Top Grossing Movies of All Time 1976 - 2022
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2022
- Updated timeline history of the highest grossing movies starting 1976 to 2022. Numbers represent worldwide gross revenue with a long-term ticket price adjustment for inflation. Please note: numbers keep growing due to inflation. Data source: movie-ticket admission reports.
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Dominance of just 2 Directors, Spielberg and Cameron at top 4 for such long durations, is insane!
And yet no Nolan movies 🤔
It's amazing! 😀
Titanic and Avatar such 'high value' movies 😂
@@kkrsnn5632 Titanic is allright, I'm not sure where it gets bad rep from.
@@Vyker Nolan's films are IMHO far better than Spielberg's and Cameron's, but the public has voted. :/
this made me realize just how monumental ET must’ve been for its time
It was the flying bicycle that did it
I was 12 years old at the time and thought it was kind of corny.
This creator has the perfect formula for making 8 minutes feel like 30 seconds.
i... had to check. that was 8 min? HOW
So, if inflation adjusted, E.T. and Titanic would be the top movies on this list. But if inflation adjusted, the highest grossing movie EVER is still "Gone with the Wind."
He says in the description that the numbers continue to rise throughout the video because of inflation adjustment.
I saw "GONE WITH THE WIND" yesterday afternoon for the first time. (In Italian language, perfectly dubbed)
Beautiful costumes, excellent acting and admirable set design.
A good old movie.
It's really hard to compare to these years. Due to high inflation periods this video would be static and dominated by pre ww2 titles.
@@DataIsBeautifulOfficial The great depression, I get that!
@@DataIsBeautifulOfficial Interesting. Thanks for the reply.
One of the cool things is you can kinda get an idea of how big certain movies were. Very few of us on here will remember how big ET was at the time. There had never been anything like it. Everyone was into it. I remember my grandparents pulling my brother and I from school to go see it. Even they wanted to see it.
And ET held the top spot from 1982 until titanic came out
Spielberg being on this list so often really speaks a lot about his incredible career
I am impressed that films with Dustin Hoffmann, Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Costner were so successful. Didn't expect that.
It's wild that Titanic held the Top spot for 12 years before Avatar became the Top for the next 13
Endgame actually made more than Avatar and held the top spot for 2 years until Avatar was released in China in 2021
@@blaze1927 it was released in china in 2010
@@nicholas802 rereleased*
And yet they don't hold a candle to the impact on pop culture that ET, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Avengers had. No one really cares for Avatar.
@@therodzexperience technically Avatar did have an impact. It’s just depends on who you interact.
The fact E.T. does not have a sequel is still mind-boggling.
It has an ad
They serialised it. It’s called “Teletubbies”. It’s for a more mature audience than the original though.
It has, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
There apparently was a sequel in the works. Apparantly one with a horror theme, the kids get kidnapped and tortured by evil aliens. Probably a good decision to scrap it.
@@gkoymnbxykfb Yep, it was going to be called "Nocturnal Fears". It's funny because "E.T." began life as a possible horror movie called "Night Skies," which was, at one time, a genuine sequel to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and then grew into more of a spiritual successor as the horror elements grew. Thankfully, Spielberg changed his mind on it while doing "Raiders," and with the help of Harrison Ford's then-girlfriend (later, wife), they came up with the "E.T." we know and love.
And thankfully, they ditched the sequel idea. Spielberg wisely realized a sequel would diminish the ending of the original.
These are the top 10 box office success of all time, adjusted for inflation :
1 Gone with the Wind - 1939
2 Star Wars - 1977
3 The Sound of Music - 1965
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 1982
5 Titanic - 1997
6 The Ten Commandments - 1956
7 Jaws. - 1975
8 Doctor Zhivago - 1965
9 The Exorcist - 1973
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - 1937
These are what used to be considered "domestic" numbers, as there was no real foreign markets like china or India in those days.
Noticed how nothing released after the 1990's even cracks the top 10.
There were not as many options back then either
I was just about to say - if you could add an inflation percentage and also the movement would take account the changes somehow - would be amazing!!!
It's nice to see the domestic figures. I wish they also had the international figures somehow, as I know Canada, Australia, and at least Britain if not the rest of Europe were watching these movies as well. America probably accounted for the decided bulk of sales, but the addition of the others might tweak the numbers if for whatever reason a particular movie did extra well say in Britain.
He said in the description that the numbers are adjusted for inflation, though you're using data from further back also, and I think this video uses worldwide sales.
i woud love for them to do something like this adjusted for inlatio. but harder to do this kind of graph that way i think
let's just appreciate that Jurassic park is staying on the list since 1993 for 30 years
And ET from 1982 - 40 years
Note that the video only takes into account films made after 1975. In fact, Gone with the Wind has been on the top since 1939 with 4,192 mil. USD (inflation-adjusted) as of 2022.
@@tassie7325 I know Right!! didnt see that coming.... just showed my niece & nephew it last night there 6 & 7
Unmarried bachelors are awesome.
@@Kejhicstill, its a shit film
No one is talking about how The Godfather stayed on the list for 30 years.
Legendary
Greatest movie of all time. I remember seeing it and not wanting to leave the theater at the end, I wanted more..
It's a classic
Unlike scarface sadly
it didnt none did he kept moving up the numbers adjusting for inflqation you cant inflate a movie that masw 100m and move it up the list just bcus 100 m then is now 400m not fair to the movie that just made 300m and was still kept below a 40 yr old movie its crappy to do that
E.T. for 40 years.
James Cameron basically owns the box office
Go Canada ! (he's canadian) .. The numbers in this chart are misleading. It's the domestic market (USA only). Now most movies make more money out-of USA
Not domestic. Force Awakens crushed the old record and is still number 1 all time.
It’s too bad he made avatar 2 woke. I don’t understand these ppl pushing leftist bs. They clearly lose money doing it and still do it anyway. Makes zero sense. Go woke, go broke. We just want entertainment, not liberal talking points being slipped in left and right
He also owns your mom
and his rival Steven Spielberg
I'm surprised and impressed by the length of time in which stand-alone films ENTER THE DRAGON, DANCES WITH WOLVES, GHOST, HOME ALONE and INDEPENDENCE DAY each managed to hold their own in the Top Ten... ETD and ID4 for me were the biggest surprises.
0:06 Star Wars
1:18 ET
3:19 Jurassic Park
3:57 Titanic
5:49 Avatar
Also:
3:26 The Lion King
4:12 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
4:57 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
6:49 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7:03 Avengers: Infinity War
7:09 Avengers Endgame
Forgot the god father
Would LOVE to see this exact same timeline in inflation-adjusted dollars. I've read that doing it this way, some very old movies would top the list. Would be very interesting to see!
In this video I'm using domestic revenue for all movies up to 1980. The worldwide numbers from this period that are publicly reported through box offices are calculated in a different manner than later releases. Unfortunately it's impossible to combine them as I did in my previous videos without skewing final results into their favor. Sorry, a new hope fans.
Instead of Gross dollars I would like to see actual ticket sales numbers. I think adjusted for inflation is not an accurate discription. IMO
Always enjoyed your videos but this one I gotta ask where exactly you’re getting this info from as Box Office Mojo reports different amounts for both Domestic Lifetime and Worldwide Lifetime. And you’ve got huge amounts being added post theatre which I assume is home video of all kinds?
Thank you for the explanation of your source numbers. I was thrown for a minute 😃
Still don’t see a source for this info, not saying it’s wrong but I’ve never seen a list of top movie grosses having these very high amounts
IMDbPro plus my calculations for inflation adjustments.
I can not believe that there was a time where Enter the Dragon was in the top 3 top grossing movies of all time.
A different time for sure.
Bruce Lee the legend
and made by an obscure company from Hong Kong
@@KronStaro - Enter the Dragon was actually produced by Warner Bros. His other film that was on top for a while, The Way of the Dragon was through Golden Harvest.
@@KronStaro ???? hollywood is obscure with all the ga y propaganda
the fact that the god awful lion king remake is the 10th highest grossing film of all time is whats wrong with the world...
Facts
Would love to see this calculated by actual tickets sold rather than gross dollars made
One of the cost to create vs profit made would be cool. If avatar made 1 billion but it cost 2 billion to make 3 for 1 profit that would be different than if ET cost 250 million but made 1.25B for 1B profit. You feel me? Who spent the least to make the most
@@TheAnnoyingBoss I don't know the numbers exactly, but I remember at one point in time The Blair Witch Project was said to be the most "profitable" movie ever. It only cost something like $650,000 to make and grossed hundreds of millions. No other movie comes even remotely close to that cost/profit ratio.
It’s a toss up between Blair and paranormal activity
Yeah there's different ways to gauge success and I'd like to see metrics other than just the one in the vid. If they're avaliable.
@@TheAnnoyingBossYes, gross profit comparison is ideal but who is adhering to what standards? Do they even have comparable cost figures from 80 or so years ago?
Love how you bring the best music for the heavy hitters data
E.T. it was almost a paradigm shift at the time, I was 10 years old and I remember that the lines of people just to buy the ticket stretched around the block (at that time there were still cinemas in cities outside the shopping centers)
Epic
Yes! And I went and saw it twice. Some people I knew went and saw it three times. Thats why it made so much money, not just from single viewership but from the same viewer going back multiple times.
If you're looking for new ideas: a video on the best selling video games (numbers of copies sold and not total revenue) could be interesting. Keep up the good work, I've missed your channel :)
Thanks for the idea!
gta 5 would win that hands down lol
I was pleased to see Back to the Future was on this list! That trilogy is my favorite movie(s) to this day.
I saw E.T. 6 times in the theater. My mom thought there was something really wrong with me lol
Ya know...maybe she was right 🤔
Anyway...great movie!
It really was--I was just a little to small to see in the theater, but I wish I had. Super creative movie too, I wish they never let go of creativity in movie making 😢
Love the music piece scored over this video. The films from the 70s to the 90s were just unreal. So lucky I was born into watching them as a kid and teenager! I still remember watching E.T. at a drive-in cinema when it came out in Australia.
E.T staying power is amazing. 40 years after it was released it went from 6th to 7th just amazing.
Congratulations for the baby girl ❤️
Absolutely brilliant and fascinating way of displaying data.
Can we just appreciate the fact that two of Bruce Lee's were on this list together for almost 20 years after his death?
I remember watching them in 90s as a kid. Super popular.
Definitely sheds some light on why developing franchises has become such a big thing, and why certain directors are in high demand. Take Spielberg for example, during the 1980's and 90's, dude basically couldn't fail. Or even M. Night Shyamalan, with the sixth sense, and why so many studio's have tried to bank on him despite box office duds. I think the biggest surprise was nothing from Nolan showed up on the list. Good stuff!
The Dark Knight was on the list temporarily. Watch the video again.
@@franklingonzalez1003 Aha, you are correct sir! I completely forgot about that one. Thanks.
I would have expected Nolan to be on there a bit more than The Dark Knight.
Wasn't Spielberg behind 1941?
I think It’s so cool that you finally make new Videos 🎉
Amazing that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was at one point the third highest grossing movie of all time, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is one of the biggest bombs in movie history.
That's quite some fall!
Hard to believe the matrix is nowhere. It was a big hit. One of my favorite of all times.
The Matrix is everywhere.
Now do most gross movies. Just since the MCU, Star Wars and Disney completely lost it’s freaking mind
And Everything Everything All At Once. [grin]
Except on this list
I'm not sure if data us really beautiful, but I would say the music selection for this is quite outstanding. Great job!
No idea E.T was that successful, it stayed at the top longer than anything, whopping 15 years
He adjusted the revenue for inflation. Still I agree, crazy.
@@edition-deluxe he did the same for every other movie too, though.
Take it from somebody who was around when it came out, E.T. stayed in the theaters for over a year and was still drawing big crowds when it ended its run. And it took on a second life when it finally made it to drive-thru theaters. If you lived in a county that didn't have an indoor theater, you finally got to watch it nearly a year after its original release.
15? It's still on the top 10, that's 40 years.
And remained in the top 10 for 40 years(and maybe it still is to this day)
I'm legit amazed at the staying power of E.T., after all these years.
I guess we just gotta think about the fact that EVERYONE has seen it at least 10 times in their life lol
@alexisb534 .. I was born in ‘85 and I JUST saw it about a year ago.. and even with the hype, it lived up……. and yea, I did cry lol
@@gbmbg114 Wow that's surprising lol I'm glad you enjoyed it, it's a beautiful movie about the power of friendship, even when that friend is an alien. :)
@@alexisb534I've still yet to see it, I'm 25, I just feel like I won't like it since it is an older movie, idk. Maybe someday, I'll give it a shot
This is proof positive that popularity doesn't necessarily equal quality. Particularly in TV/movies, but also music.
I agree with that, and it also applies to music.
if you think quality in artistic expression is supposed to be objective you apparently skipped a lot of classes
Happy new year data is beautiful
I love the way this is done. So efficient.. and no talking.
E.T. exploded on the scene
for 27 years, amazing really.
Between 1977 and 1982 was the ultimate battle between two eras of Cinema: The classical era VS. the modern technological approach to filmmaking
I LOVE your videos!
welcome back!
E.T since 82 is still making that much 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Loved the way Avatar jumped to the top out of nowhere... 😆
They just hoping the new one will do the same--they need 2 BILLION just to break even!
@@edition-deluxe the break even point was never 2 billion it was 1.5 billion. Well they are over past 2 billion now anyway so
Very good video keep it up and also hope you're good in 2023
Thanks! You too!
Great graphic 👏👏😃
I never for the life of me understood the fascination with the movie Titanic
Same. I fell asleep the first time I watched it.
Never finished it myself. But people loved it!
gotta enjoy love stories
Good romantic movie about our civilization that slowly goes into the sink
Way overrated
Titanic is a absolute monster back in 1997. It's the only movie that is not associated to superhero,sci fi or even books. It deserves recognition among audiences.
in the 90s everyone was like "Spielberg is the most successful director of all time"
Mean while in some corner some where.. Jimmy Cameron was all like "hold my beer"
Amazing watching the big blockbusters each year zooming up the table. Fabulous.
I should have read the description first. I kept thinking the entire time that I know theaters continue to play some movies for years, but surely they're not making that much money 😂 I had assumed everything was already adjusted for inflation.
Who is happy to see LOTR up there? Amazing films!!
C’mon man, I remember going to a midnight opening for it when it came out and it sold out!! Line out the door and the theater was shocked! This was a small town in NC for context.
Well done. Great music.
Good stuff Happy New year to all
Happy new year!
J. Cameron and S. Spielberg móveis are awesome. George Lucas Star Wars is also greater. But ET kept top ranking for so long... just amazing as the movie is.
Really needs to be based on ticket sales. $15/$20 tickets in the 2000's-2020's are going to far outpace the $1.25 tickets in the 70's. Especially if ticket prices outpaced inflation - which I think they did.
Eyyy you're back after 3 years!
I am)
Hey man congrats on becoming a dad and thanks for the excellent content :))
Hey, thanks!
What's the song used for the video called? I love it.
Heaven an hell
When you stated data is beautiful I could not have said it any better. These moving charts are absolutely memorizing. It is by far my favorite kind of chart. The part of the chart that surprised me the most is when titanic shot above et.
Epic move.
where did you find the data and how to visualized as your movie?
Beautiful music 👏👏👏
Not sure how Avengers ranks so high, niche audience and blown out storyline
Kids are a massive auidence
@@katanaswing3082 where the kids go... the family has to.
do you know a single person who didnt buy a ticket?
Wow the Exorcist held on from 73 to 90! Then in 97 Titanic was like FU ET.
The fact that the vast majority are fantasy or science fiction says a lot. Most of us want to escape reality and willing to pay big bucks for it.
That was cool. Thank you.
i guess my only question is i didnt see Joker make it up on that list lol cause it was the first Rated R Movie to break 1 billion dollar mark but i mean
E.T. never went home. Truly otherworldly.
good luck bro ❤👍 very good
Yes its very good
🤞
You are a role model for the bar chart race community of TH-camrs. Though, I have to ask, as someone who makes bar chart videos myself, whether your videos are getting monetized, as my channel was recently demonetized. Just curious. Thanks!
Sorry to hear that bro
Drop me a line.
Jurrasic park changed EVERYTHING
ET changed everything, Jaws was 1st summer blockbuster
Jurassic Park and Back to the Future are unbeatable
How does E.T. still make multiple millions per month... thats pretty insane
Presumably through BluRay sales. The film is also shown in individual cinemas from time to time.
I assumed the reason the numbers keep going up on all movies is because of the constant adjustment for inflation
@@BeachBumZero pretty good idea actually.. i can't imagine anything else for that amount increase.
Edit: okay, nevermind i'm an idiot... should have looked in the description
@@h.g.762 I was just about to reply to Jay G that he mentions inflation in the description!
Because it's a great movie)
Merry Christmas
Really love those timed comparison video. In this one, are the values shown taking inflation corrections in the numbers ? 260 millions of 1972 is much more impressive than 500 millions in 2015.
Adjusted for inflation for the titles after 1980
I love reading novels, and if I hear of a novel being made into a movie I like to read it first. Sadly most movies don't hold a candle to their book form (condensing 300+ pages into a 2 hour movie leaves a lot out) until I saw Jurassic Park. What a mind blowing movie! I became a huge Michael Crichton fan and read a lot of his books and watched his movies but Jurassic park was the best.
That’s because dinosaurs don’t exist and no one has ever seen a real dinosaur, dumb dumb.
I love Jurassic Park.
The Jurassic park book is amazing
Jurassic park is it for me. The goat.
There is ONE other movie that I believe beats the book
Neil Gaiman's "Stardust"
Book was ok, movie was amazing and horribly underrated
great video!
Thanks!
Great video...to me what stands out was the significance of Spielberg's E.T...many millennials and Gen Z may not realize how much impact that film had...however Also surprising to me was The Godfather...knew it was culturally/ artistically a hit, but didnt realize the box office of that film
How come any Matrix movie didn't make the list? Matrix reloaded was so hot that people couldn't buy tickets at the opening day...
Sorry they almost made it. Crazy competition.
they didn't make enough money, don't you get how this works?
how many rated r films are on the list.... the godfather and that was before capitalism started pandering to children
I’m assuming this is dvd sales included. Which makes me happy, I hated how avengers endgame got more than Avatar at the box office. But I’m glad to see Avatar (my favorite movie) is still number #1 in terms of overall profit/gross.
You see the new one yet?! They need your help, it needs 2 BILLION to break even, and they no where close yet.
@@edition-deluxe 2.1 billion is locked & it will most likely pass titanic 2.2 billion for the #3 biggest movie
No DVD sales included here q
@@Sc00by-d008 what is your source? I'm only seeing 1.5B rn
@@edition-deluxe avatar is currently at 1.730 billion & is outpacing the previous avatar, 2 billion is already locked most box office nerds have it making 2.2 billion-2.8 billion max
Wow I never realized how much money Bruce Lees Films grossed. amazing
We need an updated version already!
Guys read the description. He explains quite clearly why numbers continue to rise, being due to inflation adjustment.
People don't read lol. Should have mentioned it inside the video.
@@DataIsBeautifulOfficial for your videos, I find that you always put practical information about the data collection metrics for that specific topic. Yes, reading the description isn't so important with some others, but in your case, I find it is helpful every time. Maybe pin a comment about reading the description?
@@mike1024.some people don’t read the pinned comment
@@Boss_Tanaka I'd wager more people read a pinned comment than the description! I'm biased though, as I find the comments are worth looking at on most videos.
@@mike1024. some people don’t watch the video
Taking this AAALLLLL the way back, how would films like Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz fare?
Love this… it was nice to see a couple stalwarts from the ‘70s hold on as long as they did. And E.T.?! Unreal :-)
On a somewhat personal note, it’s very interesting that based upon the success of Star Wars VII, that neither of the subsequent Disney Star Wars films make the top of this list, though I’m guessing that VII and Rogue One aren’t far behind Harry Potter at the bottom.
*Gone with the Wind* sold twice as many tickets as Avatar. Draw your own conclusions.
This is like watching my entire life all over again. Incredible!
Bellissimo video. Grazie.
The god father was a massive hit!
Then came ET , you have to be a teen when that movie came out to know how big it really was.
The Star Wars franchise takes the cake though.
Watched E.T for the first time about 37 years ago. Still one of my absolute favorites. Wonderful movie.
Congratulations on the baby girl!
Thanks!
wow, I never new Enter the Dragon made so much money then and hand in the list for so long
I was SHOCKED that "The Matrix" wasn't even on this list?! That can't be right!
yup thats because this list only has good movies
@@ASalvaro .....you think gross money made on a movie = a good movie^^ - ahahaha - twit
I've never watched the matrix so it must be true.
I love how Spiderman No way Home is the only post plandemic movie to crack the top 10, very cool.
Plandemic is right.
The movies today have no heart. That's why none of them are succeeding in the same way. This list stops in 2022. If it had gone to 2023...Top Gun Maverick would have made it onto the list. It's been the only decent movie in a long time.
Looks like Too Gun May make the list for the next update. I believe it’s near the $1.6-1.7B.
Now figure out the number of tickets / copies sold per movie over the years. That will change the over all look of this chart.
Not going to lie - I was completely blindsided to see that E.T. was such a massive hit. Good movie for sure but should have it been the top grossing movie of all time for 15 years? Absolutely not.
I was 12 years old. I saw E.T. 6 times in the theater. It was the first blockbuster made for us (kids) and it was an event movie kinda like a popular comic book or franchise movie would be today. I remember laughing and crying as a group in the auditorium. We all envisioned ourselves as one of the kids who found that little helpless ugly alien and the adventures we would have gotten into lol
It wasn't a great movie, but it was an event and I still smile when I see the poster art 😊
Will be interesting to see on whether the top 3 movies will be from Cameron in the next years. I'm pretty sure Avatar 2 will go to the top.
Absolutely no chance Avatar 2 will make as much as the first one. Not even close.
@@Bendrix27 It already earned 600Millions during the first weekend lol, would be pretty crazy if it does not manage the same amount as Avatar 1
i havent seen it but i heard it was good, cameron doesnt make bad movies.
I am very sure it will not. They need 2 Billion to break even, and I will bet they don't hit that for years.
@@kruemelfelix Haha, you funny. it hit 134 Million in box office first weekend. No way they making 2 Billion, the number to break even.
Love how ET and Titanic we're like "Excuse me, coming through."
How is it in 1977, when most film buffs know that Smokey and the Bandit, which was the second highest grossing film behind Star Wars for 1977, making close to 130 million worldwide NOT on this list at all, when you got when you got other films at 70 million on here for 1977?
LOTR is the most entertaining of them all, IDC about prfit