List of highest-grossing films
High-grossing films by year
Table:
High-grossing films by year of release[43][44][45]

Year

Title

Worldwide gross

Budget

Reference(s)

1915

The Birth of a Nation

$50,000,000–100,000,000
$20,000,000+R ($5,200,000)R

$110,000

[# 87][# 88][# 89]

1916

Intolerance

$1,000,000*R IN

$489,653

[# 90][# 91]

1917

Cleopatra

$500,000*R

$300,000

[# 90]

1918

Mickey

$8,000,000

$250,000

[# 92]

1919

The Miracle Man

$3,000,000R

$120,000

[# 93]

1920

Way Down East

$5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R

$800,000

[# 94][# 95]

1921

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

$5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R

$600,000–800,000

[# 96]

1922

Robin Hood

$2,500,000R

$930,042.78

[# 97][# 98]

1923

The Covered Wagon

$5,000,000R

$800,000

[# 99][# 100]

1924

The Sea Hawk

$3,000,000R

$700,000

[# 99]

1925

The Big Parade

$18,000,000–22,000,000R
($6,131,000)R

$382,000

[# 101][# 102][# 103]

Ben-Hur

$10,738,000R ($9,386,000)R

$3,967,000

[# 104][# 105]

1926

For Heaven's Sake

$2,600,000R FH

$150,000

[# 94][# 106]

1927

Wings

$3,600,000R

$2,000,000

[# 94][# 107][# 108]

1928

The Singing Fool

$5,900,000R

$388,000

[# 108][# 109]

1929

The Broadway Melody

$4,400,000–4,800,000R

$379,000

[# 110][# 111]

Sunny Side Up

$3,500,000*R SS

$600,000

[# 112][# 113]

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

$3,000,000R

$1,250,000

[# 94][# 114][# 115][# 116]

1931

Frankenstein

$12,000,000R ($1,400,000)R

$250,000

[# 117][# 118]

City Lights

$5,000,000R

$1,607,351

[# 119]

1932

The Sign of the Cross

$2,738,993R

$694,065

[# 100][# 120][# 121][# 122]

1933

King Kong

$5,347,000R ($1,856,000)R

$672,255.75

[# 123]

I'm No Angel

$3,250,000+R

$200,000

[# 124][# 125]

Cavalcade

$3,000,000–4,000,000R

$1,116,000

[# 95][# 115]

She Done Him Wrong

$3,000,000+R

$274,076

[# 126][# 127][# 128]

1934

The Merry Widow

$2,608,000R

$1,605,000

[# 129][# 121]

It Happened One Night

$1,000,000R ON

$325,000

[# 130][# 131]

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

$4,460,000R

$1,905,000

[# 121]

1936

San Francisco

$6,044,000+R ($5,273,000)R

$1,300,000

[# 129][# 121]

1937

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

$418,000,000+S7 ($8,500,000)R

$1,488,423

[# 132][# 133]

1938

You Can't Take It With You

$5,000,000R

$1,200,000

[# 134][# 135]

1939

Gone with the Wind

$390,525,192–401,776,459
($32,000,000)R GW

$3,900,000–4,250,000

[# 136][# 137][# 138][# 139]

1940

Pinocchio

$87,000,862* ($3,500,000)R

$2,600,000

[# 140][# 133][# 141]

Boom Town

$4,600,000*R

$2,100,000

[# 142][# 143]

1941

Sergeant York

$7,800,000R

$1,600,000

[# 144][# 145]

1942

Bambi

$267,997,843 ($3,449,353)R

$1,700,000–2,000,000

[# 146][# 147][# 148]

Mrs. Miniver

$8,878,000R

$1,344,000

[# 149][# 150]

1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls

$11,000,000R

$2,681,298

[# 151][# 152][# 153]

This Is the Army

$9,555,586.44*R

$1,400,000

[# 154][# 155][# 153]

1944

Going My Way

$6,500,000*R

$1,000,000

[# 156][# 157][# 158]

1945

Mom and Dad

$80,000,000MD/$22,000,000R

$65,000

[# 159]

The Bells of St. Mary's

$11,200,000R

$1,600,000

[# 160]

1946

Song of the South

$65,000,000* ($3,300,000)R

$2,125,000

[# 161][# 162][# 163]

The Best Years of Our Lives

$14,750,000R

$2,100,000

[# 164][# 165]

Duel in the Sun

$10,000,000*R

$5,255,000

[# 156][# 166]

1947

Forever Amber

$8,000,000R

$6,375,000

[# 112][# 166]

Unconquered

$7,500,000R UN

$4,200,000

[# 167][# 168]

1948

Easter Parade

$5,918,134R

$2,500,000

[# 158][# 169]

The Red Shoes

$5,000,000*R

£505,581 (~$2,000,000)

[# 156][# 170][# 171]

The Snake Pit

$4,100,000*R

$3,800,000

[# 172][# 173]

1949

Samson and Delilah

$14,209,250R

$3,097,563

[# 174][# 100]

1950

Cinderella

$263,591,415
($20,000,000/$7,800,000R)

$2,200,000

[# 175][# 176][# 177]

King Solomon's Mines

$10,050,000R

$2,258,000

[# 178]

1951

Quo Vadis

$21,037,000–26,700,000R

$7,623,000

[# 174][# 179][# 180]

1952

This Is Cinerama

$50,000,000CI

$1,000,000

[# 181][# 182]

The Greatest Show on Earth

$18,350,000R GS

$3,873,946

[# 183][# 184][# 100]

1953

Peter Pan

$145,000,000

$3,000,000–4,000,000

[# 185]

The Robe

$25,000,000–26,100,000R

$4,100,000

[# 186][# 187][# 180]

1954

Rear Window

$24,500,000* ($5,300,000)*R

$1,000,000

[# 188][# 179]

White Christmas

$26,000,050* ($12,000,000)*R

$3,800,000

[# 189][# 190][# 191]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

$25,000,134*
($6,800,000–8,000,000)*R

$4,500,000–9,000,000

[# 192][# 193][# 156][# 194]

1955

Lady and the Tramp

$187,000,000 ($6,500,000)*R

$4,000,000

[# 195][# 156][# 196]

Cinerama Holiday

$21,000,000CI

$2,000,000

[# 197][# 198]

Mister Roberts

$9,900,000R

$2,400,000

[# 199]

1956

The Ten Commandments

$90,066,230R
($122,700,000/$55,200,000R)

$13,270,000

[# 100][# 200][# 201]

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai

$30,600,000R

$2,840,000

[# 201]

1958

South Pacific

$30,000,000R

$5,610,000

[# 202]

1959

Ben-Hur

$90,000,000R
($146,900,000/$66,100,000R)

$15,900,000

[# 203][# 204]

1960

Swiss Family Robinson

$30,000,000R

$4,000,000

[# 205]

Spartacus

$60,000,000 ($22,105,225)R

$10,284,014

[# 206][# 207]

Psycho

$50,000,000+ ($14,000,000)R

$800,000

[# 208]

1961

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

$215,880,212

$3,600,000–4,000,000

[# 209][# 210][# 148]

West Side Story

$105,000,000 ($31,800,000)R

$7,000,000

[# 211][# 212]

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

$77,324,852 ($69,995,385)

$13,800,000

[# 213][# 214]

How the West Was Won

$35,000,000R

$14,483,000

[# 215]

The Longest Day

$33,200,000R

$8,600,000

[# 212][# 214]

1963

Cleopatra

$40,300,000R

$31,115,000

[# 212][# 214]

From Russia with Love

$78,900,000/$29,400,000R
($12,500,000)R

$2,000,000

[# 216][# 217][# 218]

1964

My Fair Lady

$55,000,000R

$17,000,000

[# 219]

Goldfinger

$124,900,000 ($46,000,000)R

$3,000,000

[# 216][# 218]

Mary Poppins

$44,000,000–$50,000,000R

$5,200,000

[# 220][# 219]

1965

The Sound of Music

$286,214,076 ($114,600,000)R

$8,000,000

[# 221][# 212]

1966

The Bible: In the Beginning

$25,300,000R

$18,000,000

[# 207]

Hawaii

$34,562,222* ($15,600,000)*R

$15,000,000

[# 222][# 156]

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

$30,000,000* ($14,500,000)*R

$7,613,000

[# 223][# 156][# 224]

1967

The Jungle Book

$378,000,000 ($23,800,000)R

$3,900,000–4,000,000

[# 195][# 225][# 226][# 148]

The Graduate

$85,000,000R

$3,100,000

[# 227][# 228]

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

$141,000,000–190,000,000
($21,900,000)R

$10,300,000

[# 229][# 212]

Funny Girl

$80,000,000–100,000,000

$8,800,000

[# 230][# 231]

1969

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

$152,308,525 ($37,100,000)R

$6,600,000

[# 232][# 212][# 228]

1970

Love Story

$80,000,000R

$2,260,000

[# 233][# 234]

Airport

$75,000,000R

$10,000,000

[# 235][# 236]

1971

The French Connection

$75,000,000R

$3,300,000

[# 112]

Fiddler on the Roof

$49,400,000R
($100,000,000/$45,100,000R)

$9,000,000

[# 237][# 238]

Diamonds Are Forever

$116,000,000 ($45,700,000)R

$7,200,000

[# 216][# 217]

1972

The Godfather

$245,066,044–286,000,000
($127,600,000–142,000,000)R

$6,200,000

[# 239][# 238][# 240][# 241]

1973

The Exorcist

$413,071,948 ($110,000,000)R

$10,000,000

[# 242][# 243]

The Sting

$115,000,000R

$5,500,000

[# 244][# 245]

1974

The Towering Inferno

$91,838,000R

$14,300,000

[# 246][# 247][# 248][# 249]

Blazing Saddles

$80,000,000+R

$2,600,000

[# 250][# 251]

1975

Jaws

$470,653,591 ($193,700,000)R

$9,000,000

[# 252][# 253][# 254]

1976

Rocky

$225,000,000 ($77,100,000)R

$1,075,000

[# 255][# 238][# 256]

1977

Star Wars

$775,398,007
($530,000,000SW/$268,500,000R)

$11,293,151

[# 257][# 258][# 238][# 259]

1978

Grease

$395,452,066 ($341,000,000)

$6,000,000

[# 260][# 261][# 227][# 262]

1979

Moonraker

$210,300,000

$31,000,000

[# 216][# 263]

Rocky II

$200,182,289

$7,000,000

[# 264][# 265][# 263]

1980

The Empire Strikes Back

$547,969,004 ($413,562,607)SW

$23,000,000–32,000,000

[# 266][# 267]

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

$389,925,971
($321,866,000–353,988,025)

$18,000,000–22,800,000

[# 268]

1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

$792,910,554
($619,000,000–664,000,000)

$10,500,000–12,200,000

[# 269][# 258][# 270][# 271]

1983

Return of the Jedi

$475,106,177 ($385,845,197)SW

$32,500,000–42,700,000

[# 272][# 267]

1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

$333,107,271

$27,000,000–28,200,000

[# 273][# 274][# 275]

1985

Back to the Future

$389,053,797 ($381,109,762)

$19,000,000–22,000,000

[# 276][# 277]

1986

Top Gun

$356,830,601 ($345,000,000)

$14,000,000–19,000,000

[# 278][# 279][# 274]

1987

Fatal Attraction

$320,145,905

$14,000,000

[# 280][# 274]

1988

Rain Man

$354,825,476

$30,000,000

[# 281][# 282]

1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

$474,171,806–494,000,000

$36,000,000–55,400,000

[# 283][# 274][# 284]

1990

Ghost

$505,702,423

$22,000,000

[# 285][# 274]

1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

$523,774,456 ($519,843,345)

$94,000,000

[# 286][# 287]

1992

Aladdin

$504,050,045

$28,000,000

[# 288][# 148]

1993

Jurassic Park

$1.029939903×10^9 ($914,691,118)

$63,000,000–70,000,000

[# 53]

1994

The Lion King

$968,483,777 ($763,455,561)

$45,000,000–79,300,000

[# 69]

1995

Toy Story

$373,554,033 ($364,873,776)

$30,000,000

[# 289][# 290]

Die Hard with a Vengeance

$366,101,666

$70,000,000

[# 291][# 292]

1996

Independence Day

$817,400,891

$75,000,000

[# 293]

1997

Titanic

$2.187463944×10^9 ($1.843201268×10^9)

$200,000,000

[# 3]

1998

Armageddon

$553,709,626

$140,000,000

[# 294][# 295]

1999

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

$1.027044677×10^9 ($924,317,558)

$115,000,000–127,500,000

[# 57][# 267]

2000

Mission: Impossible 2

$546,388,105

$100,000,000–125,000,000

[# 296][# 274]

2001

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

$975,051,288 ($974,755,371)

$125,000,000

[# 65]

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

$926,349,708 ($921,780,457)

$94,000,000

[# 85]

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

$1.120237002×10^9 ($1.119110941×10^9)

$94,000,000

[# 36]

2004

Shrek 2

$919,838,758

$150,000,000

[# 297]

2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

$896,911,078

$150,000,000

[# 298]

2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

$1.066179725×10^9

$225,000,000

[# 46]

2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

$963,420,425

$300,000,000

[# 72]

2008

The Dark Knight

$1.004558444×10^9 ($997,039,412)

$185,000,000

[# 63]

2009

Avatar

$2.787965087×10^9 ($2.749064328×10^9)

$237,000,000

[# 1][# 299]

2010

Toy Story 3

$1.066969703×10^9

$200,000,000

[# 44]

2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

$1.341511219×10^9

$250,000,000HP

[# 18][# 300]

2012

The Avengers

$1.518812988×10^9

$220,000,000

[# 11]

2013

Frozen

$1.29×10^9 ($1.287×10^9)

$150,000,000

[# 23]

2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction

$1.104039076×10^9

$210,000,000

[# 40]

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

$2.068223624×10^9

$245,000,000

[# 5]

2016

Captain America: Civil War

$1.153304495×10^9

$250,000,000

[# 32]

2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

$1.332539889×10^9

$200,000,000

[# 20]

2018

Avengers: Infinity War

$2.048359754×10^9

$316,000,000–400,000,000

[# 7][# 301]

2019

The Wandering Earth †

$655,324,793

$50,000,000

[# 302][# 303]

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