Highest Grossing films of all -time

I was looking at which films were the highest grossing of all time and the differences in the top ten if you account for inflation .

The top ten grossing films .


1 Avatar $2,782,275,172 2009
2 Titanic $2,122,955,330 1997
3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1,328,111,219 2011
4 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,746,996 2011
5 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,929,521 2003
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725 2006
7 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911 2010
8 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $1,043,871,802 2011
9 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace $1,026,246,599 1999
10 Alice in Wonderland $1,024,299,904 2010

top ten if you account for inflation

1 Gone with the Wind $3,301,400,000 1939
2 Avatar $2,782,300,000 2009
3 Star Wars $2,710,800,000 1977
4 Titanic $2,413,800,000T 1997
5 The Sound of Music $2,269,800,000 1965
6 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $2,216,800,000 1982
7 The Ten Commandments $2,098,600,000 1956
8 Doctor Zhivago $1,988,600,000 1965
9 Jaws $1,945,100,000 1975
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $1,746,100,000 1937

i just found it interesting how ' Big ' movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ,Gone with the Wind , The Ten Commandments and The Sound of Music must have been at the time of release . I think i take it for granted that the Blockbuster movie is a modern thing but clearly not .

saw this a while, a bit supprised when I did, however prediction is we could see The Avengers and Batman The Dark Knight Rises make the current list. I only say The Avengers as alot of people have reviewed it as awesome so could drag a wider audience in.

Either way it shows that monetary success does not a quality picture make.

as highlighted by #9 on the list...

most the films on there are because of 3D Sales.

i think there are only two films this year that can challenge that list

1.TDKR
2.The Avengers - If it can draw in a larger audience

The Hobbit should do well but i not sure it will break into the top ten .

Its all about marketing rather then a good film now .

Gone with the Wind was huge at the time, especially the publicity over the search for the actress to play Scarlett. Gable was probably the biggest draw in Hollywood as well, and I remember reading that the novel was a blockbuster, though I could be mistaken.

Also, it has benefitted from a few re-releases. The only time I ever saw it was at a cinema back in the mid-80s - it certainly has an epic feel to it, much more than if you watch it on TV, I suspect.