Top-grossing movie

A top-grossing movie is a motion picture that has received the most total
revenue either in a particular year or when compared to all other movies
ever made. Sources of these revenues include; ticket sales, merchandise and
video rentals.

Here are the top 25 grossing movies of all time, based only on total
worldwide box office receipts to August 5, 2003.

Note that 70% of these movies are in the genres of science fiction or fantasy.

1  Titanic (1997)                                            $1,835,300,000
2  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone (2001)$968,600,000
3  Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)          $922,300,000
4  Jurassic Park (1993)                                      $919,700,000
5  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)              $918,600,000
6  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)            $866,300,000
7  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)  $860,200,000
8  Independence Day (1996)                                   $811,200,000
9  Spider-Man (2002)                                         $806,700,000
10 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)                 $797,900,000
11 The Lion King (1994)                                      $783,400,000
12 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)                         $756,700,000
13 The Matrix Reloaded (2003)                                $719,300,000
14 Forrest Gump (1994)                                       $679,400,000
15 The Sixth Sense (1999)                                    $661,500,000
16 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)       $647,300,000
17 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)                      $614,300,000
18 Men in Black (1997)                                       $587,200,000
19 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)         $572,700,000
20 Armageddon (1998)                                         $554,600,000
21 Mission: Impossible II (2000)                             $545,300,000
22 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)     $533,800,000
23 Home Alone (1990)                                         $533,700,000
24 Monsters, Inc. (1998)                                     $522,800,000
25 Ghost (1990)                                              $517,600,000

   * Amounts are in United States dollars, include ticket sales only, and
     are not adjusted for inflation. Movies such as Star Wars: Episode IV -
     A New Hope may well have earned more than more recent films such as
     Independence Day when adjusted for inflation. Given population growth
     as well as inflation, these numbers are not a very good indicator of
     the popularity of movies over time.

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