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This is a list of the 100 films that have grossed the most worldwide at the box office in their theatrical runs. All gross amounts are in US dollars and only include worldwide movie ticket sales and not video rentals or sales, or television rights and other revenues. These totals may include theatrical re-releases of films in Theater. These dollar amounts are actual sales totals and have not been adjusted for inflation. Since some of these films are still in general release these totals are subject to change. Film titles in red represent films whose total box office gross has changed from last week.
Top Films 1-100
Worldwide May 16, 2012
Rank
Title
Released
Gross
1
Avatar
2009
$2,782,206,970
2
Titanic
1997
$2,183,420,323
3
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2
2011
$1,328,111,219
4
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
2011
$1,123,746,996
5
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
2003
$1,119,241,043
6
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
$1,066,179,725
7
Toy Story 3
2010
$1,063,161,943
8
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
$1,043,871,802
9
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
$1,027,042,361
10
Alice In Wonderland
2010
$1,024,299,722
11
The Avengers
2012
$1,016,095,436
12
The Dark Knight
2008
$1,001,921,825
13
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
2001
$974,733,550
14
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
2007
$960,996,492
15
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 1
2010
$954,501,070
16
The Lion King
1994
$945,605,430
17
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
2007
$942,510,780
18
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
2009
$933,959,197
19
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
2002
$925,282,504
20
Shrek 2
2004
$919,838,758
21
Jurassic Park
1993
$914,691,118
22
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
2005
$895,921,036
23
Spider-Man 3
2007
$890,871,626
24
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
2009
$884,492,659
25
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
2002
$878,643,482
26
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
2001
$870,761,744
27
Finding Nemo
2003
$864,625,978
28
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
2005
$848,754,768
29
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
2009
$836,297,228
30
Inception
2010
$823,576,195
31
Spider-Man
2002
$821,708,551
32
Independence Day
1996
$8817,400,891
33
Shrek The Third
2007
$798,958,162
34
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
2004
$795,634,069
35
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
1982
$792,910,554
36
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
2008
$786,636,033
37
Spider-Man 2
2004
$783,766,341
38
Star Wars
1977
$775,398,007
39
2012
2009
$769,669,652
40
The Da Vinci Code
2006
$758,239,851
41
Shrek Forever After
2010
$748,809,009
42
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
2005
$745,011,272
43
The Matrix: Reloaded
2003
$742,128,461
44
Up
2009
$723,012,453
45
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
$709,711,008
46
Transformers
2007
$709,709,780
47
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
2011
$705,058,657
48
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010
$693,579,566
49
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
$693,054,071
50
Forrest Gump
1994
$677,387,716
51
The Sixth Sense
1999
$672,806,292
52
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
$665,692,281
53
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
$655,388,158
54
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl