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Timeline of highest-grossing films[edit]
| Established | Title | Record setting gross | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915[1] | The Birth of a Nation | $5,200,000R | [# 1] |
| 1940 | $15,000,000R ‡ | [# 2] | |
| 1940[2] | Gone with the Wind | $32,000,000R | [# 3] |
| 1960[1] | The Ten Commandments | $60,000,000R | [# 4][# 5] |
| 1963[1] | Gone with the Wind | $67,000,000R ‡ | [# 6] |
| 1966[1] | The Sound of Music | $114,600,000R | [# 7] |
| 1971[1] | Gone with the Wind | $116,000,000R ‡ | [# 8] |
| 1972[1] | The Godfather | $127,600,000–142,000,000R | [# 4][# 9] |
| 1976[3][4] | Jaws | $193,700,000R | [# 10] |
| 1978[5][6] | Star Wars | $410,000,000/$268,500,000R | [# 11][# 4] |
| 1982 | $530,000,000 ‡ | [# 12] | |
| 1983[7] | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $619,000,000–664,000,000 | [# 12][# 13] |
| 1993 | $701,000,000 ‡ | [# 14] | |
| 1993[1] | Jurassic Park | $914,691,118 | [# 15] |
| 1998[8] | Titanic | $1,843,201,268 | [# 16] |
| 2010[9][10] | Avatar | $2,749,064,328 | [# 17] |
| $2,789,679,794 ‡ | |||
| 2019[11][12] | Avengers: Endgame | $2,797,800,564 | [# 18] |
- ^ a b c d e f g Dirks, Tim. "Top Films of All-Time: Part 1 – Box-Office Blockbusters". Filmsite.org. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- ^ Miller, Frank; Stafford, Jeff (January 5, 2007). "Gone With the Wind (1939) – Articles". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013.
- ^ Dick, Bernard F. (1997). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-8131-2016-4.
Jaws (1975) saved the day, grossing $104 million domestically and $132 million worldwide by January 1976.
- ^ Kilday, Gregg (July 5, 1977). "Director of 'Jaws II' Abandons His 'Ship'". The Victoria Advocate. p. 6B.
- ^ New York (AP) (May 26, 1978). "Scariness of Jaws 2 unknown quantity". The StarPhoenix. p. 21.
- ^ Fenner, Pat C. (January 16, 1978). "Independent Action". Evening Independent. p. 11-A.
- ^ Cook, David A. (2002). Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970–1979. Vol. Volume 9 of History of the American Cinema, Charles Harpole. University of California Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-520-23265-5.
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.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ "Titanic sinks competitors without a trace". BBC News. BBC. February 25, 1998. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
- ^ Cieply, Michael (January 26, 2010). "He Doth Surpass Himself: 'Avatar' Outperforms 'Titanic'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ Segers, Frank (January 25, 2010). "'Avatar' breaks 'Titanic' worldwide record". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
- ^ Whitten, Sarah (July 21, 2019). "'Avengers: Endgame' is now the highest-grossing film of all time, dethroning 'Avatar'". CNBC. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ Robbins, Shawn (July 20, 2019). "Avengers: Endgame Surpasses Avatar As #1 Global Release of All Time on Saturday". BoxOffice. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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