List of highest-grossing films

Table columns:
Year
Title
Worldwide gross
Budget
Reference(s)

Table rows:
cells: 1915
The Birth of a Nation
$50,000,000–100,000,000$20,000,000+R ($5,200,000)R
$110,000
[# 88][# 89][# 90]
cells: 1916
Intolerance
$1,000,000*R IN
$489,653
[# 91][# 92]
cells: 1917
Cleopatra
$500,000*R
$300,000
[# 91]
cells: 1918
Mickey
$8,000,000
$250,000
[# 93]
cells: 1919
The Miracle Man
$3,000,000R
$120,000
[# 94]
cells: 1920
Way Down East
$5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R
$800,000
[# 95][# 96]
cells: 1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
$5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R
$600,000–800,000
[# 97]
cells: 1922
Robin Hood
$2,500,000R
$930,042.78
[# 98][# 99]
cells: 1923
The Covered Wagon
$5,000,000R
$800,000
[# 100][# 101]
cells: 1924
The Sea Hawk
$3,000,000R
$700,000
[# 100]
cells: 1925
The Big Parade
$18,000,000–22,000,000R ($6,131,000)R
$382,000
[# 102][# 103][# 104]
cells: 1925
Ben-Hur
$10,738,000R ($9,386,000)R
$3,967,000
[# 105][# 106]
cells: 1926
For Heaven's Sake
$2,600,000R FH
$150,000
[# 95][# 107]
cells: 1927
Wings
$3,600,000R
$2,000,000
[# 95][# 108][# 109]
cells: 1928
The Singing Fool
$5,900,000R
$388,000
[# 109][# 110]
cells: 1929
The Broadway Melody
$4,400,000–4,800,000R
$379,000
[# 111][# 112]
cells: 1929
Sunny Side Up
$3,500,000*R SS
$600,000
[# 113][# 114]
cells: 1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
$3,000,000R
$1,250,000
[# 95][# 115][# 116][# 117]
cells: 1931
Frankenstein
$12,000,000R ($1,400,000)R
$250,000
[# 118][# 119]
cells: 1931
City Lights
$5,000,000R
$1,607,351
[# 120]
cells: 1932
The Sign of the Cross
$2,738,993R
$694,065
[# 101][# 121][# 122][# 123]
cells: 1933
King Kong
$5,347,000R ($1,856,000)R
$672,255.75
[# 124]
cells: 1933
I'm No Angel
$3,250,000+R
$200,000
[# 125][# 126]
cells: 1933
Cavalcade
$3,000,000–4,000,000R
$1,116,000
[# 96][# 116]
cells: 1933
She Done Him Wrong
$3,000,000+R
$274,076
[# 127][# 128][# 129]
cells: 1934
The Merry Widow
$2,608,000R
$1,605,000
[# 130][# 122]
cells: 1934
It Happened One Night
$1,000,000R ON
$325,000
[# 131][# 132]
cells: 1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
$4,460,000R
$1,905,000
[# 122]
cells: 1936
San Francisco
$6,044,000+R ($5,273,000)R
$1,300,000
[# 130][# 122]
cells: 1937
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
$418,000,000+S7 ($8,500,000)R
$1,488,423
[# 133][# 134]
cells: 1938
You Can't Take It With You
$5,000,000R
$1,200,000
[# 135][# 136]
cells: 1939
Gone with the Wind
$390,525,192–401,776,459 ($32,000,000)R GW
$3,900,000–4,250,000
[# 137][# 138][# 139][# 140]
cells: 1940
Pinocchio
$87,000,862* ($3,500,000)R
$2,600,000
[# 141][# 134][# 142]
cells: 1940
Boom Town
$4,600,000*R
$2,100,000
[# 143][# 144]
cells: 1941
Sergeant York
$7,800,000R
$1,600,000
[# 145][# 146]
cells: 1942
Bambi
$267,997,843 ($3,449,353)R
$1,700,000–2,000,000
[# 147][# 148][# 149]
cells: 1942
Mrs. Miniver
$8,878,000R
$1,344,000
[# 150][# 151]
cells: 1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
$11,000,000R
$2,681,298
[# 152][# 153][# 154]
cells: 1943
This Is the Army
$9,555,586.44*R
$1,400,000
[# 155][# 156][# 154]
cells: 1944
Going My Way
$6,500,000*R
$1,000,000
[# 157][# 158][# 159]
cells: 1945
Mom and Dad
$80,000,000MD/$22,000,000R
$65,000
[# 160]
cells: 1945
The Bells of St. Mary's
$11,200,000R
$1,600,000
[# 161]
cells: 1946
Song of the South
$65,000,000* ($3,300,000)R
$2,125,000
[# 162][# 163][# 164]
cells: 1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
$14,750,000R
$2,100,000
[# 165][# 166]
cells: 1946
Duel in the Sun
$10,000,000*R
$5,255,000
[# 157][# 167]
cells: 1947
Forever Amber
$8,000,000R
$6,375,000
[# 113][# 167]
cells: 1947
Unconquered
$7,500,000R UN
$4,200,000
[# 168][# 169]
cells: 1948
Easter Parade
$5,918,134R
$2,500,000
[# 159][# 170]
cells: 1948
The Red Shoes
$5,000,000*R
£505,581 (~$2,000,000)
[# 157][# 171][# 172]
cells: 1948
The Snake Pit
$4,100,000*R
$3,800,000
[# 173][# 174]
cells: 1949
Samson and Delilah
$14,209,250R
$3,097,563
[# 175][# 101]
cells: 1950
Cinderella
$263,591,415($20,000,000/$7,800,000R)
$2,200,000
[# 176][# 177][# 178]
cells: 1950
King Solomon's Mines
$10,050,000R
$2,258,000
[# 179]
cells: 1951
Quo Vadis
$21,037,000–26,700,000R
$7,623,000
[# 175][# 180][# 181]
cells: 1952
This Is Cinerama
$50,000,000CI
$1,000,000
[# 182][# 183]
cells: 1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
$18,350,000R GS
$3,873,946
[# 184][# 185][# 101]
cells: 1953
Peter Pan
$145,000,000
$3,000,000–4,000,000
[# 186]
cells: 1953
The Robe
$25,000,000–26,100,000R
$4,100,000
[# 187][# 188][# 181]
cells: 1954
Rear Window
$24,500,000* ($5,300,000)*R
$1,000,000
[# 189][# 180]
cells: 1954
White Christmas
$26,000,050* ($12,000,000)*R
$3,800,000
[# 190][# 191][# 192]
cells: 1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
$25,000,134*($6,800,000–8,000,000)*R
$4,500,000–9,000,000
[# 193][# 194][# 157][# 195]
cells: 1955
Lady and the Tramp
$187,000,000 ($6,500,000)*R
$4,000,000
[# 196][# 157][# 197]
cells: 1955
Cinerama Holiday
$21,000,000CI
$2,000,000
[# 198][# 199]
cells: 1955
Mister Roberts
$9,900,000R
$2,400,000
[# 200]
cells: 1956
The Ten Commandments
$90,066,230R($122,700,000/$55,200,000R)
$13,270,000
[# 101][# 201][# 202]
cells: 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
$30,600,000R
$2,840,000
[# 202]
cells: 1958
South Pacific
$30,000,000R
$5,610,000
[# 203]
cells: 1959
Ben-Hur
$90,000,000R($146,900,000/$66,100,000R)
$15,900,000
[# 204][# 205]
cells: 1960
Swiss Family Robinson
$30,000,000R
$4,000,000
[# 206]
cells: 1960
Spartacus
$60,000,000 ($22,105,225)R
$10,284,014
[# 207][# 208]
cells: 1960
Psycho
$50,000,000+ ($14,000,000)R
$800,000
[# 209]
cells: 1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
$215,880,212
$3,600,000–4,000,000
[# 210][# 211][# 149]
cells: 1961
West Side Story
$105,000,000 ($31,800,000)R
$7,000,000
[# 212][# 213]
cells: 1962
Lawrence of Arabia
$77,324,852 ($69,995,385)
$13,800,000
[# 214][# 215]
cells: 1962
How the West Was Won
$35,000,000R
$14,483,000
[# 216]
cells: 1962
The Longest Day
$33,200,000R
$8,600,000
[# 213][# 215]
cells: 1963
Cleopatra
$40,300,000R
$31,115,000
[# 213][# 215]
cells: 1963
From Russia with Love
$78,900,000/$29,400,000R($12,500,000)R
$2,000,000
[# 217][# 218][# 219]
cells: 1964
My Fair Lady
$55,000,000R
$17,000,000
[# 220]
cells: 1964
Goldfinger
$124,900,000 ($46,000,000)R
$3,000,000
[# 217][# 219]
cells: 1964
Mary Poppins
$44,000,000–$50,000,000R
$5,200,000
[# 221][# 220]
cells: 1965
The Sound of Music
$286,214,076 ($114,600,000)R
$8,000,000
[# 222][# 213]
cells: 1966
The Bible: In the Beginning
$25,300,000R
$18,000,000
[# 208]
cells: 1966
Hawaii
$34,562,222* ($15,600,000)*R
$15,000,000
[# 223][# 157]
cells: 1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
$30,000,000* ($14,500,000)*R
$7,613,000
[# 224][# 157][# 225]
cells: 1967
The Jungle Book
$378,000,000 ($23,800,000)R
$3,900,000–4,000,000
[# 196][# 226][# 227][# 149]
cells: 1967
The Graduate
$85,000,000R
$3,100,000
[# 228][# 229]
cells: 1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
$138,000,000–190,000,000($21,900,000)R
$10,300,000
[# 230][# 231][# 213]
cells: 1968
Funny Girl
$80,000,000–100,000,000
$8,800,000
[# 232][# 233]
cells: 1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
$152,308,525 ($37,100,000)R
$6,600,000
[# 234][# 213][# 229]
cells: 1970
Love Story
$80,000,000R
$2,260,000
[# 235][# 236]
cells: 1970
Airport
$75,000,000R
$10,000,000
[# 237][# 238]
cells: 1971
The French Connection
$75,000,000R
$3,300,000
[# 113]
cells: 1971
Fiddler on the Roof
$49,400,000R ($100,000,000/$45,100,000R)
$9,000,000
[# 239][# 240]
cells: 1971
Diamonds Are Forever
$116,000,000 ($45,700,000)R
$7,200,000
[# 217][# 218]
cells: 1972
The Godfather
$245,066,044–286,000,000 ($127,600,000–142,000,000)R
$6,200,000
[# 241][# 240][# 242][# 243]
cells: 1973
The Exorcist
$413,071,948 ($110,000,000)R
$10,000,000
[# 244][# 245]
cells: 1973
The Sting
$115,000,000R
$5,500,000
[# 246][# 247]
cells: 1974
The Towering Inferno
$91,838,000R
$14,300,000
[# 248][# 249][# 250][# 251]
cells: 1974
Blazing Saddles
$80,000,000+R
$2,600,000
[# 252][# 253]
cells: 1975
Jaws
$470,653,591 ($193,700,000)R
$9,000,000
[# 254][# 255][# 256]
cells: 1976
Rocky
$225,000,000 ($77,100,000)R
$1,075,000
[# 257][# 240][# 258]
cells: 1977
Star Wars
$775,398,007 ($530,000,000SW/$268,500,000R)
$11,293,151
[# 259][# 260][# 240][# 261]
cells: 1978
Grease
$394,954,752 ($341,000,000)
$6,000,000
[# 262][# 263][# 228]
cells: 1979
Moonraker
$210,300,000
$31,000,000
[# 217][# 264]
cells: 1979
Rocky II
$200,182,289
$7,000,000
[# 265][# 266][# 264]
cells: 1980
The Empire Strikes Back
$547,969,004 ($413,562,607)SW
$23,000,000–32,000,000
[# 267][# 268]
cells: 1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
$389,925,971 ($321,866,000–353,988,025)
$18,000,000–22,800,000
[# 269]
cells: 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$792,910,554 ($619,000,000–664,000,000)
$10,500,000–12,200,000
[# 270][# 260][# 271][# 272]
cells: 1983
Return of the Jedi
$475,106,177 ($385,845,197)SW
$32,500,000–42,700,000
[# 273][# 268]
cells: 1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
$333,107,271
$27,000,000–28,200,000
[# 274][# 275][# 276]
cells: 1985
Back to the Future
$389,053,797 ($381,109,762)
$19,000,000–22,000,000
[# 277][# 278]
cells: 1986
Top Gun
$356,830,601 ($345,000,000)
$14,000,000–19,000,000
[# 279][# 280][# 275]
cells: 1987
Fatal Attraction
$320,145,905
$14,000,000
[# 281][# 275]
cells: 1988
Rain Man
$354,825,476
$30,000,000
[# 282][# 283]
cells: 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
$474,171,806–494,000,000
$36,000,000–55,400,000
[# 284][# 275][# 285]
cells: 1990
Ghost
$505,702,423
$22,000,000
[# 286][# 275]
cells: 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
$523,774,456 ($519,843,345)
$94,000,000
[# 287][# 288]
cells: 1992
Aladdin
$504,050,045
$28,000,000
[# 289][# 149]
cells: 1993
Jurassic Park
$1,029,939,903 ($914,691,118)
$63,000,000–70,000,000
[# 49]
cells: 1994
The Lion King
$968,483,777 ($763,455,561)
$45,000,000–79,300,000
[# 65]
cells: 1995
Toy Story
$373,554,033 ($364,873,776)
$30,000,000
[# 290][# 291]
cells: 1995
Die Hard with a Vengeance
$366,101,666
$70,000,000
[# 292][# 293]
cells: 1996
Independence Day
$817,400,891
$75,000,000
[# 294]
cells: 1997
Titanic
$2,187,463,944 ($1,843,201,268)
$200,000,000
[# 3]
cells: 1998
Armageddon
$553,709,626
$140,000,000
[# 295][# 296]
cells: 1999
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
$1,027,044,677 ($924,317,558)
$115,000,000–127,500,000
[# 53][# 268]
cells: 2000
Mission: Impossible 2
$546,388,105
$100,000,000–125,000,000
[# 297][# 275]
cells: 2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
$974,755,371
$125,000,000
[# 61]
cells: 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
$926,349,708 ($921,780,457)
$94,000,000
[# 82]
cells: 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
$1,120,237,002 ($1,119,110,941)
$94,000,000
[# 32]
cells: 2004
Shrek 2
$919,838,758
$150,000,000
[# 84]
cells: 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
$896,911,078
$150,000,000
[# 86]
cells: 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
$1,066,179,725
$225,000,000
[# 42]
cells: 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
$963,420,425
$300,000,000
[# 68]
cells: 2008
The Dark Knight
$1,004,558,444 ($997,039,412)
$185,000,000
[# 59]
cells: 2009
Avatar
$2,787,965,087 ($2,749,064,328)
$237,000,000
[# 1][# 298]
cells: 2010
Toy Story 3
$1,066,969,703
$200,000,000
[# 40]
cells: 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
$1,341,511,219
$250,000,000HP
[# 16][# 299]
cells: 2012
The Avengers
$1,518,812,988
$220,000,000
[# 10]
cells: 2013
Frozen
$1,290,000,000 ($1,287,000,000)
$150,000,000
[# 20]
cells: 2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction
$1,104,039,076
$210,000,000
[# 36]
cells: 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
$2,068,223,624
$245,000,000
[# 5]
cells: 2016
Captain America: Civil War
$1,153,304,495
$250,000,000
[# 28]
cells: 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
$1,332,539,889
$200,000,000
[# 18]
cells: 2018
Avengers: Infinity War
$2,042,165,486
$316,000,000–400,000,000
[# 7][# 300]

Questions about this table:
originalText: which film was the biggest box office hit of the 1960s
answer: answerTexts: The Sound of Music