Special Report

Top 100 Grossing Movies of All Time

Source: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

90. Men in Black (1997)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $492,096,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $250,690,539
> Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
> Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino

Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

89. Twister (1996)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $492,740,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $241,721,524
> Director: Jan de Bont
> Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, J. Cary Elwes

Source: Courtesy of New Line Cinema

88. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $493,741,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $315,544,750
> Director: Peter Jackson
> Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

Source: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox

87. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $494,666,700
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $84,563,118
> Director: Ronald Neame
> Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters

Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

86. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $495,550,000
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $23,650,000
> Director: William Wyler
> Starring: Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March

Source: Courtesy of United Artists

85. Rocky (1976)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $495,910,200
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $117,235,147
> Director: John G. Avildsen
> Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young

Source: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox

84. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $496,175,500
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $112,892,319
> Director: Jim Sharman
> Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

Source: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

83. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $499,005,800
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $44,824,144
> Director: David Lean
> Starring: Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn

Source: Courtesy of Buena Vista Film Distribution Company

82. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $502,171,300
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $93,602,326
> Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
> Starring: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee

Source: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

81. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
> Domestic gross (adj. for inflation): $503,863,900
> Domestic gross (unadjusted): $135,189,114
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr

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