The Highest-Grossing Movie Every Year Since 1930

1980: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
> Domestic box office: $181.3 million (Inflation-adjusted: $617.5 million)
> IMDb rating: 8.7 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 94%
> RT audience score: 97%
> Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
> Director: Irvin Kershner
> Second highest grossing film: Superman II

1981: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
> Domestic box office: $168.5 million (Inflation-adjusted: $555.0 million)
> IMDb rating: 8.4 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 95%
> RT audience score: 96%
> Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Second highest grossing film: On Golden Pond

1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
> Domestic box office: $322.0 million (Inflation-adjusted: $1.0 billion)
> IMDb rating: 7.8 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 98%
> RT audience score: 72%
> Cast: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace
> Director: Steven Spielberg
> Second highest grossing film: Tootsie

1983: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
> Domestic box office: $249.3 million (Inflation-adjusted: $725.0 million)
> IMDb rating: 8.3 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 82%
> RT audience score: 94%
> Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
> Director: Richard Marquand
> Second highest grossing film: Terms of Endearment

1984: Beverly Hills Cop
> Domestic box office: $234.8 million (Inflation-adjusted: $640.0 million)
> IMDb rating: 7.3 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 83%
> RT audience score: 82%
> Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
> Director: Martin Brest
> Second highest grossing film: Ghostbusters

1985: Back to the Future
> Domestic box office: $212.3 million (Inflation-adjusted: $547.7 million)
> IMDb rating: 8.5 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 96%
> RT audience score: 94%
> Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
> Director: Robert Zemeckis
> Second highest grossing film: Rambo – First Blood Part 2

1986: Top Gun
> Domestic box office: $179.8 million (Inflation-adjusted: $443.9 million)
> IMDb rating: 6.9 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 56%
> RT audience score: 83%
> Cast: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer
> Director: Tony Scott
> Second highest grossing film: Platoon

1987: Three Men and a Baby
> Domestic box office: $167.8 million (Inflation-adjusted: $393.1 million)
> IMDb rating: 6.1 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 76%
> RT audience score: 47%
> Cast: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis
> Director: Leonard Nimoy
> Second highest grossing film: Fatal Attraction

1988: Rain Man
> Domestic box office: $172.8 million (Inflation-adjusted: $385.2 million)
> IMDb rating: 8.0 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 89%
> RT audience score: 90%
> Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen
> Director: Barry Levinson
> Second highest grossing film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1989: Batman
> Domestic box office: $251.2 million (Inflation-adjusted: $576.7 million)
> IMDb rating: 7.5 out of 10
> Tomatometer score: 71%
> RT audience score: 84%
> Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl
> Director: Tim Burton
> Second highest grossing film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade