List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada

Here are the 50 top-grossing movies of all time in the United States and Canada, based on total receipts as of September 23, 2008. This figure is often called the U.S. box office or the North American box office, both of which are inaccurate. The figures in this first list are shown with adjustment for inflation. There is an inflation unadjusted list further down the page, this list will favor more recent releases due to inflation.

Highest-grossing/best-selling movies/films in the US and Canada, adjusted for inflation

This is a list of the highest-grossing movies of all time in the U.S. and Canada, commonly referred to as "domestic gross" in the two countries, where "gross" is defined as:
* US and Canada box-office revenues in U.S. dollars
* adjusted for the effects of inflation using the U.S. consumer price index for January of the year of release (except for long runners, see below)

This list was compiled on March 16, 2008 based on data from [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm boxofficemojo.com] .

The adjustment for inflation better reflects the importance of older films, as lists compiled without adjustment for inflation will consist almost entirely of films released in the last 20 years. Some of the films on this list have had multiple releases and would not be so highly ranked based on their original release alone. At number 3, "The Sound of Music" holds the highest position for a movie that was only released once.

Film list (adjusted for inflation)

# "Gone with the Wind" (1939)
# "" (1977)
# "The Sound of Music" (1965)
# "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982)
# "The Ten Commandments" (1956)
# "Titanic" (1997)
# "Jaws" (1975)
# "Doctor Zhivago" (1965)
# "The Exorcist" (1973)
# "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)
# "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961)
# "" (1980)
# "Ben-Hur" (1959)
# "" (1983)
# "The Sting" (1973)
# "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)
# "Jurassic Park" (1993)
# "The Graduate" (1967)
# "" (1999)
# "Fantasia" (1941)
# "The Godfather" (1972)
# "Forrest Gump" (1994)
# "Mary Poppins" (1964)
# "The Lion King" (1994)
# "Grease" (1978)
# "Thunderball" (1965)
# "The Dark Knight" (2008)
# "The Jungle Book" (1967)
# "Sleeping Beauty" (1959)
# "Shrek 2" (2004)
# "Ghostbusters" (1984)
# "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969)
# "Love Story" (1970)
# "Spider-Man" (2002)
# "Independence Day" (1996)
# "Home Alone" (1990)
# "Pinocchio" (1940)
# "Cleopatra" (1963)
# "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984)
# "Goldfinger" (1964)
# "Airport" (1970)
# "American Graffiti" (1973)
# "The Robe" (1953)
# "" (2006)
# "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956)
# "Bambi" (1942)
# "Blazing Saddles" (1974)
# "Batman" (1989)
# "The Bells of St. Mary's" (1945)
# "" (2003)
# "The Towering Inferno" (1974)
# "Spider-Man 2" (2004)
# "My Fair Lady" (1964)
# "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952)
# "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978)
# "The Passion of the Christ" (2004)
# "" (2005)
# "Back to the Future" (1985)
# "" (2002)
# "The Sixth Sense" (1999)
# "Superman" (1978)
# "Tootsie" (1982)
# "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977)
# "Finding Nemo" (2003)
# "West Side Story" (1961)
# "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone" (2001)
# "Lady and the Tramp" (1955)
# "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977)
# "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)
# "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975)
# "Rocky" (1976)
# "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)
# "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972)
# "" (2001)
# "Twister" (1996)
# "Men in Black" (1997)
# "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
# "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963)
# "Swiss Family Robinson" (1960)
# "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
# "MASH" (1970)
# "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984)
# "" (2002)
# "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993)
# "Aladdin" (1992)
# "Ghost" (1990)
# "Duel in the Sun" (1946)
# "" (2003)
# "House of Wax" (1953)
# "Rear Window" (1954)
# "" (1997)
# "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989)
# "Spider-Man 3" (2007)
# "" (1991)
# "Sergeant York" (1941)
# "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
# "Toy Story 2" (1999)
# "Top Gun" (1986)
# "Shrek" (2001)
# "Shrek the Third" (2007)

Highest grossing films (unadjusted for inflation)

ee also

* List of highest-grossing films
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External links

* [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm Box Office Mojo All Time U.S. Box Office]
* [http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/index.html "The Numbers" all time worldwide chart]
* [http://us.imdb.com/Charts/usatopmovies Internet Movie Database list]
* [http://www.imdb.com/Charts/worldtopmovies " IMDB" all time worldwide chart]
* [http://www.sky-is-falling.co.uk/archives-alltime.html UK all time box office]
* [http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/boxaus.html All time Australian box office]
* [http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/boxuk.html All time UK box office]
* [http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/boxgerm.html All time German box office]
* [http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/boxfran.html All time French box office]
* [http://bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/charts/international300.htm All-Time Non-US Box-Office - Top 300 Movies]