255]
1978Grease$395,452,066 ($341,000,000)$6,000,000[# 256][# 257][# 224][# 258]
1979Moonraker$210,300,000$31,000,000[# 212][# 259]
Rocky II$200,182,289$7,000,000[# 260][# 261][# 259]
1980The Empire Strikes Back$547,969,004 ($413,562,607)SW$23,000,00032,000,000[# 262][# 263]
1981Raiders of the Lost Ark$389,925,971
($321,866,000353,988,025)
$18,000,00022,800,000[# 264]
1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$792,910,554
($619,000,000664,000,000)
$10,500,00012,200,000[# 265][# 254][# 266][# 267]
1983Return of the Jedi$475,106,177 ($385,845,197)SW$32,500,00042,700,000[# 268][# 263]
1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom$333,107,271$27,000,00028,200,000[# 269][# 270][# 271]
1985Back to the Future$389,053,797 ($381,109,762)$19,000,00022,000,000[# 272][# 273]
1986Top Gun$356,830,601 ($345,000,000)$14,000,00019,000,000[# 274][# 275][# 270]
1987Fatal Attraction$320,145,905$14,000,000[# 276][# 270]
1988Rain Man$354,825,476$30,000,000[# 277][# 278]
1989Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade$474,171,806494,000,000$36,000,00055,400,000[# 279][# 270][# 280]
1990Ghost$505,870,681 ($505,702,588)$22,000,000[# 281][# 270]
1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day$523,774,456 ($519,843,345)$94,000,000[# 282][# 283]
1992Aladdin$504,050,045$28,000,000[# 284][# 144]
1993Jurassic Park$1,033,928,303 ($914,691,118)$63,000,00070,000,000[# 65]
1994The Lion King$968,483,777 ($763,455,561)$45,000,00079,300,000[# 285]
1995Toy Story$373,554,033 ($364,873,776)$30,000,000[# 286][# 287]
Die Hard with a Vengeance$366,101,666$70,000,000[# 288][# 289]
1996Independence Day$817,400,891$75,000,000[# 290]
1997Titanic$2,187,463,944 ($1,843,201,268)$200,000,000[# 5]
1998Armageddon$553,709,626$140,000,000[# 291][# 292]
1999Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace$1,027,044,677 ($924,317,558)$115,000,000127,500,000[# 69][# 263]
2000Mission: Impossible 2$546,388,105$100,000,000125,000,000[# 293][# 270]
2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone$1,006,968,171 ($974,755,371)$125,000,000[# 75]
2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers$947,495,095 ($936,689,735)$94,000,000[# 294]
2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King$1,146,030,912 ($1,140,682,011)$94,000,000[# 41]
2004Shrek 2$919,838,758$150,000,000[# 295]
2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire$896,346,413 ($895,921,036)$150,000,000[# 296]
2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest$1,066,179,725$225,000,000[# 58]
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End$963,420,425$300,000,000[# 297]
2008The Dark Knight$1,005,973,645 ($997,039,412)$185,000,000[# 77]
2009Avatar$2,847,246,203 ($2,743,577,587)$237,000,000[# 1]
2010Toy Story 3$1,066,969,703$200,000,000[# 56]
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2$1,342,025,430 ($1,341,511,219)$250,000,000HP[# 24]
2012The Avengers$1,518,812,988$220,000,000[# 15]
2013Frozen$1,290,000,000 ($1,287,000,000)$150,000,000[# 29]
2014Transformers: Age of Extinction$1,104,039,076$210,000,000[# 49]
2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens$2,068,223,624$245,000,000[# 7]
2016Captain America: Civil War$1,153,329,473 ($1,153,296,293)$250,000,000[# 38]
2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi$1,332,539,889$200,000,000[# 26]
2018Avengers: Infinity War$2,048,359,754$316,000,000400,000,000[# 9][# 298]
2019Avengers: Endgame$2,797,501,328$356,000,000[# 3]
2020Demon Slayer: Mugen Train$503,063,688$15,765,750[# 299]
2021Spider-Man: No Way Home film currently playing$1,885,332,430$200,000,000[# 11][# 300]
2022The Battle at Lake Changjin II film currently playing$632,800,000TBA[# 301]

source: wikipedia.org

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