Movies

Worldwide highest-grossing films

Rank Title Studios Worldwide gross Year Ref.
1 Avatar (still showing)
20th Century Fox $1,843,802,321 2009 [# 1]
2 Titanic Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox $1,843,201,268 1997 [# 2]
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema $1,119,110,941 2003 [# 3]
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Walt Disney Pictures $1,066,179,725 2006 [# 4]
5 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. $1,001,921,825 2008 [# 5]
6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Warner Bros. $974,733,550 2001 [# 6]
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Walt Disney Pictures $960,996,492 2007 [# 7]
8 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. $938,212,738 2007 [# 8]
9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. $929,359,401 2009 [# 9]
10 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line Cinema $925,282,504 2002 [# 10]

estimated tickets sold in the United States and Canada

Rank Title Studio Estimated Tickets Year
1 Gone With The Wind MGM 202,044,600 1939
2 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 20th Century Fox 178,119,600 1977
3 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox 142,415,400 1965
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Pictures 141,854,300 1982
5 The Ten Commandments Paramount Pictures 131,000,000 1956
6 Titanic Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox 128,210,000 1997
7 Jaws Universal Pictures 128,078,800 1975
8 Doctor Zhivago MGM 124,135,500 1965
9 The Exorcist Warner Bros. Pictures 110,568,700 1973
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 109,000,000 1937

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