List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada
Adjusted for ticket-price inflation
This chart was compiled based on data from Box Office Mojo, by dividing the gross by the average ticket price to calculate an estimate of the total number of admissions.

List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada

Section Title: Adjusted for ticket-price inflation
Table Section Text: This chart was compiled based on data from Box Office Mojo, by dividing the gross by the average ticket price to calculate an estimate of the total number of admissions.

Rank	Title	Year	Est. tickets	Adjusted gross

1	Gone with the Wind	1939	202,110,200	$1,821,012,902

2	Star Wars	1977	178,119,600	$1,604,857,596

3	The Sound of Music	1965	142,415,400	$1,283,162,754

4	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	141,854,300	$1,278,107,243

5	Titanic	1997	135,551,900	$1,221,322,619

6	The Ten Commandments	1956	131,000,000	$1,180,310,000

7	Jaws	1975	128,078,800	$1,153,989,988

8	Doctor Zhivago	1965	124,135,500	$1,118,460,855

9	The Exorcist	1973	110,599,200	$996,498,792

10	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	109,000,000	$982,090,000

11	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	2015	108,115,100	$974,117,051

12	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	1961	99,917,300	$900,254,873

13	The Empire Strikes Back	1980	98,180,600	$884,607,206

14	Ben-Hur	1959	98,000,000	$882,980,000

15	Avatar	2009	97,255,300	$876,270,253

16	Return of the Jedi	1983	94,059,400	$847,475,194

17	Jurassic Park	1993	91,621,800	$825,512,418

18	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	1999	90,312,700	$813,717,427

19	The Lion King	1994	89,146,400	$803,209,064

20	The Sting	1973	89,142,900	$803,177,529

21	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	88,543,400	$797,776,034

22	The Graduate	1967	85,576,800	$771,046,067

23	Fantasia	1941	83,043,500	$748,221,935

24	Jurassic World	2015	79,049,200	$712,233,292

25	The Godfather	1972	78,922,600	$711,092,626

26	Forrest Gump	1994	78,614,600	$708,317,546

27	Mary Poppins	1964	78,181,800	$704,418,018

28	Grease	1978	76,969,200	$693,492,492

29	The Avengers	2012	76,881,200	$692,699,612

30	Black Panther	2018	76,270,500	$687,197,205

31	Thunderball	1965	74,800,000	$673,948,000

32	The Dark Knight	2008	74,463,500	$670,916,135

33	The Jungle Book	1967	73,679,900	$663,855,899

34	Sleeping Beauty	1959	72,676,100	$654,811,661

35	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	72,368,400	$652,039,284

36	Ghostbusters	1984	71,173,700	$641,275,037

37	Shrek 2	2004	71,050,900	$640,168,609

38	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	70,557,900	$635,726,679

39	Love Story	1970	69,998,100	$630,682,881

40	Spider-Man	2002	69,484,700	$626,057,147

41	Independence Day	1996	69,268,900	$624,112,789

42	Home Alone	1990	67,734,200	$610,285,142

43	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	2017	67,594,900	$609,030,049

44	Pinocchio	1940	67,403,300	$607,303,733

45	Cleopatra	1963	67,183,500	$605,323,335

46	Beverly Hills Cop	1984	67,150,000	$605,021,500

47	Incredibles 2	2018	66,304,500	$597,403,545

48	Goldfinger	1964	66,300,000	$597,363,000

49	Airport	1970	66,111,300	$595,662,813

50	American Graffiti	1973	65,714,300	$592,085,843

51	The Robe	1953	65,454,500	$589,745,045

52	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	2006	64,628,400	$582,301,884

53	Around the World in 80 Days	1956	64,615,400	$582,184,754

54	Bambi	1942	63,712,400	$574,048,724

55	Blazing Saddles	1974	63,239,600	$569,788,796

56	Batman	1989	62,954,600	$567,220,946

57	The Bells of St. Mary's	1945	62,745,100	$565,333,351

58	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	61,639,700	$555,373,697

59	Finding Nemo	2003	61,586,500	$554,894,365

60	The Towering Inferno	1974	61,375,700	$552,995,057

61	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	2016	60,441,600	$544,578,816

62	Cinderella	1950	60,301,400	$543,315,614

63	Spider-Man 2	2004	60,158,700	$542,029,887

64	My Fair Lady	1964	60,000,000	$540,600,000

65	The Greatest Show on Earth	1952	60,000,000	$540,600,000

66	National Lampoon's Animal House	1978	59,890,300	$539,611,603

67	The Passion of the Christ	2004	59,704,800	$537,940,248

68	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	2005	59,324,600	$534,514,646

69	Back to the Future	1985	59,050,700	$532,046,807

70	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	57,725,300	$520,104,953

71	The Dark Knight Rises	2012	57,581,800	$518,812,018

72	The Sixth Sense	1999	57,579,100	$518,787,691

73	Superman	1978	57,384,600	$517,035,246

74	Tootsie	1982	56,903,900	$512,704,139

75	Smokey and the Bandit	1977	56,832,900	$512,064,429

76	Beauty and the Beast	2017	56,798,200	$511,751,782

77	Finding Dory	2016	56,158,100	$505,984,481

78	West Side Story	1961	55,970,300	$504,292,403

79	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	55,946,500	$504,077,965

80	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	55,922,700	$503,863,527

81	Lady and the Tramp	1955	55,734,900	$502,171,449

82	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	55,383,600	$499,006,236

83	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975	55,069,400	$496,175,294

84	Rocky	1976	55,040,000	$495,910,400

85	The Best Years of Our Lives	1946	55,000,000	$495,550,000

86	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	54,902,000	$494,667,020

87	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	54,799,300	$493,741,693

88	Twister	1996	54,688,100	$492,739,781

89	Men in Black	1997	54,616,700	$492,096,467

90	The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	54,400,000	$490,144,000

91	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009	53,900,900	$485,647,109

92	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	1963	53,875,400	$485,417,354

93	Swiss Family Robinson	1960	53,808,000	$484,810,080

94	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1975	53,685,400	$483,705,454

95	M*A*S*H	1970	53,684,200	$483,694,642

96	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	53,532,800	$482,330,528

97	Avengers: Age of Ultron	2015	53,526,900	$482,277,369

98	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	2002	53,468,500	$481,751,185

99	Toy Story 3	2010	53,339,400	$480,587,994

100	Mrs. Doubtfire	1993	52,684,400	$474,686,444

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The Graduate was the 22nd highest-ever grossing film in the U.S. and Canada.

final_sentence: The Graduate was the 22nd highest-ever grossing film in the U.S. and Canada.