The highest-grossing movi🍌es of all time may not necessarily be the best films, they are undeniably ones that have had a major impa💯ct on pop culture. From Avatar to Avengers, they made bank at the box office and left a mark on a generation of moviegoers
We've brought together the 30 highest-grossing movies of all time, adjusted for inflation – Avatar is the highest grossing movie not adjusted to inflation but instead comes second here when you take into account the changing value of the American dollar. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Spider-Man: No Way Home is the most recent entries to break into our list, proving that there's still plenty of life left in cinema. Expect 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avatar: The Way of Water to crack the top 30 in the coming weeks too as it inches🐲 towards t🌌he $2 billion mark.
1. Gone with the Wind
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Director(s): Victor Fleming, George Cukor (uncredited),🐎 Sam Wood(uncredited)
Stars: Cla🎀🐠rk Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $3.9 billion
Widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, Gone With The Wind is the quintessential love st🦩ory. Set during the American Civil War, it follows a plantation owner’s♉ daughter’s quest for love, with iconic performances from Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. Its depictions of race are problematic, though Gone with the Wind remains a part of cinematic history.
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Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, ෴Michelle Rodriguez
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $3.5 billion
Cameron’s technological masterpiece🦩 spearheaded the rise of 3D films, creating a cinematic experience like no other upon its release in 2009. Set in the mid 22nd Century, humans are colonising the moon of Pandora to mine unobtainium, but the impact on the local Na’vi tribe leads to conflict💫 and courtship. A 2022 re-release helped boster its box office takings further, cementing it as the highest grossing movie of all time when not adjusting for inflation
3. Titanic (1997)
(Image credit: Fox)
Director(s): James Cameron
Stars: Leonardo DiCa🍸🤪prio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $3.2 billion
Cameron recreated the final voyage of the fateful Titanic in this breathtaking blockbಌuster. It was the love story between Jack and Rose that captured the public’s imagination and resulted in 11 Oscars, an unforgettable lead song, and the first film to ever make over $1 billion at the box office.
6. The Sound of Music (1965)
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Director(s): Robert Wise
Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher P🍃lummer, Eleanor P💖arker, Richard Haydn
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $2.6 billion
The story of Maria and the von Trapp family struck a chord with audiences worldwide, becoming the highest g๊rossing movie of all time upon its release, and bagging it five Academy Awards in the process. The soundtrack – written by Rodgers and Hammerstein – would go on to becom﷽e one of the best-selling movie soundtracks in history.
7. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Stars: H🤪enry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $2.6 billion
Based loosely on the imaginary friend Speilberg created when his parents divorced, E.T. is a tale of friendship and courage. The story follows Elliot and his attempts to help E.T. return home, and as well as winning four Oscars it is widely considered one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best sci-fi movies ever made.
8. The Ten Commandments (1956)
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Director(s): Cecil B. DeMille
Stars: Charlton He꧒ston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $2.4 billion
Starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner, The Ten Commandmentꦿs fol🔯lows Moses and his exodus to Mount Sinai. It was the most expensive movie ever made at the time, and was director Cecil B. DeMille’s final movie. It was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress in 1999.
9. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
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Director(s): David Lean
Stars: Omar Sharif, ಌJulie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $2.3 billion
Based🍰 on Boris Pasternak’s 1957 novel, Doctor Zhivago is an epic love story set around the years of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. It follows the story of Yuri, a man torn between his love for two women, and picked up five Oscars, despite losing out to The Sound of Music for Best Picture.
10. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
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Director(s): J.J. Abrams
Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, O🌠scar Isaac, Harrison Ford
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $2.3 billion
Ten years after the prequel trilogy concluded, the first instalment of the sequel trilogy hit the big screen to great fanfare. Thirty years since the Galactic Civil War, the New Republic – with the Re💦sistance loyally by its side – finds itself threatened by the ൲First Order.
11. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
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Director(s): William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pea♔rce, Ben Sharpsteen
Stars: Adrian๊a Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $2.15 billion
Regarded as one of the best animated films of all time, Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is a family-friendly take on the Brothers Grimm tale. Forced to flee from her home by her wicked stepmother, Snow White stumbles across the home of seven dwarves. Their attempts to protect her from danger, however, aren’t e👍nough to save her from her stepmotheꩲr’s evil fury.
14. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
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Director(s): Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hems🐬worth, Mark Ruff♓alo, Chris Evans
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $2.05 billion
With the world once again threatened by an intergalactic maniac, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Infinity War forces the Avengers to confront their most dangerous foe to date: Thanos, a superstrong, superfast mutant who will🤪 stop at nothing to collect the Infinity Sto✤nes that will enable him to rule the galaxy.
15. The Exorcist (1973)
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Director(s): William Friedkin
Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lin🦹da Blair, Lee J. Cobb
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $2 billion
Widely regarded as one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best horror movies of all time, The E𝕴xorcist won two Oscars and was added to the National Film Registry for its terrifying depiction of the exorcism of a 12-year-old girl possessed by the devil. At the time of its ꧙release, it provoked outrage and the film wasn’t available on video in the UK until 1991.
20. The Jungle Book (1967)
(Image credit: Disney)
Director(s): Wolfgang Reitherman, James Algar, Jack Kinney
Stars: Phil Harris♌, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, Bruce Reitherman
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.8 billion
The classic story of the boy raised by wolves was a huge hit at the box office upon its release. Following Mowgali’s reluctant journey to the man village, the catchy songs, and lovable characters have struck a chord with audiences for decades. It was also the last film produced by Walt Disney, who sadly passed away during the film’sไ production.
21. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.8 billion
While the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars prequels have received a bad rap over the years, there can be no arg𝐆uing with their box office popularity. Arriving in cinemas almost 16 years after the release of the Return of the Jedi, fans of thಌe franchise were understandably excited to discover the origins of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker’s stories.
22. Ben-Hur (1959)
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Director(s): William Wyler
Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins,ꦜ Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.8 billion
Famous for its chariot race sequence, this epic historical drama won an incredible 11 Oscars,ꦿ including Best Picture, while Charlton Heston picked up the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince forced into slavery, who seeks freedom and vengeance against the childhood friend who betrayed him.
23. Avengers Assemble (2012)
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Director(s): Joss Whedon
Stars: Robert Downey Jr, C♈hris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.75 billion
Avengers Assemble pits a stellar ca♛st of superheroe💞s led by Samuel L Jackson against Thor’s brother, Loki, who wields a cube that is less rubix, more planet-threatening. Divided by their enemy, can the team unite and save the world from destruction?
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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Director(s): Peter Jackson
Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensenꩵ, Ian McKellan, Orlando Blo꧂om
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.7-1.75 billion
The last instalment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy succeeded where the other two failed: it won that year’s Oscar for🍌 Best Picture. The story concludes Frodo’s perilous journey into Mordor while Sauron’s evil forces wage war against Gondor.
25. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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Director(s): Irvin Kershner
Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fiꦐshe๊r, Billy Dee Williams
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.7-1.75 billion
Worth watching for the plot twist alone, The Empire Strikes Back achieved the rare feat of being arguably better than its predecessor. Cen🌠tred around Darth Vader’s efforts to put an end to the Rebel Alliance’s ringleaders and Luke’s struggles to master the Force, the second instalment in the original trilogy received two Oscars, including a Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
26. Independence Day (1996)
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Director(s): Roland Emmerich
Stars: Will Smi🐲th, Billও Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.7-1.75 billion
When a colossal UFO mothership enters Earth&rsquo🌊;s orbit and despatches a horde of spacecraft primed to destꦿroy the world’s major cities, it seems humanity has met its match. Thankfully, fighter pilot Steven Hiller has a plan to infiltrate the mother ship on 4 July and destroy it from the inside.
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.725 billion
This live action remake of Disney’s 1994 animated classic combines a st💛ellar cast with the much-loved songs of the original. It tells the story of young lion prince Simba as he flees his home following the murder of his f♔ather, Mufasa, before returning years later to reclaim his kingdom.
28. Fast & Furious 7 (2015)
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Director(s): James Wan
Stars: Vin Dies💃el, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.65 billion
A rogue assassin seeks vengeance on the team for taking down his younger brother, Owen Shaw. Tragically Paul Wa💜lker died in a car accident halfway through filming, with the remainder of his scenes filmed using his brothers as stand-ins and digitally re-creating his face. The film won several awards for its song "See You ♚Again", an emotional tribute to the film’s late star.
29. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
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Director(s): Chris Columbus
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Ru🌳pert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.6 billion
When the Harry Potter books became a global phenomenon, it wasn&rs♍quo;t long until Hollywood came knocking. The first instalment in the series follows young Harry Potter on his first foray into the wizarding world as a pupil at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, dangers from his m🤡ysterious past aren’t far behind, and the truth about his existence threatens to ruin his new magical life.
30. Cinderella (1950)
(Image credit: Disney)
Director(s): Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Vernꦐa Felton
How much it made (adjusted for inflation): $1.575 billion
Based on Charles Perraul🃏t’s famous fairytale of the same name, Cinderella was Disney’s 12th animated feature film. A quintessential love story, it follows the rags-to-riches tale of Cinderella as she is rescued from her unhappy existence by her Prince Charmin🤡g and the two go on to live happily ever after.
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