World Wild High Grossing films by year
| 1915 |
The Birth of a Nation |
$50,000,000–100,000,000 $20,000,000+R ($5,200,000)R |
$110,000 |
| 1916 |
Intolerance |
$1,000,000*R IN | $489,653 |
| 1917 |
Cleopatra |
$500,000*R | $300,000 |
| 1918 |
Mickey |
$8,000,000 | $250,000 |
| 1919 |
The Miracle Man |
$3,000,000R | $120,000 |
| 1920 |
Way Down East |
$5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R | $800,000 |
| 1921 |
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
$5,000,000R ($4,000,000)R | $600,000–800,000 |
| 1922 |
Robin Hood |
$2,500,000R | $930,042.78 |
| 1923 |
The Covered Wagon |
$5,000,000R | $800,000 |
| 1924 |
The Sea Hawk |
$3,000,000R | $700,000 |
| 1925 |
The Big Parade |
$18,000,000–22,000,000R ($6,131,000)R |
$382,000 |
|
Ben-Hur |
$10,738,000R ($9,386,000)R | $3,967,000 | |
| 1926 |
For Heaven’s Sake |
$2,600,000R FH | $150,000 |
| 1927 |
Wings |
$3,600,000R | $2,000,000 |
| 1928 |
The Singing Fool |
$5,900,000R | $388,000 |
| 1929 |
The Broadway Melody |
$4,400,000–4,800,000R | $379,000 |
|
Sunny Side Up |
$3,500,000*R SS | $600,000 | |
| 1930 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
$3,000,000R | $1,250,000 |
| 1931 |
Frankenstein |
$12,000,000R ($1,400,000)R | $250,000 |
|
City Lights |
$5,000,000R | $1,607,351 | |
| 1932 |
The Sign of the Cross |
$2,738,993R | $694,065 |
| 1933 |
King Kong |
$5,347,000R ($1,856,000)R | $672,255.75 |
|
I’m No Angel |
$3,250,000+R | $200,000 | |
|
Cavalcade |
$3,000,000–4,000,000R | $1,116,000 | |
|
She Done Him Wrong |
$3,000,000+R | $274,076 | |
| 1934 |
The Merry Widow |
$2,608,000R | $1,605,000 |
|
It Happened One Night |
$1,000,000R ON | $325,000 | |
| 1935 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
$4,460,000R | $1,905,000 |
| 1936 |
San Francisco |
$6,044,000+R ($5,273,000)R | $1,300,000 |
| 1937 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
$418,000,000+S7 ($8,500,000)R | $1,488,423 |
| 1938 |
You Can’t Take It With You |
$5,000,000R | $1,200,000 |
| 1939 |
Gone with the Wind |
$390,525,192–401,776,459 ($32,000,000)R GW |
$3,900,000–4,250,000 |
| 1940 |
Pinocchio |
$87,000,862* ($3,500,000)R | $2,600,000 |
|
Boom Town |
$4,600,000*R | $2,100,000 | |
| 1941 |
Sergeant York |
$7,800,000R | $1,600,000 |
| 1942 |
Bambi |
$267,997,843 ($3,449,353)R | $1,700,000–2,000,000 |
|
Mrs. Miniver |
$8,878,000R | $1,344,000 | |
| 1943 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
$11,000,000R | $2,681,298 |
|
This Is the Army |
$9,555,586.44*R | $1,400,000 | |
| 1944 |
Going My Way |
$6,500,000*R | $1,000,000 |
| 1945 |
Mom and Dad |
$80,000,000MD/$22,000,000R | $65,000 |
|
The Bells of St. Mary’s |
$11,200,000R | $1,600,000 | |
| 1946 |
Song of the South |
$65,000,000* ($3,300,000)R | $2,125,000 |
|
The Best Years of Our Lives |
$14,750,000R | $2,100,000 | |
|
Duel in the Sun |
$10,000,000*R | $5,255,000 | |
| 1947 |
Forever Amber |
$8,000,000R | $6,375,000 |
|
Unconquered |
$7,500,000R UN | $4,200,000 | |
| 1948 |
Easter Parade |
$5,918,134R | $2,500,000 |
|
The Red Shoes |
$5,000,000*R | £505,581 (~$2,000,000) | |
|
The Snake Pit |
$4,100,000*R | $3,800,000 | |
| 1949 |
Samson and Delilah |
$14,209,250R | $3,097,563 |
| 1950 |
Cinderella |
$263,591,415 ($20,000,000/$7,800,000R) |
$2,200,000 |
|
King Solomon’s Mines |
$10,050,000R | $2,258,000 | |
| 1951 |
Quo Vadis |
$21,037,000–26,700,000R | $7,623,000 |
| 1952 |
This Is Cinerama |
$50,000,000CI | $1,000,000 |
|
The Greatest Show on Earth |
$18,350,000R GS | $3,873,946 | |
| 1953 |
Peter Pan |
$145,000,000 | $3,000,000–4,000,000 |
|
The Robe |
$25,000,000–26,100,000R | $4,100,000 | |
| 1954 |
Rear Window |
$24,500,000* ($5,300,000)*R | $1,000,000 |
|
White Christmas |
$26,000,050* ($12,000,000)*R | $3,800,000 | |
|
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
$25,000,134* ($6,800,000–8,000,000)*R |
$4,500,000–9,000,000 | |
| 1955 |
Lady and the Tramp |
$187,000,000 ($6,500,000)*R | $4,000,000 |
|
Cinerama Holiday |
$21,000,000CI | $2,000,000 | |
|
Mister Roberts |
$9,900,000R | $2,400,000 | |
| 1956 |
The Ten Commandments |
$90,066,230R ($122,700,000/$55,200,000R) |
$13,270,000 |
| 1957 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
$30,600,000R | $2,840,000 |
| 1958 |
South Pacific |
$30,000,000R | $5,610,000 |
| 1959 |
Ben-Hur |
$90,000,000R ($146,900,000/$66,100,000R) |
$15,900,000 |
| 1960 |
Swiss Family Robinson |
$30,000,000R | $4,000,000 |
|
Spartacus |
$60,000,000 ($22,105,225)R | $10,284,014 | |
|
Psycho |
$50,000,000+ ($14,000,000)R | $800,000 | |
| 1961 |
One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
$215,880,212 | $3,600,000–4,000,000 |
|
West Side Story |
$105,000,000 ($31,800,000)R | $7,000,000 | |
| 1962 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
$77,324,852 ($69,995,385) | $13,800,000 |
|
How the West Was Won |
$35,000,000R | $14,483,000 | |
|
The Longest Day |
$33,200,000R | $8,600,000 | |
| 1963 |
Cleopatra |
$40,300,000R | $31,115,000 |
|
From Russia with Love |
$78,900,000/$29,400,000R ($12,500,000)R |
$2,000,000 | |
| 1964 |
My Fair Lady |
$55,000,000R | $17,000,000 |
|
Goldfinger |
$124,900,000 ($46,000,000)R | $3,000,000 | |
|
Mary Poppins |
$44,000,000–$50,000,000R | $5,200,000 | |
| 1965 |
The Sound of Music |
$286,214,076 ($114,600,000)R | $8,000,000 |
| 1966 |
The Bible: In the Beginning |
$25,300,000R | $18,000,000 |
|
Hawaii |
$34,562,222* ($15,600,000)*R | $15,000,000 | |
|
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
$30,000,000* ($14,500,000)*R | $7,613,000 | |
| 1967 |
The Jungle Book |
$378,000,000 ($23,800,000)R | $3,900,000–4,000,000 |
|
The Graduate |
$85,000,000R | $3,100,000 | |
| 1968 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
$138,000,000–190,000,000 ($21,900,000)R |
$10,300,000 |
|
Funny Girl |
$80,000,000–100,000,000 | $8,800,000 | |
| 1969 |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
$152,308,525 ($37,100,000)R | $6,600,000 |
| 1970 |
Love Story |
$80,000,000R | $2,260,000 |
|
Airport |
$75,000,000R | $10,000,000 | |
| 1971 |
The French Connection |
$75,000,000R | $3,300,000 |
|
Fiddler on the Roof |
$49,400,000R ($100,000,000/$45,100,000R) |
$9,000,000 | |
|
Diamonds Are Forever |
$116,000,000 ($45,700,000)R | $7,200,000 | |
| 1972 |
The Godfather |
$245,066,044–286,000,000 ($127,600,000–142,000,000)R |
$6,200,000 |
| 1973 |
The Exorcist |
$413,071,948 ($110,000,000)R | $10,000,000 |
|
The Sting |
$115,000,000R | $5,500,000 | |
| 1974 |
The Towering Inferno |
$91,838,000R | $14,300,000 |
|
Blazing Saddles |
$80,000,000+R | $2,600,000 | |
| 1975 |
Jaws |
$470,653,591 ($193,700,000)R | $9,000,000 |
| 1976 |
Rocky |
$225,000,000 ($77,100,000)R | $1,075,000 |
| 1977 |
Star Wars |
$775,398,007 ($530,000,000SW/$268,500,000R) |
$11,293,151 |
| 1978 |
Grease |
$394,954,752 ($341,000,000) | $6,000,000 |
| 1979 |
Moonraker |
$210,300,000 | $31,000,000 |
|
Rocky II |
$200,182,289 | $7,000,000 | |
| 1980 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
$547,969,004 ($413,562,607)SW | $23,000,000–32,000,000 |
| 1981 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
$389,925,971 ($321,866,000–353,988,025) |
$18,000,000–22,800,000 |
| 1982 |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
$792,910,554 ($619,000,000–664,000,000) |
$10,500,000–12,200,000 |
| 1983 |
Return of the Jedi |
$475,106,177 ($385,845,197)SW | $32,500,000–42,700,000 |
| 1984 |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
$333,107,271 | $27,000,000–28,200,000 |
| 1985 |
Back to the Future |
$389,053,797 ($381,109,762) | $19,000,000–22,000,000 |
| 1986 |
Top Gun |
$356,830,601 ($345,000,000) | $14,000,000–19,000,000 |
| 1987 |
Fatal Attraction |
$320,145,905 | $14,000,000 |
| 1988 |
Rain Man |
$354,825,476 | $30,000,000 |
| 1989 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
$474,171,806–494,000,000 | $36,000,000–55,400,000 |
| 1990 |
Ghost |
$505,702,423 | $22,000,000 |
| 1991 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
$523,774,456 ($519,843,345) | $94,000,000 |
| 1992 |
Aladdin |
$504,050,045 | $28,000,000 |
| 1993 |
Jurassic Park |
$1,029,939,903 ($914,691,118) | $63,000,000–70,000,000 |
| 1994 |
The Lion King |
$968,483,777 ($763,455,561) | $45,000,000–79,300,000 |
| 1995 |
Toy Story |
$373,554,033 ($364,873,776) | $30,000,000 |
|
Die Hard with a Vengeance |
$366,101,666 | $70,000,000 | |
| 1996 |
Independence Day |
$817,400,891 | $75,000,000 |
| 1997 |
Titanic |
$2,187,463,944 ($1,843,201,268) | $200,000,000 |
| 1998 |
Armageddon |
$553,709,626 | $140,000,000 |
| 1999 |
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
$1,027,044,677 ($924,317,558) | $115,000,000–127,500,000 |
| 2000 |
Mission: Impossible 2 |
$546,388,105 | $100,000,000–125,000,000 |
| 2001 |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone |
$974,755,371 | $125,000,000 |
| 2002 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
$926,349,708 ($921,780,457) | $94,000,000 |
| 2003 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
$1,120,237,002 ($1,119,110,941) | $94,000,000 |
| 2004 |
Shrek 2 |
$919,838,758 | $150,000,000 |
| 2005 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
$896,911,078 | $150,000,000 |
| 2006 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest |
$1,066,179,725 | $225,000,000 |
| 2007 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End |
$963,420,425 | $300,000,000 |
| 2008 |
The Dark Knight |
$1,004,558,444 ($997,039,412) | $185,000,000 |
| 2009 |
Avatar |
$2,787,965,087 ($2,749,064,328) | $237,000,000 |
| 2010 |
Toy Story 3 |
$1,066,969,703 | $200,000,000 |
| 2011 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |
$1,341,511,219 | $250,000,000HP |
| 2012 |
The Avengers |
$1,518,812,988 | $220,000,000 |
| 2013 |
Frozen |
$1,290,000,000 ($1,287,000,000) | $150,000,000 |
| 2014 |
Transformers: Age of Extinction |
$1,104,039,076 | $210,000,000 |
| 2015 |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
$2,068,223,624 | $245,000,000 |
| 2016 |
Captain America: Civil War |
$1,153,304,495 | $250,000,000 |
|
2017 |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi |
$1,332,539,889 | $200,000,000 |
| 2018 |
Avengers: Infinity War |
$1,968,850,116 | $316,000,000–400,000,000 |
