| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Adjusted Gross | Unadjusted Gross | Year^ |
| 1 | Gone with the Wind | MGM | $1,430,476,000 | $198,676,459 | 1939^ |
| 2 | Star Wars | Fox | $1,261,086,700 | $460,998,007 | 1977^ |
| 3 | The Sound of Music | Fox | $1,008,300,900 | $158,671,368 | 1965 |
| 4 | E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial | Uni. | $1,004,328,700 | $435,110,554 | 1982^ |
| 5 | The Ten Commandments | Par. | $927,480,000 | $65,500,000 | 1956 |
| 6 | Titanic | Par. | $908,688,900 | $600,788,188 | 1997 |
| 7 | Jaws | Uni. | $906,798,000 | $260,000,000 | 1975 |
| 8 | Doctor Zhivago | MGM | $878,879,000 | $111,721,910 | 1965 |
| 9 | The Exorcist | WB | $782,826,200 | $232,671,011 | 1973^ |
| 10 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Dis. | $771,720,000 | $184,925,486 | 1937^ |
| 11 | 101 Dalmatians | Dis. | $707,414,100 | $144,880,014 | 1961^ |
| 12 | The Empire Strikes Back | Fox | $695,118,900 | $290,475,067 | 1980^ |
| 13 | Ben-Hur | MGM | $693,840,000 | $74,000,000 | 1959 |
| 14 | Return of the Jedi | Fox | $665,940,600 | $309,306,177 | 1983^ |
| 15 | The Sting | Uni. | $631,131,400 | $156,000,000 | 1973 |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Par. | $624,044,300 | $242,374,454 | 1981^ |
| 17 | Jurassic Park | Uni. | $610,337,400 | $357,067,947 | 1993 |
| 18 | The Graduate | AVCO | $605,845,500 | $104,901,839 | 1967^ |
| 19 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Fox | $600,566,700 | $431,088,301 | 1999 |
| 20 | Fantasia | Dis. | $587,947,800 | $76,408,097 | 1941^ |
| 21 | The Godfather | Par. | $558,771,800 | $134,966,411 | 1972^ |
| 22 | Forrest Gump | Par. | $556,102,900 | $329,694,499 | 1994 |
| 23 | Mary Poppins | Dis. | $553,527,300 | $102,272,727 | 1964^ |
| 24 | The Lion King | BV | $546,801,100 | $328,541,776 | 1994^ |
| 25 | Grease | Par. | $544,606,000 | $188,389,888 | 1978^ |
| 26 | Thunderball | UA | $529,584,000 | $63,595,658 | 1965 |
| 27 | The Dark Knight | WB | $528,315,900 | $528,315,892 | 2008 |
| 28 | The Jungle Book | Dis. | $521,653,800 | $141,843,612 | 1967^ |
| 29 | Sleeping Beauty | Dis. | $514,546,500 | $51,600,000 | 1959^ |
| 30 | Shrek 2 | DW | $503,040,600 | $441,226,247 | 2004 |
| 31 | Ghostbusters | Col. | $500,772,700 | $238,632,124 | 1984^ |
| 32 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Fox | $499,549,600 | $102,308,889 | 1969 |
| 33 | Love Story | Par. | $495,586,900 | $106,397,186 | 1970 |
| 34 | Spider-Man | Sony | $491,952,000 | $403,706,375 | 2002 |
| 35 | Independence Day | Fox | $490,423,600 | $306,169,268 | 1996 |
| 36 | Home Alone | Fox | $479,558,100 | $285,761,243 | 1990 |
| 37 | Pinocchio | Dis. | $477,215,600 | $84,254,167 | 1940^ |
| 38 | Cleopatra (1963) | Fox | $475,658,900 | $57,777,778 | 1963 |
| 39 | Beverly Hills Cop | Par. | $475,422,100 | $234,760,478 | 1984 |
| 40 | Goldfinger | UA | $469,404,000 | $51,081,062 | 1964 |
| 41 | Airport | Uni. | $468,067,900 | $100,489,151 | 1970 |
| 42 | American Graffiti | Uni. | $465,257,100 | $115,000,000 | 1973 |
| 43 | The Robe | Fox | $463,418,200 | $36,000,000 | 1953 |
| 44 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | BV | $457,568,800 | $423,315,812 | 2006 |
| 45 | Around the World in 80 Days | UA | $457,476,900 | $42,000,000 | 1956 |
| 46 | Bambi | RKO | $451,084,100 | $102,247,150 | 1942^ |
| 47 | Blazing Saddles | WB | $447,650,800 | $119,500,000 | 1974 |
| 48 | Batman | WB | $445,718,700 | $251,188,924 | 1989 |
| 49 | The Bells of St. Mary's | RKO | $444,235,300 | $21,333,333 | 1945 |
| 50 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | NL | $435,690,000 | $377,027,325 | 2003 |
| 51 | The Towering Inferno | Fox | $434,539,700 | $116,000,000 | 1974 |
| 52 | Spider-Man 2 | Sony | $425,923,900 | $373,585,825 | 2004 |
| 53 | My Fair Lady | WB | $424,800,000 | $72,000,000 | 1964 |
| 54 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Par. | $424,800,000 | $36,000,000 | 1952 |
| 55 | National Lampoon's Animal House | Uni. | $424,023,100 | $141,600,000 | 1978^ |
| 56 | The Passion of the Christ | NM | $422,710,300 | $370,782,930 | 2004^ |
| 57 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Fox | $420,018,000 | $380,270,577 | 2005 |
| 58 | Back to the Future | Uni. | $418,078,600 | $210,609,762 | 1985 |
| 59 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | NL | $408,023,400 | $341,786,758 | 2002^ |
| 60 | The Sixth Sense | BV | $407,660,200 | $293,506,292 | 1999 |
| 61 | Superman | WB | $406,095,500 | $134,218,018 | 1978 |
| 62 | Tootsie | Col. | $402,879,900 | $177,200,000 | 1982 |
| 63 | Smokey and the Bandit | Uni. | $402,377,100 | $126,737,428 | 1977 |
| 64 | Finding Nemo | BV | $398,869,300 | $339,714,978 | 2003 |
| 65 | West Side Story | MGM | $396,269,600 | $43,656,822 | 1961 |
| 66 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | WB | $395,863,900 | $317,575,550 | 2001 |
| 67 | Lady and the Tramp | Dis. | $394,603,000 | $93,602,326 | 1955^ |
| 68 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Col. | $393,474,900 | $132,088,635 | 1977^ |
| 69 | Lawrence of Arabia | Col. | $392,115,500 | $44,824,144 | 1962^ |
| 70 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Fox | $389,891,500 | $112,892,319 | 1975 |
| 71 | Rocky | UA | $389,683,000 | $117,235,147 | 1976 |
| 72 | The Best Years of Our Lives | RKO | $389,400,000 | $23,650,000 | 1946 |
| 73 | The Poseidon Adventure | Fox | $388,705,900 | $84,563,118 | 1972 |
| 74 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | NL | $387,303,800 | $314,776,170 | 2001^ |
| 75 | Twister | WB | $387,191,900 | $241,721,524 | 1996 |
| 76 | Men in Black | Sony | $386,686,100 | $250,690,539 | 1997 |
| 77 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. | $385,152,000 | $27,200,000 | 1957 |
| 78 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | MGM | $381,437,900 | $46,332,858 | 1963 |
| 79 | Swiss Family Robinson | Dis. | $380,960,600 | $40,356,000 | 1960 |
| 80 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | UA | $380,092,300 | $108,981,275 | 1975 |
| 81 | M.A.S.H. | Fox | $380,084,200 | $81,600,000 | 1970 |
| 82 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Par. | $379,012,300 | $179,870,271 | 1984 |
| 83 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Fox | $378,556,800 | $310,676,740 | 2002^ |
| 84 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Fox | $373,005,400 | $219,195,243 | 1993 |
| 85 | Aladdin | BV | $371,291,800 | $217,350,219 | 1992 |
| 86 | Ghost | Par. | $364,373,800 | $217,631,306 | 1990 |
| 87 | Duel in the Sun | Selz. | $361,224,500 | $20,408,163 | 1946 |
| 88 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | BV | $358,594,200 | $305,413,918 | 2003 |
| 89 | House of Wax | WB | $357,766,000 | $23,750,000 | 1953 |
| 90 | Rear Window | Par. | $356,511,600 | $36,764,313 | 1954^ |
| 91 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Uni. | $353,362,500 | $229,086,679 | 1997 |
| 92 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Par. | $349,868,800 | $197,171,806 | 1989 |
| 93 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony | $346,313,200 | $336,530,303 | 2007 |
| 94 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | TriS | $344,487,100 | $204,843,345 | 1991 |
| 95 | Sergeant York | WB | $340,712,200 | $16,361,885 | 1941 |
| 96 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Uni. | $340,596,300 | $260,044,825 | 2000 |
| 97 | Toy Story 2 | BV | $338,682,600 | $245,852,179 | 1999^ |
| 98 | Top Gun | Par. | $337,371,900 | $176,786,701 | 1986 |
| 99 | Shrek | DW | $334,817,700 | $267,665,011 | 2001 |
| 100 | Shrek the Third | P/DW | $332,101,300 | $322,719,944 | 2007 |
