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 |
