List of Highest-grossing Films in Canada and The United States - Adjusted For Ticket-price Inflation

Adjusted For Ticket-price Inflation

This chart was compiled based on data from Box Office Mojo, by dividing the gross by the average ticket price to calculate an estimate of the total number of admissions. Admissions better reflect the popularity of older films, since they are less subsceptible to the effects of inflation.

Many of the films on this list released prior to the availability of home video have had multiple releases.

Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 23 November 2012 in theaters around the world.
Rank Title Year Est. tickets Adjusted gross
1 Gone with the Wind 1939 202,044,600 $1,620,397,900
2 Star Wars 1977 178,119,600 $1,428,519,200
3 The Sound of Music 1965 142,415,400 $1,142,171,300
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 141,854,300 $1,137,671,800
5 Titanic 1997 135,654,500 $1,087,949,000
6 The Ten Commandments 1956 131,000,000 $1,050,620,000
7 Jaws 1975 128,078,800 $1,027,192,100
8 Doctor Zhivago 1965 124,135,500 $995,566,400
9 The Exorcist 1973 110,599,200 $887,005,300
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 109,000,000 $874,180,000
11 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 99,917,300 $801,336,400
12 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 98,180,600 $787,408,700
13 Ben-Hur 1959 98,000,000 $785,960,000
14 Avatar 2009 97,255,300

77,000,000

 $779,987,300
15 Return of the Jedi 1983 94,059,400 $754,356,500
16 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1999 90,312,700 $724,308,000
17 The Sting 1973 89,142,900 $714,925,700
18 The Lion King 1994 89,101,100 $714,590,500
19 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 88,526,800 $709,984,800
20 Jurassic Park 1993 86,205,800 $691,370,800
21 The Graduate 1967 85,576,700 $686,325,500
22 Fantasia 1941 83,043,500 $666,008,700
23 The Godfather 1972 78,922,600 $632,959,000
24 Forrest Gump 1994 78,545,600 $629,935,800
25 Mary Poppins 1964 78,181,800 $627,018,200
26 The Avengers 2012 76,768,200 $623,357,910
27 Grease 1978 76,969,200 $617,293,000
28 Thunderball 1965 74,800,000 $599,896,000
29 The Dark Knight 2008 74,282,100 $595,742,300
30 The Jungle Book 1967 73,679,900 $590,912,900
31 Sleeping Beauty 1959 72,676,100 $582,862,000
32 Shrek 2 2004 71,050,900 $569,828,400
33 Ghostbusters 1984 70,730,600 $567,259,500
34 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 70,557,900 $565,874,000
35 Love Story 1970 69,998,100 $561,385,100
36 Spider-Man 2002 69,484,700 $557,267,700
37 Independence Day 1996 69,268,900 $555,536,400
38 Home Alone 1990 67,734,200 $543,228,300
39 Pinocchio 1940 67,403,300 $540,574,700
40 Cleopatra 1963 67,183,500 $538,811,400
41 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 67,150,000 $538,543,100
42 Goldfinger 1964 66,300,000 $531,726,000
43 Airport 1970 66,111,300 $530,212,500
44 American Graffiti 1973 65,714,300 $527,028,600
45 The Robe 1953 65,454,500 $524,945,500
46 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 64,628,400 $518,319,500
47 Around the World in 80 Days 1956 64,615,400 $518,215,400
48 Bambi 1942 63,712,400 $510,973,800
49 Blazing Saddles 1974 63,227,500 $507,084,700
50 Batman 1989 62,954,600 $504,896,000
51 The Bells of St. Mary's 1945 62,745,100 $503,215,700
52 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 61,538,100 $494,350,400
53 The Towering Inferno 1974 61,375,700 $492,232,800
54 Finding Nemo 2003 61,545,200 $488,669,000
55 Spider-Man 2 2004 60,158,700 $482,473,200
56 My Fair Lady 1964 60,000,000 $481,200,000
57 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 60,000,000 $480,319,900
58 National Lampoon's Animal House 1978 59,890,300 $480,319,900
59 The Passion of the Christ 2004 59,704,800 $478,832,800
60 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2005 59,324,600 $475,783,200
61 Back to the Future 1985 59,050,700 $473,586,200
62 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 57,630,400 $462,956,800
63 The Sixth Sense 1999 57,579,100 $461,784,600
64 Superman 1978 57,358,100 $460,012,200
65 Tootsie 1982 56,903,900 $456,369,600
66 Smokey and the Bandit 1977 56,832,900 $455,800,100
67 West Side Story 1961 55,970,300 $448,881,700
68 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 55,913,000 $448,422,100
69 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 57,560,100 $447,817,857
70 Lady and the Tramp 1955 55,734,900 $446,993,800
71 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 55,575,500 $445,715,900
72 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 55,383,600 $444,176,100
73 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 55,069,400 $441,656,800
74 Rocky 1976 55,040,000 $441,420,600
75 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 55,000,000 $441,100,000
76 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 54,902,000 $440,313,700
77 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 55,703,900 $439,490,200
78 Twister 1996 54,688,100 $438,598,800
79 Men in Black 1997 54,616,700 $438,025,700
80 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 54,400,000 $436,288,000
81 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 53,900,900 $432,285,400
82 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963 53,875,400 $432,080,800
83 Swiss Family Robinson 1960 53,808,000 $431,540,200
84 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 53,685,400 $430,556,600
85 MASH 1970 53,684,200 $430,547,400
86 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 53,532,800 $429,333,200
87 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 2002 53,468,500 $428,817,100
88 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 52,684,400 $422,528,800
89 Aladdin 1992 52,442,300 $420,587,600
90 Toy Story 3 2010 52,201,900 $418,659,000
91 Ghost 1990 51,465,200 $412,751,100
92 Duel in the Sun 1946 51,020,400 $409,183,700
93 The Hunger Games 2012 50,836,900 $408,010,692
94 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 50,648,900 $401,139,300
95 House of Wax 1953 50,531,900 $400,212,800
96 Rear Window 1954 50,354,700 $398,809,600
97 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 49,910,000 $395,286,800
98 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 49,416,500 $391,378,600
99 Spider-Man 3 2007 48,914,300 $387,401,200
100 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 48,656,400 $385,358,500

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