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词条 List of highest-grossing films
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  1. Highest-grossing films

  2. Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation

  3. High-grossing films by year

  4. Timeline of highest-grossing films

  5. Highest-grossing franchises and film series

  6. See also

  7. References

     Box office sources  {{note label|Franchise sources|§|§}}Franchise and series sources  Bibliography 

  8. External links

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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 in the 21st century. Five Harry Potter films and four films from Peter Jackson's Middle-earth series are included in the nominal earnings chart, while the Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises feature prominently. There is also strong interest in the superhero genre, with six films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe featuring among the nominal top-earners. Marvel Comics has also had success with its Spider-Man and X-Men properties, while films based on Batman and Superman from DC Comics have generally performed well. Although the nominal earnings chart is dominated by films adapted from pre-existing properties and sequels, it is headed by Avatar and Titanic (both directed by James Cameron), which are original works. 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 (the highest-grossing animated film), Zootopia and The Lion King, as well as with its Pixar brand, of which Incredibles 2, Toy Story 3, and the Finding Nemo films 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 properly adjusted for inflation, however, on that comparative scale 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.

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Highest-grossing films

With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.7 billion, Avatar is often proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film's earnings. Once revenue from home entertainment is factored in it is not immediately clear which film is the most successful. Titanic earned $1.2 billion from video and DVD sales and rentals,[1] in addition to the $2.2 billion it grossed in theaters. While complete sales data are not available for Avatar, it earned $345 million from the sale of sixteen million DVD and Blu-ray units in North America,[2] and ultimately sold a total of thirty million DVD and Blu-ray units worldwide.[3] After home video income is accounted for, both films have earned over $3 billion each. Television broadcast rights will also substantially add to a film's earnings, with a film often earning as much as 20–25% of its theatrical box-office for a couple of television runs on top of pay-per-view revenues;[4] Titanic earned a further $55 million from the NBC and HBO broadcast rights,[1] equating to about 9% of its North American gross.

When a film is highly exploitable as a commercial property, its ancillary revenues can dwarf its income from direct film sales.[5] The Lion King earned over $2 billion in box-office and home video sales,[6] but this pales in comparison to the $6 billion earned at box offices around the world by the stage adaptation.[7] Merchandising can be extremely lucrative too: The Lion King also sold $3 billion of merchandise,[8] while Pixar's Cars—which earned $462 million in theatrical revenues and was only a modest hit by comparison to other Pixar films[9]—generated global merchandise sales of over $8 billion in the five years after its 2006 release.[10][11] Pixar also had another huge hit with Toy Story 3, which generated almost $10 billion in merchandise retail sales in addition to the $1 billion it earned at the box office.[12]

On this chart, films are ranked by the revenues from theatrical exhibition at their nominal value, along with the highest positions they attained. Thirty-seven films in total have grossed in excess of $1 billion worldwide, of which four have grossed over $2 billion, with Avatar ranked in the top position. All of the films have had a theatrical run (including re-releases) in the 21st century, and films that have not played during this period do not appear on the chart because of ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered.

{{box office table legend|#b6fcb6|icon={{†|alt=film currently playing}}}}
Highest-grossing films[13]
RankPeakTitleWorldwide grossYearReference(s)
11Avatar$2,787,965,0872009[15][14]
21Titanic$2,187,463,9441997[17][15]
33The Force Awakens$2,068,223,6242015[16][17]
44Infinity War$2,048,359,7542018[18][19]
53Jurassic World$1,671,713,2082015[20][24]
63The Avengers$1,518,812,9882012[25][21]
74Furious 7$1,516,045,9112015[22][28]
85Age of Ultron$1,405,403,6942015[23][24]
99Black Panther$1,346,913,1612018[25][32]
103Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2$1,341,693,1572011[33][26]
119The Last Jedi$1,332,539,8892017[27][28]
1212Fallen Kingdom$1,309,484,4612018[29][19]
Frozen|F}}5Frozen${{formatnum:{{#expr:1274219009-247650477+249036646-21668593+22492845+167333+(40960083-39090985)/0.63866+(41087765-40960083)/0.64136+(41170608-41087765)/0.636+(42840559-41170608)/0.7497+(42976318-42840559)/0.742+42526744-35098170 round -6}}}}2013[39][30]
1410Beauty and the Beast$1,263,521,1262017[31][32]
1515Incredibles 2 {{†|alt=film currently playing$1,242,805,3592018[33][19]
1611The Fate of the Furious{{ref |Fast 8|F8}}$1,238,764,7652017[34][32]
175Iron Man 3$1,214,811,2522013[35][36]
1810Minions$1,159,398,3972015[37][38]
1912Civil War$1,153,304,4952016[39][40]
2020Aquaman {{†|alt=film currently playing$1,146,971,0642018[41]
214Dark of the Moon$1,123,794,0792011[42][26]
222The Return of the King${{formatnum:{{#expr:1119929521+307481}}}}2003[56][43]
237Skyfall$1,108,561,0132012[44][45]
2410Age of Extinction$1,104,054,0722014[46][47]
257The Dark Knight Rises$1,084,939,0992012[48][49]
26TS3|TS3}}Toy Story 3$1,066,969,7032010[64][50]
273Dead Man's Chest$1,066,179,7252006[66][51]
2820Rogue One: A Star Wars Story$1,056,057,2732016[52][53]
296On Stranger Tides$1,045,713,8022011[54][55]
3024Despicable Me 3$1,034,799,4092017[56][32]
311Jurassic Park${{formatnum:{{#expr:1029153882+786021}}}}1993[74][57]
3222Finding Dory$1,028,570,8892016[58][59]
332Episode I – The Phantom Menace$1,027,044,6771999[78][15]
345Alice in Wonderland$1,025,467,1102010[60][61]
3524Zootopia$1,023,784,1952016[62][40]
3614An Unexpected Journey$1,021,103,5682012[63][64]
374The Dark Knight$1,004,558,4442008[86][65]
3838Captain Marvel {{†|alt=film currently playing$990,605,8152019[66]
392Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone$975,051,2882001[89][67]
40DM2|DM2}}Despicable Me 2$970,761,8852013[68][69]
412The Lion King$968,483,7771994[93][57]
4230The Jungle Book$966,550,6002016[70][71]
435At World's End$963,420,4252007[97][72]
4440Welcome to the Jungle$962,126,9272017[73][74]
4510Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1$960,431,5682010[75][76]
4624The Desolation of Smaug$958,366,8552013[77][78]
4726The Battle of the Five Armies$956,019,7882014[79][80]
48FN|FN}}Finding Nemo$940,335,5362003[81][43]
496Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix$940,018,4512007[82][72]
508Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince$934,546,5682009[83][84]
{{Refbegin|}}{{note label|Frozen|F||Box Office Mojo stopped updating its main total for Frozen in August 2014, while it was still in release. The total listed here incorporates subsequent earnings in Japan, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany up to the end of 2015 but omits earnings in Turkey, Iceland, Brazil, and Australia (2016) which amount to a few hundred thousand dollars. It was re-released in the United Kingdom in December 2017 with Olaf's Frozen Adventure earning an additional $2.3 million. The total is rounded to $1 million to compensate for the numerical inaccuracy.}}
{{note label|Fast 8|F8||In the case of The Fate of the Furious the gross is sourced from BoxOffice rather than the chart's regular source, Box Office Mojo, after irregularities were discovered in the latter's figure. Ongoing weekly drops in the totals for several countries—Argentina being the worst affected—led to a drop in the overall worldwide total.[85] In view of what appears to be an aberration in the source an alternative figure is provided.}}
{{note label|TS3|TS3||Box Office Mojo revised the grosses for Pixar films in August 2016, resulting in the gross for Toy Story 3 being corrected from $1.063 billion to $1.067 billion.[86][87] This means that it peaked at #4 rather than #5 at the end of its release, as indicated by the source.}}
{{note label|DM2|DM2||Disney issued an erratum to the gross for The Lion King, correcting its gross from $987.5 million to $968.5 million.[88] This means that Despicable Me 2 finished its run ahead of it and would have ranked one place higher at the end of its release.}}
{{note label|FN|FN||Finding Nemo finished one place higher at the end of its original release, after taking corrections into account. Its total now stands at $940.3 million, which would put the first run at $871.0 million after deducting the 3D reissue gross of $69.3 million, and slightly higher than the $864.6 million Box Office Mojo originally had listed. Meanwhile, Box Office Mojo originally had the gross for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring listed at $871.4 million prior to its 2011 re-release, but this was dropped to $870.8 million by 2009.[89] The slightly higher gross of $871.0 million for Finding Nemo would rank above the slightly lower gross of $870.8 million for The Fellowship of the Ring.}}{{Refend}}

Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation

Because of the long-term effects of inflation, notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to later films.[90] The unadjusted list, while commonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless for comparing films widely separated in time, as many films from earlier eras will never appear on a modern unadjusted list, despite achieving higher commercial success when adjusted for price increases.[91] To compensate for the devaluation of the currency, some charts make adjustments for inflation, but not even this practice fully addresses the issue since ticket prices and inflation do not necessarily parallel one another. For example, in 1970, tickets cost $1.55 or about $6.68 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars; by 1980, prices had risen to about $2.69, a drop to $5.50 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars.[92] Ticket prices have also risen at different rates of inflation around the world, further complicating the process of adjusting worldwide grosses.[90]

Another complication is release in multiple formats for which different ticket prices are charged. One notable example of this phenomenon is Avatar, which was also released in 3D and IMAX: almost two-thirds of tickets for that film were for 3D showings with an average price of $10, and about one-sixth were for IMAX showings with an average price over $14.50, compared to a 2010 average price of $7.61 for 2D films.[93] Social and economic factors such as population change[94] and the growth of international markets[95][96][97] also impact on the number of people purchasing theater tickets, along with audience demographics where some films sell a much higher proportion of discounted children's tickets, or perform better in big cities where tickets cost more.[91]

The measuring system for gauging a film's success is based on unadjusted grosses, mainly because historically this is the way it has always been done because of the practices of the film industry: the box office receipts are compiled by theaters and relayed to the distributor, which in turn releases them to the media.[98] Converting to a more representative system that counts ticket sales rather than gross is also fraught with problems because the only data available for older films are the sale totals.[94] As the motion picture industry is highly oriented towards marketing currently released films, unadjusted figures are always used in marketing campaigns so that new blockbuster films can much more easily achieve a high sales ranking, and thus be promoted as a "top film of all time",[92][99] so there is little incentive to switch to a more robust analysis from a marketing or even newsworthy point of view.[98]

Despite the inherent difficulties in accounting for inflation, several attempts have been made. Estimates depend on the price index used to adjust the grosses,[99] and the exchange rates used to convert between currencies can also impact upon the calculations, both of which can have an effect on the ultimate rankings of an inflation adjusted list. Gone with the Wind—first released in 1939—is generally considered to be the most successful film, with Guinness World Records in 2014 estimating its adjusted global gross at $3.4 billion. Estimates for Gone with the Wind{{'}}s adjusted gross have varied substantially: its owner, Turner Entertainment, estimated its adjusted earnings at $3.3 billion in 2007, a few years earlier than the Guinness estimate;[134] other estimates fall either side of this amount, with one putting its gross just under $3 billion in 2010,[100] while another provided an alternative figure of $3.8 billion in 2006.[101] Which film is Gone with the Wind{{'}}s nearest rival depends on the set of figures used: Guinness had Avatar in second place with $3 billion, while other estimates saw Titanic in the runner-up spot with first-run worldwide earnings of almost $2.9 billion at 2010 prices. The only other film that all sources agreed grossed in excess of $2 billion at recent prices is Star Wars; according to Guinness it has earned $2.8 billion at 2014 price levels, while other sources from 2010/2011 put its adjusted earnings at $2.2–2.6 billion.[100][138]

Highest-grossing films {{As of|2017|lc=y}} adjusted for inflation[102]}}{{ref label|Inflation|Inf}}
RankTitleWorldwide gross
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1Gone with the Wind${{formatnum:{{#expr:3440000000*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}1939
2Avatar${{formatnum:{{#expr:3020000000*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}2009
3Titanic$2,516,000,000{{ref |Titanic adjusted|T}}${{formatnum:{{#expr:(2516000000+57884114+285666656)*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}1997
4Star Wars${{formatnum:{{#expr:2825000000*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}1977
5The Sound of Music${{formatnum:{{#expr:2366000000*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}1965
6E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial${{formatnum:{{#expr:2310000000*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}1982
7The Ten Commandments${{formatnum:{{#expr:2187000000*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}1956
8Doctor Zhivago${{formatnum:{{#expr:2073000000*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}1965
9Jaws${{formatnum:{{#expr:2027000000*1.02350*1.01444*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}1975
10The Force Awakens{{ref |The Force Awakens|TFA}}${{formatnum:{{#expr:2068223624*1.01472*1.02177 round -6}}}}2015
{{Refbegin}}{{note label|Inflation|Inf||Inflation adjustment is carried out using the International Monetary Fund's global Consumer price index.[103] The index is uniformly applied to the grosses in the chart published by Guinness World Records in 2014, beginning with the 2014 index. The figures in the above chart take into account inflation that occurred in 2014, and in every available year since then, with 2017 the most recent year available.}}{{note label|Titanic adjusted|T||Guinness{{'}} adjusted total for Titanic only increased by $102,000,000 between the 2012 (published in 2011) and 2015 editions, a rise of 4.2% shared by the other adjusted totals in the chart, and omitted the gross from a 3D re-release in 2012.[104][102] This chart incorporates the gross of ${{formatnum:{{#expr:57884114+285666656}}}} from the reissue and adjusts it from the 2014 index.[105] Titanic was re-released again in 2017 but this figure is not represented in the adjusted total.}}{{note label|The Force Awakens|TFA||Since Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released in 2015, inflation is only applied to its gross from 2016 onwards.}}{{Refend}}

High-grossing films by year

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Audience tastes were fairly eclectic during the 20th century, but several trends did emerge. During the silent era, films with war themes were popular with audiences, with The Birth of a Nation (American Civil War), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Big Parade and Wings (all World War I) becoming the most successful films in their respective years of release, with the trend coming to an end with All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930. With the advent of sound in 1927, the musical—the genre best placed to showcase the new technology—took over as the most popular type of film with audiences, with 1928 and 1929 both being topped by musical films. The genre continued to perform strongly in the 1930s, but the outbreak of World War II saw war themed films dominate again during this period, starting with Gone with the Wind (American Civil War) in 1939, and finishing with The Best Years of Our Lives (World War II) in 1946. Samson and Delilah (1949) saw the beginning of a trend of increasingly expensive historical dramas set during Ancient Rome/biblical times throughout the 1950s as cinema competed with television for audiences,[109] with Quo Vadis, The Robe, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and Spartacus all becoming the highest-grossing film of the year during initial release, before the genre started to wane after several high-profile failures.[110] The success of White Christmas and South Pacific in the 1950s foreshadowed the comeback of the musical in the 1960s with West Side Story, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and Funny Girl all among the top films of the decade. The 1970s saw a shift in audience tastes to high concept films, with six such films made by either George Lucas or Steven Spielberg topping the chart during the 1980s. The 21st century has seen an increasing dependence on franchises and adaptations, with the box office dominance of films based on pre-existing intellectual property at record levels.[111]

Steven Spielberg is the most represented director on the chart with six films to his credit, occupying the top spot in 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989 and 1993. Cecil B. DeMille (1932, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1956) and William Wyler (1942, 1946, 1959 and 1968) are in second and third place with five and four films respectively, while D. W. Griffith (1915, 1916 and 1920), George Roy Hill (1966, 1969 and 1973) and James Cameron (1991, 1997 and 2009) all feature heavily with three films apiece. George Lucas directed two chart-toppers in 1977 and 1999, but also served in a strong creative capacity as a producer and writer in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1989 as well. The following directors have also all directed two films on the chart: Frank Lloyd, King Vidor, Frank Capra, Michael Curtiz, Leo McCarey, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, Guy Hamilton, Mike Nichols, William Friedkin, Peter Jackson, Gore Verbinski and Michael Bay; Mervyn LeRoy, Ken Annakin and Robert Wise are each represented by one solo credit and one shared credit, and John Ford co-directed two films. Disney films are usually co-directed and some directors have served on several winning teams: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand, Ben Sharpsteen, Wolfgang Reitherman and Bill Roberts have all co-directed at least two films on the list. Only five directors have topped the chart in consecutive years: McCarey (1944 and 1945), Nichols (1966 and 1967), Spielberg (1981 and 1982), Jackson (2002 and 2003) and Verbinski (2006 and 2007).

Because of release schedules—especially in the case of films released towards the end of the year—and different release patterns across the world, many films can do business in two or more calendar years; therefore the grosses documented here are not confined to just the year of release. Grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs either, with many older films often being re-released periodically so the figures represent all the business a film has done since its original release; a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known. Because of incomplete data it cannot be known for sure how much money some films have made and when they made it, but generally the chart chronicles the films from each year that went on to earn the most. In the cases where estimates conflict both films are recorded, and in cases where a film has moved into first place because of being re-released the previous record-holder is also retained.

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High-grossing films by year of release[112][113][114]
YearTitleWorldwide grossBudgetReference(s)
1915The Birth of a Nation{{nts|prefix=$|50000000}}–{{nts|100000000}}
{{nts|prefix=$|20000000}}+{{ref |Rentals|R}} ({{nts|prefix=$|5200000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}		{{nts|prefix=$|110000}}[115][116][117]
1916Intolerance{{nts|prefix=$|1000000}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} {{ref |Intolerance|IN}}{{nts|prefix=$|489653}}[118][119]
1917Cleopatra{{nts|prefix=$|500000}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|300000}}[118]
1918Mickey{{nts|prefix=$|8000000}}{{nts|prefix=$|250000}}[120]
1919The Miracle Man{{nts|prefix=$|3000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|120000}}[121]
1920Way Down East{{nts|prefix=$|5000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} ({{nts|prefix=$|4000000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|800000}}[122][163]
1921The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse{{nts|prefix=$|5000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} ({{nts|prefix=$|4000000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|600000}}–{{nts|800000}}[123]
1922Robin Hood{{nts|prefix=$|2500000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|930042.78}}[124][125]
1923The Covered Wagon{{nts|prefix=$|5000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|800000}}[126][168]
1924The Sea Hawk{{nts|prefix=$|3000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|700000}}[126]
1925The Big Parade{{nts|prefix=$|18000000}}–{{nts|22000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}
({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:4990000+1141000}}}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}		{{nts|prefix=$|382000}}[127][128][129]
Ben-Hur{{nts|prefix=$|10738000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} ({{nts|prefix=$|9386000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|3967000}}[130][131]
1926For Heaven's Sake{{nts|prefix=$|2600000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} {{ref |For Heaven's Sake|FH}}{{nts|prefix=$|150000}}[132]
1927Wings{{nts|prefix=$|3600000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2000000}}[133][179]
1928The Singing Fool{{nts|prefix=$|5900000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|388000}}[134][135]
1929The Broadway Melody{{nts|prefix=$|4400000}}–{{nts|4800000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|379000}}[136][137]
Sunny Side Up{{nts|prefix=$|3500000}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} {{ref |Sunny Side Up|SS}}{{nts|prefix=$|600000}}[184][138]
1930All Quiet on the Western Front{{nts|prefix=$|3000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1250000}}[139][188][140]
1931Frankenstein{{nts|prefix=$|12000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} ({{nts|prefix=$|1400000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|250000}}[141][142]
City Lights{{nts|prefix=$|5000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1607351}}[143]
1932The Sign of the Cross{{nts|prefix=$|2738993}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|694065}}[168][144][195][145]
1933King Kong{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:1856000+306000+685000+2500000}}}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} ({{nts|prefix=$|1856000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|672,255.75}}[146]
I'm No Angel{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:2250000+1000000}}}}+{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|200000}}[147][148]
Cavalcade{{nts|prefix=$|3000000}}–{{nts|4000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1116000}}[149][150]
She Done Him Wrong{{nts|prefix=$|3000000}}+{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|274076}}[151][152][153]
1934The Merry Widow{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:2608000}}}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1605000}}[205][195]
It Happened One Night{{nts|prefix=$|1000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} {{ref |One Night|ON}}{{nts|prefix=$|325000}}[154][155]
1935Mutiny on the Bounty{{nts|prefix=$|4460000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1905000}}[195]
1936San Francisco{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:5273000+124000+647000}}}}+{{ref |Rentals|R}} ({{nts|prefix=$|5273000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1300000}}[156][157]
1937Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:418000000}}}}+{{ref |Snow White|S7}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:4200000+4300000}}}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1488423}}[158][159]
1938You Can't Take It With You{{nts|prefix=$|5000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1200000}}[160][161]
1939Gone with the Wind{{nts|prefix=$|390525192}}–{{nts|401776459}}
({{nts|prefix=$|32000000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}} {{ref |GWTW|GW}}		{{nts|prefix=$|3900000}}–{{nts|4250000}}[162][163][218][164]
1940Pinocchio{{nts|prefix=$|87000862}}{{ref |USgross|*}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:1600000+1900000}}}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2600000}}[165][159][166]
Boom Town{{nts|prefix=$|4600000}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2100000}}[167][168]
1941Sergeant York{{nts|prefix=$|7800000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1600000}}[169][170]
1942Bambi{{nts|prefix=$|267997843}} ({{nts|prefix=$|3449353}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1700000}}–{{nts|2000000}}[171][172][173]
Mrs. Miniver{{nts|prefix=$|8878000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1344000}}[174][175]
1943For Whom the Bell Tolls{{nts|prefix=$|11000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2681298}}[176][177][178]
This Is the Army{{nts|prefix=$|9555586.44}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1400000}}[179][180][178]
1944Going My Way{{nts|prefix=$|6500000}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1000000}}[238][181][240]
1945Mom and Dad{{nts|prefix=$|80000000}}{{ref |Mom and Dad|MD}}/{{nts|prefix=$|22000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|65000}}[182]
The Bells of St. Mary's{{nts|prefix=$|11200000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1600000}}[183]
1946Song of the South{{nts|prefix=$|65000000}}{{ref |USgross|*}} ({{nts|prefix=$|3300000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2125000}}[184][185][186]
The Best Years of Our Lives{{nts|prefix=$|14750000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2100000}}[187][188]
Duel in the Sun{{nts|prefix=$|10000000}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|5255000}}[238][249]
1947Forever Amber{{nts|prefix=$|8000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|6375000}}[189][190]
Unconquered{{nts|prefix=$|7500000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} {{ref |Unconquered|UN}}{{nts|prefix=$|4200000}}[191][192]
1948Easter Parade{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:4144000+1774134}}}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2500000}}[193][194]
The Red Shoes{{nts|prefix=$|5000000}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{ntsh|2000000}}{{nts|prefix=£|505581}} ({{nts|prefix=~$|2000000}})[238][195][196]
The Snake Pit{{nts|prefix=$|4100000}}{{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|3800000}}[197][198]
1949Samson and Delilah{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:7976730+6232520}}}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|3097563}}[261][168]
1950Cinderella{{nts|prefix=$|263591415}}
({{nts|prefix=$|20000000}}/{{nts|prefix=$|7800000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}})		{{nts|prefix=$|2200000}}[199][200][201]
King Solomon's Mines{{nts|prefix=$|10050000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2258000}}[202]
1951Quo Vadis{{nts|prefix=$|21037000}}–{{nts|26700000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|7623000}}[203][268][204]
1952This Is Cinerama{{nts|prefix=$|50000000}}{{ref |Cinerama|CI}}{{nts|prefix=$|1000000}}[205][206]
The Greatest Show on Earth{{nts|prefix=$|18350000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}} {{ref |Greatest Show|GS}}{{nts|prefix=$|3873946}}[207][208][209]
1953Peter Pan{{nts|prefix=$|145000000}}{{nts|prefix=$|3000000}}–{{nts|4000000}}[210]
The Robe{{nts|prefix=$|25000000}}–{{nts|{{#expr:16700000+9400000}}}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|4100000}}[211][212][204]
1954Rear Window{{nts|prefix=$|24500000}}{{ref |USgross|*}} ({{nts|prefix=$|5300000}}){{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1000000}}[213][214]
White Christmas{{nts|prefix=$|26000050}}{{ref |USgross|*}} ({{nts|prefix=$|12000000}}){{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|3800000}}[215][216][217]
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea{{nts|prefix=$|25000134}}{{ref |USgross|*}}
({{nts|prefix=$|6800000}}–{{nts|8000000}}){{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}		{{nts|prefix=$|4500000}}–{{nts|9000000}}[218][219][238][220]
1955Lady and the Tramp{{nts|prefix=$|187000000}} ({{nts|prefix=$|6500000}}){{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|4000000}}[221][238][222]
Cinerama Holiday{{nts|prefix=$|21000000}}{{ref |Cinerama|CI}}{{nts|prefix=$|2000000}}[223][224]
Mister Roberts{{nts|prefix=$|9900000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2400000}}[225]
1956The Ten Commandments{{nts|prefix=$|90066230}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}
({{nts|prefix=$|122700000}}/{{nts|prefix=$|55200000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}})		{{nts|prefix=$|13270000}}[209][226][227]
1957The Bridge on the River Kwai{{nts|prefix=$|30600000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2840000}}[227]
1958South Pacific{{nts|prefix=$|30000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|5610000}}[228]
1959Ben-Hur{{nts|prefix=$|90000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}
({{nts|prefix=$|146900000}}/{{nts|prefix=$|66100000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}})		{{nts|prefix=$|15900000}}[229][230]
1960Swiss Family Robinson{{nts|prefix=$|30000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|4000000}}[231]
Spartacus{{nts|prefix=$|60000000}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:12462044+9643181}}}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|10284014}}[232][233]
Psycho{{nts|prefix=$|50000000}}+ ({{nts|prefix=$|14000000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|800000}}[234]
1961One Hundred and One Dalmatians{{nts|prefix=$|215880212}}{{nts|prefix=$|3600000}}–{{nts|4000000}}[235][236][173]
West Side Story{{nts|prefix=$|105000000}} ({{nts|prefix=$|31800000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|7000000}}[237][309]
1962Lawrence of Arabia{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:44824852+32500000}}}} ({{nts|prefix=$|69995385}}){{nts|prefix=$|13800000}}[238][239]
How the West Was Won{{nts|prefix=$|35000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|14483000}}[240]
The Longest Day{{nts|prefix=$|33200000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|8600000}}[309][239]
1963Cleopatra{{nts|prefix=$|40300000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|31115000}}[309][239]
From Russia with Love{{nts|prefix=$|78900000}}/{{nts|prefix=$|29400000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}
({{nts|prefix=$|12500000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}		{{nts|prefix=$|2000000}}[317][241][242]
1964My Fair Lady{{nts|prefix=$|55000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|17000000}}[243]
Goldfinger{{nts|prefix=$|124900000}} ({{nts|prefix=$|46000000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|3000000}}[317][242]
Mary Poppins{{nts|prefix=$|44000000}}–{{nts|prefix=$|50000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|5200000}}[244][243]
1965The Sound of Music{{nts|prefix=$|286214076}} ({{nts|prefix=$|114600000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|8000000}}[245][246]
1966In the Beginning{{nts|prefix=$|25300000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|18000000}}[233]
Hawaii{{nts|prefix=$|34562222}}{{ref |USgross|*}} ({{nts|prefix=$|15600000}}){{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|15000000}}[247][248]
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?{{nts|prefix=$|30000000}}{{ref |USgross|*}} ({{nts|prefix=$|14500000}}){{ref |USgross|*}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|7613000}}[249][248][250]
1967The Jungle Book{{nts|prefix=$|378000000}} ({{nts|prefix=$|23800000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|3900000}}–{{nts|4000000}}[221][251][252][173]
The Graduate{{nts|prefix=$|85000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|3100000}}[253][254]
19682001: A Space Odyssey{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:138000000+214618+568997+135370+1283820+192457+27510+159068+5046+155841+296525 round -6}}}}–{{nts|{{#expr:190000000+214618+568997+135370+1283820+192457+27510+159068+5046+155841+296525 round -7}}}}
({{nts|prefix=$|21900000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}		{{nts|prefix=$|10300000}}[255][246]
Funny Girl{{nts|prefix=$|80000000}}–{{nts|100000000}}{{nts|prefix=$|8800000}}[256][257]
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid{{nts|prefix=$|152308525}} ({{nts|prefix=$|37100000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|6600000}}[258][246][254]
1970Love Story{{nts|prefix=$|80000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2260000}}[259][260]
Airport{{nts|prefix=$|75000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|10000000}}[261][262]
1971The French Connection{{nts|prefix=$|75000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|3300000}}[189]
Fiddler on the Roof{{nts|prefix=$|49400000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}
({{nts|prefix=$|100000000}}/{{nts|prefix=$|45100000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}})		{{nts|prefix=$|9000000}}[263][352]
Diamonds Are Forever{{nts|prefix=$|116000000}} ({{nts|prefix=$|45700000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|7200000}}[264][241]
1972The Godfather{{nts|prefix=$|245066044}}–{{nts|286000000}}
({{nts|prefix=$|127600000}}–{{nts|142000000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}		{{nts|prefix=$|6200000}}[265][352][266][267]
1973The Exorcist{{nts|prefix=$|413071948}} ({{nts|prefix=$|110000000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|10000000}}[268][269]
The Sting{{nts|prefix=$|115000000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|5500000}}[270][271]
1974The Towering Inferno{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:48838000+43000000}}}}{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|14300000}}[272][273][274][275]
Blazing Saddles{{nts|prefix=$|80000000}}+{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|2600000}}[276][277]
1975Jaws{{nts|prefix=$|470653591}} ({{nts|prefix=$|193700000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|9000000}}[278][370][279]
1976Rocky{{nts|prefix=$|225000000}} ({{nts|prefix=$|77100000}}){{ref |Rentals|R}}{{nts|prefix=$|1075000}}[280][281][282]
1977Star Wars{{nts|prefix=$|775398007}}
({{nts|prefix=$|530000000}}{{ref |Star Wars|SW}}/{{nts|prefix=$|268500000}}{{ref |Rentals|R}})		{{nts|prefix=$|11293151}}[283][284][281][285]
1978Grease{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:394954752+192731+304583}}}} ({{nts|prefix=$|341000000}}){{nts|prefix=$|6000000}}[286][287][253][288]
1979Moonraker{{nts|prefix=$|210300000}}{{nts|prefix=$|31000000}}[264][289]
Rocky II{{nts|prefix=$|200182289}}{{nts|prefix=$|7000000}}[290][291][289]
1980The Empire Strikes Back{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:538375067+9593937}}}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:538375067-67597694-57214766}}}}){{ref |Star Wars|SW}}{{nts|prefix=$|23000000}}–{{nts|32000000}}[292][293]
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark{{nts|prefix=$|389925971}}
({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:180100000+141766000}}}}–{{nts|{{#expr:212222025+141766000}}}})		{{nts|prefix=$|18000000}}–{{nts|22800000}}[294]
1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial{{nts|prefix=$|792910554}}
({{nts|prefix=$|619000000}}–{{nts|664000000}})		{{nts|prefix=$|10500000}}–{{nts|12200000}}[295][284][296][297]
1983Return of the Jedi{{nts|prefix=$|475106177}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:475106177-45470437-43790543}}}}){{ref |Star Wars|SW}}{{nts|prefix=$|32500000}}–{{nts|42700000}}[298][293]
1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom{{nts|prefix=$|333107271}}{{nts|prefix=$|27000000}}–{{nts|28200000}}[299][398][300]
1985Back to the Future{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:381109762+2315159+5628876}}}} ({{nts|prefix=$|381109762}}){{nts|prefix=$|19000000}}–{{nts|22000000}}[301][302]
1986Top Gun{{nts|prefix=$|356830601}} ({{nts|prefix=$|345000000}}){{nts|prefix=$|14000000}}–{{nts|19000000}}[303][304][305]
1987Fatal Attraction{{nts|prefix=$|320145905}}{{nts|prefix=$|14000000}}[306][305]
1988Rain Man{{nts|prefix=$|354825476}}{{nts|prefix=$|30000000}}[307][308]
1989Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade{{nts|prefix=$|474171806}}–{{nts|494000000}}{{nts|prefix=$|36000000}}–{{nts|55400000}}[309][305][310]
1990Ghost{{nts|prefix=$|505702423}}{{nts|prefix=$|22000000}}[311][305]
1991Judgment Day{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:519843345+(1037809)+(2893302)}}}} ($519,843,345){{nts|prefix=$|94000000}}[312][313]
1992Aladdin{{nts|prefix=$|504050045}}{{nts|prefix=$|28000000}}[314][173]
1993 Jurassic Park${{formatnum:{{#expr:1029153882+786021}}}} (${{formatnum:914691118}}){{nts|prefix=$|63000000}}–{{nts|70000000}}[315]
1994The Lion King{{nts|prefix=$|968483777}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:312855561+450600000}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|45000000}}–{{nts|79300000}}[316]
1995Toy Story{{nts|prefix=$|373554033}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:373554033-8680257}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|30000000}}[317][318]
Die Hard with a Vengeance{{nts|prefix=$|366101666}}{{nts|prefix=$|70000000}}[319][320]
1996Independence Day{{nts|prefix=$|817400891}}{{nts|prefix=$|75000000}}[321]
1997Titanic${{formatnum:2187463944}} (${{formatnum:1843201268}}){{nts|prefix=$|200000000}}[322]
1998Armageddon{{nts|prefix=$|553709626}}{{nts|prefix=$|140000000}}[323][324]
1999Episode I – The Phantom Menace${{formatnum:1027044677}} (${{formatnum:924317558}}){{nts|prefix=$|115000000}}–{{nts|127500000}}[325][293]
2000Impossible 2{{nts|prefix=$|546388105}}{{nts|prefix=$|100000000}}–{{nts|125000000}}[326][305]
2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone{{nts|prefix=$|975051288}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:975051288-295917}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|125000000}}[327]
2002The Two Towers{{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:926047111+302597}}}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:926047111-1996877-1505170-764607}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|94000000}}[328]
2003The Return of the King${{formatnum:{{#expr:1119929521+307481}}}} (${{formatnum:{{#expr:1119929521-818580}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|94000000}}[329]
2004Shrek 2{{nts|prefix=$|919838758}}{{nts|prefix=$|150000000}}[330]
2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire{{nts|prefix=$|897099794}} ({{nts|prefix=$|{{#expr:897099794-188716}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|150000000}}[331]
2006Dead Man's Chest${{formatnum:1066179725}}{{nts|prefix=$|225000000}}[332]
2007At World's End{{nts|prefix=$|963420425}}{{nts|prefix=$|300000000}}[333]
2008The Dark Knight${{formatnum:1004558444}} (${{formatnum:{{#expr:531039412+466000000}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|185000000}}[334]
2009Avatar${{formatnum:2787965087}} (${{formatnum:{{#expr:2782275172-10741486-22469358}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|237000000}}[335][336]
2010Toy Story 3${{formatnum:1066969703}}{{nts|prefix=$|200000000}}[337]
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2${{formatnum:1341693157}} (${{formatnum:{{#expr:1341693157-181938}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|250000000}}{{ref |HP budget|HP}}[338]
2012 The Avengers${{formatnum:1518812988}}{{nts|prefix=$|220000000}}[339]
2013 Frozen${{formatnum:{{#expr:1274219009-247650477+249036646-21668593+22492845+167333+(40960083-39090985)/0.63866+(41087765-40960083)/0.64136+(41170608-41087765)/0.636+(42840559-41170608)/0.7497+(42976318-42840559)/0.742+42526744-35098170 round -6}}}} (${{formatnum:{{#expr:1274219009-247650477+249036646-21668593+22492845+167333+(40960083-39090985)/0.63866+(41087765-40960083)/0.64136+(41170608-41087765)/0.636+42526744-35098170 round -6}}}}){{nts|prefix=$|150000000}}[340]
2014Age of Extinction${{formatnum:1104039076}}{{nts|prefix=$|210000000}}[46]
2015The Force Awakens${{formatnum:2068223624}}{{nts|prefix=$|245000000}}[16]
2016Civil War${{formatnum:1153304495}}{{nts|prefix=$|250000000}}[39]
2017 The Last Jedi${{formatnum:1332539889}}{{nts|prefix=$|200000000}}[27]
2018Infinity War${{formatnum:2048359754}}{{nts|prefix=$|316000000}}–{{nts|400000000}}[18][341]
2019Captain Marvel {{†|alt=film currently playing}}${{formatnum:990605815}}{{nts|prefix=$|152000000}}–{{nts|175000000}}
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( ... ) Since grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs, a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known.

{{note label|USgross|*||Canada and U.S. gross only.}}{{note label|Rentals|R||Distributor rental.}}{{note label||TBA||To be ascertained.}}{{note label|Intolerance|IN||No contemporary sources provide figures for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, although The Numbers provides a figure of $8,000,000 for the North American box office gross.[344] However, it is possible this figure has been mistaken for the gross of the 1954 remake which also earned $8,000,000 in North American rentals.[456]}}{{note label|For Heaven's Sake|FH||Some sources such as The Numbers state that Aloma of the South Seas is the highest grossing film of the year, earning $3 million.[345] However, no contemporary sources provide figures for Aloma of the South Seas, so it is unclear what the $3 million figure relates to. If it were the rental gross then that would have made it not only the highest-grossing film of the year, but one of the highest-grossing films of the silent era, and if that is the case it would be unusual for both International Motion Picture Almanac and Variety to omit it from their lists.}}{{note label|Sunny Side Up|SS||It is not clear if the figure for Sunny Side Up is for North America or worldwide. Other sources put its earnings at $2 million,[346] which may suggest the higher figure is the worldwide rental, given the confusion over international figures during this period.[459]}}{{note label|One Night|ON||The figure for It Happened One Night is not truly representative of its success: it was distributed as a package deal along with more than two dozen other Columbia films, and the total earnings were averaged out; the true gross would have been much higher.}}{{note label|Snow White|S7||Snow White{{'}}s $418 million global cume omits earnings outside of North America from 1987 onwards.}}{{note label|GWTW|GW||It is not absolutely clear how much Gone with the Wind earned from its initial release. Contemporary accounts often list it as earning $32 million in North American rentals and retrospective charts have often duplicated this claim; however, it is likely this was the worldwide rental figure. Trade journals would collate the data by either obtaining it from the distributors themselves, who were keen to promote a successful film, or by surveying theaters and constructing an estimate. Distributors would often report the worldwide rental since the higher figure made the film appear more successful, while estimates were limited to performance in North America; therefore it was not unusual for worldwide and North American rentals to be mixed up. Following the outbreak of World War II, many of the foreign markets were unavailable to Hollywood so it became standard practice to just report on North American box-office performance.[347] In keeping with this new approach, the North American rental for Gone with the Wind was revised to $21 million in 1947 ($11 million lower than the previous figure),[348] and as of 1953—following the 1947 re-release—Variety was reporting earnings of $26 million.[349] Through 1956, MGM reported cumulative North American earnings of $30,015,000 and foreign earnings of $18,964,000, from three releases.[350] Worldwide rentals of $32 million from the initial release is consistent with the revised figures and later reported worldwide figures: they indicate that the film earned $21 million in North America and $11 million overseas from the initial release, and added a further $9 million in North America and $8 million overseas from subsequent re-releases up to 1956.}}{{note label|Mom and Dad|MD||Mom and Dad does not generally feature in 'high-gross' lists such as those published by Variety due to its independent distribution. Essentially belonging to the exploitation genre, it was marketed as an educational sex hygiene film in an effort to circumvent censorship laws. Falling foul of the Motion Picture Production Code, Mom and Dad was prevented from obtaining mainstream distribution and restricted to independent and drive-in theaters. It was the biggest hit of its kind, and remained in continual distribution until the 1970s when hardcore pornography eventually took over. At the end of 1947 it had earned $2 million, and by 1949, $8 million; by 1956 it had earned $22 million in rentals, representing a gross of $80 million, and would have easily placed in the top ten films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Estimates of its total earnings are as high as $100 million.}}{{note label|Unconquered|UN||Chopra-Gant stipulates that the figure given for Unconquered is for North American box-office, but as was common at the time, the chart confuses worldwide and North American grosses. Other sources state that the takings for Forever Amber ($8 million) and Life with Father ($6.5 million)[351] were in fact worldwide rental grosses, so it is possible this is also true of Unconquered.}}{{note label|Cinerama|CI||The Cinerama figures represent gross amounts. Since the Cinerama corporation owned the theaters there were no rental fees for the films, meaning the studio received 100% of the box-office gross, unlike the case with most other films where the distributor typically receives less than half the gross. Since Variety at the time ranked films by their US rental, they constructed a hypothetical rental figure for the Cinerama films to provide a basis for comparison to other films in their chart: in the case of This Is Cinerama, the $50 million worldwide gross was reconfigured as a $12.5 million US rental gross; this is exactly 25% of the amount reported by Cinerama, so Variety's formula seemingly halved the gross to obtain an estimate for the US share, and halved it again to simulate a rental fee. Variety{{'}}s 'rental' amounts are often repeated, but have no basis in the reality of what the films actually earned—they are hypothetical figures conceived for comparative analysis.[352] All five Cinerama features collectively generated $120 million in worldwide box office receipts.[353]}}{{note label|Greatest Show|GS||Variety put the worldwide rental for The Greatest Show on Earth at around $18.35 million (with $12.8 million coming from the United States[354]) a year after its release; however, Birchard puts its earnings at just over $15 million up to 1962. It is likely that Birchard's figure is just the North American gross rental, and includes revenue from the 1954 and 1960 reissues.}}{{note label|Star Wars|SW||The "first run" Star Wars grosses do not include revenue from the 1997 special-edition releases; however, the figure does include revenue from the re-releases prior to the special editions.}}{{note label|HP budget|HP||Production costs were shared with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.}}{{Refend}}

Timeline of highest-grossing films

At least ten films have held the record of 'highest-grossing film' since The Birth of a Nation assumed the top spot in 1915. Both The Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind spent twenty-five consecutive years apiece as the highest-grosser, with films directed by Steven Spielberg holding the record on three occasions and James Cameron—the current holder—twice. Spielberg became the first director to break his own record when Jurassic Park overtook E.T., and Cameron emulated the feat when Avatar broke the record set by Titanic.

Some sources claim that The Big Parade superseded The Birth of a Nation as highest-grossing film, eventually being replaced by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which in turn was quickly usurped by Gone with the Wind.[468] Exact figures are not known for The Birth of a Nation, but contemporary records put its worldwide earnings at $5.2 million as of 1919.[355] Its international release was delayed by World War I, and it was not released in many foreign territories until the 1920s; coupled with further re-releases in the United States, its $10 million earnings as reported by Variety in 1932 are consistent with the earlier figure.[356] At this time, Variety still had The Birth of a Nation ahead of The Big Parade ($6,400,000) on distributor rentals and—if its estimate is correct—Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ($8,500,000)[357] would not have earned enough on its first theatrical run to take the record;[358] although it would have been the highest-grossing 'talkie',[359] displacing The Singing Fool ($5,900,000).[360] Although received wisdom holds that it is unlikely The Birth of a Nation was ever overtaken by a silent-era film,[361] the record would fall to 1925's Ben-Hur ($9,386,000) if The Birth of a Nation earned significantly less than its estimated gross.[362] In addition to its gross rental earnings through public exhibition, The Birth of a Nation played at a large number of private, club and organizational engagements which figures are unavailable for.[363] It was hugely popular with the Ku Klux Klan who used it to drive recruitment,[364] and at one point Variety estimated its total earnings to stand at around $50 million.[365] Despite later retracting the claim, the sum has been widely reported even though it has never been substantiated.[355] While it is generally accepted that Gone with the Wind took over the record of highest-grossing film on its initial release—which is true in terms of public exhibition—it is likely it did not overtake The Birth of a Nation in total revenue until a much later date, with it still being reported as the highest earner up until the 1960s.[363] Gone with the Wind itself may have been briefly overtaken by The Ten Commandments (1956), which closed at the end of 1960 with worldwide rentals of $58–60 million[366][367] compared to Gone with the Wind's $59 million;[368] if it did claim the top spot its tenure there was short-lived, since Gone with the Wind was re-released the following year and increased its earnings to $67 million. Depending on how accurate the estimates are, the 1959 remake of Ben-Hur may also have captured the record from Gone with the Wind: as of the end of 1961 it had earned $47 million worldwide,[369] and by 1963 it was trailing Gone with the Wind by just $2 million with international takings of $65 million,[370] ultimately earning $66 million from its initial release.[371]

Another film purported to have been the highest-grosser is the 1972 pornographic film, Deep Throat. In 1984, Linda Lovelace testified to a United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on juvenile justice that the film had earned $600 million;[372] this figure has been the subject of much speculation, since if it is accurate then the film would have made more money than Star Wars, and finished the 1970s as the highest-grossing film. The main argument against this figure is that it simply did not have a wide enough release to sustain the sort of sums that would be required for it to ultimately gross this amount.[373] Exact figures are not known, but testimony in a federal trial in 1976—about four years into the film's release—showed the film had grossed over $25 million.[374] Roger Ebert has reasoned it possibly did earn as much as $600 million on paper, since mobsters owned most of the adult movie theaters during this period and would launder income from drugs and prostitution through them, so probably inflated the box office receipts for the film.[375]

The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, The Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars, E.T. and Avatar all increased their record grosses with re-releases. The grosses from their original theatrical runs are included here along with totals from re-releases up to the point that they lost the record; therefore the total for The Birth of a Nation includes income from its reissues up to 1940; the total for Star Wars includes revenue from the late 1970s and early 1980s reissues but not from the 1997 Special Edition; the total for E.T. incorporates its gross from the 1985 reissue but not from 2002; the total for Avatar—as the current record-holder—includes all its earnings at the present time. Gone with the Wind is represented twice on the chart: the 1940 entry includes earnings from its staggered 1939–1942 release (roadshow/general release/second-run)[376] along with all of its revenue up to the 1961 reissue prior to losing the record to The Sound of Music in 1966; its 1971 entry—after it took back the record—includes income from the 1967 and 1971 reissues but omitting later releases. The Godfather was re-released in 1973 after its success at the 45th Academy Awards, and Jaws was released again in 1976, and their grosses here most likely include earnings from those releases. The Sound of Music, The Godfather, Jaws, Jurassic Park and Titanic increased their earnings with further releases in 1973, 1997, 1979, 2013 and 2012 respectively, but they are not included in the totals here since they had already conceded the record prior to being re-released.

Timeline of the highest-grossing film record
EstablishedTitleRecord setting grossReference(s)
1915[377]The Birth of a Nation$5,200,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}}[116]
1940$15,000,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}} {{ref |Reissue|‡}}[378]
1940[379]Gone with the Wind$32,000,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}}[380]
1963$67,000,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}} {{ref |Reissue|‡}}[381]
1966[377] The Sound of Music$114,600,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}}[246]
1971[377] Gone with the Wind$116,000,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}} {{ref |Reissue|‡}}[382]
1972[377] The Godfather$127,600,000–142,000,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}}[281][383]
1976[384][385] Jaws$193,700,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}}[386]
1978[387][388]Star Wars$410,000,000/$268,500,000{{ref |Rentals2|R}}[389][281]
1982$530,000,000 {{ref |Reissue|‡}}[284]
1983[390]E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$619,000,000–664,000,000[284][296]
1993$701,000,000 {{ref |Reissue|‡}}[391]
1993[377] Jurassic Park$914,691,118[315]
1998[392] Titanic$1,843,201,268[322]
2010[393][394]Avatar${{formatnum:{{#expr:2782275172-10741486-22469358}}}}[335]
$2,787,965,087 {{ref |Reissue|‡}}
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Highest-grossing franchises and film series

{{see also|List of highest-grossing media franchises}}

Prior to 2000, only seven film series had grossed over $1 billion at the box office: James Bond,[395] Star Wars,[396] Indiana Jones,[397] Rocky,[398][399][400] Batman,[401] Jurassic Park[402] and Star Trek.[403] Since the turn of the century that number has increased to over fifty (not including one-off hits such as Avatar, Titanic and Frozen).[404] This is partly due to inflation and market growth, but also to Hollywood's adoption of the franchise model: films that have built-in brand recognition, such as being based on a well known literary source or an established character. The methodology is based on the concept that films associated with things audiences are already familiar with can be more effectively marketed to them, and as such are known as "pre-sold" films within the industry.[405]

A franchise traditionally has a tautological relationship with an intellectual property, but this is not a prerequisite. An enduring staple of the franchise model is the concept of the crossover, which can be defined as "a story in which characters or concepts from two or more discrete texts or series of texts meet".[406] A consequence of a crossover is that an intellectual property may be utilized by more than one franchise. For example, Dawn of Justice belongs to not only the Batman and Superman franchises, but also to the DC Extended Universe, which is a shared universe. A shared universe is a particular type of crossover where a number of characters from a wide range of fictional works wind up sharing a fictional world.[407] The most successful shared universe in the medium of film is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a crossover between multiple superhero properties owned by Marvel Comics. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is also the highest-grossing franchise, amassing over $18 billion at the box office.

The Star Wars films are the highest-grossing series based on a single property, earning over $9 billion at the box office (although the Eon James Bond films have earned over $18 billion in total when adjusted to current prices{{refn|Prior to the release of Spectre in 2015, the James Bond series had grossed approximately $17.7 billion at 2015 prices;[408] after factoring in earnings of almost $900 million from Spectre, the series has earned at least $18.6 billion adjusted for inflation.}}). If ancillary income from merchandise is included, then Star Wars is the most lucrative property;[409] it holds the Guinness world record for the "most successful film merchandising franchise" and was valued at £19.51 billion in 2012 (approximately $30 billion).[410][411] The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had the most films gross over $1 billion with six and the three Avengers films comprise the only franchise where each installment has grossed over $1 billion. Avengers is also the only franchise to have a series average of over $1 billion per film, although the Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park and Finding Nemo franchises, Harry Potter films, and Peter Jackson's Middle-earth adaptation all average over $1 billion adjusted for inflation.[405][412]

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=16|title=Mission: Impossible|number=6|highest=Fallout|gross=791115104Fallout (2018)791115104Ghost Protocol (2011)694713380Rogue Nation (2015)682714267Impossible II (2000)546388105Mission: Impossible (1996)457696359Impossible III (2006)397850012
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=franchise|rank=17|title=Shrek|total={{#expr:{{#expr:484409218+919838758+798958162+752600867}}+554987477}}|number=5|highest=Shrek 2|gross=919838758type=series|sub=y|title=Main series |number=4|highest=Shrek 2|gross=919838758Shrek 2 (2004)919838758Shrek the Third (2007)798958162Shrek Forever After (2010)752600867Shrek (2001)484409218
}}		type=film|sub=y|title=Puss in Boots (2011)|total=554987477}}
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=18|title=The Twilight Saga|number=5|highest= Breaking Dawn – Part 2|gross=829746820Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)829746820Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)712205856New Moon (2009)709711008Eclipse (2010)698491347Twilight (2008)393616788Twilight/New Moon (combo)2385237
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=19|title=Ice Age |number=5|highest=Dawn of the Dinosaurs|gross=886686817Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)886686817Continental Drift (2012)877244782The Meltdown (2006){{#expr:660940780-5552622+6095750}}Collision Course (2016)408579038Ice Age (2002)383257136
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=20|title=The Hunger Games|number=4|highest=Catching Fire|gross=865011746Catching Fire (2013)865011746Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)755356711The Hunger Games (2012)694394724Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)653428261
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=franchise|rank=21|title=Superman|total={{#expr:{{#expr:300451603+190400000+80200000+36700000}}+14296438+391081192+{{#expr:668045518+873634919}}+27878}}|number=9|highest=Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice|gross=873634919type=series|sub=y|title=DC Extended Universe|number=2|highest=Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice|gross=873634919Dawn of Justice (2016)873634919Man of Steel (2013)668045518
}}		type=franchise|sub=y|title=Original series |total={{#expr:{{#expr:300451603+190400000+80200000+36700000}}+14296438}}|number=5|highest=Superman|gross=300451603type=series|sub=y|title=Christopher Reeve films|number=4|highest=Superman|gross=300451603Superman (1978)300451603Superman II (1980)190400000Superman III (1983)80200000The Quest for Peace (1987)36700000
}}		type=film|sub=y|title=Supergirl (1984){{ref |USgross3|*}}|total=14296438}}
}}		type=film|sub=y|title=Superman Returns (2006)|total=391081192}}type=film|sub=y|title=Death of Superman/Reign of the Supermen (2018)|total=27878}}
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=22|title=Iron Man|number=3|highest=Iron Man 3|gross=1214811252Iron Man 3 (2013)1214811252Iron Man 2 (2010)623933331Iron Man (2008)585174222
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=franchise|rank=23|title=Star Trek |total={{#expr:{{#expr:139000000+95800000+87000000+133000000+70200000+96900000}}+{{#expr:120000000+150000000+117800000+67312826}}+{{#expr:385680446+467381584+336648340}}}}|number=13|highest=Into Darkness|gross=467381584|release=type=series|sub=y|title=Kelvin Timeline |number=3|highest=Into Darkness|gross=467381584|release=Into Darkness (2013)467381584Star Trek (2009)385680446Beyond (2016)336648340
}}		type=series|sub=y|title=The Original Series|number=6|highest=The Motion Picture|gross=139000000The Motion Picture (1979)139000000IV: The Voyage Home (1986)133000000VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)96900000II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)95800000III: The Search for Spock (1984)87000000V: The Final Frontier (1989)70200000
}}		type=series|sub=y|title=The Next Generation|number=4|highest=First Contact|gross=150000000First Contact (1996)150000000Generations (1994)120000000Insurrection (1998)117800000Nemesis (2002)67312826
}}
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=franchise|rank=24|title=Madagascar|total={{#expr:{{#expr:532680671+603900354+746921274}}+373015621}}|number=4|highest=Europe's Most Wanted|gross=746921274type=series|sub=y|title=Main series|number=3|highest=Europe's Most Wanted|gross=746921274Europe's Most Wanted (2012)746921274Escape 2 Africa (2008)603900354Madagascar (2005)532680671
}}		type=film|sub=y|title=Penguins of Madagascar (2014)|total=373015621}}
}}
{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=25|title=Captain America|number=3|highest=Civil War|gross=1153304495Civil War (2016)1153304495The Winter Soldier (2014)714264267The First Avenger (2011)370569774
}}
{{Refbegin}}{{note label|Shared|S||Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe are shared universes for which some properties also have their own entries.}}{{note label|USgross3|*||Canada and U.S. gross only.}}{{note label|Rentals3|R||Distributor rental.}}{{refend}}

See also

{{Portal|Film}}
  • Lists of highest-grossing films

References

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82. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter5.htm |title=Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=March 1, 2019}}
83. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter6.htm |title=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=March 1, 2019}}
84. ^{{cite web |title=All Time Worldwide Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204104206/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world |archivedate=December 4, 2009}}
85. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=AR&id=furious8.htm |title=The Fate of the Furious (2017) – International Box Office Results: Argentina |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=January 11, 2018}}
86. ^{{cite web |title=Pixar Movies at the Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=pixar.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816210106/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=pixar.htm |archivedate=August 16, 2016}}
87. ^{{cite web |title=Pixar Movies at the Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=pixar.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820153822/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=pixar.htm |archivedate=August 20, 2016}}
88. ^{{cite web |first=Brad |last=Brevert |title='X-Men' & 'Alice' Lead Soft Memorial Day Weekend; Disney Tops $4 Billion Worldwide |date=May 29, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4191 |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
89. ^{{cite web |title=All Time Worldwide Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129191148/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |archivedate=January 29, 2009}}
90. ^1 {{cite news |last=Bialik |first=Carl |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/how-hollywood-box-office-records-are-made-889/ |title=How Hollywood Box-Office Records Are Made |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 29, 2010 |accessdate=August 9, 2011}}
91. ^1 {{cite news |last=Pincus-Roth |first=Zachary |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/summer_movies/2009/07/best_weekend_never.single.html |title=Best Weekend Never |work=Slate |date=July 6, 2009 |accessdate=August 10, 2011}}
92. ^1 {{cite conference |first1=S. Eric |last1=Anderson |first2=Stewart |last2=Albertson |first3=David |last3=Shavlick |title=How the motion picture industry miscalculates box office receipts |conference=Proceedings of the Midwest Business Economics Association |date=March 2004 |publisher=Loma Linda University |url=http://www.usi.edu/business/abe/2004/movies.doc |conferenceurl=http://www.usi.edu/business/abe/2004.aspx |format=DOC |accessdate=April 8, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204604/http://www.usi.edu/business/abe/2004/movies.doc |archivedate=October 29, 2013 |deadurl=yes |df=}}
93. ^{{cite web |first=Brandon |last=Gray |title='Avatar' Claims Highest Gross of All Time |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2667&p=l.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=February 3, 2010}}
94. ^1 {{cite news |last=Bialik |first=Carl |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704878904575031813961239170 |title=What It Takes for a Movie to Be No. 1 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 30, 2010 |accessdate=August 9, 2011}}
95. ^{{cite news |last=Kolesnikov-Jessop |first=Sonia |title=Hollywood Presses Its Global Agenda |work=The New York Times |date=May 22, 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/business/media/23film-screensingapore.html |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
96. ^{{cite news |last=Hoad |first=Phil |title=The rise of the international box office |work=The Guardian |date=August 11, 2011 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/aug/11/hollywood-international-box-office |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
97. ^{{cite news |last=Frankel |first=Daniel |title=Why the Foreign Box Office Leads: 'Fast Five,' 'Thor' Open Overseas First |work=The Wrap |date=May 1, 2011 |url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/rise-foreign-box-office-why-fast-five-debuted-down-under-first-26957 |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
98. ^1 {{cite news |last=Bialik |first=Carl |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/box-office-records-are-the-stuff-of-legend-240/ |title=Box-Office Records Are the Stuff of 'Legend' |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=December 17, 2007 |accessdate=August 10, 2011}}
99. ^1 {{cite news |last=Leonhardt |first=David |title=Why 'Avatar' Is Not the Top-Grossing Film |date=March 1, 2010 |work=The New York Times |url=https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/why-avatar-is-not-the-top-grossing-film |accessdate=April 7, 2013}}
100. ^1 {{Cite news |first=Tom |last=Shone |authorlink=Tom Shone |title=Oscars 2010: How James Cameron took on the world |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=February 3, 2010 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/7144424/Oscars-2010-How-James-Cameron-took-on-the-world.html |accessdate=March 22, 2012}}
101. ^{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=George F. |title=Gone With The Wind, Indeed |date=June 25, 2006 |website=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/23/AR2006062301502.html |accessdate=February 13, 2013}}
102. ^1 {{cite book |title=Guinness World Records |edition=2015 |year=2014 |volume=60 |isbn=9781908843708 |pages=160–161|last1=Records |first1=Guinness World }}
103. ^{{cite web |author=International Monetary Fund |title=Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) |publisher=World Bank |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG?page&year_high_desc=false |accessdate=May 22, 2018}}
104. ^{{cite book|editor-last=Glenday|editor-first=Craig|script-title=ru:Гиннесс. Мировые рекорды|trans-title=Guinness World Records |edition=2012 |year=2011 |publisher=Astrel |location=Moscow |isbn=978-5-271-36423-5 |page=211 |language=Russian |translator-last=Andrianov |translator-first=P.I. |translator-last2=Palova |translator-first2=I.V.}}
105. ^{{cite web |title=Titanic 3D (2012) – International Box Office results |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=titanic3d.htm |accessdate=November 25, 2012 |quote=North America:$57,884,114; Overseas:$285,666,656}}
106. ^1 {{cite book |last=Cones |first=John W. |title=The feature film distribution deal: a critical analysis of the single most important film industry agreement |publisher=Southern Illinois University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-8093-2082-0 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EoeJ7VmwnDIC&pg=PA41 41] |quote=Distributor rentals: It is also important to know and recognize the difference between the distributor's gross receipts and the gross rentals. The term "rentals" refers to the aggregate amount of the film distributor's share of monies paid at theatre box offices computed on the basis of negotiated agreements between the distributor and the exhibitor. Note that gross receipts refers to amounts actually received and from all markets and media, whereas gross rentals refers to amounts earned from theatrical exhibition only, regardless of whether received by the distributor. Thus, gross receipts is the much broader term and includes distributor rentals. The issue of film rentals (i.e., what percentage of a film's box office gross comes back to the distributor) is of key importance...More current numbers suggest that distributor rentals for the major studio/distributor released films average in the neighborhood of 43% of box office gross. Again, however, such an average is based on widely divergent distributor rental ratios on individual films.}}
107. ^{{cite book |last=Marich |first=Robert |title=Marketing to moviegoers: a handbook of strategies used by major studios and independents |publisher=Southern Illinois University Press |edition=2 |year=2009 |origyear=1st. pub. Focal Press:2005 |isbn=9780809328840 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_6USFaYxyeUC&pg=PA252 252] |quote=Rentals are the distributors' share of the box office gross and typically set by a complex, two-part contract.}}
108. ^{{cite book |last=Balio |first=Tino |title=The American film industry |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-299-09874-2 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OBpDf_uUp30C&pg=pa296 296] |quote=Film Rentals as Percent of Volume of Business (1939): 36.4}}
109. ^{{cite book |last=Balio |first=Tino |year=1987 |title=United Artists: the Company that Changed the Film Industry |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=978-0-299-11440-4 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9EeK5s3aw44C&pg=PA124#v=twopage 124–125] |quote=To rekindle interest in the movies, Hollywood not only had to compete with television but also with other leisure-time activities...Movies made a comeback by 1955, but audiences had changed. Moviegoing became a special event for most people, creating the phenomenon of the big picture.}}
110. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA179 179]. "Later epics proved far more disastrous for the backers. Samuel Bronston's The Fall of the Roman Empire, filmed in Spain, cost $17,816,876 and grossed only $1.9 million in America. George Stevens's long-gestating life of Christ, The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), which had been in planning since 1954 and in production since 1962, earned domestic rentals of $6,962,715 on a $21,481,745 negative cost, the largest amount yet spent on a production made entirely within the United States. The Bible—in the Beginning... (1966) was financed by the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis from private investors and Swiss banks. He then sold distribution rights outside Italy jointly to Fox and Seven Arts for $15 million (70 percent of which came from Fox), thereby recouping the bulk of his $18 million investment. Although The Bible returned a respectable world rental of $25.3 million, Fox was still left with a net loss of just over $1.5 million. It was the last biblical epic to be released by any major Hollywood studio for nearly twenty years."}}
111. ^{{cite web |first=Trey |last=Williams |title=Ridley Scott's latest 'Alien' announcement drives Hollywood's sequel problem |date=September 25, 2015 |website=MarketWatch |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ridley-scotts-latest-alien-announcement-drives-hollywoods-sequel-problem-2015-09-25 |accessdate=May 12, 2016}}
112. ^{{cite web |title=Yearly Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?view2=worldwide&view=releasedate&p=.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012}}
113. ^{{cite web |title=Movie Index By Year |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services. LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies |accessdate=January 6, 2012}}
114. ^{{cite web |last=Dirks |first=Tim |website=Filmsite.org |publisher=American Movie Classics |title=All-Time Box-Office Hits By Decade and Year |url=http://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice2.html |accessdate=January 5, 2012}}{{cbignore}}
115. ^{{cite book |last=Monaco |first=James |title=How to Read a Film:Movies, Media, and Beyond |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780199755790 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bgbOsjnppAcC&pg=PA262 262] |quote=The Birth of a Nation, costing an unprecedented and, many believed, thoroughly foolhardy $110,000, eventually returned $20 million and more. The actual figure is hard to calculate because the film was distributed on a "states' rights" basis in which licenses to show the film were sold outright. The actual cash generated by The Birth of a Nation may have been as much as $50 million to $100 million, an almost inconceivable amount for such an early film.}}
116. ^1 {{cite book |last=Wasko |first=Janet |chapter=D.W. Griffiths and the banks: a case study in film financing |editor-last=Kerr |editor-first=Paul |title=The Hollywood Film Industry: A Reader |publisher=Routledge |year=1986 |isbn=9780710097309 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jMINAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA34 34] |quote=Various accounts have cited $15 to $18 million profits during the first few years of release, while in a letter to a potential investor in the proposed sound version, Aitken noted that a $15 to $18 million box-office gross was a 'conservative estimate'. For years Variety has listed The Birth of a Nations total rental at $50 million. (This reflects the total amount paid to the distributor, not box-office gross.) This 'trade legend' has finally been acknowledged by Variety as a 'whopper myth', and the amount has been revised to $5 million. That figure seems far more feasible, as reports of earnings in the Griffith collection list gross receipts for 1915–1919 at slightly more than $5.2 million (including foreign distribution) and total earnings after deducting general office expenses, but not royalties, at about $2 million.}}
117. ^{{cite book |editor-last=Lang |editor-first=Robert |title=The Birth of a nation: D.W. Griffith, director |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-8135-2027-8 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rKOgVk13vawC&pg=PA30 30] |quote=The film eventually cost $110,000 and was twelve reels long.}}
118. ^1 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA26 26]}}.* Intolerance: "Domestic Rentals: $1.0 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* Cleopatra: "Domestic Rentals: $0.5; Production Cost: $0.3 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
119. ^{{citation |last=Birchard |first=Robert S. |title=Intolerance |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA45 45] |quote=Intolerance was the most expensive American film made up until that point, costing a total of $489,653, and its performance at the box ... but it did recoup its cost and end with respectable overall numbers.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
120. ^{{cite news |last=Coons |first=Robin |work=The Daytona Beach News-Journal |title=Hollywood Chatter |date=June 30, 1939 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eHIoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C8cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4926%2C5479066 6]}}
121. ^{{cite book |last=Shipman |first=David |title=The great movie stars: the golden years |publisher=Crown Publishing Group |year=1970 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yuK0AAAAIAAJ&q=%22the+miracle+man%22+%22grossed+world-wide+over+$3+million%22 98] |quote=It was a low budgeter—$120,000—but it grossed world-wide over $3 million and made stars of Chaney and his fellow-players, Betty Compson and Thomas Meighan.}}
122. ^{{cite news |title=Biggest Money Pictures |work=Variety |date=June 21, 1932 |page=1}} Cited in {{cite web |title=Biggest Money Pictures |publisher=Cinemaweb |url=http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/7_v_32_4.htm |accessdate=July 14, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708155503/http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/7_v_32_4.htm |archivedate=July 8, 2011}}
123. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA53 53]}}. "The Four Forsemen of the Apocalypse was to become Metro's most expensive production and one of the decade's biggest box-office hits. Its production costs have been estimated at "something between $600,000 and $800,000." Variety estimated its worldwide gross at $4 million in 1925 and at $5 million in 1944; in 1991, it estimated its cumulative domestic rentals at $3,800,000."
124. ^{{cite book |last=Brownlow |first=Kevin |title=The parade's gone by .. |publisher=University of California Press |year=1968 |isbn=978-0-520-03068-8 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wCD5EH64Qw8C&pg=PA255 255] |quote=The negative cost was about $986,000, which did not include Fairbanks' own salary. Once the exploitation and release prints were taken into account, Robin Hood cost about $1,400,000—exceeding both Intolerance ($700,000) and the celebrated "million dollar movie" Foolish Wives. But it earned $2,500,000.}}
125. ^{{cite book |last=Vance |first=Jeffrey |title=Douglas Fairbanks |publisher=University of California Press |year=2008 |isbn=9780520256675 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=e3DVBxGQ95YC&pg=PA146 146] |quote=The film had a production cost of $930,042.78—more than the cost of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance and nearly as much as Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives (1922).}}
126. ^1 {{cite journal |title=Business: Film Exports |journal=Time |date=July 6, 1925 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,728553,00.html |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105030518/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,728553,00.html |archivedate=November 5, 2010 |deadurl=no |subscription=yes}}
127. ^{{Citation |last=May |first=Richard P. |title=Restoring The Big Parade |journal=The Moving Image |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=140–146 |issn=1532-3978 |doi=10.1353/mov.2005.0033 |date=Fall 2005 |quote=...earning somewhere between $18 and $22 million, depending on the figures consulted}}
128. ^{{cite book |last=Robertson |first=Patrick |title=Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats |publisher=Abbeville Publishing Group |year=1991 |edition=4 |isbn=9781558592360 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jdjsQY5qkbEC&q=%22samson+and+delilah%22+worldwide+million+rentals 30] |quote=The top grossing silent film was King Vidor's The Big Parade (US 25), with worldwide rentals of $22 million.}}
129. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA58#v=twopage 58–59]}}. "Even then, at a time when the budget for a feature averaged at around $300,000, no more than $382,000 was spent on production...According to the Eddie Mannix Ledger at MGM, it grossed $4,990,000 domestically and $1,141,000 abroad."
130. ^{{cite web |title=Ben-Hur (1925) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/35/Ben-Hur/notes.html |accessdate=December 19, 2017}}
131. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA163 163]. "MGM's silent Ben-Hur, which opened at the end of 1925, had out-grossed all the other pictures released by the company in 1926 combined. With worldwide rentals of $9,386,000 on first release it was, with the sole possible exception of The Birth of a Nation, the highest-earning film of the entire silent era. (At a negative cost of $3,967,000, it was also the most expensive.)"}}
132. ^{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Frank |title=For Heaven's Sake (1926) – Articles |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/410794/For-Heaven-s-Sake/articles.html |accessdate=January 15, 2012}}
133. ^{{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA188#v=onepage&q=wings%20%242%20million 188]}}. "At a cost of $2 million Wings was the studio's most expensive movie of the decade, and though it did well it was not good enough to earn a profit."
134. ^1 The Jazz Singer and The Singing Fool* {{citation |last=Block |first=Hayley Taylor |title=The Jazz Singer |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA113 113] |quote=The film brought in $2.6 million in worldwide rentals and made a net profit of $1,196,750. Jolson's follow-up Warner Bros. film, The Singing Fool (1928), brought in over two times as much, with $5.9 in worldwide rentals and a profit of $3,649,000, making them two of the most profitable films in the 1920s.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
135. ^{{cite book |last=Crafton |first=Donald |title=The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926–1931 |publisher=University of California Press |year=1999 |isbn=9780520221284 |pages=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KFB_oT-jupQC&pg=PA549 549]–552 |quote=The Singing Fool: Negative Cost ($1000s): 388}}
136. ^{{citation |last=Birchard |first=Robert S. |title=The Broadway Melody |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA121 121] |quote=It earned $4.4 million in worldwide rentals and was the first movie to spawn sequels (there were several until 1940).}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
137. ^{{Cite book |last=Bradley |first=Edwin M. |title=The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932 |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=2004 |origyear=1st. pub. 1996 |isbn=9780786420292}}* The Singing Fool: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Rg-UBJaPD-sC&pg=PA12 12]. "Ego aside, Jolson was at the top of his powers in The Singing Fool. The $150,000 Warner Bros. paid him to make it, and the $388,000 it took to produce the film, were drops in the hat next to the film's world gross of $5.9 million. Its $3.8-million gross in this country set a box-office record that would not be surpassed until Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)."* The Broadway Melody: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Rg-UBJaPD-sC&pg=PA24 24]. "The Broadway Melody with a negative cost of $379,000, grossed $2.8 million in the United States, $4.8 million worldwide, and made a recorded profit of $1.6 million for MGM."* Gold Diggers of Broadway: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Rg-UBJaPD-sC&q=%22gold%20diggers%20of%20broadway%22%20worldwide 58]. "It grossed an impressive $2.5 million domestically and nearly $4 million worldwide."
138. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA46 46]}}. "Production Cost: $0.6 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
139. ^{{cite book |last=Cormack |first=Mike |title=Ideology and Cinematography in Hollywood, 1930–1939 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=1993 |isbn=9780312100674 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=w0JSFWpr2gAC&pg=PA28 28] |quote=Although costing $1250000—a huge sum for any studio in 1929—the film was a financial success. Karl Thiede gives the domestic box-office at $1500000, and the same figure for the foreign gross.}}
140. ^Hell's Angels* {{cite book |last=Balio |first=Tino |title=United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |year=1976 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QljKdIYzncoC&pg=PA110 110] |quote=Hughes did not have the "Midas touch" the trade press so often attributed to him. Variety, for example, reported that Hell's Angels cost $3.2 million to make, and by July, 1931, eight months after its release, the production cost had nearly been paid off. Keats claimed the picture cost $4 million to make and that it earned twice that much within twenty years. The production cost estimate is probably correct. Hughes worked on the picture for over two years, shooting it first as a silent and then as a talkie. Lewis Milestone said that in between Hughes experimented with shooting it in color as well. But Varietys earnings report must be the fabrication of a delirious publicity agent, and Keats' the working of a myth maker. During the seven years it was in United Artists distribution, Hell's Angels grossed $1.6 million in the domestic market, of which Hughes' share was $1.2 million. Whatever the foreign gross was, it seems unlikely that it was great enough to earn a profit for the picture.}}
141. ^{{cite web |last=Feaster |first=Felicia |title=Frankenstein (1931) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/373967%7C18617/Frankenstein.html |accessdate=July 4, 2011}}
142. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA163&q=%22worldwide+rentals%22 163]}}. "It drew $1.4 million in worldwide rentals in its first run versus $1.2 million for Dracula, which had opened in February 1931."
143. ^{{cite book |last=Vance |first=Jeffrey |title=Chaplin: genius of the cinema |publisher=Abrams Books |year=2003 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uX5ZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Chaplin's+negative+cost+for+City+Lights+was+$1,607,351.+The+film+eventually+earned+him+a+worldwide+profit+of+$5+million+($2+million+domestically+and+$3+million+in+foreign+distribution)%22 208] |quote=Chaplin's negative cost for City Lights was $1,607,351. The film eventually earned him a worldwide profit of $5 million ($2 million domestically and $3 million in foreign distribution), an enormous sum of money for the time.}}
144. ^{{cite journal |editor-last=Ramsaye |editor-first=Terry |title=The All-Time Best Sellers – Motion Pictures |journal=International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 |year=1937 |pages=[https://archive.org/stream/international193738quig#page/942/mode/2up 942–943] |quote=Kid from Spain: $2,621,000 (data supplied by Eddie Cantor)}}
145. ^Shanghai Express* {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA165 165]}}. "Shanghai Express was Dietrich's biggest hit in America, bringing in $1.5 million in worldwide rentals."
146. ^King Kong* {{cite journal |first=Richard |last=Jewel |title=RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951 |journal=Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television |volume=14 |issue=1 |year=1994 |page=39 |quote=1933 release: $1,856,000; 1938 release: $306,000; 1944 release: $685,000}}* {{cite web |title=King Kong (1933) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2690/King-Kong/notes.html |accessdate=January 7, 2012 |quote=1952 release: $2,500,000; budget: $672,254.75}}
147. ^{{cite web |title=I'm No Angel (1933) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79021/I-m-No-Angel/notes.html |accessdate=January 7, 2012 |quote=According to a modern source, it had a gross earning of $2,250,000 on the North American continent, with over a million more earned internationally.}}
148. ^{{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA188&q=angel%20rock-bottom%20cost 188]}}. "The studio released its most profitable pictures of the decade in 1933, She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel, written by and starring Mae West. Produced at a rock-bottom cost of $200,000 each, they undoubtedly helped Paramount through the worst patch in its history..."
149. ^1 {{cite book |last=Solomon |first=Aubrey |title=The Fox Film Corporation, 1915–1935: A History and Filmography |year=2011 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=9780786462865}}* Way Down East: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zospQ7o5u0oC&pg=PA52 52]. "D.W. Griffith's Way Down East (1920) was projected to return rentals of $4,000,000 on an $800,000 negative. This figure was based on the amounts earned from its roadshow run, coupled with its playoff in the rest of the country's theaters. Griffith had originally placed the potential film rental at $3,000,000 but, because of the success of the various roadshows that were running the $4,000,000 total was expected. The film showed a profit of $615,736 after just 23 weeks of release on a gross of $2,179,613."* What Price Glory?: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zospQ7o5u0oC&pg=PA122&q=What%20Price%20Glory%20hit%20the%20jackpot%20with%20massive%20world%20rentals%20of%20%242%2C429%2C000%2C%20the%20highest%20figure%20in%20the%20history%20of%20the%20company.%20Since%20it%20was%20also%20the%20most%20expensive%20production%20of%20the%20year%20at%20%24817%2C000%20the%20profit%20was%20still%20a%20healthy%20%24796%2C000 112]. "What Price Glory hit the jackpot with massive world rentals of $2,429,000, the highest figure in the history of the company. Since it was also the most expensive production of the year at $817,000 the profit was still a healthy $796,000..."* Cavalcade: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zospQ7o5u0oC&pg=PA170 170]. "The actual cost of Cavalcade was $1,116,000 and it was most definitely not guaranteed a success. In fact, if its foreign grosses followed the usual 40 percent of domestic returns, the film would have lost money. In a turnaround, the foreign gross was almost double the $1,000,000 domestic take to reach total world rentals of $3,000,000 and Fox's largest profit of the year at $664,000."* State Fair: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zospQ7o5u0oC&pg=PA170 170]. "State Fair did turn out to be a substantial hit with the help of Janet Gaynor boosting Will Rogers back to the level of money-making star. Its prestige engagements helped raked in a total $1,208,000 in domestic rentals. Surprisingly, in foreign countries unfamiliar with state fairs, it still earned a respectable $429,000. With its total rentals, the film ended up showing a $398,000 profit."
150. ^1 {{cite book |last=Balio |first=Tino |year=1996 |title=Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930–1939 |volume=Volume 5 of History of the American Cinema |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520203341}}* Cavalcade: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_J9HTLOI08wC&pg=PA182 182]. "Produced by Winfield Sheehan at a cost of $1.25 million, Cavalcade won Academy Awards for best picture, director, art direction and grossed close to $4 million during its first release, much of which came from Great Britain and the Empire."* Whoopee: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_J9HTLOI08wC&pg=PA212 212]. "Produced by Sam Goldwyn at a cost of $1 million, the picture was an adaptation of a smash musical comedy built around Eddie Cantor...A personality-centered musical, Whoopee! made little attempt to integrate the comedy routines, songs, and story. Nonetheless, Cantor's feature-film debut grossed over $2.6 million worldwide and started a popular series that included Palmy Days (1931), The Kid from Spain (1932), and Roman Scandals (1933)."
151. ^{{citation |last=Block |first=Alex Ben |title=She Done Him Wrong |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA173 173] |quote=The worldwide rentals of over $3 million keep the lights on at Paramount, which did not shy away from selling the movie's sex appeal.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
152. ^{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=Kendall R. |title=Controversial Cinema: The Films That Outraged America |year=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781567207248 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ViQzDunkm9QC&pg=PA26 26] |quote=The reaction to West's first major film, however, was not exclusively negative. Made for a mere $200,000, the film would rake in a healthy $2 million in the United States and an additional million in overseas markets.}}
153. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA135 135]}}. "Total production cost: $274,076 (Unadjusted $s)."
154. ^{{Cite book |last=McBride |first=Joseph |title=Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |year=2011 |isbn=9781604738384 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DMkLpTFBEtUC&pg=PA309 309] |quote=According to the studio's books It Happened One Night brought in $1 million in film rentals during its initial release, but as Joe Walker pointed out, the figure would have been much larger if the film had not been sold to theaters on a block-booking basis in a package with more than two dozen lesser Columbia films, and the total rentals of the package spread among them all, as was customary in that era, since it minimized the risk and allowed the major studios to dominate the marketplace.}}
155. ^{{Cite book |last=Dick |first=Bernard F. |title=Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |year=2008 |isbn=9781604730876 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P3P9efYabOQC&pg=PA79 79] |quote=Although Columbia's president, Harry Cohn, had strong reservations about It Happened One Night, he also knew that it would not bankrupt the studio; the rights were only $5,000, and the budget was set at $325,000, including the performers' salaries.}}
156. ^1 {{cite book |last=Turk |first=Edward Baron |title=Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald |publisher=University of California Press |year=2000 |origyear=1st. pub. 1998 |isbn=9780520222533}}* The Merry Widow: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ojOxCgHZLpUC&pg=PA361 361] Cost: $1,605,000. Earnings: domestic $861,000; foreign $1,747,000; total $2,608,000. Loss: $113,000.* San Francisco: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ojOxCgHZLpUC&pg=PA364 364] Cost: $1,300,000. Earnings: domestic $2,868,000; foreign $2,405,000; total $5,273,000. Profit: $2,237,000. [Reissues in 1938–39 and 1948–49 brought profits of $124,000 and $647,000 respectively.]
157. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |last=Sedgwick |first=John |title=Popular Filmgoing In 1930s Britain: A Choice of Pleasures |publisher=University of Exeter Press |year=2000 |isbn=9780859896603 |pages=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YsUfc8Ijb-wC&pg=PA146 146]–148 |quote=Sources: Eddie Mannix Ledger, made available to the author by Mark Glancy...}}* Grand Hotel: Production Cost $000s: 700; Distribution Cost $000s: 947; US box-office $000s: 1,235; Foreign box-office $000s: 1,359; Total box-office $000s: 2,594; Profit $000s: 947.* The Merry Widow: Production Cost $000s: 1,605; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,116; US box-office $000s: 861; Foreign box-office $000s: 1,747; Total box-office $000s: 2,608; Profit $000s: -113.* Viva Villa: Production Cost $000s: 1,022; Distribution Cost $000s: 766; US box-office $000s: 941; Foreign box-office $000s: 934; Total box-office $000s: 1,875; Profit $000s: 87.* Mutiny on the Bounty: Production Cost $000s: 1,905; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,646; US box-office $000s: 2,250; Foreign box-office $000s: 2,210; Total box-office $000s: 4,460; Profit $000s: 909.* San Francisco: Production Cost $000s: 1,300; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,736; US box-office $000s: 2,868; Foreign box-office $000s: 2,405; Total box-office $000s: 5,273; Profit $000s: 2,237.
158. ^Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* {{cite book |last=Monaco |first=Paul |title=A History of American Movies: A Film-By-Film Look at the Art, Craft, and Business of Cinema |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780810874343 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tgnKY6k5tHYC&pg=PA54 54] |quote=Considered a highly risky gamble when the movie was in production in the mid-1930s, by the fiftieth anniversary of its 1937 premiere Snow Whites earnings exceeded $330 million.}}* {{cite book |last1=Wilhelm |first1=Henry Gilmer |last2=Brower |first2=Carol |title=The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures |publisher=Preservation Pub |year=1993 |isbn=978-0911515008 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0OtTAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22snow+white%22+million+worldwide+grosses 359] |quote=In only 2 months after the 1987 re-release, the film grossed another $45 million—giving it a total gross to date of about $375 million!}}* {{cite web |title=Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987 Re-issue) |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/9400/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-1987-re-issue |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=North American box-office: $46,594,719}}* {{cite web |title=Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1993 Re-issue) |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/9401/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-1993-re-issue |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=North American box-office: $41,634,791}}
159. ^1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio* {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}::p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA207&q=When%20the%20budget%20rose%20from%20%24250%2C000%20to%20%241%2C488%2C423 207]. "When the budget rose from $250,000 to $1,488,423 he even mortgaged his own home and automobile. Disney had bet more than his company on the success of Snow White."::p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA237&q=%22%248%20million%20in%20worldwide%20rentals%22%20george%20lucas%20blockbusting 237]. "By the end of 1938, it had grossed more than $8 million in worldwide rentals and was ranked at the time as the second-highest-grossing film after the 1925 epic Ben-Hur".::p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA255&q=%22foreign%20rentals%22 255]. "On its initial release Pinocchio brought in only $1.6 million in domestic rentals (compared with Snow White{{'}}s $4.2 million) and $1.9 million in foreign rentals (compared with Snow White{{'}}s $4.3 million)."
160. ^1938* You Can't Take It With You:{{cite web |title=You Can't Take It With You Premieres |publisher=Focus Features |url=http://focusfeatures.com/flashback?article_url=you_can_t_take_it_with_you_premieres |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6AeWlL1hk?url=http://focusfeatures.com/flashback?article_url=you_can_t_take_it_with_you_premieres |archivedate=September 13, 2012 |deadurl=yes |quote=You Can't Take It With You received excellent reviews, won Best Picture and Best Director at the 1938 Academy Awards, and earned over $5 million worldwide. |df= }}{{cbignore}}* Boys Town: {{citation |last=Block |first=Alex Ben |title=Boys Town |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA215 215] |quote=The film quickly became a smash nationwide, making a profit of over $2 million on worldwide rentals of $4 million.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.* The Adventures of Robin Hood: {{cite journal |last=Glancy |first=H. Mark |title=Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger |year=1995 |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume=1 |issue=15 |pages=55–60 |doi=10.1080/01439689500260031 |quote=$3.981 million.}}* Alexander's Ragtime Band: {{citation |last=Block |first=Hayley Taylor |title=Alexander's Ragtime Band |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA213&q=%22worldwide%20rentals%22 213] |quote=Once the confusion cleared, however, the film blossomed into a commercial success, with a profit of $978,000 on worldwide rentals of $3.6 million.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
161. ^{{cite web |last=Chartier |first=Roy |title=You Can't Take It With You |date=September 6, 1938 |website=Variety |url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117796537 |accessdate=September 13, 2011}}
162. ^{{cite web |title=Gone with the Wind |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services. LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1939/0GWTW.php |accessdate=February 8, 2013}}
163. ^{{cite web |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/4094/gone-with-the-wind |title=Gone with the Wind |website=Boxoffice |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
164. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA283 283]}} ."The final negative cost of Gone with the Wind (GWTW) has been variously reported between $3.9 million and $4.25 million."
165. ^{{cite web |title=Pinocchio (1940) |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/7922/pinocchio-1940 |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
166. ^{{cite book |last=Barrier |first=Michael |year=2003 |title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780199839223 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xt5k08yuAXIC&q=pinocchio%20%22negative%20cost%20was%20%242.6%20million%22 266] |quote=The film's negative cost was $2.6 million, more than $1 million higher than Snow White's.}}
167. ^{{cite book |last=Schatz |first=Thomas |title=Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s |volume=Volume 6 of History of the American Cinema |year=1999 |publisher=University of California Press |origyear=1st. pub. 1997 |isbn=9780520221307 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dwf5SUcfousC&pg=PA466 466] |quote=Boom Town ($4.6 million).}}
168. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA258 258]–[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA259&q=boom%20town%20biggest%20moneymaker 259]}}. "Production Cost: $2.1 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s) ... Boom Town was the biggest moneymaker of 1940 and one of the top films of the decade."
169. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA267&q=sergeant%20york%20worldwide 267]}}. "With worldwide rentals of $7.8 million in its initial release, the movie made a net profit of over $3 million."
170. ^{{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA301 301]}}. "The studio did particularly well with its war-related pictures, such as Sergeant York (1941), which cost $1.6 million but was the studio's biggest hit of the decade aside from This is the Army (1943), the Irving Berlin musical for which the profits were donated to the Army Emergency Relief fund."
171. ^{{cite web |title=Bambi |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/810/bambi |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
172. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA281&q=%22worldwide+rentals%22 281]}}. "Worldwide rentals of $3,449,353 barely recouped the film's nearly $2 million production cost."
173. ^1 2 3 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA712#v=twopage 712–713]}}.* Bambi: "Worldwide Box Office: $266.8; Production Cost: $1.7 (Millions of $s)"* 101 Dalmatians: "Worldwide Box Office: $215.0; Production Cost: $3.6 (Millions of $s)"* The Jungle Book: "Worldwide Box Office: $170.8"; Production Cost: $3.9 (Millions of $s)"* Aladdin: "Worldwide Box Office: $505.1"; Production Cost: $28.0 (Millions of $s)"
174. ^{{cite book |last=Glancy |first=Mark |title=When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film 1939–1945 |year=1999 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=9780719048531 |pages=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T_Yryky_eA4C&pg=PA94 94]–[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T_Yryky_eA4C&pg=PA95 95] |quote=Mrs Miniver was a phenomenon. It was the most popular film of the year (from any studio) in both North America and Britain, and its foreign earnings were three times higher than those of any other MGM film released in the 1941–42 season. The production cost ($1,344,000) was one of the highest of the season, indicating the studio never thought of the film as a potential loss-maker. When the film earned a worldwide gross of $8,878,000, MGM had the highest profit ($4,831,000) in its history. Random Harvest nearly matched the success of Mrs Miniver with worldwide earnings of $8,147,000 yielding the second-highest profit in MGM's history ($4,384,000). Random Harvest was also the most popular film of the year in Britain, where it proved to be even more popular than Britain's most acclaimed war film, In Which We Serve.}}
175. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}* Mrs. Miniver: {{citation |last=Burns |first=Douglas |title=Mrs. Miniver |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA279 279] |quote=Mrs. Minivers galvanizing effect on Americans spawned a record-breaking ten-week run at Radio City Music Hall and garnered a $5.4 million take in domestic rentals (making Mrs. Miniver 1942's top grosser), with a $4.8 million profit on worldwide rentals of $8.9 million.}}* Yankee Doodle Dandy: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA275&q=%22worldwide+rentals%22 275]. "It became the second biggest box-office hit of 1942 (after Mrs. Miniver) and was praised by critics, making a profit of $3.4 million on worldwide rentals of $6.5 million."
176. ^{{citation |last=McAdams |first=Frank |title=For Whom the Bell Tolls |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA287 287] |quote=Despite the early furor over the novel being “pro-red and immoral,” the film opened to strong and favorable reviews and brought in $11 million in worldwide rentals in its initial release.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
177. ^{{cite web |title=For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75353/For-Whom-the-Bell-Tolls/notes.html |accessdate=June 24, 2012}}
178. ^1 {{cite web |title=A Guy Named Joe (1944) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/191/A-Guy-Named-Joe/notes.html |accessdate=August 29, 2012 |quote=According to M-G-M studio records at the AMPAS Library, the film had a negative cost of $2,627,000 and took in $5,363,000 at the box office. When the picture was re-issued for the 1955–56 season, it took in an additional $150,000.}}
179. ^{{cite journal |last=Bergreen |first=Laurence |title=Irving Berlin: This Is the Army |date=Summer 1996 |volume=28 |issue=2 |journal=Prologue |url=https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/summer/irving-berlin-1.html |accessdate=August 22, 2012 |at=[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/summer/irving-berlin-3.html Part 3]}}
180. ^{{cite web |title=This Is the Army (1943) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92968/This-Is-the-Army/notes.html |accessdate=July 9, 2011}}
181. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA420&q=%22going%20my%20way%22 420]}}. "(Unadjusted $s) in Millions of $s – Production Cost: $1.0"
182. ^{{cite book |last=Schaefer |first=Eric |title="Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!": A History of Exploitation Films, 1919–1959 |year=1999 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=9780822323747 |pages=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CSBZqe0zPaMC&pg=PA197 197]–199 |quote=Leading the pack of postwar sex hygiene films was Mom and Dad (1944), which would become not only the most successful sex hygiene film in history but the biggest pre-1960 exploitation film of any kind. At the end of 1947, the Los Angeles Times reported that Mom and Dad had grossed $2 million. By 1949 Time had estimated that Mom and Dad had taken in $8 million from twenty million moviegoers. And publicity issuing from Mom and Dad's production company indicated that by the end of 1956 it had grossed over $80 million worldwide. Net rentals of around $22 million by 1956 would easily place it in the top ten films of the late 1940s and early 1950s had it appeared on conventional lists. Some estimates have placed its total gross over the years at up to $100 million, and it was still playing drive-in dates into 1975...The film was made for around $65,000 with a crew of Hollywood veterans including director William "One Shot" Beaudine, cinematographer Marcel LePicard, and a cast that sported old stalwarts Hardie Albright, Francis Ford, and John Hamilton.}}
183. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}* p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA296 296]. "Production Cost: $1.6 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)"* {{citation |last=Wasson |first=Sam |title=The Bells of St. Mary's |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA297 297] |quote=This was that rare sequel that did even better at the box office than the original, bringing in a $3.7 million profit on $11.2 million in worldwide rentals.}}
184. ^{{cite web |title=Song of the South |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services. LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1946/0SOTS.php |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}
185. ^{{cite book |last=Gabler |first=Neal |title=Walt Disney: the biography |year=2007 |publisher=Aurum Press |pages=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EX0WAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22song+of+the+south%22+%22million%22 438] |quote=Still, the film wound up grossing $3.3 million...}}
186. ^{{cite web |title=Song of the South (1946) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90871/Song-of-the-South/notes.html |accessdate=July 25, 2012}}
187. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010}}* p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA132 132]."Best Years was considerably cheaper, costing only $2.1 million, and therefore vastly more profitable."* p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA286 286] (note 6.70). "Worldwide rentals for The Best Years of Our Lives amounted to $14,750,000."
188. ^{{citation |last=Burns |first=Douglas |title=The Best years of Our Lives |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA301 301] |quote=The film made a $5 million profit on worldwide rentals of $14.8 million.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
189. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=Twentieth Century-Fox: a corporate and financial history|last=Solomon|first=Aubrey|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2002|isbn=9780810842441|series=Filmmakers series|volume=20|origyear=First published 1988}}* Sunny Side Up: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC&pg=PA10 10]. "Sunny Side Up, a musical starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, showed domestic rentals of $3.5 million, a record for the company."* Forever Amber: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC&q=%22on+the+surface%22+%22world+rentals%22+%248 66]. "On the surface, with world rentals of $8 million, Forever Amber was considered a hit at distribution level."* The French Connection:: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WIZwZOz8LHsC&pg=PA167 167]. "The Planet of the Apes motion pictures were all moneymakers and Zanuck's record would have immediately improved had he stayed through the release of The French Connection, which took in rentals of approximately $75 million worldwide.":: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=w70iAAAAMAAJ&q=%22french+connection%22#search_anchor 256]. "$3,300,00".
190. ^1 {{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA285 285] (note 6.56)}}. "The cost of Duel in the Sun has been reported as both $5,255,000 (Haver, David O'Selznick's Hollywood, 361) and $6,480,000 (Thomson, Showman: The Life of David O'Selznick, 472); the latter figure may include distribution expenses. Forever Amber cost $6,375,000 (Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, 243)."
191. ^{{cite book |last=Chopra-Gant |first=Mike |title=Hollywood Genres and Post-war America: Masculinity, Family and Nation in Popular Movies and Film Noir |year=2006 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |isbn=9781850438151 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RVdCSSVd_KQC&pg=PA18 18] |quote=Forever Amber: $8 million; Unconquered: $7.5 million; Life with Father: $6.25 million}}
192. ^{{cite web |title=Unconquered (1947) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4415/Unconquered/notes.html |accessdate=January 10, 2012}}
193. ^1 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA232 232]}}.* Mrs. Miniver: "Domestic Rentals: $5,358,000; Foreign Rentals: $3,520,000 (Unadjusted $s)"* Meet Me in St. Louis: "Domestic Rentals: $5,016,000; Foreign Rentals: $1,623,630 (Unadjusted $s)"* Easter Parade: "Domestic Rentals: $4,144,000; Foreign Rentals: $1,774,134 (Unadjusted $s)"
194. ^{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Frank |title=Easter Parade (1948) – Articles |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2332/Easter-Parade/articles.html |accessdate=July 19, 2012}}
195. ^{{cite book |last=Street |first=Sarah |title=Transatlantic Crossings: British Feature Films in the United States |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |year=2002 |isbn=9780826413956 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Y5cn_OiCJRkC&pg=PA110 110] |quote=Although both films had higher than average budgets (The Red Shoes cost £505,581 and Hamlet cost £572,530, while the average cost of the other thirty films for which Rank supplied information was £233,000), they resulted in high takings at home and abroad.}}
196. ^{{cite web |first=Lawrence H. |last=Officer |title=Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate From 1791 |publisher=MeasuringWorth |year=2011 |url=http://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/exchangepound/result.php?year_source=1791&year_result=2011 |accessdate=November 18, 2012 |quote=1947–1948: $4.03 (per British pound)}}
197. ^{{cite web |title=The Snake Pit |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services. LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1948/0SNPI.php |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/64efEVLpS?url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1948/0SNPI.php |archivedate=January 13, 2012 |deadurl=yes}}
198. ^{{cite news |title='Snake Pit' Seen No Problem After All |date=January 19, 1949 |work=Variety |page=[https://archive.org/stream/variety173-1949-01#page/n348/mode/1up 7]}}
199. ^{{cite web |title=Cinderella (1950) |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Cinderella-(1950) |accessdate=January 2, 2017}}
200. ^{{cite book |first1=Michael D. |last1=Eisner |first2=Tony |last2=Schwartz |title=Work in Progress |publisher=Pennsylvania State University |year=2009 |isbn=9780786885077 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=73_WAAAAMAAJ&q=cinderella+%22Released+in+February+1950,+it+cost+nearly+%243+million+to+make+but+earned+more+than+%2420+million+worldwide%22 178] |quote=Cinderella revived its fortunes. Re-released in February 1950, it cost nearly $3 million to make but earned more than $20 million worldwide.}}
201. ^{{cite book |last=Barrier |first=Michael |title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2003 |isbn=9780195167290 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zDJXnzMh7bkC&pg=PA401#v=snippet&q=%242.2%20million%20cinderella%20gross%20rentals%20disney%20and%20rko%20%247.8%20million 401] |quote=It cost around $2.2 million, little more than each of the two package features, Melody Time and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (as Tluo Fabulous Characters had ultimately been named), that just preceded it, but its gross rentals—an amount shared by Disney and RKO—were $7.8 million, almost twice as much as the two package features combined.}}
202. ^{{cite book |title=The E. J. Mannix ledger |year=1962 |publisher=Howard Strickling Collection |location=Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}
203. ^1 {{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA136 136]–139}}* Samson and Delilah: "...the film became the highest grosser in the studio's history to date, with domestic rentals of $7,976,730 by 1955 and a further $6,232,520 overseas...For all their spectacle, Samson and David were quite economically produced, costing $3,097,563 and $2,170,000 respectively."* Quo Vadis: "Production costs totaled a record $7,623,000...Worldwide rentals totaled $21,037,000, almost half of which came from the foreign market."
204. ^1 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA335 335]}}.* The Robe: "Domestic Rentals: $16.7; Foreign Rentals: $9.4; Production Cost: $4.1 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* Quo Vadis: "Domestic Rentals: $11.1; Foreign Rentals: $15.6; Production Cost: $7.5 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
205. ^{{cite news |last=Mulligan |first=Hugh A. |newspaper=The Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Oregon |title=Cinerama Pushing Ahead As Biggest Money-Maker |date=September 23, 1956 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GPRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6899,3861317 7B] }}
206. ^{{cite book |last=Zone |first=Ray |title=3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2012 |isbn=9780813136110 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k2Ajw-EEOEkC&pg=PA71 71] |quote=Produced at a cost of $1 million, This is Cinerama ran 122 weeks, earning $4.7 million in its initial New York run alone and eventually grossed over $32 million. It was obvious to Hollywood that the public was ready for a new form of motion picture entertainment. The first five Cinerama feature-length travelogues, though they only played in twenty-two theaters, pulled in a combined gross of $82 million.}}
207. ^{{citation |last=Burns |first=Douglas |year=2010 |title=The Greatest Show on Earth |pages=354–[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA355 355] |quote=By May 1953, Variety was reporting that the Best Picture winner had amassed $18.35 million in worldwide rentals.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
208. ^{{cite web |title=The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4608/The-Greatest-Show-on-Earth/notes.html |accessdate=January 8, 2012}}
209. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite book |last=Birchard |first=Robert S. |title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood |year=2009 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=9780813138299}}* ch. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h8I1dEf7GqIC&pg=PT104 45. The Ten Commandments] (1923). "Cost: $1,475,836.93; Gross: $4,169,798.38"* ch. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h8I1dEf7GqIC&pg=PT138 56. The Sign of the Cross]. "Cost: $694,064.67; Gross: $2,738,993.35 (to 1937)"* ch. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h8I1dEf7GqIC&pg=PT177 68. Samson and Delilah]. "Cost: $3,097,563.05"* ch. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h8I1dEf7GqIC&pg=PT181 69. The Greatest Show on Earth]. "Cost: $3,873,946.50; Gross receipts: $15,797,396.36 (to December 29, 1962)"* ch. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h8I1dEf7GqIC&pg=PT185 70. The Ten Commandments] (1956). "Cost: $13,272,381.87; Gross receipts: $90,066,230.00 (to June 23, 1979)"
210. ^{{cite web |title=Peter Pan (1953) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86554/Peter-Pan/notes.html |accessdate=July 24, 2011}}
211. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA147 147]–[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA148 148]}}. "To take full advantage of CinemaScope's panoramic possibilities, shooting was delayed for the sets to be redesigned and rebuilt, adding $500,000 to the eventual $4.1 million budget...It ultimately returned domestic rentals of $17.5 million and $25 million worldwide, placing it second only to Gone with the Wind in Variety{{'}}s annually updated chart."
212. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA367&q=%22foreign%20rentals%22 367]}}. "It brought in $16.7 million in domestic rentals, $9.4 million in foreign rentals, and made a net profit of $8.1 million."
213. ^{{cite web |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/8393/rear-window |title=Rear Window |website=Boxoffice |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
214. ^1 {{cite book |last=Lev |first=Peter |title=Transforming the Screen, 1950–1959 |publisher=University of California Press |year=2006 |volume=Volume 7 of History of the American Cinema |isbn=9780520249660}}* Quo Vadis: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TEGl2Ele_XoC&pg=PA15 15]. "MGM's most expensive film of the period, Quo Vadis (1951) also did extremely well. The cost was $7,623,000, earnings were an estimated $21.2 million (with foreign earnings almost 50 percent of this total), and profit was estimated at $5,562,000."* Rear Window: pp. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TEGl2Ele_XoC&pg=PA203 203]–[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TEGl2Ele_XoC&pg=PA204 204]. "Rear Window (1954) was an excellent commercial success, with a cost of $1 million and North American rentals of $5.3 million."
215. ^{{cite web |title=White Christmas |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/11167/white-christmas |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
216. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA420 420]}}. "Domestic Box Office: $19.6 million; Production Cost: $3.8 million."
217. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA149 149]}}. "VistaVision was first used for the musical White Christmas (1954), which Variety named the top grosser of its year with anticipated domestic rentals of $12 million."
218. ^{{cite web |title=20000 Leagues Under The Sea |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/14246/20000-leagues-under-the-sea |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
219. ^{{cite web |last=Miller |first=John M |title=20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) – Articles |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20642/20-000-Leagues-Under-the-Sea/articles.html |accessdate=January 9, 2012}}
220. ^{{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA320 320]}}. "It was up and running in time to handle Disney's most elaborate expensive feature, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, based on the book by Jules Verne, starring James Mason and Kirk Douglas and directed by Richard Fleischer at a cost of $4.5 million."
221. ^1 {{cite news|first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |title=Disney Animated Features at the Worldwide Box Office |date=October 27, 2003 |work=Variety |quote=The Jungle Book $378 million; Lady and the Tramp $187 million}}
222. ^{{cite web |title=Lady and the Tramp (1955) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80607/Lady-and-the-Tramp/notes.html |accessdate=July 27, 2011}}
223. ^{{cite news |last=Minego |first=Pete |work=Portsmouth Daily Times |location=Portsmouth, Ohio |title=Pete's Pungent Patter |date=May 21, 1956 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I7dQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6M8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4059,7032150&dq=cinerama-holiday+million 19]}}
224. ^{{cite web |title=Cinerama Holiday (1955) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/493857/Cinerama-Holiday/notes.html |accessdate=July 7, 2012}}
225. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}* p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA382 382]. "Production Cost: $2.4 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)"* {{citation |last=Burns |first=Douglas |title=Mister Roberts |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA383#v=onepage&q=%22%249.9%20million%22 383] |quote=Mister Roberts sailed onto movie screens buoyed by enthusiastic reviews and receptive audiences. For pr, Fonda, Cagney, and lemmon reenacted several scenes on ed sullivan's popular Toast of the Town television variety show. It returned a net profit of $4.5 million on worldwide rentals of $9.9 million, putting it in the top 5 domestic films of 1955.}}
226. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA327 327]}}. "Production cost: $13.3 million; Domestic Film Rental: $31.3; Foreign Film Rental: $23.9; Worldwide Box office (estimated): $122.7 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
227. ^1 {{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA159 159]–161}}* The Ten Commandments: "No film did more to entrench roadshow policy than The Ten Commandments. While the success of This Is Cinerama, The Robe, and even Eighty Days could be attributed, at least in part, to their respective photographic and projection formats, that of DeMille's film (which cost a record $13,266,491) could not...General release began at normal prices in 1959 and continued until the end of the following year, when the film was temporarily withdrawn (the first of several reissues came in 1966). The worldwide rental by this time was around $60 million. In the domestic market it dislodged Gone with the Wind from the number one position on Variety's list of All-Time Rentals Champs. GWTW had hitherto maintained its lead through several reissues (and was soon to regain it through another in 1961)."* The Bridge on the River Kwai: Columbia's Anglo-American war film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) opened on a roadshow basis in selected U.S. cities (including New York, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles) and in London. Costing only $2,840,000 to produce, it grossed $30.6 million worldwide on first release."
228. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA153 153]}}. "South Pacific also became for a time the most successful film ever released in the United Kingdom, where it earned a box-office gross three times its negative cost of $5,610,000. Anticipated global rentals after three years were $30 million."
229. ^{{Cite book |last=Ross |first=Steven J. |year=2011 |title=Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199911431 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pn1CuZUHk9MC&pg=PA278#v=twopage 278–279] |quote=Costing $15 million to produce, the film earned $47 million by the end of 1961 and $90 million worldwide by January 1989.}}
230. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA324 324]}}. "Worldwide box office: $146.9 million; Worldwide rentals: $66.1 million; Production cost: $15.9 million. (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)"
231. ^{{cite book |last=Reid |first=John Howard |title=America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies |volume=Volume 14 of Hollywood classics |publisher=Lulu |year=2006 |isbn=9781411678774 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zCm5aNkafSYC&pg=PA243 243]–245 |quote=Negative cost: around $4 million; Worldwide film rentals gross (including 1968 American reissue) to 1970: $30 million.}}
232. ^{{Cite book |last=Webster |first=Patrick |year=2010 |title=Love and Death in Kubrick: A Critical Study of the Films from Lolita Through Eyes Wide Shut |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=9780786459162 |pages=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Bz_x37RSSqIC&pg=PA298 298] (note 2.23) |quote=Spartacus cost $12 million and grossed some $60 million at the box office, figures Kubrick rarely again matched.}}
233. ^1 {{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA179 179]}}.* Spartacus: "In the case of Spartacus, overseas earnings to 1969 amounted to $12,462,044, while U.S. and Canadian rentals (even including a million-dollar TV sale) were only $10,643,181. But the film failed to show a profit on production costs of $10,284,014 because of the distribution charges and expenses amounting to an additional $15,308,083."* The Bible: "The Bible—In the Beginning... (1966) was financed by the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis from private investors and Swiss banks. He then sold distribution rights outside Italy jointly to Fox and Seven Arts for $15 million (70 percent of which came from Fox), thereby recouping the bulk of his $18 million investment. Although The Bible returned a respectable world rental of $25.3 million, Fox was still left with a net loss of just over $1.5 million. It was the last biblical epic to be released by any major Hollywood studio for nearly twenty years."
234. ^{{cite web |last=Nixon |first=Rob |title=Psycho (1960) – Articles |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24944/Psycho/articles.html |accessdate=January 9, 2012}}
235. ^{{cite web |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/11/101-dalmatians-1961 |title=101 Dalmatians (1961) |website=Boxoffice |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
236. ^{{cite web |title=One Hundred and One Dalmatians |website=Variety |date=December 31, 1960 |url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117793715 |accessdate=August 23, 2011}}
237. ^{{citation |last=Block |first=Hayley Taylor |title=West Side Story |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA449 449] |quote=With its three rereleases, it took in over $105 million in worldwide box office ($720 million in 2005 dollars).}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
238. ^Lawrence of Arabia* 1962 release: {{cite web |title=Lawrence of Arabia |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services. LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1962/0LWRN.php |accessdate=August 15, 2011 |quote=Worldwide Box Office: $69,995,385; International Box Office: $32,500,000}}* US total (including reissues): {{cite web |title=Lawrence of Arabia |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/5851/lawrence-of-arabia |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=$44,824,852}}
239. ^1 2 {{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA165 165]–[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA166 166]}}* Lawrence of Arabia: Columbia released the $13.8 million Lawrence of Arabia (1962), filmed in Super Panavision 70, exclusively on a hard-ticket basis, but opened Barabbas (1962), The Cardinal (1963), and the $12 million Joseph Conrad adaptation Lord Jim (1965) as 70mm roadshows in selected territories only."* The Longest Day: "Darryl's most ambitious independent production was The Longest Day (1962), a three-hour reconstruction of D-Day filmed in black-and-white CinemaScope at a cost of $8 million. It grossed over $30 million worldwide as a roadshow followed by general release, thereby helping the studio regain stability during its period of reorganization."* Cleopatra: "With top tickets set at an all-time high of $5.50,Cleopatra had amassed as much as $20 million in such guarantees from exhibitors even before its premiere. Fox claimed the film had cost in total $44 million, of which $31,115,000 represented the direct negative cost and the rest distribution, print and advertising expenses. (These figures excluded the more than $5 million spent on the production's abortive British shoot in 1960–61, prior to its relocation to Italy.) By 1966 worldwide rentals had reached $38,042,000 including $23.5 million from the United States."
240. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA164 164]}}. "West cost $14,483,000; although it earned $35 million worldwide in just under three years, with ultimate domestic rentals totaling $20,932,883, high distribution costs severely limited its profitability."
241. ^1 {{cite book |last=Chapman |first=James |title=Licence to thrill: a cultural history of the James Bond films |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-84511-515-9 |ref=harv}}* From Russia With Love: "The American release of From Russia With Love again followed on some six months after it had been shown in Britain. North American rentals of $9.9 million were an improvement on its predecessor, helped by a slightly wider release, though they were still only half the $19.5 million of foreign rentals... ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E8wqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22the+american+release+of+from+russia+with+love%22 Online copy] at Google Books)"* Diamonds Are Forever: "Diamonds Are Forever marked a return to the box-office heights of the Bond films of the mid-1960s. Its worldwide rentals were $45.7 million..."{{page needed|date=November 2018}}* Moonraker: "These figures were surpassed by Moonraker, which earned total worldwide rentals of $87.7 million, of which $33 million came from North America. ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E8wqAQAAIAAJ&q=$87.7+million Online copy] at Google Books)"
242. ^1 {{cite book |last=Balio |first=Tino |year=2009 |title=United Artists, Volume 2, 1951–1978: the Company that Changed the Film Industry |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=978-0-299-23014-2 |ref=harv |page=261}}* From Russia With Love: "The picture grossed twice as much as Dr. No, both domestic and foreign—$12.5 million worldwide ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KKoLAQAAMAAJ&q=%22%2412.5+million+worldwide%22 Online copy] at Google Books)"* Goldfinger: "Produced on a budget of around $3 million, Goldfinger grossed a phenomenal $46 million worldwide the first time around. ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KKoLAQAAMAAJ&q=Goldfinger+%22$46+million+worldwide%22 Online copy] at Google Books)"
243. ^1 {{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA184 184]}}* My Fair Lady: "My Fair Lady (1964) cost Warners $17 million to make, including a record $5.5 million just for the film rights to the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe stage show and a million-dollar fee for star Audrey Hepburn. By 1967 it was reported to have grossed $55 million from roadshowing worldwide."* Mary Poppins: "Mary Poppins (1964), which cost $5.2 million, was neither a stage adaptation nor a roadshow. But by the end of its first release, it had grossed nearly $50 million worldwide."
244. ^{{citation |last=Burns |first=Douglas |title=Mary Poppins |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA469 469] |quote=In its initial run, Poppins garnered an astounding $44 million in worldwide rentals and became the company's first Best Picture Oscar contender.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
245. ^{{cite web |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/9495/the-sound-of-music |title=The Sound of Music |website=Boxoffice |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
246. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA434 434]}}.* The Sound of Music: "Domestic Rentals: $68.4; Foreign Rentals: $46.2; Production Cost: $8.0 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* The Dirty Dozen: "Domestic Rentals: $20.1; Foreign Rentals: $11.2; Production Cost: $5.4 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* 2001: A Space Odyssey: "Domestic Rentals: $16.4; Foreign Rentals: $5.5; Production Cost: $10.3 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* Cleopatra: "Domestic Rentals: $22.1; Foreign Rentals: $18.2; Production Cost: $44.0 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* West Side Story: "Domestic Rentals: $16.2; Foreign Rentals: $15.6; Production Cost: $7.0 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* The Longest Day: "Domestic Rentals: $13.9; Foreign Rentals: $19.3; Production Cost: $8.6 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "Domestic Rentals: $29.2; Foreign Rentals: $7.9; Production Cost: $6.6 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
247. ^{{cite web |title=Hawaii |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services. LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1966/0HWII.php |accessdate=August 18, 2011}}
248. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{harvnb|Finler|2003|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA356 356]–363}}
249. ^{{cite web |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/11200/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf? |title=Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |website=Boxoffice |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
250. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA188 188]}}. "The negative cost of Warners' adaptation of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)—filmed in widescreen and black-and-white, largely set in domestic interiors and with a cast of only four principal actors—amounted to $7,613,000, in part because stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton received up-front fees of $1 million and $750,000 respectively, against 10 percent of the gross apiece. (Their participation was presumably added to the budget)."
251. ^{{cite news |title=Animals Portray Parts in Disney's "Robin Hood" |date=October 18, 1970 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |at=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19701018&id=k8hOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xQEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2133,463153 Sec. G, p. 7] |quote="The Jungle Book," in it's [sic] initial world-wide release, has grossed $23.8 million to date...}}
252. ^{{cite web |title=The Jungle Book |website=Variety |date=December 31, 1966 |url=https://variety.com/1966/film/reviews/the-jungle-book-1200421257/ |accessdate=March 14, 2018 |quote=It was filmed at a declared cost of $4 million over a 42-month period.}}
253. ^1 {{cite book |first1=R. Serge |last1=Denisoff |first2=William D. |last2=Romanowski |title=Risky Business: Rock in Film |year=1991 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=9780887388439}}* The Graduate: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kT0fKUCTUC4C&pg=PA167 167]. "World net rental was estimated at more than $85 million by January 1971."* Grease: p. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kT0fKUCTUC4C&pg=PA236 236]. "The film was produced for $6 million and Paramount reportedly spent another $3 million on promotion."
254. ^1 {{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA191 191]–192}}* The Graduate: "The Graduate eventually earned U.S. rentals of $44,090,729 on a production cost of $3.1 million to become the most lucrative non-roadshow picture (and independent release) to date."* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "None of these films was roadshown in the United States; most were set in contemporary America or had a contemporary "take" on the past (the casting of genuine teenagers to play Romeo and Juliet, the urbane sophistication of the dialogue in Butch Cassidy, the antiauthoritarianism of Bonnie and Clyde and MASH); most were produced on modest or medium-sized budgets (as low as $450,000 for Easy Rider and no higher than $6,825,000 for Butch Cassidy); and all grossed upward of $10 million domestically."
255. ^2001: A Space Odyssey* Total: {{cite web |last=Miller |first=Frank |title=2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Articles |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/628/2001-A-Space-Odyssey/articles.html |accessdate=August 24, 2011 |quote=2001: A Space Odyssey made $15 million on its initial U.S. release, and currently shows a worldwide gross of over $190 million.}}* As of 2006: {{cite book |last=Palmer |first=R. Barton |chapter=2001: The Critical Reception and the Generation Gap |editor-last=Kolker |editor-first=Robert Phillip |title=Stanley Kubrick's 2001: a Space Odyssey: New Essays |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2006 |isbn=9780195174526 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YpritcZXPFoC&pg=PA16 16] |quote=With its initial and subsequent releases, domestic and worldwide, Kubrick's arty, intellectual film earned nearly $138 million, which was, at that time, an astounding figure.}}* 2013 re-release: {{cite web |title=2001: A Space Odyssey (2013 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=20012013.htm |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |quote=Domestic Total Gross: $214,618; United Kingdom: $568,997}}* 2014 re-release: {{cite web |title=2001: A Space Odyssey (2014 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=20012014.htm |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |quote=Domestic Total Gross: $135,370}}* 2018 re-release: {{cite web |title=2001: A Space Odyssey (2018 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=20012018.htm |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |quote=Domestic Total Gross: $1,283,820; Australia: $192,457; Greece: $27,510; Netherlands: $159,068; New Zealand: $5,046; Russia: $155,841; United Kingdom: $296,525}}
256. ^{{cite news |last=Haber |first=Joyces |work=Los Angeles Times |title='Funny Girl' a Box Office Winner |date=March 27, 1969 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/672252782.html?dids=672252782:672252782&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI |accessdate=March 29, 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=ar%3A1&tbm=nws&q=%22funny+girl%22+%22%2480+to+%24100%22+million+worldwide |archivedate=March 29, 2012 |quote=..."Funny Girl" will gross an estimated $80 to $100 million worldwide.}}
257. ^{{cite news |last=Welles |first=Chris |title=Behind the Silence at Columbia Pictures—No Moguls, No Minions, Just Profits |work=New York |publisher=New York Media |date=September 7, 1970 |volume=3 |issue=36 |pages=42–[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8-ICAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47 47] |quote=While Columbia, battling Ray Stark over every dollar, did Funny Girl for around $8.8 million, a million or so over budget, Fox spent nearly $24 million on Hello, Dolly!, more than twice the initial budget, and the film will thus have to gross three times as much to break even.}}
258. ^Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* United States and Canada: {{cite web |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/1631/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid |title=Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |website=Boxoffice |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=$102,308,525}}* Outside North America: {{cite book |title=Vanity Fair |year=2008 |issue=577–578 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VloTAQAAMAAJ&q=%22by+the+spring+of+1970+it+had+taken+in+$46+million+in+North+America+and+grossed+another+$50+million+abroad%22&dq=%22by+the+spring+of+1970+it+had+taken+in+$46+million+in+North+America+and+grossed+another+$50+million+abroad%22 388] |quote=Butch Cassidy went on to be a huge hit—by the spring of 1970 it had taken in $46 million in North America and grossed another $50 million abroad.|title-link=Vanity Fair (magazine) }}
259. ^{{cite news |title='Love Story' II: Ryan Redux? |magazine=New York |publisher=New York Media |year=1976 |volume=9 |page= 389 |quote=Bring those handkerchiefs out of retirement. ... After all, the first movie made around $80 million worldwide.}}
260. ^{{citation |last=Block |first=Hayley Taylor |title=Love Story |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA545 545] |quote=The final cost came in at $2,260,000.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
261. ^{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Vernon |agency=United Press International |work=The Bryan Times |title="Airports" Flourish |date=June 30, 1979 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_L8wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x1EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5730,9236104 10]}}
262. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA541 541]}}. "Screenwriter and director George Seaton was given a then-whopping production budget of $10 million to make what would be his last big movie after a long career as an actor in radio, a screenwriter, and a director."
263. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA549 549]}}. "Fiddler had the highest domestic box office of 1971 (it was second in worldwide box office after Diamonds Are Forever), with more than $100 million in unadjusted worldwide box office on its initial release. The soundtrack album was also a huge seller. The 1979 rerelease was not as successful, with the $3.8 million print and ad costs almost as high as the $4.3 million in worldwide rentals."
264. ^1 2 3 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA428#v=twopage 428–429]}}* From Russia With Love: "Worldwide Box Office: 78.9; Production Cost: 2.0 (in millions of $s)"* Goldfinger: "Worldwide Box Office: 124.9; Production Cost: 3.0 (in millions of $s)"* Diamonds Are Forever: "Worldwide Box Office: 116; Production Cost: 7.2 (in millions of $s)"* Moonraker: "Worldwide Box Office: 210.3; Production Cost: 34.0 (in millions of $s)"
265. ^The Godfather* 1974: {{cite book |title=Newsweek |volume=84 |issue=19–27 |year=1974 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sCXkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%24285+million%22 74] |quote=The original Godfather has grossed a mind-boggling $285 million...|title-link=Newsweek }}* 1991: {{cite book |last=Von Gunden |first=Kenneth |title=Postmodern auteurs: Coppola, Lucas, De Palma, Spielberg, and Scorsese |publisher=McFarland & Company |year=1991 |isbn=9780899506180 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r91ZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%24285+million%22 36] |quote=Since The Godfather had earned over $85 million in U.S.-Canada rentals (the worldwide box-office gross was $285 million), a sequel, according to the usual formula, could be expected to earn approximately two-thirds of the original's box-office take (ultimately Godfather II had rentals of $30 million).}}* 1997 re-release: {{cite web |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/4049/the-godfather-1997-re-issue |title=The Godfather (Re-issue) |website=Boxoffice |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=North America: $1,267,249}}* As of 2010: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA246 246]}}. "Domestic Box Office: $135.0; Foreign Box Office: $110.1 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* Total: {{cite web |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/4048/the-godfather |title=The Godfather |website=Boxoffice |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=Worldwide Gross: $245,066,044}}
266. ^{{cite book |last=Jacobs |first=Diane |title=Hollywood Renaissance |publisher=Dell Publishing |year=1980 |isbn=9780440533825 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KP0HAQAAMAAJ&q=%22million+in+worldwide+sales%22+godfather 115] |quote=The Godfather catapulted Coppola to overnight celebrity, earning three Academy Awards and a then record-breaking $142 million in worldwide sales.}}
267. ^{{cite web |title=The Godfather (1972) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/443184/The-Godfather/notes.html |accessdate=January 9, 2012}}
268. ^{{cite web |title=The Exorcist |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/3253/the-exorcist |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
269. ^{{cite book |first1=Robert Henry |last1=Stanley |first2=Charles Side |last2=Steinberg |title=The media environment: mass communications in American society |publisher=Hastings House |year=1976 |isbn=9780803846814 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z30tAAAAMAAJ&q=%22the+sting%22+million+worldwide+exorcist&dq=%22 76] |quote=...further reflected by the phenomenal successes of The Sting, Chinatown and The Exorcist. The latter film, which cost about $10 million to produce, has grossed over $110 million worldwide.}}
270. ^{{Citation |title=New York |publisher=New York Media |year=1975 |volume=8 |quote=...Jaws should outstrip another MCA hit, The Sting, which had world-wide revenues of $115 million. ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jW8pAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+Sting%2C+which+had+world-wide%22+revenues Online copy] at Google Books)|title-link=New York (magazine) }}
271. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA560 560]}}. "Production Cost: $5.5 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
272. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA354 206]–208}}. "The most successful entry in the disaster cycle was the $15 million The Towering Inferno which earned over $48,650,000 in domestic rentals and about $40 million foreign."
273. ^{{cite news |first=Leonard |last=Klady |title=All-Time Top Film Rentals |date=1998 |work=Variety |url=http://www.variety.com:80/numbers/video.asp |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991007042514/http://www.variety.com/numbers/video.asp |archivedate=October 7, 1999 |quote=Domestic rentals: $48,838,000 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
274. ^{{cite magazine |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |title=  |date=January 27, 1976 |quote=Foreign rentals: $43 million}}{{cbignore}}{{bots|deny=Josvebot}}
275. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=568}}. "Production Cost: $14.3 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
276. ^{{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Mel |chapter=My Movies: The Collisions of Art and Money |title=The movie business book |editor-first=Jason E |editor-last=Squire |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=3 |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7432-1937-2 |quote=To their credit, Blazing saddles, opened wide in June to tremendous business around the country. It's done over $80 million in rentals worldwide in 1974 dollars. ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=f_ZlSCBuRO4C&pg=PT49 Online copy] at Google Books)}}
277. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA564 564]}}. "Production Cost: $2.6 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
278. ^{{cite web |title=Jaws |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/5281/jaws |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
279. ^{{cite book |first=Steven |last=Priggé |title=Movie Moguls Speak: Interviews With Top Film Producers |year=2004 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=9780786419296 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=40UTI-uUHpwC&pg=PA8 8] |quote=The budget for the first Jaws was $4 million and the picture wound up costing $9 million.}}
280. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA214 214]}}. "Rocky was the "sleeper of the decade". Produced by UA and costing just under $1 million, it went on to earn a box-office gross of $117,235,247 in the United States and $225 million worldwide."
281. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA527 527]}}.* Star Wars: "Domestic Rentals: $127.0; Foreign Rentals: $141.5; Production Cost: $13.0 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* The Godfather: "Domestic Rentals: $85.6; Foreign Rentals: $42.0; Production Cost: $7.2 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* Fiddler on the Roof: "Domestic Rentals: $34.0; Foreign Rentals: $11.1; Production Cost: $9.0 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* Rocky: "Domestic Rentals: $56.0; Foreign Rentals: $21.1; Production Cost: $1.6 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
282. ^{{citation |last=Block |first=Alex Ben |title=Rocky |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA583 583] |quote=The budget was $1,075,000 plus producer's fees of $100,000.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
283. ^{{cite web |title=Star Wars (1977) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars4.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2012}}
284. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |last=Wuntch |first=Philip |work=The Dallas Morning News |title=Return of E.T. |date=July 19, 1985 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CD81CFEA1C2E&p_field_direct-0=document_id |url-access=subscription |accessdate=March 6, 2012 |quote=Its worldwide box-office gross was $619 million, toppling the record of $530 million set by Star Wars. }}
285. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA218 218]}}. "Eventually costing $11,293,151, Star Wars was previewed at the Northpoint Theatre in San Francisco on May 1, 1977."
286. ^{{cite web |title=Grease |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/4188/grease |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
287. ^{{cite book |last=Hofler |first=Robert |title=Party Animals: A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll Starring the Fabulous Allan Carr |publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com |year=2010 |isbn=9781459600072 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iqRezpQzUcAC&pg=PA145 145] |quote=Despite the fact that Grease was well on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie musical in the world, and eventually grossed over $341 million...}}
288. ^{{cite web|title=Grease (40th Anniversary)|website=Box Office Mojo|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2018W34&id=_fGREASE401|accessdate=August 30, 2018}}
289. ^1 Kramer vs. Kramer* {{cite book |title=United & Babson Investment Report |year=1980 |volume=72 |publisher=Babson-United, Inc. |page= 262 |quote=Columbia Pictures Industries is continuing to rake in the box office dollars from its Oscar-winning Kramer vs. Kramer, which has topped $100 million in domestic grosses and $70 million overseas. Kramer, which cost less than $8 million to make, is now the second...}}* {{cite book |last=Prince |first=Stephen |title=A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980–1989 |publisher=University of California Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-520-23266-2 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_M3nR4wI99AC&pg=PA7 7] |quote=Much of this was attributable to the performance of its hit film, Kramer vs. Kramer ($94 million worldwide and the number two film in the domestic market).}}
290. ^{{cite web |title=Rocky II |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/8653/rocky-ii |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
291. ^{{cite news |last=Kilday |first=Greg |title=Rules of the Game |date=May 22, 1992 |work=Entertainment Weekly |issue=119 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,310543,00.html |accessdate=July 4, 2012}}
292. ^The Empire Strikes Back* Total up to 2014: {{cite web |title=The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars5.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2012 |quote=$538,375,067}}* Special edition: {{cite web |title=The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars5se.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2012 |quote=North America:$67,597,694; Overseas: $57,214,766}}* 2015 re-release: {{cite web |title=The Empire Strikes Back |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=00&id=starwars5.htm |accessdate=October 8, 2015 |quote=United Kingdom: $9,593,937}}
293. ^1 2 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA519 519]}}.* The Empire Strikes Back: "Production Cost: $32.0 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* Return of the Jedi: "Production Cost: $42.7 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."* The Phantom Menace: "Production Cost: $127.5 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
294. ^Raiders of the Lost Ark* {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=raidersofthelostark.htm |title=Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=November 4, 2012 |quote=Total: $389,925,971; North America: $212,222,025 (original run); Overseas: $141,766,000}}* {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA625 625]}}. Domestic Box office: $180.1; "Production Cost: $22.8 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
295. ^{{cite web |title=E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=et.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2012}}
296. ^1 {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA609 609]}}. "Steven Spielberg, by far the most successful director of the decade, had the highest-grossing movie with 1982's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, which grossed over $664 million in worldwide box office on initial release."
297. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA652 652]}}. "Production Cost: $12.2 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
298. ^Return of the Jedi* Total: {{cite web |title=Return of the Jedi (1983) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars6.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2012 |quote=$475,106,177}}* Special edition: {{cite web |title=Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars6se.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2012 |quote=North America:$45,470,437; Overseas: $43,790,543}}
299. ^{{cite web |title=Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=indianajonesandthetempleofdoom.htm |accessdate=February 12, 2013}}
300. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA664 664]}}. "Production Cost: $28.2 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
301. ^Back to the Future* Original release: {{cite web |title=Back to the Future (1985) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=backtothefuture.htm |accessdate=August 18, 2014 |quote=Worldwide: $381,109,762; Production Budget: $19 million}}* 2010 reisue: {{cite web |title=Back to the Future (2010 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fBACKTOTHEFUTURE01 |accessdate=August 10, 2014 |quote=Foreign Total: $2,315,159}}* 2014 reisue: {{cite web |title=Back to the Future (2014 re-issue) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fBACKTOTHEFUTURE02 |accessdate=August 31, 2014 |quote=United Kingdom: $5,628,876}}
302. ^{{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA268 268]}}. "The studio had a record operating income of $212 million in 1982, the year of Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (which had cost only slightly over $10 million) and $150 million in 1985, mainly due to another Spielberg production, the $22 million Back to the Future, which became the top box office hit of the year."
303. ^{{cite web |title=Top Gun |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/10391/top-gun |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
304. ^{{citation |last=McAdams |first=Frank |title=Top Gun |year=2010 |pages=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA678#v=twopage 678–679] |quote=Production Cost: $19.0 (Millions of $s) ... Despite mixed reviews, it played in the top 10 for an extended period and was a huge hit, grossing almost $345 million in worldwide box office.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
305. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{harvnb|Finler|2003|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA190#v=twopage 190–191]}}.
306. ^Fatal Attraction* {{cite web |title=Fatal Attraction |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/3401/fatal-attraction |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}* {{cite news |last=Scott |first=Vernon |agency=Hollywood (UPI) |work=The Daily Gazette |location=New York |title='Three Men and Baby' Sequel Adds Cazenove to Original Cast |date=June 15, 1990 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FHMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tIgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4281,3825772 9] (TV Plus – The Daily Gazette Supplement) |quote=That legacy is the $167,780,960 domestic box-office and $75 million foreign gross achieved by the original...}}
307. ^{{cite web |title=Rain Man |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/8322/rain-man |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
308. ^{{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA244 244]}}. "Rain Man: 30.0 (cost in million $s)"
309. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=indianajonesandthelastcrusade.htm |title=Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=September 15, 2013}}
310. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA694#v=twopage 694–695]}}. "Production Cost: $55.4 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s) ... The film went on to haul in over $494 million worldwide."
311. ^{{cite web |title=Ghost |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/3943/ghost |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
312. ^Terminator 2* Original release: {{cite web |title=Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminator2.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626051349/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminator2.htm |archivedate=June 26, 2017 |quote=$519,843,345}}* 3D re-release: {{cite web |title=Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=judgmentday3d.htm |accessdate=September 20, 2017}}
313. ^{{Cite news |last=Ansen |first=David |work=Newsweek |date=8 July 1991 |title=Conan The Humanitarian |url=http://www.newsweek.com/1991/07/07/conan-the-humanitarian.html |accessdate=September 19, 2013}}
314. ^{{cite web |title=Aladdin |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/285/aladdin |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
315. ^1 2 Jurassic Park* Total: {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark.htm |title=Jurassic Park (1993) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=September 15, 2013 |quote=Worldwide: $1,029,153,882; Production Budget: $63 million}}* Original release: {{cite web |title=Jurassic Park (1993) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark.htm |accessdate=April 5, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119003445/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark.htm |archivedate=January 19, 2013 |quote=$914,691,118}}* 2011 re-release: {{cite web |title=Jurassic Park (2011 re-release) |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fJURASSICPARK201&country=UK&wk=2011W38&id=_fJURASSICPARK201 |accessdate=January 17, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo |quote=United Kingdom: $786,021}}* As of 2010: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA756#v=twopage 756–757]}}. "Production Cost: $70.0 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s) ... Jurassic Park was a smash at the box office, bringing in $920 million in worldwide box office and spawning two sequels."
316. ^1 The Lion King* Total: {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lionking.htm |title=The Lion King (1994) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=Worldwide: $968,483,777; Production Budget: $45 million}}* Lifetime grosses (US & Canada): {{cite web |title=The Lion King (1994) – Release Summary |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=releases&id=lionking.htm |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=Initial: $312,855,561; IMAX: $15,686,215; 3D: $94,242,001}}* Lifetime grosses (outside US & Canada): {{cite web |first=Brad |last=Brevert |title='X-Men' & 'Alice' Lead Soft Memorial Day Weekend; Disney Tops $4 Billion Worldwide |date=May 29, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4191 |accessdate=May 29, 2016 |quote=...the original release of The Lion King made $450.6 million internationally, an additional $3.8 million with the 2002 IMAX reissue, and another $91.3 million from 2011's 3D reissue for an international total of $545.7 million.}}* As of 2010: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA764 764]}}. "Production Cost: $79.3 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
317. ^Toy Story* Total: {{cite web |title=Toy Story (1995) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=toystory.htm |accessdate=November 16, 2014 |quote=Worldwide: $373,554,033}}* 3D release: {{cite web |title=Toy Story in 3D (2009) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&view=bycountry&id=_fTOYSTORYIN3D01 |accessdate=November 16, 2014 |quote=Foreign Total: $8,680,257}}
318. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA776 776]}}. "Production Cost: $30.0 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)"
319. ^{{cite web |title=Die Hard: With A Vengeance |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/2715/die-hard-with-a-vengeance |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
320. ^{{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA123 123]}}.
321. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=independenceday.htm |title=Independence Day (1996) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=September 13, 2009}}
322. ^1 2 Titanic* Total: {{cite web |title=Titanic (1997) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanic.htm |accessdate=December 10, 2017|quote=$2,187,425,379}}* Original release: {{cite web |title=Titanic (1997) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanic.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321035129/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanic.htm |archivedate=March 21, 2012 |quote=$1,843,201,268}}
323. ^{{cite web |title=Armageddon |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/612/armageddon |accessdate=May 29, 2016}}
324. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA509 509]}}. "Production Cost: $140.0 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
325. ^1 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace* Total: {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars.htm |title=Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=April 2, 2012 |quote=$1,027,044,677}}* Original release: {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars.htm |title=Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=November 8, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719051149/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars.htm |archivedate=July 19, 2011 |quote=$924,317,558}}
326. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mi2.htm |title=Mission: Impossible II |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=January 6, 2012}}
327. ^1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*Total: {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter.htm |title=Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (2001) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=January 31, 2019}}* Re-release (2018): {{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypottersorcerer18.htm |title=Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (2018 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=January 31, 2019 |quote=North America: $295,917}}
328. ^The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* Total: {{cite web |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twotowers.htm |accessdate=March 4, 2012 |quote=$926,047,111}}* Re-release (2003): {{cite web |title=The Two Towers (Re-issue) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twotowers03.htm |accessdate=March 4, 2012 |quote=North America:$1,996,877; Overseas:$1,505,170}}* Re-release (2011): {{cite web |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2011 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twotowers03.htm |accessdate=March 4, 2012 |quote=North America:$764,607}}* Re-release (2017): {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING04&country=KR&wk=2017W3&id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING04&p=.htm |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2017 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=February 6, 2017 |quote=South Korea:$302,597}}
329. ^1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* Total: {{cite web |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=returnoftheking.htm |accessdate=March 4, 2012 |quote=$1,119,929,521}}* Re-release (2011): {{cite web |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2011 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rotk2011.htm |accessdate=March 4, 2012 |quote=North America:$818,580}}* Re-release (2017): {{cite web |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2017 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING05&country=KR&wk=2017W4&id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING05&p=.htm |accessdate=February 6, 2017 |quote=South Korea:$307,481}}
330. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shrek2.htm |title=Shrek 2 (2002) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=February 5, 2009}}
331. ^Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*Total: {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter4.htm |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=March 1, 2019}}*Re-release (2018): {{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter42018.htm |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2018 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=March 1, 2019 |quote=North America: $188,716}}
332. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean2.htm |title=Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=January 11, 2010}}
333. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean3.htm |title=Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}
334. ^1 The Dark Knight* Total: {{cite web |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=darkknight.htm |title=The Dark Knight (2008) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=October 28, 2012 |quote=Total: $1,004,558,444}}* Original release (excluding 2009 IMAX reissue): {{cite web |title=The Dark Knight |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services. LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/BATM2.php |accessdate=October 28, 2012 |quote=North America: $531,039,412 (as of January 22, 2009); Overseas: $466,000,000; IMAX re-release: January 23, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208015630/http://the-numbers.com/movies/2008/BATM2.php |archivedate=February 8, 2009}}* 2009 IMAX re-release: {{cite web |title=Warner Bros. Entertainment Wraps Record-Breaking Year |date=January 8, 2009 |publisher=Warner Bros. |url=http://www.warnerbros.com/studio/news/warner-bros-entertainment-wraps-record-breaking-year |accessdate=April 22, 2016 |quote=With worldwide receipts of $997 million, “The Dark Knight” is currently fourth on the all-time box office gross list, and the film is being re-released theatrically on January 23.}}* First-run gross and IMAX reissue: {{cite web |first=Brandon |last=Gray |title=Billion Dollar Batman |website=Box Office Mojo |date=February 20, 2009 |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2551 |accessdate=June 7, 2014 |quote=The Dark Knight had been hovering just shy of $1 billion for several months and reportedly sat at $997 million when Warner Bros. modestly relaunched it on Jan. 23, timed to take advantage of the announcement of the Academy Awards nominations on Jan. 22.}}
335. ^1 2 Avatar* Total: {{cite web |title=Avatar (2009) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2012 |quote=$2,787,965,087}}* Total as of 2013: {{cite web |title=Avatar (2009) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023173250/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=avatar.htm |archivedate=October 23, 2013 |quote=$2,782,275,172}}* Special edition: {{cite web |title=Avatar (Special Edition) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatarspecialedition.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2012 |quote=North America:$10,741,486; Overseas: $22,469,358}}
336. ^{{cite news |last=Patten |first=D. |title='Avatar's' True Cost—and Consequences |url=http://www.thewrap.com/article/true-cost-and-consequences-avatar-11206?page=1 |date=December 3, 2009 |publisher=The Wrap |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205175252/http://www.thewrap.com/article/true-cost-and-consequences-avatar-11206 |archivedate=December 5, 2009 |deadurl=yes}}
337. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=toystory3.htm |title=Toy Story 3 (2010) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=March 17, 2010}}
338. ^1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2* Total: {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter72.htm |title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=March 1, 2019}}* Re-release (2018): {{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter7b18.htm |title=Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2018 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=January 31, 2019 |quote=North America: $181,938}}* Production cost: {{cite news |last=Frankel |first=Daniel |title=Get Ready for the Biggest 'Potter' Opening Yet |work=The Wrap |date=17 November 2010 |url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/get-ready-biggest-potter-opening-yet-22607 |accessdate=August 27, 2011}}
339. ^1 {{cite web |title=The Avengers (2012) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avengers11.htm |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}
340. ^1 Frozen* {{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=frozen2013.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809232736/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=frozen2013.htm |archivedate=August 9, 2014 |quote=Worldwide – $1,274,219,009 (total as of August 8, 2014; including Japanese gross up to August 3, Spanish gross up to July 27, UK gross up to June 8, German gross up to March 30, and omitting Nigerian gross)}}* {{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Japan |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=JP&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=September 3, 2014}}::Total as of August 3, 2014: $247,650,477::Total as of August 31, 2014: $249,036,646* {{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Nigeria |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=NG&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=September 3, 2014}}::Total as of August 17, 2014: $167,333* {{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Spain |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=ES&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=November 6, 2014}}::Total as of July 27, 2014: $21,668,593::Total as of November 2, 2014: $22,492,845* {{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: United Kingdom |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=UK&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=March 30, 2016}}::Total as of June 8, 2014: £39,090,985::Total as of November 30, 2014: £40,960,083 ($1 = £0.63866)::Total as of December 7, 2014: £41,087,765 ($1 = £0.64136)::Total as of December 14, 2014: £41,170,608 ($1 = £0.636)::Total as of November 26, 2017: £42,840,559 ($1 = £0.7497)::Total as of December 3, 2017: £42,976,318 ($1 = £0.742)* {{cite web |title=Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Germany |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=DE&id=frozen2013.htm |accessdate=March 30, 2016}}::Total as of March 30, 2014: €35,098,170::Total as of October 18, 2015: €42,526,744:::nb. the exact euro to dollar conversion rate is unknown for earnings since April 2014, but the euro never fell below parity with the dollar during 2014 and 2015 (as can be verified by comparing the exchange rate on the individual date entries at the provided reference) so an approximate conversion rate of €1:$1 is used here to give a lower-bound.
341. ^{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/avengers-infinity-war-biggest-box-office-opening-ever-1202791751/|title='Avengers: Infinity War' Officially Lands Biggest Box Office Opening of All Time|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|website=Variety|date=April 30, 2018|accessdate=May 14, 2018|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6zQ2ITn0a?url=http://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/avengers-infinity-war-biggest-box-office-opening-ever-1202791751/|archivedate=May 14, 2018|deadurl=no|df=}}
342. ^{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/captain-marvel-opening-weekend-box-office-breaks-records-1202571905/|title='Captain Marvel' Rises To $154M U.S. Opening; Experts Say Female Superhero Pic Will Pass Breakeven In Week's Time|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 11, 2019|accessdate=March 31, 2019}}
343. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-fi-ct-box-office-captain-marvel-wonder-park-20190313-story.html|title='Captain Marvel' is likely to crush 'Wonder Park' at the box office|website=Los Angeles Times|date=March 13, 2019|first=Ryan|last=Faughnder|accessdate=March 31, 2019}}
344. ^{{cite web |title=20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1916/020LU.php |accessdate=January 5, 2012}}
345. ^{{cite book |title=Milwaukee Magazine |volume=32 |issue=1–6 |year=2007 |quote=The year's top–grossing movie, Aloma made $3 million in the first three months and brought Gray back to Milwaukee for its opening at the Wisconsin Theatre.|title-link=Milwaukee Magazine }}
346. ^{{cite book |last=Parkinson |first=David |title=The Rough Guide to Film Musicals |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2007 |isbn=9781843536505 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Zff4BhUOOnwC&pg=PA28 28] |quote=But they had previously succeeded in showing how musicals could centre on ordinary people with Sunny Side Up (1929), which had grossed $2 million at the box office and demonstrated a new maturity and ingenuity in the staging of story and dance.}}
347. ^1 {{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA6 6]–[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ro0hASPfC68C&pg=PA7 7]}}. "For similar reasons of accountability, Variety has typically used figures for domestic (U.S. and Canadian) rather than worldwide revenue. This became its standard policy in 1940, when the advent of war in Europe persuaded the American film industry (temporarily, as it turned out) that it should be wholly reliant on the home market for profitability. Where specific rentals data are reported in Variety before this (which tended to be only sporadically) they were often for worldwide rather domestic performance. This was also the case with other trade sources, such as Quigley{{'}}s annual Motion Picture Almanac, which published its own all-time hits lists from the early 1930s onward. The subsequent confusion of domestic and worldwide figures, and of rental and box-office figures, has plagued many published accounts of Hollywood history (sometimes including those in Variety itself), and we have attempted to be diligant in clarifying the differences between them."
348. ^{{cite news |last=Shearer |first=Lloyd |title=GWTW: Supercolossal Saga of an Epic |date=October 26, 1947 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/wind-ar6.html |accessdate=July 14, 2012}}
349. ^{{cite news |title=Cinema: The Big Grossers |date=February 2, 1953 |work=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817905,00.html |accessdate=September 15, 2012}}
350. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA129&q=%22Gone%20with%20the%20Wind%20includes%20initial%20release%20plus%20four%20rereleases%20(1941%2C1942%2C1947%20and%201954)%20since%20foreign%20rental%20revenues%20were%20available%20only%20cumulative%20through%201956.%22 129]}}. "Domestic Rentals: $30,015,000 (61%); Foreign Rentals: $18,964,000 (39%)...Gone with the Wind includes initial release plus four rereleases (1941,1942,1947 and 1954) since foreign rental revenues were available only cumulative through 1956."
351. ^{{citation |last=McDermott |first=Christine |title=Life with Father |year=2010 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA307 307] |quote=No matter what the billing, the movie became a worldwide hit with $6.5 million in worldwide rentals, from Pappa och vi in Sweden to Vita col padre in Italy, although it booked a net loss of $350,000.}} In: {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010}}.
352. ^{{cite news |last=Mulligan |first=Hugh A. |work=The Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Oregon |title=Cinerama Pushing Ahead As Biggest Money-Maker |date=September 23, 1956 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GPRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6899,3861317 7B] }}
353. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA145 145]}}. "The commercial success of the five Cinerama travelogues, which earned an aggregate worldwide box-office gross of $120 million by 1962 (including $82 million in the United States and Canada), nevertheless demonstrated to the mainstream industry the market value of special screen formats."
354. ^1 {{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA358 358]}}
355. ^1 {{cite book |last=Wasko |first=Janet |contribution=D.W. Griffiths and the banks: a case study in film financing |editor-last=Kerr |editor-first=Paul |title=The Hollywood Film Industry: A Reader |publisher=Routledge |year=1986 |isbn=9780710097309 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jMINAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA34 34] |quote=Various accounts have cited $15 to $18 million profits during the first few years of release, while in a letter to a potential investor in the proposed sound version, Aitken noted that a $15 to $18 million box-office gross was a 'conservative estimate'. For years Variety has listed The Birth of a Nation's total rental at $50 million. (This reflects the total amount paid to the distributor, not box-office gross.) This 'trade legend' has finally been acknowledged by Variety as a 'whopper myth', and the amount has been revised to $5 million. That figure seems far more feasible, as reports of earnings in the Griffith collection list gross receipts for 1915–1919 at slightly more than $5.2 million (including foreign distribution) and total earnings after deducting general office expenses, but not royalties, at about $2 million.}}
356. ^{{cite news |title=Biggest Money Pictures |work=Variety |date=June 21, 1932 |page=1}} Cited in {{cite web |title=Biggest Money Pictures |publisher=Cinemaweb |url=http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/7_v_32_4.htm |accessdate=June 25, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105043830/http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/7_v_32_4.htm |archivedate=November 5, 2011}}
357. ^{{cite news |agency=United Press International |work=Daily Record |location=Ellensburg, Washington |title='Peter Pan' flies again |date=July 21, 1989 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r3dUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WY8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2540,2188129 16]}}
358. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA237 237]}}. "By the end of 1938, it had grossed more than $8 million in worldwide rentals and was ranked at the time as the second-highest-grossing film after the 1925 epic Ben-Hur".
359. ^{{harvnb|Finler|2003|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA47 47]}}. "Walt Disney took a big risk when he decided to invest $1.5 million in his first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It became the biggest hit of the sound era and the largest-grossing movie since The Birth of a Nation – until the release of independent producer David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind just two years later."
360. ^{{Cite book |last=Barrios |first=Richard |title=A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1995 |isbn=9780195088113 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V_C3AmDL314C&pg=PA49 49] |quote=Since it's rarely seen today, The Singing Fool is frequently confused with The Jazz Singer; although besides Jolson and a pervasively maudlin air the two have little in common. In the earlier film Jolson was inordinately attached to his mother and sang "Mammy"; here the fixation was on his young son, and "Sonny Boy" became an enormous hit. So did the film, which amassed a stunning world-wide gross of $5.9 million...Some sources give it as the highest gross of any film in its initial release prior to Gone with the Wind. This is probably overstating it—MGM's records show that Ben-Hur and The Big Parade grossed more, and no one knows just how much The Birth of a Nation brought in. Still, by the standards of the time it's an amazing amount.}}
361. ^{{cite book |last=Everson |first=William K. |year=1998 |origyear=First published 1978 |title=American silent film |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0-306-80876-0 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pyQaKxBjjzMC&pg=PA374 374] |quote=Putting The Birth of a Nation in fifth place is open to question, since it is generally conceded to be the top-grossing film of all time. However, it has always been difficult to obtain reliable box-office figures for this film, and it may have been even more difficult in the mid-1930's. After listing it until the mid-1970's as the top-grosser, though finding it impossible to quote exact figures, Variety, the trade journal, suddenly repudiated the claim but without giving specific details or reasons. On the basis of the number of paid admissions, and continuous exhibition, its number one position seems justified.}}
362. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA163 163]}}. "MGM's silent Ben-Hur, which opened at the end of 1925, had out-grossed all the other pictures released by the company in 1926 combined. With worldwide rentals of $9,386,000 on first release it was, with the sole possible exception of The Birth of a Nation, the highest-earning film of the entire silent era."
363. ^1 {{cite news |last=du Brow |first=Rick |work=The Columbus Dispatch |title=Documentary On The Klan Made Quite An Impact On Du Brow |date=September 22, 1965 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i9sbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ClEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7022,1479191 12]}}
364. ^{{cite news |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Culture quake: The Birth of a Nation |date=April 12, 2004 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3615281/Culture-quake-The-Birth-of-a-Nation.html |accessdate=January 31, 2012}}
365. ^{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Bob |authorlink=Bob Thomas (reporter) |agency=Associated Press |work=Reading Eagle |title='West Side Story' Earned $19 Million Last Year |date=January 18, 1963 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YxMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gpwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3048,210679 20]}}
366. ^{{cite journal |first1=Louis |last1=Klopsch |first2=George Henry |last2=Sandison |first3=Thomas De Witt |last3=Talmage |title=Christian Herald |year=1965 |volume=88 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ou3eAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22ten+commandments%22+rentals&q=%22ten+commandments%22+rentals 68] |quote=Yet "The Ten Commandments" has earned 58 million dollars in film rentals and is expected to bring in 10 to 15 million each year it is reissued.}}
367. ^{{harvnb|Hall|Neale|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jhvrSwOOsRgC&pg=PA160#v=twopage 160–161]}}. "General release began at normal prices in 1959 and continued until the end of the following year, when the film was temporarily withdrawn (the first of several reissues came in 1966). The worldwide rental by this time was around $60 million. In the domestic market it dislodged Gone with the Wind from the number one position on Variety{{'}}s list of All-Time Rentals Champs. GWTW had hitherto maintained its lead through several reissues (and was soon to regain it through another in 1961)."
368. ^{{cite news |last=Oviatt |first=Ray |work=Toledo Blade |title=The Memory Isn't Gone With The Wind |date=April 16, 1961 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V75OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4564,6940480 67]–68}}
369. ^{{cite web |title=Ben-Hur (1959) – Notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/415095/Ben-Hur/notes.html |accessdate=November 17, 2012}}
370. ^{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Bob |authorlink=Bob Thomas (reporter) |agency=Associated Press |work=The Robesonian |title=Movie Finances Are No Longer Hidden From Scrutiny |date=August 1, 1963 |page=[https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=QsBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iUANAAAAIBAJ&pg=7022,1836881 10]}}
371. ^{{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA324 324]}}. "Worldwide rentals: $66.1 million (initial release)"
372. ^{{cite news |author=Washington (AP) |work=The Free Lance–Star |title='Deep Throat' star against pornography |date=September 13, 1984 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=deJLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5792,1886785 12]}}
373. ^{{cite news |last=Hiltzik |first=Michael |work=Los Angeles Times |title='Deep Throat' Numbers Just Don't Add Up |date=February 24, 2005 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/feb/24/business/fi-golden24 |accessdate=February 2, 2012}}
374. ^{{cite news |author=Memphis (UPI) |work=The Palm Beach Post |title='Deep Throat' Defendant Found Guilty of Conspiring |date=May 1, 1976 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5lc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YM0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1025,8602 A2]}}
375. ^{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Ebert |website=rogerebert.com |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |title=Inside Deep Throat |date=February 11, 2005 |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050210/REVIEWS/50128001 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606050046/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20050210%2FREVIEWS%2F50128001 |archivedate=June 6, 2011 |deadurl=no |accessdate=February 2, 2012 |df=}}
376. ^{{cite book |first=Pauline |last=Bartel |title=The Complete Gone with the Wind Trivia Book: The Movie and More |year=1989 |publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing |isbn=978-0-87833-619-7 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJLb5GC35E8C&pg=PA127 127] |quote=At the end of the 1941 general release, MGM decided to withdraw GWTW again. The prints were battered, but the studio believed one final fling for GWTW was possible. The film returned to movie theaters for the third time in the spring of 1942 and stayed in release until late 1943 ... When MGM finally pulled the film from exhibition, all worn-out prints were destroyed, and GWTW was at last declared out of circulation. MGM, which by then had sole ownership of the film, announced that GWTW had grossed over $32 million.}}
377. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |last=Dirks |first=Tim |title=Top Films of All-Time: Part 1 – Box-Office Blockbusters |publisher=Filmsite.org |url=http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmssummary.html |accessdate=August 11, 2010}}
378. ^{{cite news |title=Show Business: Record Wind |date=February 19, 1940 |work=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,763541,00.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202110029/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,763541,00.html |archivedate=February 2, 2010 |deadurl=no |accessdate=January 19, 2013 |subscription=yes}}
379. ^1 {{cite web |first1=Frank |last1=Miller |first2=Jeff |last2=Stafford |title=Gone With the Wind (1939) – Articles |date=January 5, 2007 |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414427/Gone-With-the-Wind/articles.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926003430/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414427/Gone-With-the-Wind/articles.html |archivedate=September 26, 2013}}
380. ^1 {{cite web |first1=Frank |last1=Miller |first2=Jeff |last2=Stafford |title=Gone With the Wind (1939) – Articles |date=January 5, 2007 |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414427/Gone-With-the-Wind/articles.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728160304/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414427/Gone-With-the-Wind/articles.html |archivedate=July 28, 2013}}
381. ^{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Bob |authorlink=Bob Thomas (reporter) |agency=Associated Press |work=The Robesonian |title=Movie Finances Are No Longer Hidden From Scrutiny |date=August 1, 1963 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QsBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iUANAAAAIBAJ&pg=7022,1836881 10]}}
382. ^{{cite book |title=The Atlantic Monthly |year=1973 |volume=231 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=38wmAQAAIAAJ&q=%22As+of+the+end+of+1971,+GWTW+stood+as+the+all-time+money-drawing+movie,+with+a+take+of+$116+million%22&dq=%22As+of+the+end+of+1971,+GWTW+stood+as+the+all-time+money-drawing+movie,+with+a+take+of+$116+million%22 2] |quote=As of the end of 1971, GWTW stood as the all-time money-drawing movie, with a take of $116 million, and, with this year's reissues, it should continue to run ahead of the second place contender and all-time kaffee-mit-schlag spectacle.|title-link=The Atlantic Monthly }}
383. ^{{cite book |title=New Times |volume=2 |year=1974 |quote=Coppola is King Midas, the most individually powerful U.S. filmmaker ." His credits include directing the first Godfather (worldwide earnings: $142 million, ahead of Gone with the Wind, The Sound of Music and The Exorcist)...([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YSBXAAAAMAAJ&q=%24142+million Online copy] at Google Books)|title-link=New Times (magazine) }}
384. ^{{cite book |last=Dick |first=Bernard F. |title=City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=1997 |isbn=9780813120164 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e5gzKoozo6sC&pg=PA168 168] |quote=Jaws (1975) saved the day, grossing $104 million domestically and $132 million worldwide by January 1976.}}
385. ^{{cite news |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |work=The Victoria Advocate |title=Director of 'Jaws II' Abandons His 'Ship' |date=July 5, 1977 |page=[https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=xy4PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4243,812320 6B]}}
386. ^1 {{cite news |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |work=The Victoria Advocate |title=Director of 'Jaws II' Abandons His 'Ship' |date=July 5, 1977 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xy4PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4243,812320 6B]}}
387. ^{{cite news |author=New York (AP) |work=The StarPhoenix |title=Scariness of Jaws 2 unknown quantity |date=May 26, 1978 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TpZjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dnoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5679,3145694 21]}}
388. ^{{cite news |last=Fenner |first=Pat C. |work=Evening Independent |title=Independent Action |date=January 16, 1978 |page=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JgAMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mVgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6721,49636 11-A]}}
389. ^{{cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |work=The New York Times |title=The Saga Beyond 'Star Wars' |date=May 18, 1980 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0617FE345D17728DDDA10994DD405B8084F1D3 |accessdate=January 30, 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=607&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F1978%2Ccd_max%3A1981&tbm=nws&q=%22star+wars%22++%24410+million |archivedate=January 31, 2012 |quote="Star Wars" has brought 20th Century-Fox approximately $250 million in film rentals ... "Star Wars" grossed $410 million, and his share was enough to allow him to finance its sequel, "The Empire Strikes Back," himself.}}
390. ^{{cite book |last=Cook |first=David A. |title=Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970–1979 |volume=Volume 9 of History of the American Cinema, Charles Harpole |year=2002 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520232655 |page=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HVygqYMVP2wC&pg=PA50 50] |quote=The industry was stunned when Star Wars earned nearly $3 million in its first week and by the end of August had grossed $100 million; it played continuously throughout 1977–1978, and was officially re-released in 1978 and 1979, by the end of which it had earned $262 million in rentals worldwide to become the top- grossing film of all time – a position it would maintain until surpassed by Universal's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial in January 1983.}}
391. ^{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park (1993) – Miscellaneous notes |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80025/Jurassic-Park/misc-notes.html |accessdate=July 9, 2011}}
392. ^{{cite news |title=Titanic sinks competitors without a trace |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=February 25, 1998 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/59913.stm |accessdate=August 13, 2010}}
393. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/movies/awardsseason/27record.html |title=He Doth Surpass Himself: 'Avatar' Outperforms 'Titanic' |work=The New York Times |last=Cieply |first=Michael |date=January 26, 2010 |accessdate=January 27, 2010}}
394. ^{{cite news |first=Frank |last=Segers |title='Avatar' breaks 'Titanic' worldwide record |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 25, 2010 |accessdate=December 4, 2010 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avatar-breaks-titanic-worldwide-record-19914}}
395. ^{{cite web |title=Box Office History for James Bond Movies |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/JamesBond.php |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
396. ^{{cite web |title=Box Office History for Star Wars Movies |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/StarWars.php |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
397. ^{{cite web |title=Indiana Jones – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=indianajones.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
398. ^{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=November 16, 2003 |title=Bayonne Bleeder Throws a Punch at the Italian Stallion |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/sports/othersports/16ANDE.html |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
399. ^{{Cite news |last=Schneiderman |first=R. M. |date=August 10, 2006 |title=Stallone Settles With The 'Real' Rocky |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/08/10/rocky-stallone-settlement-cx_rs_0810autofacescan04.html |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
400. ^{{cite web |last=Poller |first=Kenneth G. |date=November 12, 2003 |title=Charles Wepner v. Sylvester Stallone |publisher=Mango & Iacoviello |url=http://www.mandilaw.com/files/complaint.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
401. ^{{cite web |title=Batman – Worldwide (Unadjusted) & Batman: Mask of the Phantasm |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=batman.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
402. ^{{cite web |title=Jurassic Park – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jurassicpark.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
403. ^{{cite web |title=Box Office History for Star Trek Movies |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/StarTrek.php |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
404. ^{{cite web |title=Movie Franchises |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/franchisesW.php |accessdate=September 19, 2017}}
405. ^1 2 {{Cite news |author=The Economist online |date=July 11, 2011 |title=Pottering on, and on |work=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/07/film-franchises |accessdate=January 4, 2012}}
406. ^{{Cite news |first=Jess |last=Nevins |date=August 23, 2011 |title=A Brief History of the Crossover |work=io9 |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/5833704/a-brief-history-of-the-crossover |accessdate=July 19, 2018}}
407. ^{{Cite news |first=Jess |last=Nevins |date=September 9, 2011 |title=The First Shared Universes |work=io9 |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/5838896/the-first-shared-universes |accessdate=July 19, 2018}}
408. ^{{cite news |title=How ‘Spectre’ May Stack Up With ‘Thunderball’ as a James Bond Blockbuster |date=November 6, 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/05/business/media/james-bond-films-most-popular-box-office.html |accessdate=January 7, 2018}}
409. ^{{cite news |last=Harrod |first=Horatia |title=Pixar's $6 billion playthings |date=May 17, 2011 |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8509310/Pixars-6-billion-playthings.html |accessdate=April 12, 2012}}
410. ^{{cite web |first=Rachel |last=Swatman |title=Star Wars: The Force Awakens second trailer sets YouTube world record |date=June 16, 2015 |publisher=Guinness World Records |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/6/star-wars-the-force-awakens-preview-becomes-most-viewed-movie-trailer-on-youtube-385758 |accessdate=June 17, 2015}}
411. ^{{cite web |title=Field Listings – Exchange Rates |website=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2076.html |accessdate=June 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215024949/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook//fields/2076.html |archive-date=2015-02-15 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
412. ^{{cite web |title=Finding Dory vs. Finding Nemo |format=North American "domestic" grosses adjusted to 2016 prices |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=findingsuccess.htm&adjust_yr=2016 |accessdate=October 21, 2016}}

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{{note label|Franchise sources|§|§}}Franchise and series sources

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  • {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/ |accessdate=April 23, 2015 |title=Franchise Index |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Avengers
    • {{cite web |title=Avengers – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=avengersfranchise.htm |accessdate=October 12, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Batman
    • {{cite web |title=Batman – Worldwide (Unadjusted) & Batman: Mask of the Phantasm |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=batman.htm |accessdate=July 26, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite news |title=Big Rental Pictures of 1966 |work=Variety |date=January 4, 1967 |page=8 |quote=Batman: $1.7 million}}
    • {{cite web |title=Catwoman (2004) |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=catwoman.htm |accessdate=July 22, 2012}}
    • {{cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Batman-Return-of-the-Caped-Crusaders#tab=summary |title=Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders |website=The Numbers |accessdate=December 17, 2016}}
    • {{cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Batman-and-Harley-Quinn#tab=summary |title=Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) |website=The Numbers |accessdate=August 22, 2017}}
  • Captain America
    • {{cite web |title=Captain America (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=captainamerica.htm |accessdate=June 19, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • DC Extended Universe
    • {{cite web |title=DC Extended Universe – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=dc.htm |accessdate=October 16, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Despicable Me
    • {{cite web |title=Despicable Me (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=despicableme.htm |accessdate=November 4, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • The Fast and the Furious
    • {{cite web |title=The Fast and the Furious – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=fastandthefurious.htm |accessdate=April 22, 2017 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=The Fate of the Furious (2017-04-14) |website=Boxoffice |url=http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/29210/the-fate-of-the-furious |accessdate=January 11, 2018}}
  • The Hunger Games
    • {{cite web |title=The Hunger Games – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=hungergames.htm |accessdate=March 31, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Ice Age
    • {{cite web |title=Ice Age – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=iceage.htm |accessdate=January 10, 2017 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=Ice Age: The Meltdown 3D (2014) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=CH&wk=2014W44&id=_fICEAGETHEMELTDOW01 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |website=Box Office Mojo |quote=Foreign Total: $6,095,750}}
  • Iron Man
    • {{cite web |title=Iron Man – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=ironmanfranchise.htm |accessdate=December 14, 2013 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World
    • {{cite web |title=J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jkrowling.htm |accessdate=November 17, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • James Bond
    • {{cite web |title=James Bond – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jamesbond.htm |accessdate=April 17, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}} (Brosnan and Craig)
    • {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|pp=[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA428#v=twopage 428–429]}}. "James Bond Franchise Films: All-Release Worldwide Box Office." (Connery, Lazenby, Moore and Dalton)
    • {{cite web |title=Never Say Never Again (1983) |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1983/0NSNA.php |accessdate=November 25, 2012}}
    • {{cite web |title=Casino Royale (1967) |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1967/0CARO.php |accessdate=January 6, 2012}}
  • Jurassic Park
    • {{cite web |title=Jurassic Park – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jurassicpark.htm |accessdate=November 25, 2018 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=Jurassic Park (2011 re-release) |url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fJURASSICPARK201&country=UK&wk=2011W38&id=_fJURASSICPARK201 |accessdate=January 17, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo |quote=United Kingdom: $786,021}}
  • Madagascar
    • {{cite web |title=Madagascar – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=madagascar.htm |accessdate=May 15, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe
    • {{cite web |title=Marvel Cinematic Universe – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=avengers.htm |accessdate=June 19, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Middle-earth
    • {{cite web |title=Middle Earth – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=middleearth.htm |accessdate=November 18, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING03&country=KR&wk=2017W2&id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING03&p=.htm |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2017 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=February 6, 2017}}
    • {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING04&country=KR&wk=2017W3&id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING04&p=.htm |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2017 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=February 6, 2017}}
    • {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING05&country=KR&wk=2017W4&id=_fTHELORDOFTHERING05&p=.htm |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2017 re-release) |website=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=February 6, 2017}}
    • {{cite web |title=The Lord of the Rings – Worldwide (Unadjusted) & The Lord of the Rings (1978) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=lordoftherings.htm |accessdate=April 23, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Mission: Impossible
    • {{cite web |title=Mission: Impossible – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=missionimpossible.htm |accessdate=November 4, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
    • {{cite web |title=Pirates of the Caribbean – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=piratesofthecaribbean.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Shrek
    • {{cite web |title=Shrek – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=shrek.htm |accessdate=December 14, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Spider-Man
    • {{cite web |title=Spider-Man – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=spiderman.htm |accessdate=December 15, 2014 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=Spider-Man / Men in Black II |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=spidermeninblack.htm |accessdate=May 31, 2018 }}
  • Star Trek
    • {{cite web |title=Box Office History for Star Trek Movies |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/StarTrek.php |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}
  • Star Wars
    • {{cite web |title=Star Wars (1977) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars4.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=The Empire Strikes Back |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=00&id=starwars5.htm |accessdate=October 8, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=Return of the Jedi |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars6.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=The Phantom Menace |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars.htm |accessdate=November 25, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=Attack of the Clones |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars2.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=Revenge of the Sith |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars3.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=The Clone Wars |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwarsclonewars.htm |accessdate=January 6, 2012 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • Disney releases (2015–present): {{cite web |title=Star Wars – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=starwars.htm |accessdate=October 9, 2018 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • Superman
    • Superman, Superman Returns, Man of Steel and Batman v Superman:
    • {{cite web |title=Superman – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=superman.htm |accessdate=May 15, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • Superman II, Superman III and Superman IV:
    • {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=534}}. "Superman Franchise Films: All-Release Worldwide Box Office Revenues vs. Production Costs – Equivalent 2005 $s."
    • {{harvnb|Block|Wilson|2010|p=xii}}. "Notes on Adjusting Dollars and Making Estimates – Adjusting Revenues."
    • {{cite web |title=Adjusting for Ticket Price Inflation |format=Source: MPAA |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/adjuster.htm |accessdate=July 7, 2013 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=Supergirl (1984) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=supergirl.htm |accessdate=July 7, 2013 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |title=Australia Box Office for The Death Of Superman / Reign Of The Supermen (2018)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Death-of-Superman-The-(2018)/Australia#tab=summary|accessdate=January 16, 2019|website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services}}
  • Transformers
    • {{cite web |title=Transformers – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=transformers.htm |accessdate=May 17, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • The Twilight Saga
    • {{cite web |title=Twilight – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=twilight.htm |accessdate=May 1, 2013 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
    • {{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=twilightnewmooncombo.htm |accessdate=September 25, 2011 |title=Twilight/New Moon Combo (one-night-only) |website=Box Office Mojo}}
  • X-Men
    • {{cite web |title=X-Men – Worldwide (Unadjusted) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=xmen.htm |accessdate=March 12, 2017 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
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Bibliography

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External links

  • All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses at Box Office Mojo
  • [https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/all-time All Time Highest Grossing Movies Worldwide] at The Numbers
  • Box-Office Top 100 Films of All-Time at Filmsite.org
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