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Top 100 Domestic Box Office Films Adjusted for Inflation (#1 - #50)

Inflation adjustment was calculated using following formula: "gross divided by ticket price".

Each film's domestic gross was divided by the average ticket price during its theatrical releases. This calculation produced an estimate of total tickets sold (admissions). The total number of admissions was multiplied by 2010's average ticket price creating it's adjusted gross.

Original release year listed however those marked with an (*) denotes the film has been re-released. This factor will affect it's adjusted gross and placement on this list as the number of times the film is re-released and the average ticket price during each re-release varies from film to film. Please note that these rankings are current as of APRIL 2011. As box office receipts for new releases come in, these rankings (esp. films ranked over 100) will begin to fluctuate.


	      TITLE		    ADJUSTED	   ORIGINAL	DATE

1 	Gone with the Wind 	$1,618,377,500   $198,676,459 	1939*
2 	Star Wars 		$1,426,738,000 	 $460,998,007 	1977*
3 	The Sound of Music 	$1,140,747,200 	 $158,671,368 	1965
4 	E.T.			$1,136,253,200   $435,110,554 	1982*
5 	The Ten Commandments 	$1,049,310,000    $65,500,000 	1956
6 	Titanic 	 	$1,028,050,500   $600,788,188 	1997
7 	Jaws 			$1,025,911,300   $260,000,000 	1975
8 	Doctor Zhivago 	 	  $994,325,000   $111,721,910 	1965
9 	The Exorcist 	 	  $885,655,000 	 $232,671,011 	1973*
10 	Snow White & 7 Dwarfs 	  $873,090,000   $184,925,486 	1937*
11 	101 Dalmatians 	 	  $800,337,200   $144,880,014 	1961*
12 	Empire Strikes Back 	  $786,426,900   $290,475,067 	1980*
13 	Ben-Hur 		  $784,980,000    $74,000,000 	1959
14 	Avatar 			  $779,014,700   $760,507,625 	2009*
15 	Return of the Jedi 	  $753,415,900 	 $309,306,177 	1983*
16 	The Sting 	 	  $714,034,300   $156,000,000 	1973
17 	Raiders of Lost Ark 	  $706,016,300   $242,374,454 	1981*
18 	Jurassic Park 	 	  $690,508,800   $357,067,947 	1993
19 	The Graduate 		  $685,426,900 	 $104,901,839 	1967*
20 	The Phantom Menace 	  $679,454,700   $431,088,301 	1999*
21 	Fantasia 	 	  $665,178,300    $76,408,097 	1941*
22 	The Godfather  		  $632,169,800   $134,966,411 	1972*
23 	Forrest Gump 	 	  $629,150,400 	 $329,694,499 	1994
24 	Mary Poppins 	 	  $626,236,400   $102,272,727 	1964*
25 	The Lion King 	 	  $618,626,700 	 $328,541,776 	1994*
26 	Grease 		 	  $616,143,200   $188,389,888 	1978*
27 	Thunderball 	 	  $599,148,000    $63,595,658 	1965
28 	The Dark Knight 	  $594,999,500   $533,345,358 	2008
29 	The Jungle Book 	  $590,176,100   $141,843,612 	1967*
30 	Sleeping Beauty 	  $582,135,200 	  $51,600,000 	1959*
31 	Shrek 2 	 	  $569,117,900 	 $441,226,247 	2004
32 	Ghostbusters 	 	  $566,552,200 	 $238,632,124 	1984*
33 	Butch Cassidy/Sundance    $565,168,400   $102,308,889 	1969
34 	Love Story 	 	  $560,685,100   $106,397,186 	1970
35 	Spider-Man 	 	  $556,572,800 	 $403,706,375 	2002
36 	Independence Day 	  $554,843,700 	 $306,169,268 	1996
37 	Home Alone 	 	  $542,550,900   $285,761,243 	1990
38 	Pinocchio 	 	  $539,900,700    $84,254,167 	1940*
39 	Cleopatra 	 	  $538,139,500    $57,777,778 	1963
40 	Beverly Hills Cop  	  $537,871,600   $234,760,478 	1984
41 	Goldfinger 	 	  $531,063,000    $51,081,062 	1964
42 	Airport 	 	  $529,551,400   $100,489,151 	1970
43 	American Graffiti  	  $526,371,400 	 $115,000,000 	1973
44 	The Robe 	 	  $524,290,900    $36,000,000 	1953
45 	Dead Man's Chest 	  $517,673,200 	 $423,315,812 	2006
46 	Around World in 80 Days   $517,569,200    $42,000,000 	1956
47 	Bambi 			  $510,336,700 	 $102,247,150 	1942*
48 	Blazing Saddles 	  $506,452,400   $119,500,000 	1974
49 	Batman 		 	  $504,266,500   $251,188,924 	1989
50 	Bells of St. Mary's 	  $502,588,200    $21,333,333 	1945


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