List of highest- grossing films - Wikipedia. Gone with the Wind held the record of highest- grossing film for twenty- five years and, adjusted for inflation, has earned more than any other film.

Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, televisionbroadcast rights and merchandising. However, theatrical box office earnings are the primary metric for trade publications in assessing the success of a film, mostly because of the availability of the data compared to sales figures for home video and broadcast rights, but also because of historical practice. Included on the list are charts of the top box office earners (ranked by both the nominal and real value of their revenue), a chart of high- grossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest- grossing film record, and a chart of the highest- grossing film franchises and series. All charts are ranked by international theatrical box office performance where possible, excluding income derived from home video, broadcasting rights and merchandise.

Traditionally, war films, musicals and historical dramas have been the most popular genres, but franchise films have been among the best performers in the 2. Seven Harry Potter films and five films from Peter Jackson's Middle- earth series are included in the nominal earnings chart, while the Jurassic Park, Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises feature prominently. There is also continued interest in the superhero genre: Batman and Superman from DC Comics and films based on the Marvel Comics brand, such as Spider- Man, X- Men and films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, have generally done well. The only films in the top ten that are not adapted from a pre- existing property or a sequel are the top two, Avatar and Titanic, both directed by James Cameron. Animated family films have performed consistently well, with Disney films enjoying lucrative re- releases prior to the home- video era.

Disney also enjoyed later success with films such as Frozen (the highest- grossing animated film), Zootopia and The Lion King, as well as with its Pixar brand, of which the Toy Story and Finding Nemo films have been the best performers. Beyond Disney and Pixar animation, the Shrek, Ice Age and Despicable Me series have met with the most success.

While inflation has eroded away the achievements of most films from the 1. Besides the Superman franchise, James Bond, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars and Star Trek films are still being released periodically; all five are among the highest- grossing franchises. Some of the older films that held the record of highest- grossing film still have respectable grosses by today's standards, but no longer compete numerically against today's top- earners in an era of much higher individual ticket prices. When properly adjusted for inflation, however, on that comparative scale Gone with the Wind—which was the highest- grossing film outright for twenty- five years—is still the highest- grossing film of all time. All grosses on the list are expressed in U.

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S. Once revenue from home entertainment is factored in it is not immediately clear which film is the most successful. Titanic earned $1. DVD sales and rentals. While complete sales data are not available for Avatar, it earned $3.

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DVD and Blu- ray units in North America. Television broadcast rights will also substantially add to a film's earnings, with a film often earning as much as 2. Thirty films in total have grossed in excess of $1 billion worldwide, of which three have grossed over $2 billion, with Avatar ranked in the top position. All of the films have had a theatrical run (including re- releases) in the 2. The total listed here incorporates subsequent earnings in Japan, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany up to the end of 2.

Turkey, Iceland, Brazil, and Australia (2. The total is rounded to $1 million to compensate for the numerical inaccuracy. TS3. The gross for Toy Story 3 has been corrected to $1,0.

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DM2. Disney issued an erratum to the gross for The Lion King, correcting its gross from $9. This means that Despicable Me 2 finished its run ahead of it and would have ranked one place higher at the end of its release.

FNFinding Nemo finished one place higher at the end of its original release, after taking corrections into account. Its total now stands at $9. D reissue gross of $6. Meanwhile, the total gross for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has been corrected to $8. Finding Nemo's first run once its 2. Highest- grossing films adjusted for inflation. Inflation rates around the world vary, complicating inflation adjustment.

Because of the long- term effects of inflation, notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to later films. For example, in 1.

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One notable example of this phenomenon is Avatar, which was also released in 3. D and IMAX: almost two- thirds of tickets for that film were for 3.

D showings with an average price of $1. IMAX showings with an average price over $1. D films. Estimates depend on the price index used to adjust the grosses. Gone with the Wind—first released in 1. Guinness World Records in 2.

Estimates for Gone with the Wind's adjusted gross have varied substantially: its owner, Turner Entertainment, estimated its adjusted earnings at $3. Guinness estimate. The only other film that all sources agreed grossed in excess of $2 billion at recent prices is Star Wars; according to Guinness it has earned $2.

According to the 2. Guinness World Records, the adjusted total for Titanic as of 2. However, it does state that it is one of only two pre- 1. Gone with the Wind—that are among the adjusted top ten.

It placed tenth in the 2. The Exorcist, which has grossed $1. The adjusted grosses for the other films on the chart increased by 4. Guinness, and using this apparent rate of inflation would take the adjusted gross for Snow White from $1. High- grossing films by year. Glossary: Distributor rentals. Box- office figures are reported in the form of gross or distributor rentals, the latter being especially true of older films.

Commonly mistaken for home video revenue, the rentals are the distributor's share of the film's theatrical revenue i. During the silent era, films with war themes were popular with audiences, with The Birth of a Nation (American Civil War), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Big Parade and Wings (all World War I) becoming the most successful films in their respective years of release, with the trend coming to an end with All Quiet on the Western Front in 1. With the advent of sound in 1.

The genre continued to perform strongly in the 1. World War II saw war themed films dominate again during this period, starting with Gone with the Wind (American Civil War) in 1. The Best Years of Our Lives (World War II) in 1. Samson and Delilah (1. Ancient Rome/biblical times throughout the 1.

The 1. 97. 0s saw a shift in audience tastes to high concept films, with six such films made by either George Lucas or Steven Spielberg topping the chart during the 1. The 2. 1st century has seen an increasing dependence on franchises and adaptations, with the box office dominance of films based on pre- existing intellectual property at record levels. De. Mille (1. 93. Download Full While We`Re Young (2015) on this page. William Wyler (1. D. Griffith (1. 91. George Roy Hill (1.

James Cameron (1. George Lucas directed two chart- toppers in 1. The following directors have also all directed two films on the chart: Frank Lloyd, King Vidor, Frank Capra, Michael Curtiz, Leo Mc.

Carey, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, Guy Hamilton, Mike Nichols, William Friedkin, Peter Jackson, Gore Verbinski and Michael Bay; Mervyn Le. Roy, Ken Annakin and Robert Wise are each represented by one solo credit and one shared credit, and John Ford co- directed two films.