document_title: Walt Disney World

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text: Walt Disney World

text: History[edit]

text: Planning and construction[edit]

text: Conception[edit]

text: In 1959, Walt Disney Productions began looking for land to house a second resort to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955. Market surveys at the time revealed that only 5% of Disneyland's visitors came from east of the Mississippi River, where 75% of the population of the United States lived. Additionally, Walt Disney disliked the businesses that had sprung up around Disneyland and wanted more control over a larger area of land in the next project.[3]

text: Walt Disney flew over a potential site in Orlando, Florida – one of many – in November 1963. After witnessing the well-developed network of roads and taking the planned construction of both Interstate 4 and Florida's Turnpike into account, with McCoy Air Force Base (later Orlando International Airport) to the east, Disney selected a centrally-located site near Bay Lake.[4] To avoid a burst of land speculation, Walt Disney World Company used various dummy corporations to acquire 30,500 acres (48 sq mi; 123 km2) of land.[4] In May 1965, some of these major land transactions were recorded a few miles southwest of Orlando in Osceola County. In addition, two large tracts totaling $1.5 million were sold, and smaller tracts of flatlands and cattle pastures were purchased by exotically-named companies such as the "Ayefour Corporation", "Latin-American Development and Management Corporation" and the "Reedy Creek Ranch Corporation". Some are now memorialized on a window above Main Street, U.S.A. in Magic Kingdom. The smaller parcels of land acquired were called "outs". They were 5-acre (2 ha) lots platted in 1912 by the Munger Land Company and sold to investors. Most of the owners in the 1960s were happy to get rid of the land, which was mostly swamp at the time. Another issue was the mineral rights to the land, which were owned by Tufts University. Without the transfer of these rights, Tufts could come in at any time and demand the removal of buildings to obtain minerals. Eventually, Disney's team negotiated a deal with Tufts to buy the mineral rights for $15,000.[5]

text: Working strictly in secrecy, real estate agents unaware of their client's identity began making offers to landowners in April 1964 in parts of southwest Orange and northwest Osceola counties. The agents were careful not to reveal the extent of their intentions, and they were able to negotiate numerous land contracts with some including large tracts of land for as little as $100 an acre.[6] With the understanding that the recording of the first deeds would trigger intense public scrutiny, Disney delayed the filing of paperwork until a large portion of the land was under contract.[7]

text: Early rumors and speculation about the land purchases assumed possible development by NASA in support of the nearby Kennedy Space Center, as well as references to other famous investors such as Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes.[7] An Orlando Sentinel news article published weeks later on May 20, 1965, acknowledged a popular rumor that Disney was building an "East Coast" version of Disneyland. However, the publication denied its accuracy based on an earlier interview with Disney at Kennedy Space Center, in which he claimed a $50 million investment was in the works for Disneyland, and that he had no interest in building a new park.[7] In October 1965, editor Emily Bavar from the Sentinel visited Disneyland during the park's 10th-anniversary celebration. In an interview with Disney, she asked him if he was behind recent land purchases in Central Florida; Bavar later described that Disney "looked like I had thrown a bucket of water in his face" before denying the story.[7] His reaction, combined with other research obtained during her Anaheim visit, led Bavar to author a story on October 21, 1965, where she predicted that Disney was building a second theme park in Florida.[7] Three days later after gathering more information from various sources, the Sentinel published another article headlined, "We Say: 'Mystery Industry' Is Disney".[7]

text: Walt Disney had originally planned to publicly reveal Disney World on November 15, 1965, but in light of the Sentinel story, Disney asked Florida Governor Haydon Burns to confirm the story on October 25. His announcement called the new theme park "the greatest attraction in the history of Florida".[7] The official reveal was kept on the previously-planned November 15 date, and Disney joined Burns in Orlando for the event.[7]

text: Roy Disney's oversight of construction[edit]

text: Walt Disney died from Circulatory Collapse caused by lung cancer on December 15, 1966, before his vision was realized. His brother and business partner, Roy O. Disney, postponed his retirement to oversee construction of the resort's first phase.

text: On February 2, 1967, Roy O. Disney held a press conference at the Park Theatres in Winter Park, Florida. The role of EPCOT was emphasized in the film that was played. After the film, it was explained that for Disney World, including EPCOT, to succeed, a special district would have to be formed: the Reedy Creek Improvement District with two cities inside it, Bay Lake and Reedy Creek, now Lake Buena Vista. In addition to the standard powers of an incorporated city, which include the issuance of tax-free bonds, the district would have immunity from any current or future county or state land-use laws. The only areas where the district had to submit to the county and state would be property taxes and elevator inspections.[3] The legislation forming the district and the two cities was signed into law by Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. on May 12, 1967.[8] The Supreme Court of Florida then ruled in 1968 that the district was allowed to issue tax-exempt bonds for public projects within the district, despite the sole beneficiary being Walt Disney Productions.

text: The district soon began construction of drainage canals, and Disney built the first roads and the Magic Kingdom. The Contemporary Resort Hotel and Polynesian Village were also completed in time for the park's opening on October 1, 1971.[9][10] The Palm and Magnolia golf courses near Magic Kingdom had opened a few weeks before, while Fort Wilderness opened a month later. 24 days after the park opened , Roy O. Disney dedicated the property and declared that it would be known as "Walt Disney World" in his brother's honor. In his own words: "Everyone has heard of Ford cars. But have they all heard of Henry Ford, who started it all? Walt Disney World is in memory of the man who started it all, so people will know his name as long as Walt Disney World is here." After the dedication, Roy Disney asked Walt's widow, Lillian, what she thought of Walt Disney World. According to biographer Bob Thomas, she responded, "I think Walt would have approved." Roy Disney died at age 78 on December 20, 1971, less than three months after the property opened.[11]

text: Admission prices in 1971 were $3.50 for adults, $2.50 for juniors under age 18, and one dollar for children under twelve.[9]

text: Recent history[edit]

text: Much of Walt Disney's plans for his Progress City were abandoned after his death after the company board decided that it did not want to be in the business of running a city. The concept evolved into the resort's second theme park, EPCOT Center (renamed Epcot in 1996), which opened in 1982. While still emulating Walt Disney's original idea of showcasing new technology, it is closer to a world's fair than a "community of tomorrow". Some of the urban planning concepts from the original idea of EPCOT would instead be integrated into the community of Celebration much later. The resort's third theme park, Disney-MGM Studios (renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2008), opened in 1989 and is inspired by show business. The resort's fourth theme park, Disney's Animal Kingdom, opened in 1998.

text: George Kalogridis was named president of the resort in December 2012, replacing Meg Crofton, who had overseen the site since 2006.

text: On January 21, 2016, the resort's management structure was changed, with general managers within a theme park being in charge of an area or land, instead of on a functional basis as previously. Theme parks have already had a vice-president overseeing them. Disney Springs and Disney Sports were also affected. Now hotel general managers manage a single hotel instead of some managing multiple hotels.[12]

text: On October 18, 2017, it was announced that resort visitors can now bring dogs on the following resorts: Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, Disney Port Orleans Resort – Riverside, Disney’s Art of Animation Resort and Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.[13]

text: Timeline[edit]

text:
[hide]Year
Event

1965
Walt Disney announces Florida Project

1966
Walt Disney dies of lung cancer at age 65

1967
Construction of Walt Disney World Resort begins

1971
Magic Kingdom Opened
Palm and Magnolia Golf Courses Opened
Disney's Contemporary Resort Opened
Disney's Polynesian Resort Opened
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground Opened
Roy O. Disney dies at age 78

1972
Disney's Village Resort Opened

1973
The Golf Resort Opened

1974
Discovery Island Opened

1975
Walt Disney Village Marketplace Opened

1976
Disney's River Country Opened

1980
Walt Disney World Conference Center Opened

1982
EPCOT Center Opened

1986
The Golf Resort is expanded and renamed The Disney Inn

1988
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Opened
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort Opened

1989
Disney-MGM Studios Opened
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Opened
Pleasure Island Opened

1990
Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort Opened
Walt Disney World Swan Opened
Walt Disney World Dolphin Opened

1991
Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter Opened
Disney Vacation Club Is Lauched
Disney's Old Key West Resort Opened

1992
Disney's Port Orleans Resort Riverside (Dixie Landings) Opened
Bonnet Creek Golf ClubOpened

1994
Disney's All-Star Sports Resort and Disney's All Star Music Resort Opened
Disney's Wilderness Lodge Opened
The Disney Inn is replaced by Shades of Green

1995
Disney's Blizzard Beach
Disney's Wedding Pavilion
Walt Disney World Speedway

1996
EPCOT Center is renamed Epcot
Disney Institute Opened
Disney's BoardWalk Inn and BoardWalk Villas Opened

1997
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort Opened
Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex Opened
Downtown Disney West Side Opened

1998
Disney's Animal Kingdom Opened
DisneyQuest Opened

1999
Disney's All-Star Movies Resort Opened
Discovery Island closed
Hurricane Floyd closed the resort for both September 4 and 5.[14]

2000
The Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge Opened

2001
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge Opened
Disney's River Country closes
September 11 attack causes all parks on property to evacuate early due to national safety concerns.[14]

2002
Disney's Beach Club Villas Opened

2003
Disney's Pop Century Resort Opened

2004
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa Opened
Hurricane Frances causes the second closure on Sept. 15.[14]
Hurricane Jeanne closes the resort for its third time on September 26.[14]

2007
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas Opened

2008
Disney-MGM Studios is renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios Opened

2009
Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort
Treehouse Villas Opened

2011
Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort

2012
Disney's Art of Animation Resort
Phase 1 of New Fantasyland

2013
The Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Opened

2014
Phase 2 of New Fantasyland

2015
Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows Opened
Downtown Disney is renamed Disney Springs and more than doubles in size

2016
Disney Springs finishes construction
Walt Disney World's 45th Anniversary
Hurricane Matthew forced the resort to close for its fourth time on October 7.[14]

2017
Pandora – The World of Avatar opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Hurricane Irma forced the resort to close for its fifth time on September 10 and 11.[15]

text: Location[edit]

text: The Florida resort is not within Orlando city limits but is southwest of Downtown Orlando. Much of the resort is in southwestern Orange County, with the remainder in adjacent Osceola County. The property includes the cities of Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake which are governed by the Reedy Creek Improvement District. The site is accessible from Central Florida's Interstate 4 via Exits 62B (World Drive), 64B (US 192 West), 65B (Osceola Parkway West), 67B (SR 536 West), and 68 (SR 535 North), and Exit 8 on SR 429, the Western Expressway. At its founding, the park occupied approximately 30,500 acres (48 sq mi; 123 km2). Portions of the property have since been sold or de-annexed, including land now occupied by the Disney-built community of Celebration. Now the park occupies 27,258 acres (43 sq mi; 110 km2),[16] about the size of San Francisco, or twice the size of Manhattan.

text: Attractions[edit]

text:
Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom

Spaceship Earth at Epcot

The Chinese Theatre at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Tree of Life at Disney's Animal Kingdom

text: Theme parks[edit]

text:
Magic Kingdom, opened October 1, 1971
Epcot, opened October 1, 1982
Disney's Hollywood Studios, opened May 1, 1989
Disney's Animal Kingdom, opened April 22, 1998

text: Water parks[edit]

text:
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, opened June 1, 1989
Disney's Blizzard Beach, opened April 1, 1995

text: Other attractions[edit]

text:
Disney Springs, opened March 22, 1975 (Previously known as Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village, Disney Village Marketplace, and Downtown Disney)[17]

La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil, opened December 23, 1998, and is to close after December 31, 2017.[18]

Disney's Wedding Pavilion, opened July 15, 1995
ESPN Wide World of Sports, opened March 28, 1997

text: Golf and recreation[edit]

text: Disney's property includes four golf courses. The three 18-hole golf courses are Disney's Palm (4.5 stars), Disney's Magnolia (4 stars), and Disney's Lake Buena Vista (4 stars). There is also a nine-hole walking course (no electric carts allowed) called Oak Trail, designed for young golfers. The Magnolia and Palm courses played home to the PGA Tour's Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. Arnold Palmer Golf Management manages the Disney golf courses.[19]

text: Additionally, there are two themed miniature golf complexes, each with two courses, Fantasia Gardens and Winter Summerland.[20] The two course at Fantasia Gardens are Fantasia Garden and Fantasia Fairways. The Garden course is a traditional miniature-style course based on the "Fantasia" movies with musical holes, water fountains and characters. Fantasia Fairways is a traditional golf course on miniature scale having water hazards and sand traps.[21]

text: The two courses at Winter Summerland are Summer and Winter both theme around Santa. Summer is the more challenging of the two 18-hole courses.[21]

text: Former attractions[edit]

text:
Discovery Island — an island in Bay Lake that was home to many species of animals and birds. It opened on April 8, 1974, and closed on April 8, 1999.
Disney's River Country — the first water park at the Walt Disney World Resort. It opened on June 20, 1976, and closed on November 2, 2001.
Walt Disney World Speedway — a racetrack at Walt Disney World and included the Richard Petty Driving Experience. It opened November 28, 1995, and closed on August 9, 2015.
DisneyQuest  — an indoor interactive theme park that featured many arcade games and virtual attractions. It opened June 19, 1998 as part of an unsuccessful attempt to launch a chain of similar theme parks. It closed on July 2, 2017 to be replaced by the NBA Experience.[22]

text: Resorts[edit]

text: Of the thirty-four resorts and hotels on the Walt Disney World property, twenty-eight are owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. These are classified into four categories — Deluxe, Moderate, Value, and Disney Vacation Club Villas — and are located in one of five resort areas: the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Wide World of Sports, Animal Kingdom, or Disney Springs resort areas.

text: While all of the Deluxe resort hotels have achieved an AAA Four Diamond rating, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is considered the highest tier flagship luxury resort on the Walt Disney World Resort complex.[23]

text: On-site Disney resorts[edit]

text:
Name
Opening date
Theme
Number of rooms
Resort Area

Deluxe resorts

Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
April 16, 2001
African Wildlife preserve
1,307
Animal Kingdom

Disney's Beach Club Resort
November 19, 1990
Newport Beach cottage
576
Epcot

Disney's BoardWalk Inn
July 1, 1996
Early 20th Century Atlantic and Ocean City
378

Disney's Contemporary Resort
October 1, 1971
Modern
655
Magic Kingdom

Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
July 1, 1988
Early 20th Century Florida
867

Disney's Polynesian Village Resort
October 1, 1971
South Seas
492

Disney's Wilderness Lodge
May 28, 1994
Pacific Northwest, National Park Service rustic
729

Disney's Yacht Club Resort
November 5, 1990
Martha's Vineyard Resort
621
Epcot

Moderate resorts

Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
October 1, 1988
Caribbean Islands
2,112
Epcot

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
August 1, 1997
Mexico, American Southwest
1,915
Animal Kingdom

Disney's Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
May 17, 1991
New Orleans French Quarter
1,008
Disney Springs

Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
February 2, 1992
Antebellum South
2,048

Value resorts

Disney's All-Star Movies Resort
January 15, 1999
Disney films
1,920
Animal Kingdom

Disney's All-Star Music Resort
November 22, 1994
Music
1,604

Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
April 24, 1994
Sports
1,920

Disney's Art of Animation Resort
May 31, 2012
Disney and Pixar animated films
1,984
Wide World of Sports

Disney's Pop Century Resort
December 14, 2003
20th Century American pop culture
2,880

Disney Vacation Club

Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort
August 4, 2009
Modern
428
Magic Kingdom

Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas
August 15, 2007
African safari lodge
708
Animal Kingdom

Disney's Beach Club Villas
July 1, 2002
Newport resort
282
Epcot

Disney's BoardWalk Villas
July 1, 1996
Early 20th Century Atlantic City
530

Disney's Old Key West Resort
December 20, 1991
Early 20th Century Key West
761
Disney Springs

Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
April 1, 2015
South Seas
380
Magic Kingdom

Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
May 17, 2004
1880s Upstate New York resort
1,320
Disney Springs

The Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
October 23, 2013
Early 20th Century Florida
147
Magic Kingdom

Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
November 15, 2000
Pacific Northwest
181

Copper Creek Villas and Cabins at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
July 17, 2017
Pacific Northwest
184

Disney Riviera Resort
Fall 2019
Riviera
300
Epcot

Cabins and campgrounds

Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
November 19, 1971
Rustic Woods Camping
800 campsites
409 cabins
Magic Kingdom

Residential areas

Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort
Fall 2011
Varies
450 homes
Magic Kingdom

text:
The Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Walt Disney World's flagship resort

Disney's Polynesian Resort, a deluxe level resort

Caribbean Beach Resort, the first moderate resort at Walt Disney World

Fort Wilderness, Disney's campground and cabin resort

Disney's All Star Movies Resort, one of five value resorts

text: On-site non-Disney hotels[edit]

text:
Hotel name
Opening date
Theme
Number of rooms
Owner
Area

Best Western Lake Buena Vista Resort Hotel
November 21, 1972
None
325
Drury Hotels
Hotel Plaza Boulevard, close to Disney Springs

Doubletree Guest Suite Resort
March 15, 1987
229
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Wyndham Lake Buena Vista
October 15, 1972
626
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Hilton Walt Disney World
November 23, 1983
787
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Holiday Inn in the Walt Disney World Resort
February 8, 1973
323
InterContinental Hotels Group

B Resort
October 1, 1972
394
B Hotels & Resorts

Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa
March 10, 1983
1,014
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Four Seasons Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort
August 3, 2014
450
Four Seasons
Magic Kingdom

Bonnet Creek Resort
Various
Various, 3,000 total
Hilton Worldwide, Wyndham Worldwide
Epcot

Walt Disney World Dolphin
June 1, 1990
Seaside Floridian Resort & Under the Sea
1509
Sheraton

Walt Disney World Swan
January 13, 1990
Seaside Floridian Resort & Under the Sea
756
Westin

Shades of Green
February 1, 1994
Upscale Country Club
586
United States Department of Defense
Magic Kingdom

text:
Shades of Green Resort, owned and operated by the United States Military

The Walt Disney World Dolphin

The Walt Disney World Swan

The Hilton at Walt Disney World, located at Hotel Plaza Boulevard

text: Former resorts[edit]

text:
The Golf Resort — Became The Disney Inn, and later became Shades of Green.
Disney's Village Resort — Became the Villas at Disney Institute and then Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. The "Tree House" Villas were decommissioned for a time because they were not accessible to disabled guests. Until early 2008, they were used for International Program Cast Member housing. In February 2008, Disney submitted plans to the South Florida Water Management District to replace the 60 existing villas with 60 new villas.[24] The Treehouse Villas opened during the summer of 2009.
Celebration — a town designed and built by Disney, now managed by a resident-run association.
Lake Buena Vista — Disney originally intended this area to become a complete community with multiple residences, shopping, and offices, but transformed the original homes into hotel lodging in the 1970s, which were demolished in the early 2000s to build Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa)

text: Proposed resorts[edit]

text: Star Wars Hotel — planned to be built just outside of the under-construction Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land of Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

text: Never-built resorts[edit]

text:
Disney's Asian Resort
Disney's Persian Resort
Disney's Venetian Resort
Disney's Mediterranean Resort
Fort Wilderness Junction

text: Disney's Magical Express[edit]

text: Guests with a Disney Resort reservation (excluding the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin) that arrive at Orlando International Airport can be transported to their resort from the airport using the complimentary Disney Magical Express service, which is operated by Mears Destination Services. Guests can also have their bags picked up and transported to their resort for them through a contract with BAGS Incorporated on participating airlines. Many resorts feature Airline Check-in counters for guests returning to the airport. Here their bags will be checked all the way through to their final destination and they can also have boarding passes printed for them. Some participating airlines are Delta, United, American, Jet Blue, and Alaska Airlines.

text: Attendance[edit]

text: In 2014, the resort's four theme parks all ranked in the top 8 on the list of the 25 most visited theme parks in the world; (1st) Magic Kingdom - 19,332,000 visitors, (6th) Epcot - 11,454,000 visitors, (7th) Disney's Animal Kingdom - 10,402,000 visitors, and (8th) Disney's Hollywood Studios - 10,312,000 visitors.[25]

text:
Year
Magic Kingdom
Epcot
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Overall
Ref.

2008
17,063,000
10,935,000
9,608,000
9,540,000
47,146,000
[26]

2009
17,233,000
10,990,000
9,700,000
9,590,000
47,513,000
[27]

2010
16,972,000
10,825,000
9,603,000
9,686,000
47,086,000
[28]

2011
17,142,000
10,826,000
9,699,000
9,783,000
47,450,000
[29]

2012
17,536,000
11,063,000
9,912,000
9,998,000
48,509,000
[30]

2013
18,588,000
11,229,000
10,110,000
10,198,000
50,125,000
[31]

2014
19,332,000
11,454,000
10,312,000
10,402,000
51,500,000
[32]

2015
20,492,000
11,798,000
10,828,000
10,922,000
54,040,000
[33]

2016
20,395,000
11,712,000
10,776,000
10,844,000
53,727,000
[34]

Total overall
1,347,096,000

text: Operations[edit]

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text: Transportation[edit]

text: The Walt Disney World Resort is serviced by Disney Transport, a complimentary mass transportation system allowing guest access across the property. The Walt Disney World Monorail System provides free transportation at Walt Disney World. The system operates on three routes that interconnect at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC), adjacent to the Magic Kingdom's parking lot. A fleet of Disney-operated buses on property, branded Disney Transport, is also complimentary for guests.

text: Disney Transport also operates a fleet of watercraft, ranging in size from water taxis, up to the ferries that connect the Magic Kingdom to the Transportation and Ticket Center. Disney Transport is also responsible for maintaining the fleet of parking lot trams that are used for shuttling visitors between the various theme park parking lots and their respective main entrances.

text: Employment[edit]

text: When the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, the site employed about 5,500 "cast members". Today, Walt Disney World employs more than 74,000 cast members,[35] spending more than $1.2 billion on payroll and $474 million on benefits each year. The largest single-site employer in the United States,[36][37] Walt Disney World has more than 3,700 job classifications. The resort also sponsors and operates the Walt Disney World College Program, an internship program that offers American college students (CP's) the opportunity to live about 15 miles (24 km) off-site in four Disney-owned apartment complexes and work at the resort, and thereby provides much of the theme park and resort "front line" cast members. There is also the Walt Disney World International College Program, an internship program that offers international college students (ICP's) from all over the world the same opportunity.

text: Corporate culture[edit]

text: Walt Disney World's corporate culture uses jargon based on theatrical terminology.[38][39] For example, park visitors are always "guests", employees are "cast members," rides are "attractions" or "adventures", cast members costumed as famous Disney characters in a way that does not cover their faces are known as "face characters", jobs are "roles", and public and nonpublic areas are respectively labeled "onstage" and "backstage".[38][39]


document_title: Major prophet

question_text: the books of the major prophets in the bible

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text: Major prophet

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tag: table

text: The Major Prophets is a grouping of books in the Christian Old Testament. These books are centred on a prophet, traditionally regarded as the author of the respective book. The term "major" refers to their length, in distinction to the Twelve Minor Prophets, whose books are much shorter and grouped together as a single book in the Hebrew Bible.

tag: p

text: The books, in order of their occurrence in the Christian Old Testament, are:

text:
Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah

Book of Lamentations (in the Ketuvim (Writings) section of the Tanakh)
Book of Baruch (not in Protestant Bibles)

Letter of Jeremiah (Chapter 6 of Baruch in most Catholic Bibles, its own book in Eastern Orthodox Bibles)

Book of Ezekiel
Book of Daniel (in the Ketuvim of the Hebrew Bible).

tag: ul

text: The Hebrew Bible includes the Books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel among the Nevi'im (Prophets) but places Lamentations and Daniel among the Ketuvim (Writings). Baruch (including the Letter of Jeremiah) is not part of the Hebrew Bible.


document_title: List of highest-grossing films

question_text: which is the highest selling movie of all time

text: List of highest-grossing films

text: Highest-grossing films

text: With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.7 billion, Avatar is often proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film's earnings. Once revenue from home entertainment is factored in it is not immediately clear which film is the most successful. Titanic earned $1.2 billion from video and DVD sales and rentals,[1] in addition to the $2.2 billion it grossed in theaters. While complete sales data are not available for Avatar, it earned $345 million from the sale of sixteen million DVD and Blu-ray units in North America,[2] and ultimately sold a total of thirty million DVD and Blu-ray units worldwide.[3] After home video income is accounted for, both films have earned over $3 billion. Television broadcast rights will also substantially add to a film's earnings, with a film often earning as much as 20–25% of its theatrical box-office for a couple of television runs on top of pay-per-view revenues;[4] Titanic earned a further $55 million from the NBC and HBO broadcast rights,[1] equating to about 9% of its North American gross.

text: When a film is highly exploitable as a commercial property, its ancillary revenues can dwarf its income from direct film sales.[5] The Lion King earned over $2 billion in box-office and home video sales,[6] but this pales in comparison to the $6 billion earned at box offices around the world by the stage adaptation.[7] Merchandising can be extremely lucrative too: The Lion King also sold $3 billion of merchandise,[8] while Pixar's Cars—which earned $462 million in theatrical revenues and was only a modest hit by comparison to other Pixar films[9]—generated global merchandise sales of over $8 billion in the five years after its 2006 release.[10][11] Pixar also had another huge hit with Toy Story 3, which generated almost $10 billion in merchandise retail sales in addition to the $1 billion it earned at the box office.[12]

text: On this chart, films are ranked by the revenues from theatrical exhibition at their nominal value, along with the highest positions they attained. Thirty-four 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 21st century, and films that have not played during this period do not appear on the chart because of ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered.

text:
Highest-grossing films[13]

Rank
Peak
Title
Worldwide gross
Year
Reference(s)

1
1
Avatar
$2,787,965,087
2009
[# 1][# 2]

2
1
Titanic
$2,187,463,944
1997
[# 3][# 4]

3
3
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
$2,068,223,624
2015
[# 5][# 6]

4
4
Avengers: Infinity War
$1,914,538,462
2018
[# 7]

5
3
Jurassic World
$1,671,713,208
2015
[# 8][# 9]

6
3
The Avengers
$1,518,812,988
2012
[# 10][# 11]

7
4
Furious 7
$1,516,045,911
2015
[# 12][# 13]

8
5
Avengers: Age of Ultron
$1,405,403,694
2015
[# 14][# 13]

9
9
Black Panther
$1,344,966,560
2018
[# 15]

10
3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
$1,341,511,219
2011
[# 16][# 17]

11
9
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
$1,332,539,889
2017
[# 18][# 19]

12F
5
Frozen
$1,290,000,000
2013
[# 20][# 21]

13
10
Beauty and the Beast
$1,263,521,126
2017
[# 22][# 23]

14
11
The Fate of the Furious
$1,238,764,765F8
2017
[# 24][# 23]

15
5
Iron Man 3
$1,214,811,252
2013
[# 25][# 26]

16
10
Minions
$1,159,398,397
2015
[# 27][# 9]

17
12
Captain America: Civil War
$1,153,304,495
2016
[# 28][# 29]

18
4
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
$1,123,794,079
2011
[# 30][# 17]

19
2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
$1,120,237,002
2003
[# 31][# 32]

20
7
Skyfall
$1,108,561,013
2012
[# 33][# 34]

21
10
Transformers: Age of Extinction
$1,104,054,072
2014
[# 35][# 36]

22
7
The Dark Knight Rises
$1,084,939,099
2012
[# 37][# 38]

23
4TS3
Toy Story 3
$1,066,969,703
2010
[# 39][# 40]

24
3
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
$1,066,179,725
2006
[# 41][# 42]

25
20
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
$1,056,057,273
2016
[# 43][# 44]

26
6
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
$1,045,713,802
2011
[# 45][# 46]

27
24
Despicable Me 3
$1,034,799,409
2017
[# 47][# 23]

28
1
Jurassic Park
$1,029,939,903
1993
[# 48][# 49]

29
22
Finding Dory
$1,028,570,889
2016
[# 50][# 51]

30
2
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
$1,027,044,677
1999
[# 52][# 4]

31
5
Alice in Wonderland
$1,025,467,110
2010
[# 53][# 54]

32
24
Zootopia
$1,023,784,195
2016
[# 55][# 29]

33
14
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
$1,021,103,568
2012
[# 56][# 57]

34
4
The Dark Knight
$1,004,558,444
2008
[# 58][# 59]

35
2
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
$974,755,371
2001
[# 60][# 61]

36
19DM2
Despicable Me 2
$970,761,885
2013
[# 62][# 63]

37
2
The Lion King
$968,483,777
1994
[# 64][# 49]

38
30
The Jungle Book
$966,550,600
2016
[# 65][# 66]

39
5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
$963,420,425
2007
[# 67][# 68]

40
40
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
$960,630,695
2017
[# 69]

41
10
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
$960,283,305
2010
[# 70][# 71]

42
24
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
$958,366,855
2013
[# 72][# 73]

43
26
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
$956,019,788
2014
[# 74][# 75]

44
8FN
Finding Nemo
$940,335,536
2003
[# 76][# 32]

45
6
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
$939,885,929
2007
[# 77][# 68]

46
8
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
$934,416,487
2009
[# 78][# 79]

47
4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
$926,349,708
2002
[# 80][# 81]

48
6
Shrek 2
$919,838,758
2004
[# 82][# 83]

49
8
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
$896,911,078
2005
[# 84][# 85]

50
10
Spider-Man 3
$890,871,626
2007
[# 86][# 87]

text:
FBox Office Mojo stopped updating its main total for Frozen in August 2014, while it was still in release. The total listed here incorporates subsequent earnings in Japan, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany up to the end of 2015 but omits earnings in Turkey, Iceland, Brazil, and Australia (2016) which amount to a few hundred thousand dollars. It was re-released in the United Kingdom in December 2017 with Olaf's Frozen Adventure earning an additional $1,655,398. The total is rounded to $1 million to compensate for the numerical inaccuracy.
F8In the case of The Fate of the Furious the gross is sourced from BoxOffice rather than the chart's regular source, Box Office Mojo, after irregularities were discovered in the latter's figure. Ongoing weekly drops in the totals for several countries—Argentina being the worst affected—led to a drop in the overall worldwide total.[14] In view of what appears to be an aberration in the source an alternative figure is provided.
TS3Box Office Mojo revised the grosses for Pixar films in August 2016, resulting in the gross for Toy Story 3 being corrected from $1.063 billion to $1.067 billion.[15][16] This means that it peaked at #4 rather than #5 at the end of its release, as indicated by the source.
DM2Disney issued an erratum to the gross for The Lion King, correcting its gross from $987.5 million to $968.5 million.[17] 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 $940.3 million, which would put the first run at $871.0 million after deducting the 3D reissue gross of $69.3 million, and slightly higher than the $864.6 million Box Office Mojo originally had listed. Meanwhile, Box Office Mojo originally had the gross for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring listed at $871.4 million prior to its 2011 re-release, but this was dropped to $870.8 million by 2009.[18] The slightly higher gross of $871.0 million for Finding Nemo would rank above the slightly lower gross of $870.8 million for The Fellowship of the Ring.

text: 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.[19] The unadjusted list, while commonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless for comparing films widely separated in time, as many films from earlier eras will never appear on a modern unadjusted list, despite achieving higher commercial success when adjusted for price increases.[20] To compensate for the devaluation of the currency, some charts make adjustments for inflation, but not even this practice fully addresses the issue since ticket prices and inflation do not necessarily parallel one another. For example, in 1970, tickets cost $1.55 or about $6.68 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars; by 1980, prices had risen to about $2.69, a drop to $5.50 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars.[21] Ticket prices have also risen at different rates of inflation around the world, further complicating the process of adjusting worldwide grosses.[19]

text: Another complication is release in multiple formats for which different ticket prices are charged. One notable example of this phenomenon is Avatar, which was also released in 3D and IMAX: almost two-thirds of tickets for that film were for 3D showings with an average price of $10, and about one-sixth were for IMAX showings with an average price over $14.50, compared to a 2010 average price of $7.61 for 2D films.[22] Social and economic factors such as population change[23] and the growth of international markets[24][25][26] also impact on the number of people purchasing theater tickets, along with audience demographics where some films sell a much higher proportion of discounted children's tickets, or perform better in big cities where tickets cost more.[20]

text: The measuring system for gauging a film's success is based on unadjusted grosses, mainly because historically this is the way it has always been done because of the practices of the film industry: the box office receipts are compiled by theaters and relayed to the distributor, which in turn releases them to the media.[27] Converting to a more representative system that counts ticket sales rather than gross is also fraught with problems because the only data available for older films are the sale totals.[23] As the motion picture industry is highly oriented towards marketing currently released films, unadjusted figures are always used in marketing campaigns so that new blockbuster films can much more easily achieve a high sales ranking, and thus be promoted as a "top film of all time",[21][28] so there is little incentive to switch to a more robust analysis from a marketing or even newsworthy point of view.[27]

text: Despite the inherent difficulties in accounting for inflation, several attempts have been made. Estimates depend on the price index used to adjust the grosses,[28] and the exchange rates used to convert between currencies can also impact upon the calculations, both of which can have an effect on the ultimate rankings of an inflation adjusted list. Gone with the Wind—first released in 1939—is generally considered to be the most successful film, with Guinness World Records in 2014 estimating its adjusted global gross at $3.4 billion. Estimates for Gone with the Wind's adjusted gross have varied substantially: its owner, Turner Entertainment, estimated its adjusted earnings at $3.3 billion in 2007, a few years earlier than the Guinness estimate;[29] other estimates fall either side of this amount, with one putting its gross just under $3 billion in 2010,[30] while another provided an alternative figure of $3.8 billion in 2006.[31] Which film is Gone with the Wind's nearest rival depends on the set of figures used: Guinness had Avatar in second place with $3 billion, while other estimates saw Titanic in the runner-up spot with first-run worldwide earnings of almost $2.9 billion at 2010 prices. 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 $2.8 billion at 2014 price levels, while other sources from 2010/2011 put its adjusted earnings at $2.2–2.6 billion.[30][32]

text:
Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation as of 2016[update][33]

Rank
Title
Worldwide gross
(2016 $)[Inf]
Year

1
Gone with the Wind
7009364000000000000♠$3,640,000,000
1939

2
Avatar
7009319600000000000♠$3,196,000,000
2009

3
Star Wars
7009298900000000000♠$2,989,000,000
1977

4
Titanic
$2,516,000,000T7009266200000000000♠$2,662,000,000
1997

5
The Sound of Music
7009250300000000000♠$2,503,000,000
1965

6
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7009244400000000000♠$2,444,000,000
1982

7
The Ten Commandments
7009231400000000000♠$2,314,000,000
1956

8
Doctor Zhivago
7009219300000000000♠$2,193,000,000
1965

9
Jaws
7009214500000000000♠$2,145,000,000
1975

10
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
TFA7009210300000000000♠$2,103,000,000
2015

text: InfInflation adjustment is carried out using the International Monetary Fund's global Consumer price index.[34] The index is uniformly applied to the grosses in the chart published by Guinness World Records in 2014, beginning with the 2014 index. The figures in the above chart take into account inflation that occurred in 2014, and in every available year since then, with 2016 the most recent year available.

text: TThe figure for Titanic is most likely based on the gross from its 1997 theatrical release, and does not incorporate earnings from the 2012 reissue. According to the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records, the adjusted total for Titanic as of 2011 stood at $2,413,800,000,[35] and a re-release in 2012 added a further $343,550,770 to the total.[36] However, the 2015 edition put the adjusted total at $2,516,000,000—an increase of just $102,000,000; this is a rise of 4.2% since 2011, an increase shared by the other adjusted totals in the chart.

text: TFASince Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released in 2015, inflation is only applied to its gross from 2016 onwards.

text: High-grossing films by year

text:
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.e. the box office gross less the exhibitor's cut.[37][38] Historically, the rental price averaged at 30–40% when the distributors owned the theater chains, equating to just over a third of the gross being paid to the distributor of the film.[39] In the modern marketplace, rental fees can vary greatly—depending on a number of factors—although the films from the major studios average out at 43%.[37]

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text: Audience tastes were fairly eclectic during the 20th century, but several trends did emerge. 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 1930. With the advent of sound in 1927, the musical—the genre best placed to showcase the new technology—took over as the most popular type of film with audiences, with 1928 and 1929 both being topped by musical films. The genre continued to perform strongly in the 1930s, but the outbreak of World War II saw war themed films dominate again during this period, starting with Gone with the Wind (American Civil War) in 1939, and finishing with The Best Years of Our Lives (World War II) in 1946. Samson and Delilah (1949) saw the beginning of a trend of increasingly expensive historical dramas set during Ancient Rome/biblical times throughout the 1950s as cinema competed with television for audiences,[40] with Quo Vadis, The Robe, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and Spartacus all becoming the highest-grossing film of the year during initial release, before the genre started to wane after several high-profile failures.[41] The success of White Christmas and South Pacific in the 1950s foreshadowed the comeback of the musical in the 1960s with West Side Story, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and Funny Girl all among the top films of the decade. The 1970s 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 1980s. The 21st 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.[42]

text: Steven Spielberg is the most represented director on the chart with six films to his credit, occupying the top spot in 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989 and 1993. Cecil B. DeMille (1932, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1956) and William Wyler (1942, 1946, 1959 and 1968) are in second and third place with five and four films respectively, while D. W. Griffith (1915, 1916 and 1920), George Roy Hill (1966, 1969 and 1973) and James Cameron (1991, 1997 and 2009) all feature heavily with three films apiece. George Lucas directed two chart-toppers in 1977 and 1999, but also served in a strong creative capacity as a producer and writer in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1989 as well. The following directors have also all directed two films on the chart: Frank Lloyd, King Vidor, Frank Capra, Michael Curtiz, Leo McCarey, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, Guy Hamilton, Mike Nichols, William Friedkin, Peter Jackson, Gore Verbinski and Michael Bay; Mervyn LeRoy, Ken Annakin and Robert Wise are each represented by one solo credit and one shared credit, and John Ford co-directed two films. Disney films are usually co-directed and some directors have served on several winning teams: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand, Ben Sharpsteen, Wolfgang Reitherman and Bill Roberts have all co-directed at least two films on the list. Only five directors have topped the chart in consecutive years: McCarey (1944 and 1945), Nichols (1966 and 1967), Spielberg (1981 and 1982), Jackson (2002 and 2003) and Verbinski (2006 and 2007).

text: Because of release schedules—especially in the case of films released towards the end of the year—and different release patterns across the world, many films can do business in two or more calendar years; therefore the grosses documented here are not confined to just the year of release. Grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs either, with many older films often being re-released periodically so the figures represent all the business a film has done since its original release; a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known. Because of incomplete data it cannot be known for sure how much money some films have made and when they made it, but generally the chart chronicles the films from each year that went on to earn the most. In the cases where estimates conflict both films are recorded, and in cases where a film has moved into first place because of being re-released the previous record-holder is also retained. At least one film every year has generated $100 million in gross revenue at the box office since 1967,[clarification needed] and from 2008 each year has succeeded in producing a billion dollar grossing film.

text:
High-grossing films by year of release[43][44][45]

Year
Title
Worldwide gross
Budget
Reference(s)

1915
The Birth of a Nation
7007500000000000000♠$50,000,000–7008100000000000000♠100,000,000
7007200000000000000♠$20,000,000+R (7006520000000000000♠$5,200,000)R
7005110000000000000♠$110,000
[# 88][# 89][# 90]

1916
Intolerance
7006100000000000000♠$1,000,000*R IN
7005489653000000000♠$489,653
[# 91][# 92]

1917
Cleopatra
7005500000000000000♠$500,000*R
7005300000000000000♠$300,000
[# 91]

1918
Mickey
7006800000000000000♠$8,000,000
7005250000000000000♠$250,000
[# 93]

1919
The Miracle Man
7006300000000000000♠$3,000,000R
7005120000000000000♠$120,000
[# 94]

1920
Way Down East
7006500000000000000♠$5,000,000R (7006400000000000000♠$4,000,000)R
7005800000000000000♠$800,000
[# 95][# 96]

1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
7006500000000000000♠$5,000,000R (7006400000000000000♠$4,000,000)R
7005600000000000000♠$600,000–7005800000000000000♠800,000
[# 97]

1922
Robin Hood
7006250000000000000♠$2,500,000R
7005930042780000000♠$930,042.78
[# 98][# 99]

1923
The Covered Wagon
7006500000000000000♠$5,000,000R
7005800000000000000♠$800,000
[# 100][# 101]

1924
The Sea Hawk
7006300000000000000♠$3,000,000R
7005700000000000000♠$700,000
[# 100]

1925
The Big Parade
7007180000000000000♠$18,000,000–7007220000000000000♠22,000,000R
(7006613100000000000♠$6,131,000)R
7005382000000000000♠$382,000
[# 102][# 103][# 104]

Ben-Hur
7007107380000000000♠$10,738,000R (7006938600000000000♠$9,386,000)R
7006396700000000000♠$3,967,000
[# 105][# 106]

1926
For Heaven's Sake
7006260000000000000♠$2,600,000R FH
7005150000000000000♠$150,000
[# 95][# 107]

1927
Wings
7006360000000000000♠$3,600,000R
7006200000000000000♠$2,000,000
[# 95][# 108][# 109]

1928
The Singing Fool
7006590000000000000♠$5,900,000R
7005388000000000000♠$388,000
[# 109][# 110]

1929
The Broadway Melody
7006440000000000000♠$4,400,000–7006480000000000000♠4,800,000R
7005379000000000000♠$379,000
[# 111][# 112]

Sunny Side Up
7006350000000000000♠$3,500,000*R SS
7005600000000000000♠$600,000
[# 113][# 114]

1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
7006300000000000000♠$3,000,000R
7006125000000000000♠$1,250,000
[# 95][# 115][# 116][# 117]

1931
Frankenstein
7007120000000000000♠$12,000,000R (7006140000000000000♠$1,400,000)R
7005250000000000000♠$250,000
[# 118][# 119]

City Lights
7006500000000000000♠$5,000,000R
7006160735100000000♠$1,607,351
[# 120]

1932
The Sign of the Cross
7006273899300000000♠$2,738,993R
7005694065000000000♠$694,065
[# 101][# 121][# 122][# 123]

1933
King Kong
7006534700000000000♠$5,347,000R (7006185600000000000♠$1,856,000)R
7005672255750000000♠$672,255.75
[# 124]

I'm No Angel
7006325000000000000♠$3,250,000+R
7005200000000000000♠$200,000
[# 125][# 126]

Cavalcade
7006300000000000000♠$3,000,000–7006400000000000000♠4,000,000R
7006111600000000000♠$1,116,000
[# 96][# 116]

She Done Him Wrong
7006300000000000000♠$3,000,000+R
7005274076000000000♠$274,076
[# 127][# 128][# 129]

1934
The Merry Widow
7006260800000000000♠$2,608,000R
7006160500000000000♠$1,605,000
[# 130][# 122]

It Happened One Night
7006100000000000000♠$1,000,000R ON
7005325000000000000♠$325,000
[# 131][# 132]

1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
7006446000000000000♠$4,460,000R
7006190500000000000♠$1,905,000
[# 122]

1936
San Francisco
7006604400000000000♠$6,044,000+R (7006527300000000000♠$5,273,000)R
7006130000000000000♠$1,300,000
[# 130][# 122]

1937
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7008418000000000000♠$418,000,000+S7 (7006850000000000000♠$8,500,000)R
7006148842300000000♠$1,488,423
[# 133][# 134]

1938
You Can't Take It With You
7006500000000000000♠$5,000,000R
7006120000000000000♠$1,200,000
[# 135][# 136]

1939
Gone with the Wind
7008390525192000000♠$390,525,192–7008401776459000000♠401,776,459
(7007320000000000000♠$32,000,000)R GW
7006390000000000000♠$3,900,000–7006425000000000000♠4,250,000
[# 137][# 138][# 139][# 140]

1940
Pinocchio
7007870008620000000♠$87,000,862* (7006350000000000000♠$3,500,000)R
7006260000000000000♠$2,600,000
[# 141][# 134][# 142]

Boom Town
7006460000000000000♠$4,600,000*R
7006210000000000000♠$2,100,000
[# 143][# 144]

1941
Sergeant York
7006780000000000000♠$7,800,000R
7006160000000000000♠$1,600,000
[# 145][# 146]

1942
Bambi
7008267997843000000♠$267,997,843 (7006344935300000000♠$3,449,353)R
7006170000000000000♠$1,700,000–7006200000000000000♠2,000,000
[# 147][# 148][# 149]

Mrs. Miniver
7006887800000000000♠$8,878,000R
7006134400000000000♠$1,344,000
[# 150][# 151]

1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
7007110000000000000♠$11,000,000R
7006268129800000000♠$2,681,298
[# 152][# 153][# 154]

This Is the Army
7006955558644000000♠$9,555,586.44*R
7006140000000000000♠$1,400,000
[# 155][# 156][# 154]

1944
Going My Way
7006650000000000000♠$6,500,000*R
7006100000000000000♠$1,000,000
[# 157][# 158][# 159]

1945
Mom and Dad
7007800000000000000♠$80,000,000MD/7007220000000000000♠$22,000,000R
7004650000000000000♠$65,000
[# 160]

The Bells of St. Mary's
7007112000000000000♠$11,200,000R
7006160000000000000♠$1,600,000
[# 161]

1946
Song of the South
7007650000000000000♠$65,000,000* (7006330000000000000♠$3,300,000)R
7006212500000000000♠$2,125,000
[# 162][# 163][# 164]

The Best Years of Our Lives
7007147500000000000♠$14,750,000R
7006210000000000000♠$2,100,000
[# 165][# 166]

Duel in the Sun
7007100000000000000♠$10,000,000*R
7006525500000000000♠$5,255,000
[# 157][# 167]

1947
Forever Amber
7006800000000000000♠$8,000,000R
7006637500000000000♠$6,375,000
[# 113][# 167]

Unconquered
7006750000000000000♠$7,500,000R UN
7006420000000000000♠$4,200,000
[# 168][# 169]

1948
Easter Parade
7006591813400000000♠$5,918,134R
7006250000000000000♠$2,500,000
[# 159][# 170]

The Red Shoes
7006500000000000000♠$5,000,000*R
7006200000000000000♠7005505581000000000♠£505,581 (7006200000000000000♠~$2,000,000)
[# 157][# 171][# 172]

The Snake Pit
7006410000000000000♠$4,100,000*R
7006380000000000000♠$3,800,000
[# 173][# 174]

1949
Samson and Delilah
7007142092500000000♠$14,209,250R
7006309756300000000♠$3,097,563
[# 175][# 101]

1950
Cinderella
7008263591415000000♠$263,591,415
(7007200000000000000♠$20,000,000/7006780000000000000♠$7,800,000R)
7006220000000000000♠$2,200,000
[# 176][# 177][# 178]

King Solomon's Mines
7007100500000000000♠$10,050,000R
7006225800000000000♠$2,258,000
[# 179]

1951
Quo Vadis
7007210370000000000♠$21,037,000–7007267000000000000♠26,700,000R
7006762300000000000♠$7,623,000
[# 175][# 180][# 181]

1952
This Is Cinerama
7007500000000000000♠$50,000,000CI
7006100000000000000♠$1,000,000
[# 182][# 183]

The Greatest Show on Earth
7007183500000000000♠$18,350,000R GS
7006387394600000000♠$3,873,946
[# 184][# 185][# 101]

1953
Peter Pan
7008145000000000000♠$145,000,000
7006300000000000000♠$3,000,000–7006400000000000000♠4,000,000
[# 186]

The Robe
7007250000000000000♠$25,000,000–7007261000000000000♠26,100,000R
7006410000000000000♠$4,100,000
[# 187][# 188][# 181]

1954
Rear Window
7007245000000000000♠$24,500,000* (7006530000000000000♠$5,300,000)*R
7006100000000000000♠$1,000,000
[# 189][# 180]

White Christmas
7007260000500000000♠$26,000,050* (7007120000000000000♠$12,000,000)*R
7006380000000000000♠$3,800,000
[# 190][# 191][# 192]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
7007250001340000000♠$25,000,134*
(7006680000000000000♠$6,800,000–7006800000000000000♠8,000,000)*R
7006450000000000000♠$4,500,000–7006900000000000000♠9,000,000
[# 193][# 194][# 157][# 195]

1955
Lady and the Tramp
7008187000000000000♠$187,000,000 (7006650000000000000♠$6,500,000)*R
7006400000000000000♠$4,000,000
[# 196][# 157][# 197]

Cinerama Holiday
7007210000000000000♠$21,000,000CI
7006200000000000000♠$2,000,000
[# 198][# 199]

Mister Roberts
7006990000000000000♠$9,900,000R
7006240000000000000♠$2,400,000
[# 200]

1956
The Ten Commandments
7007900662300000000♠$90,066,230R
(7008122700000000000♠$122,700,000/7007552000000000000♠$55,200,000R)
7007132700000000000♠$13,270,000
[# 101][# 201][# 202]

1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
7007306000000000000♠$30,600,000R
7006284000000000000♠$2,840,000
[# 202]

1958
South Pacific
7007300000000000000♠$30,000,000R
7006561000000000000♠$5,610,000
[# 203]

1959
Ben-Hur
7007900000000000000♠$90,000,000R
(7008146900000000000♠$146,900,000/7007661000000000000♠$66,100,000R)
7007159000000000000♠$15,900,000
[# 204][# 205]

1960
Swiss Family Robinson
7007300000000000000♠$30,000,000R
7006400000000000000♠$4,000,000
[# 206]

Spartacus
7007600000000000000♠$60,000,000 (7007221052250000000♠$22,105,225)R
7007102840140000000♠$10,284,014
[# 207][# 208]

Psycho
7007500000000000000♠$50,000,000+ (7007140000000000000♠$14,000,000)R
7005800000000000000♠$800,000
[# 209]

1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
7008215880212000000♠$215,880,212
7006360000000000000♠$3,600,000–7006400000000000000♠4,000,000
[# 210][# 211][# 149]

West Side Story
7008105000000000000♠$105,000,000 (7007318000000000000♠$31,800,000)R
7006700000000000000♠$7,000,000
[# 212][# 213]

1962
Lawrence of Arabia
7007773248520000000♠$77,324,852 (7007699953850000000♠$69,995,385)
7007138000000000000♠$13,800,000
[# 214][# 215]

How the West Was Won
7007350000000000000♠$35,000,000R
7007144830000000000♠$14,483,000
[# 216]

The Longest Day
7007332000000000000♠$33,200,000R
7006860000000000000♠$8,600,000
[# 213][# 215]

1963
Cleopatra
7007403000000000000♠$40,300,000R
7007311150000000000♠$31,115,000
[# 213][# 215]

From Russia with Love
7007789000000000000♠$78,900,000/7007294000000000000♠$29,400,000R
(7007125000000000000♠$12,500,000)R
7006200000000000000♠$2,000,000
[# 217][# 218][# 219]

1964
My Fair Lady
7007550000000000000♠$55,000,000R
7007170000000000000♠$17,000,000
[# 220]

Goldfinger
7008124900000000000♠$124,900,000 (7007460000000000000♠$46,000,000)R
7006300000000000000♠$3,000,000
[# 217][# 219]

Mary Poppins
7007440000000000000♠$44,000,000–7007500000000000000♠$50,000,000R
7006520000000000000♠$5,200,000
[# 221][# 220]

1965
The Sound of Music
7008286214076000000♠$286,214,076 (7008114600000000000♠$114,600,000)R
7006800000000000000♠$8,000,000
[# 222][# 213]

1966
The Bible: In the Beginning
7007253000000000000♠$25,300,000R
7007180000000000000♠$18,000,000
[# 208]

Hawaii
7007345622220000000♠$34,562,222* (7007156000000000000♠$15,600,000)*R
7007150000000000000♠$15,000,000
[# 223][# 157]

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
7007300000000000000♠$30,000,000* (7007145000000000000♠$14,500,000)*R
7006761300000000000♠$7,613,000
[# 224][# 157][# 225]

1967
The Jungle Book
7008378000000000000♠$378,000,000 (7007238000000000000♠$23,800,000)R
7006390000000000000♠$3,900,000–7006400000000000000♠4,000,000
[# 196][# 226][# 227][# 149]

The Graduate
7007850000000000000♠$85,000,000R
7006310000000000000♠$3,100,000
[# 228][# 229]

1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
7008138000000000000♠$138,000,000–7008190000000000000♠190,000,000
(7007219000000000000♠$21,900,000)R
7007103000000000000♠$10,300,000
[# 230][# 231][# 213]

Funny Girl
7007800000000000000♠$80,000,000–7008100000000000000♠100,000,000
7006880000000000000♠$8,800,000
[# 232][# 233]

1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
7008152308525000000♠$152,308,525 (7007371000000000000♠$37,100,000)R
7006660000000000000♠$6,600,000
[# 234][# 213][# 229]

1970
Love Story
7007800000000000000♠$80,000,000R
7006226000000000000♠$2,260,000
[# 235][# 236]

Airport
7007750000000000000♠$75,000,000R
7007100000000000000♠$10,000,000
[# 237][# 238]

1971
The French Connection
7007750000000000000♠$75,000,000R
7006330000000000000♠$3,300,000
[# 113]

Fiddler on the Roof
7007494000000000000♠$49,400,000R
(7008100000000000000♠$100,000,000/7007451000000000000♠$45,100,000R)
7006900000000000000♠$9,000,000
[# 239][# 240]

Diamonds Are Forever
7008116000000000000♠$116,000,000 (7007457000000000000♠$45,700,000)R
7006720000000000000♠$7,200,000
[# 217][# 218]

1972
The Godfather
7008245066044000000♠$245,066,044–7008286000000000000♠286,000,000
(7008127600000000000♠$127,600,000–7008142000000000000♠142,000,000)R
7006620000000000000♠$6,200,000
[# 241][# 240][# 242][# 243]

1973
The Exorcist
7008413071948000000♠$413,071,948 (7008110000000000000♠$110,000,000)R
7007100000000000000♠$10,000,000
[# 244][# 245]

The Sting
7008115000000000000♠$115,000,000R
7006550000000000000♠$5,500,000
[# 246][# 247]

1974
The Towering Inferno
7007918380000000000♠$91,838,000R
7007143000000000000♠$14,300,000
[# 248][# 249][# 250][# 251]

Blazing Saddles
7007800000000000000♠$80,000,000+R
7006260000000000000♠$2,600,000
[# 252][# 253]

1975
Jaws
7008470653591000000♠$470,653,591 (7008193700000000000♠$193,700,000)R
7006900000000000000♠$9,000,000
[# 254][# 255][# 256]

1976
Rocky
7008225000000000000♠$225,000,000 (7007771000000000000♠$77,100,000)R
7006107500000000000♠$1,075,000
[# 257][# 240][# 258]

1977
Star Wars
7008775398007000000♠$775,398,007
(7008530000000000000♠$530,000,000SW/7008268500000000000♠$268,500,000R)
7007112931510000000♠$11,293,151
[# 259][# 260][# 240][# 261]

1978
Grease
7008394954752000000♠$394,954,752 (7008341000000000000♠$341,000,000)
7006600000000000000♠$6,000,000
[# 262][# 263][# 228]

1979
Moonraker
7008210300000000000♠$210,300,000
7007310000000000000♠$31,000,000
[# 217][# 264]

Rocky II
7008200182289000000♠$200,182,289
7006700000000000000♠$7,000,000
[# 265][# 266][# 264]

1980
The Empire Strikes Back
7008547969004000000♠$547,969,004 (7008413562607000000♠$413,562,607)SW
7007230000000000000♠$23,000,000–7007320000000000000♠32,000,000
[# 267][# 268]

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
7008389925971000000♠$389,925,971
(7008321866000000000♠$321,866,000–7008353988025000000♠353,988,025)
7007180000000000000♠$18,000,000–7007228000000000000♠22,800,000
[# 269]

1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7008792910554000000♠$792,910,554
(7008619000000000000♠$619,000,000–7008664000000000000♠664,000,000)
7007105000000000000♠$10,500,000–7007122000000000000♠12,200,000
[# 270][# 260][# 271][# 272]

1983
Return of the Jedi
7008475106177000000♠$475,106,177 (7008385845197000000♠$385,845,197)SW
7007325000000000000♠$32,500,000–7007427000000000000♠42,700,000
[# 273][# 268]

1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7008333107271000000♠$333,107,271
7007270000000000000♠$27,000,000–7007282000000000000♠28,200,000
[# 274][# 275][# 276]

1985
Back to the Future
7008389053797000000♠$389,053,797 (7008381109762000000♠$381,109,762)
7007190000000000000♠$19,000,000–7007220000000000000♠22,000,000
[# 277][# 278]

1986
Top Gun
7008356830601000000♠$356,830,601 (7008345000000000000♠$345,000,000)
7007140000000000000♠$14,000,000–7007190000000000000♠19,000,000
[# 279][# 280][# 275]

1987
Fatal Attraction
7008320145905000000♠$320,145,905
7007140000000000000♠$14,000,000
[# 281][# 275]

1988
Rain Man
7008354825476000000♠$354,825,476
7007300000000000000♠$30,000,000
[# 282][# 283]

1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7008474171806000000♠$474,171,806–7008494000000000000♠494,000,000
7007360000000000000♠$36,000,000–7007554000000000000♠55,400,000
[# 284][# 275][# 285]

1990
Ghost
7008505702423000000♠$505,702,423
7007220000000000000♠$22,000,000
[# 286][# 275]

1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
7008523774456000000♠$523,774,456 ($519,843,345)
7007940000000000000♠$94,000,000
[# 287][# 288]

1992
Aladdin
7008504050045000000♠$504,050,045
7007280000000000000♠$28,000,000
[# 289][# 149]

1993
Jurassic Park
7009102993990300000♠$1,029,939,903 (7008914691118000000♠$914,691,118)
7007630000000000000♠$63,000,000–7007700000000000000♠70,000,000
[# 48]

1994
The Lion King
7008968483777000000♠$968,483,777 (7008763455561000000♠$763,455,561)
7007450000000000000♠$45,000,000–7007793000000000000♠79,300,000
[# 64]

1995
Toy Story
7008373554033000000♠$373,554,033 (7008364873776000000♠$364,873,776)
7007300000000000000♠$30,000,000
[# 290][# 291]

Die Hard with a Vengeance
7008366101666000000♠$366,101,666
7007700000000000000♠$70,000,000
[# 292][# 293]

1996
Independence Day
7008817400891000000♠$817,400,891
7007750000000000000♠$75,000,000
[# 294]

1997
Titanic
7009218746394400000♠$2,187,463,944 (7009184320126800000♠$1,843,201,268)
7008200000000000000♠$200,000,000
[# 3]

1998
Armageddon
7008553709626000000♠$553,709,626
7008140000000000000♠$140,000,000
[# 295][# 296]

1999
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
7009102704467700000♠$1,027,044,677 (7008924317558000000♠$924,317,558)
7008115000000000000♠$115,000,000–7008127500000000000♠127,500,000
[# 52][# 268]

2000
Mission: Impossible 2
7008546388105000000♠$546,388,105
7008100000000000000♠$100,000,000–7008125000000000000♠125,000,000
[# 297][# 275]

2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7008974755371000000♠$974,755,371
7008125000000000000♠$125,000,000
[# 60]

2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7008926349708000000♠$926,349,708 (7008921780457000000♠$921,780,457)
7007940000000000000♠$94,000,000
[# 80]

2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
7009112023700200000♠$1,120,237,002 (7009111911094100000♠$1,119,110,941)
7007940000000000000♠$94,000,000
[# 31]

2004
Shrek 2
7008919838758000000♠$919,838,758
7008150000000000000♠$150,000,000
[# 82]

2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
7008896911078000000♠$896,911,078
7008150000000000000♠$150,000,000
[# 84]

2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
7009106617972500000♠$1,066,179,725
7008225000000000000♠$225,000,000
[# 41]

2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
7008963420425000000♠$963,420,425
7008300000000000000♠$300,000,000
[# 67]

2008
The Dark Knight
7009100455844400000♠$1,004,558,444 (7008997039412000000♠$997,039,412)
7008185000000000000♠$185,000,000
[# 58]

2009
Avatar
7009278796508700000♠$2,787,965,087 (7009274906432800000♠$2,749,064,328)
7008237000000000000♠$237,000,000
[# 1][# 298]

2010
Toy Story 3
7009106696970300000♠$1,066,969,703
7008200000000000000♠$200,000,000
[# 39]

2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
7009134151121900000♠$1,341,511,219
7008250000000000000♠$250,000,000HP
[# 16][# 299]

2012
The Avengers
7009151881298800000♠$1,518,812,988
7008220000000000000♠$220,000,000
[# 10]

2013
Frozen
7009129000000000000♠$1,290,000,000 (7009128700000000000♠$1,287,000,000)
7008150000000000000♠$150,000,000
[# 20]

2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction
7009110403907600000♠$1,104,039,076
7008210000000000000♠$210,000,000
[# 35]

2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7009206822362400000♠$2,068,223,624
7008245000000000000♠$245,000,000
[# 5]

2016
Captain America: Civil War
7009115330449500000♠$1,153,304,495
7008250000000000000♠$250,000,000
[# 28]

2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7009133253988900000♠$1,332,539,889
7008200000000000000♠$200,000,000
[# 18]

2018
Avengers: Infinity War
7009191453846200000♠$1,914,538,462
7008300000000000000♠$300,000,000–7008400000000000000♠400,000,000
[# 7][46]

text: ( ... ) Since grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs, a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known.

text: *Canada and U.S. gross only.

text: RDistributor rental.

text: TBATo be ascertained.

text: INNo contemporary sources provide figures for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, although The Numbers provides a figure of $8,000,000 for the North American box office gross.[47] However, it is possible this figure has been mistaken for the gross of the 1954 remake which also earned $8,000,000 in North American rentals.[48]

text: FHSome sources such as The Numbers state that Aloma of the South Seas is the highest grossing film of the year, earning $3 million.[49] However, no contemporary sources provide figures for Aloma of the South Seas, so it is unclear what the $3 million figure relates to. If it were the rental gross then that would have made it not only the highest-grossing film of the year, but one of the highest-grossing films of the silent era, and if that is the case it would be unusual for both International Motion Picture Almanac and Variety to omit it from their lists.

text: SSIt is not clear if the figure for Sunny Side Up is for North America or worldwide. Other sources put its earnings at $2 million,[50] which may suggest the higher figure is the worldwide rental, given the confusion over international figures during this period.[51]

text: ONThe figure for It Happened One Night is not truly representative of its success: it was distributed as a package deal along with more than two dozen other Columbia films, and the total earnings were averaged out; the true gross would have been much higher.

text: S7Snow White's $418 million global cume omits earnings outside of North America from 1987 onwards.

text: GWIt is not absolutely clear how much Gone with the Wind earned from its initial release. Contemporary accounts often list it as earning $32 million in North American rentals and retrospective charts have often duplicated this claim; however, it is likely this was the worldwide rental figure. Trade journals would collate the data by either obtaining it from the distributors themselves, who were keen to promote a successful film, or by surveying theaters and constructing an estimate. Distributors would often report the worldwide rental since the higher figure made the film appear more successful, while estimates were limited to performance in North America; therefore it was not unusual for worldwide and North American rentals to be mixed up. Following the outbreak of World War II, many of the foreign markets were unavailable to Hollywood so it became standard practice to just report on North American box-office performance.[51] In keeping with this new approach, the North American rental for Gone with the Wind was revised to $21 million in 1947 ($11 million lower than the previous figure),[52] and as of 1953—following the 1947 re-release—Variety was reporting earnings of $26 million.[53] Through 1956, MGM reported cumulative North American earnings of $30,015,000 and foreign earnings of $18,964,000, from three releases.[54] Worldwide rentals of $32 million from the initial release is consistent with the revised figures and later reported worldwide figures: they indicate that the film earned $21 million in North America and $11 million overseas from the initial release, and added a further $9 million in North America and $8 million overseas from subsequent re-releases up to 1956.

text: MDMom and Dad does not generally feature in 'high-gross' lists such as those published by Variety due to its independent distribution. Essentially belonging to the exploitation genre, it was marketed as an educational sex hygiene film in an effort to circumvent censorship laws. Falling foul of the Motion Picture Production Code, Mom and Dad was prevented from obtaining mainstream distribution and restricted to independent and drive-in theaters. It was the biggest hit of its kind, and remained in continual distribution until the 1970s when hardcore pornography eventually took over. At the end of 1947 it had earned $2 million, and by 1949, $8 million; by 1956 it had earned $22 million in rentals, representing a gross of $80 million, and would have easily placed in the top ten films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Estimates of its total earnings are as high as $100 million.

text: UNChopra-Gant stipulates that the figure given for Unconquered is for North American box-office, but as was common at the time, the chart confuses worldwide and North American grosses. Other sources state that the takings for Forever Amber ($8 million) and Life with Father ($6.5 million)[55] were in fact worldwide rental grosses, so it is possible this is also true of Unconquered.

text: CIThe Cinerama figures represent gross amounts. Since the Cinerama corporation owned the theaters there were no rental fees for the films, meaning the studio received 100% of the box-office gross, unlike the case with most other films where the distributor typically receives less than half the gross. Since Variety at the time ranked films by their US rental, they constructed a hypothetical rental figure for the Cinerama films to provide a basis for comparison to other films in their chart: in the case of This Is Cinerama, the $50 million worldwide gross was reconfigured as a $12.5 million US rental gross; this is exactly 25% of the amount reported by Cinerama, so Variety's formula seemingly halved the gross to obtain an estimate for the US share, and halved it again to simulate a rental fee. Variety's 'rental' amounts are often repeated, but have no basis in the reality of what the films actually earned—they are hypothetical figures conceived for comparative analysis.[56] All five Cinerama features collectively generated $120 million in worldwide box office receipts.[57]

text: GSVariety put the worldwide rental for The Greatest Show on Earth at around $18.35 million (with $12.8 million coming from the United States[48]) a year after its release; however, Birchard puts its earnings at just over $15 million up to 1962. It is likely that Birchard's figure is just the North American gross rental, and includes revenue from the 1954 and 1960 reissues.

text: SWThe "first run" Star Wars grosses do not include revenue from the 1997 special-edition releases; however, the figure does include revenue from the re-releases prior to the special editions.

text: HPProduction costs were shared with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.

text: Timeline of highest-grossing films

text: At least ten films have held the record of 'highest-grossing film' since The Birth of a Nation assumed the top spot in 1915. Both The Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind spent twenty-five consecutive years apiece as the highest-grosser, with films directed by Steven Spielberg holding the record on three occasions and James Cameron—the current holder—twice. Spielberg became the first director to break his own record when Jurassic Park overtook E.T., and Cameron emulated the feat when Avatar broke the record set by Titanic.

text: Some sources claim that The Big Parade superseded The Birth of a Nation as highest-grossing film, eventually being replaced by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which in turn was quickly usurped by Gone with the Wind.[58] Exact figures are not known for The Birth of a Nation, but contemporary records put its worldwide earnings at $5.2 million as of 1919.[59] Its international release was delayed by World War I, and it was not released in many foreign territories until the 1920s; coupled with further re-releases in the United States, its $10 million earnings as reported by Variety in 1932 are consistent with the earlier figure.[60] At this time, Variety still had The Birth of a Nation ahead of The Big Parade ($6,400,000) on distributor rentals and—if its estimate is correct—Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ($8,500,000)[61] would not have earned enough on its first theatrical run to take the record;[62] although it would have been the highest-grossing 'talkie',[63] displacing The Singing Fool ($5,900,000).[64] Although received wisdom holds that it is unlikely The Birth of a Nation was ever overtaken by a silent-era film,[65] the record would fall to 1925's Ben-Hur ($9,386,000) if The Birth of a Nation earned significantly less than its estimated gross.[66] In addition to its gross rental earnings through public exhibition, The Birth of a Nation played at a large number of private, club and organizational engagements which figures are unavailable for.[67] It was hugely popular with the Ku Klux Klan who used it to drive recruitment,[68] and at one point Variety estimated its total earnings to stand at around $50 million.[69] Despite later retracting the claim, the sum has been widely reported even though it has never been substantiated.[59] While it is generally accepted that Gone with the Wind took over the record of highest-grossing film on its initial release—which is true in terms of public exhibition—it is likely it did not overtake The Birth of a Nation in total revenue until a much later date, with it still being reported as the highest earner up until the 1960s.[67] Gone with the Wind itself may have been briefly overtaken by The Ten Commandments (1956), which closed at the end of 1960 with worldwide rentals of $58–60 million[70][71] compared to Gone with the Wind's $59 million;[72] if it did claim the top spot its tenure there was short-lived, since Gone with the Wind was re-released the following year and increased its earnings to $67 million. Depending on how accurate the estimates are, the 1959 remake of Ben-Hur may also have captured the record from Gone with the Wind: as of the end of 1961 it had earned $47 million worldwide,[73] and by 1963 it was trailing Gone with the Wind by just $2 million with international takings of $65 million,[74] ultimately earning $66 million from its initial release.[75]

text: Another film purported to have been the highest-grosser is the 1972 pornographic film, Deep Throat. In 1984, Linda Lovelace testified to a United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on juvenile justice that the film had earned $600 million;[76] this figure has been the subject of much speculation, since if it is accurate then the film would have made more money than Star Wars, and finished the 1970s as the highest-grossing film. The main argument against this figure is that it simply did not have a wide enough release to sustain the sort of sums that would be required for it to ultimately gross this amount.[77] Exact figures are not known, but testimony in a federal trial in 1976—about four years into the film's release—showed the film had grossed over $25 million.[78] Roger Ebert has reasoned it possibly did earn as much as $600 million on paper, since mobsters owned most of the adult movie theaters during this period and would launder income from drugs and prostitution through them, so probably inflated the box office receipts for the film.[79]

text: The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, The Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars, E.T. and Avatar all increased their record grosses with re-releases. The grosses from their original theatrical runs are included here along with totals from re-releases up to the point that they lost the record; therefore the total for The Birth of a Nation includes income from its reissues up to 1940; the total for Star Wars includes revenue from the late 1970s and early 1980s reissues but not from the 1997 Special Edition; the total for E.T. incorporates its gross from the 1985 reissue but not from 2002; the total for Avatar—as the current record-holder—includes all its earnings at the present time. Gone with the Wind is represented twice on the chart: the 1940 entry includes earnings from its staggered 1939–1942 release (roadshow/general release/second-run)[80] along with all of its revenue up to the 1961 reissue prior to losing the record to The Sound of Music in 1966; its 1971 entry—after it took back the record—includes income from the 1967 and 1971 reissues but omitting later releases. The Godfather was re-released in 1973 after its success at the 45th Academy Awards, and Jaws was released again in 1976, and their grosses here most likely include earnings from those releases. The Sound of Music, The Godfather, Jaws, Jurassic Park and Titanic increased their earnings with further releases in 1973, 1997, 1979, 2013 and 2012 respectively, but they are not included in the totals here since they had already conceded the record prior to being re-released.

text:
Timeline of the highest-grossing film record

Established
Title
Record setting gross
Reference(s)

1915[58]
The Birth of a Nation
$5,200,000R
[# 89]

1940
$15,000,000R ‡
[# 300]

1940[29]
Gone with the Wind
$32,000,000R
[# 139]

1963
$67,000,000R ‡
[# 301]

1966[58]
The Sound of Music
$114,600,000R
[# 213]

1971[58]
Gone with the Wind
$116,000,000R ‡
[# 302]

1972[58]
The Godfather
$127,600,000–142,000,000R
[# 240][# 303]

1976[81][82]
Jaws
$193,700,000R
[# 255]

1977[83][84][85]
Star Wars
$410,000,000/$268,500,000R
[# 304][# 240]

1982
$530,000,000 ‡
[# 260]

1983[86]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$619,000,000–664,000,000
[# 260][# 271]

1993
$701,000,000 ‡
[# 305]

1993[58]
Jurassic Park
$914,691,118
[# 48]

1998[87]
Titanic
$1,843,201,268
[# 3]

2010[88][89]
Avatar
$2,749,064,328
[# 1]

$2,787,965,087 ‡

text: RDistributor rental.

text: Includes revenue from re-releases. If a film increased its gross through re-releases while holding the record, the year in which it recorded its highest gross is also noted in italics.

text: Prior to 2000, only seven film series had grossed over $1 billion at the box office: James Bond,[90] Star Wars,[91] Indiana Jones,[92] Rocky,[93][94][95] Batman,[96] Jurassic Park[97] and Star Trek.[98] Since the turn of the century that number has increased to over fifty (not including one-off hits such as Avatar, Titanic and Frozen).[99] This is partly due to inflation and market growth, but also to Hollywood's adoption of the franchise model: films that have built-in brand recognition, such as being based on a well known literary source or an established character. The methodology is based on the concept that films associated with things audiences are already familiar with can be more effectively marketed to them, and as such are known as "pre-sold" films within the industry.[32]

text: The films in the cross-franchise Marvel Cinematic Universe have collectively grossed the most, amassing over $16 billion at the box office. The Harry Potter films are the highest-grossing series based on a single property, earning nearly $8 billion at the box office (although the Eon James Bond films have earned over $14 billion in total when adjusted to current prices[100]); Harry Potter has also generated at least $3.5 billion in home video revenue,[101] taking total consumer spending on the films to over $11 billion. If ancillary income from merchandise is included, then Star Wars is the most lucrative property;[102] it holds the Guinness world record for the "most successful film merchandising franchise" and was valued at £19.51 billion in 2012 (approximately $30 billion).[103][104] Only two franchises have had more than two films gross over $1 billion: the Marvel Cinematic Universe with six, and Star Wars with four. The three Avengers films comprise the only franchise where each installment has grossed over $1 billion. Avengers is also the only franchise to have a series average of over $1 billion per film, although the Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park and Finding Nemo franchises, Harry Potter films, and Peter Jackson's Middle-earth adaptation all average over $1 billion adjusted for inflation.[32][105]

text: The following list includes the shared universes Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe. Some films in these franchises are grouped both with the MCU or DCEU and with other films featuring the same character(s).[clarification needed]

text:
Highest-grossing franchises and film series[§]
(The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show".)

Rank
Series
Total worldwide gross
No. of films
Average of films
Highest-grossing film

1
[show]Marvel Cinematic Universe
$16,771,363,706
19
$882,703,353
Avengers: Infinity War ($1,914,538,462)

[show]Phase Three
$7,688,428,013
7
$1,098,346,859
Avengers: Infinity War ($1,914,538,462)

1
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
$1,914,538,462

2
Black Panther (2018)
$1,344,966,560

3
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
$1,153,304,495

4
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
$880,166,924

5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
$863,756,051

6
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
$853,977,126

7
Doctor Strange (2016)
$677,718,395

[show]Phase Two
$5,271,691,209
6
$878,615,202
Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1,405,403,694)

1
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
$1,405,403,694

2
Iron Man 3 (2013)
$1,214,811,252

3
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
$773,328,629

4
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
$714,264,267

5
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
$644,571,402

6
Ant-Man (2015)
$519,311,965

[show]Phase One
$3,811,244,484
6
$635,207,414
The Avengers ($1,518,812,988)

1
The Avengers (2012)
$1,518,812,988

2
Iron Man 2 (2010)
$623,933,331

3
Iron Man (2008)
$585,174,222

4
Thor (2011)
$449,326,618

5
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
$370,569,774

6
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
$263,427,551

2
[show]Star Wars
$9,021,471,848
11
$820,133,804
The Force Awakens ($2,068,223,624)

[show]Episodes
$7,724,434,474
8
$965,554,309
The Force Awakens ($2,068,223,624)

[show]Sequel trilogy
$3,400,763,513
2
$1,700,381,757
The Force Awakens ($2,068,223,624)

1
VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
$2,068,223,624

2
VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
$1,332,539,889

[show]Prequel trilogy
$2,525,197,773
3
$841,732,591
The Phantom Menace ($1,027,044,677)

1
I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
$1,027,044,677

2
III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
$848,754,768

3
II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
$649,398,328

[show]Original trilogy
$1,798,473,188
3
$599,491,063
A New Hope ($775,398,007)

1
IV – A New Hope (1977)
$775,398,007

2
V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
$547,969,004

3
VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
$475,106,177

[show]Anthology films
$1,228,754,530
2
$614,377,265
Rogue One ($1,056,057,273)

1
Rogue One (2016)
$1,056,057,273

2
Solo (2018)
$172,697,257

The Clone Wars (2008)
$68,282,844

3
[show]Wizarding World
$8,539,253,704
9
$948,805,967
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1,341,511,219)

[show]Harry Potter series
$7,725,216,129
8
$965,652,016
Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1,341,511,219)

1
Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
$1,341,511,219

2
Philosopher's Stone (2001)
$974,755,371

3
Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
$960,283,305

4
Order of the Phoenix (2007)
$939,885,929

5
Half-Blood Prince (2009)
$934,416,487

6
Goblet of Fire (2005)
$896,911,078

7
Chamber of Secrets (2002)
$878,979,634

8
Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
$796,688,549

9
IMAX Marathon (2016)
$1,784,557

[show]Fantastic Beasts series
$814,037,575
1
$814,037,575
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ($814,037,575)

1
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
$814,037,575

4
[show]James Bond
$7,040,275,645
26
$270,779,833
Skyfall ($1,108,561,013)

[show]Eon series
$6,838,530,927
24
$284,938,789
Skyfall ($1,108,561,013)

[show]Daniel Craig's Bond
$3,174,372,309
4
$793,593,077
Skyfall ($1,108,561,013)

1
Skyfall (2012)
$1,108,561,013

2
Spectre (2015)
$880,674,609

3
Casino Royale (2006)
$599,045,960

4
Quantum of Solace (2008)
$586,090,727

[show]Pierce Brosnan's Bond
$1,479,008,618
4
$369,752,155
Die Another Day ($431,971,116)

1
Die Another Day (2002)
$431,971,116

2
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
$361,832,400

3
GoldenEye (1995)
$352,194,034

4
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
$333,011,068

[show]Roger Moore's Bond
$1,151,600,000
7
$164,514,286
Moonraker ($210,300,000)

1
Moonraker (1979)
$210,300,000

2
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
$194,900,000

3
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
$185,400,000

4
Octopussy (1983)
$183,700,000

5
A View to a Kill (1985)
$152,400,000

6
Live and Let Die (1973)
$126,400,000

7
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
$98,500,000

[show]Sean Connery's Bond
$621,500,000
6
$103,583,333
Thunderball ($141,200,000)

1
Thunderball (1965)
$141,200,000

2
Goldfinger (1964)
$124,900,000

3
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
$116,000,000

4
You Only Live Twice (1967)
$101,000,000

5
From Russia with Love (1963)
$78,900,000

6
Dr. No (1962)
$59,500,000

[show]Timothy Dalton's Bond
$347,400,000
2
$173,700,000
The Living Daylights ($191,200,000)

1
The Living Daylights (1987)
$191,200,000

2
Licence to Kill (1989)
$156,200,000

[show]George Lazenby's Bond
$64,600,000
1
$64,600,000
On Her Majesty's Secret Service ($64,600,000)

1
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
$64,600,000

Never Say Never Again (1983)
$160,000,000

Casino Royale (1967)
$41,744,718

5
[show]J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
$5,884,488,087
7
$840,641,155
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1,120,237,002)

[show]Jackson series
$5,853,780,255
6
$975,630,043
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1,120,237,002)

[show]The Hobbit
$2,935,490,211
3
$978,496,737
An Unexpected Journey ($1,021,103,568)

1
An Unexpected Journey (2012)
$1,021,103,568

2
The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
$958,366,855

3
The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
$956,019,788

[show]The Lord of the Rings
$2,918,526,456
3
$972,842,152
The Return of the King ($1,120,237,002)

1
The Return of the King (2003)
$1,120,237,002

2
The Two Towers (2002)
$926,349,708

3
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
$871,939,746

The Lord of the Rings (1978)
$30,471,420

6
[show]X-Men
$5,498,303,390
11
$499,845,763
Deadpool ($783,112,979)

[show]Main series
$2,808,832,317
6
$468,138,720
Days of Future Past ($747,862,775)

1
Days of Future Past (2014)
$747,862,775

2
Apocalypse (2016)
$543,934,787

3
The Last Stand (2006)
$459,359,555

4
X2 (2003)
$407,711,549

5
First Class (2011)
$353,624,124

6
X-Men (2000)
$296,339,527

[show]Wolverine series
$1,406,912,546
3
$468,970,849
Logan ($619,021,436)

1
Logan (2017)
$619,021,436

2
The Wolverine (2013)
$414,828,246

3
Origins: Wolverine (2009)
$373,062,864

[show]Deadpool series
$1,280,756,154
2
$640,378,077
Deadpool ($783,112,979)

1
Deadpool (2016)
$783,112,979

2
Deadpool 2 (2018)
$497,643,175

7
[show]The Fast and the Furious
$5,134,895,344
8
$641,861,918
Furious 7 ($1,516,045,911)

1
Furious 7 (2015)
$1,516,045,911

2
The Fate of the Furious (2017)F8
$1,238,764,765

3
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
$788,679,850

4
Fast Five (2011)
$626,137,675

5
Fast & Furious (2009)
$363,164,265

6
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
$236,350,661

7
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
$207,283,925

8
Tokyo Drift (2006)
$158,468,292

8
[show]Batman
$4,995,812,576
15
$333,054,172
The Dark Knight Rises ($1,084,939,099)

[show]Nolan series
$2,463,716,216
3
$821,238,739
The Dark Knight Rises ($1,084,939,099)

1
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
$1,084,939,099

2
The Dark Knight (2008)
$1,004,558,444

3
Batman Begins (2005)
$374,218,673

[show]Burton/Schumacher series
$1,335,009,923
5
$267,001,985
Batman ($411,348,924)

[show]Main series
$1,252,907,544
4
$313,226,886
Batman ($411,348,924)

1
Batman (1989)
$411,348,924

2
Batman Forever (1995)
$336,529,144

3
Batman Returns (1992)
$266,822,354

4
Batman & Robin (1997)
$238,207,122

Catwoman (2004)
$82,102,379

[show]DC Extended Universe
$873,634,919
1
$873,634,919
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873,634,919)

1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
$873,634,919

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
$311,950,384

Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
$5,617,391

[show]DC Universe Animated Original Movies
$4,501,125
2
$2,250,563
The Killing Joke ($4,462,034)

1
The Killing Joke (2016)
$4,462,034

2
Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
$39,091

[show]1960s TV series
$1,757,343
2
$878,672
Batman: The Movie ($1,700,000)

1
Batman: The Movie (1966)*R
$1,700,000

2
Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)
$57,343

9
[show]Spider-Man
$4,843,426,428
6
$807,237,738
Spider-Man 3 ($890,871,626)

[show]Raimi series
$2,496,346,518
3
$832,115,506
Spider-Man 3 ($890,871,626)

1
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
$890,871,626

2
Spider-Man (2002)
$821,708,551

3
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
$783,766,341

[show]Webb series
$1,466,912,986
2
$733,456,493
The Amazing Spider-Man ($757,930,663)

1
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
$757,930,663

2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
$708,982,323

[show]Marvel Cinematic Universe
$880,166,924
1
$880,166,924
Homecoming ($880,166,924)

1
Homecoming (2017)
$880,166,924

10
[show]Avengers
$4,838,755,144
3
$1,612,918,381
Infinity War ($1,914,538,462)

1
Infinity War (2018)
$1,914,538,462

2
The Avengers (2012)
$1,518,812,988

3
Age of Ultron (2015)
$1,405,403,694

11
[show]Pirates of the Caribbean
$4,524,439,761
5
$904,887,952
Dead Man's Chest ($1,066,179,725)

1
Dead Man's Chest (2006)
$1,066,179,725

2
On Stranger Tides (2011)
$1,045,713,802

3
At World's End (2007)
$963,420,425

4
Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
$794,861,794

5
The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
$654,264,015

12
[show]Transformers
$4,385,136,428
6
$730,856,071
Dark of the Moon ($1,123,794,079)

[show]Bay series
$4,379,286,781
5
$875,857,356
Dark of the Moon ($1,123,794,079)

1
Dark of the Moon (2011)
$1,123,794,079

2
Age of Extinction (2014)
$1,104,054,072

3
Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
$836,303,693

4
Transformers (2007)
$709,709,780

5
The Last Knight (2017)
$605,425,157

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
$5,849,647

13
[show]DC Extended Universe
$3,768,298,638
5
$753,659,728
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873,634,919)

1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
$873,634,919

2
Wonder Woman (2017)
$821,847,012

3
Suicide Squad (2016)
$746,846,894

4
Man of Steel (2013)
$668,045,518

5
Justice League (2017)
$657,924,295

14
[show]Despicable Me
$3,708,073,676
4
$927,018,419
Minions ($1,159,398,397)

[show]Main series
$2,548,675,279
3
$849,558,426
Despicable Me 3 ($1,034,799,409)

1
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
$1,034,799,409

2
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
$970,761,885

3
Despicable Me (2010)
$543,113,985

Minions (2015)
$1,159,398,397

15
[show]Jurassic Park
$3,689,072,919
4
$922,268,230
Jurassic World ($1,671,713,208)

1
Jurassic World (2015)
$1,671,713,208

2
Jurassic Park (1993)
$1,029,939,903

3
The Lost World (1997)
$618,638,999

4
Jurassic Park III (2001)
$368,780,809

16
[show]Shrek
$3,510,794,482
5
$702,158,896
Shrek 2 ($919,838,758)

[show]Main series
$2,955,807,005
4
$738,951,751
Shrek 2 ($919,838,758)

1
Shrek 2 (2004)
$919,838,758

2
Shrek the Third (2007)
$798,958,162

3
Shrek Forever After (2010)
$752,600,867

4
Shrek (2001)
$484,409,218

Puss in Boots (2011)
$554,987,477

17
[show]The Twilight Saga
$3,346,157,056
5
$669,231,411
Breaking Dawn – Part 2 ($829,746,820)

1
Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
$829,746,820

2
Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
$712,205,856

3
New Moon (2009)
$709,711,008

4
Eclipse (2010)
$698,491,347

5
Twilight (2008)
$393,616,788

6
Twilight/New Moon (Combo)
$2,385,237

18
[show]Ice Age
$3,217,251,681
5
$643,450,336
Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($886,686,817)

1
Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
$886,686,817

2
Continental Drift (2012)
$877,244,782

3
The Meltdown (2006)
$661,483,908

4
Collision Course (2016)
$408,579,038

5
Ice Age (2002)
$383,257,136

19
[show]The Hunger Games
$2,968,191,442
4
$742,047,861
Catching Fire ($865,011,746)

1
Catching Fire (2013)
$865,011,746

2
Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
$755,356,711

3
The Hunger Games (2012)
$694,394,724

4
Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
$653,428,261

20
[show]Mission: Impossible
$2,778,977,995
5
$555,795,599
Ghost Protocol ($694,713,380)

1
Ghost Protocol (2011)
$694,713,380

2
Rogue Nation (2015)
$682,330,139

3
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
$546,388,105

4
Mission: Impossible (1996)
$457,696,359

5
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
$397,850,012

21
[show]Superman
$2,554,201,360
8
$319,275,170
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873,260,194)

[show]DC Extended Universe
$1,541,305,712
2
$770,652,856
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873,260,194)

1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
$873,260,194

2
Man of Steel (2013)
$668,045,518

[show]Original series
$621,814,456
5
$124,362,891
Superman ($300,218,018)

[show]Christopher Reeve films
$607,518,018
4
$151,879,505
Superman ($300,218,018)

1
Superman (1978)
$300,218,018

2
Superman II (1980)
$190,400,000

3
Superman III (1983)
$80,200,000

4
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
$36,700,000

Supergirl (1984)*
$14,296,438

Superman Returns (2006)
$391,081,192

22
[show]Iron Man
$2,423,918,805
3
$807,972,935
Iron Man 3 ($1,214,811,252)

1
Iron Man 3 (2013)
$1,214,811,252

2
Iron Man 2 (2010)
$623,933,331

3
Iron Man (2008)
$585,174,222

23
[show]Star Trek
$2,266,723,196
13
$174,363,323
Into Darkness ($467,381,584)

[show]Kelvin Timeline
$1,189,710,370
3
$396,570,123
Into Darkness ($467,381,584)

1
Into Darkness (2013)
$467,381,584

2
Star Trek (2009)
$385,680,446

3
Beyond (2016)
$336,648,340

[show]The Original Series
$621,900,000
6
$103,650,000
The Motion Picture ($139,000,000)

1
The Motion Picture (1979)
$139,000,000

2
IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
$133,000,000

3
VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
$96,900,000

4
II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
$95,800,000

5
III: The Search for Spock (1984)
$87,000,000

6
V: The Final Frontier (1989)
$70,200,000

[show]The Next Generation
$455,112,826
4
$113,778,207
First Contact ($150,000,000)

1
First Contact (1996)
$150,000,000

2
Generations (1994)
$120,000,000

3
Insurrection (1998)
$117,800,000

4
Nemesis (2002)
$67,312,826

24
[show]Madagascar
$2,256,517,920
4
$564,129,480
Europe's Most Wanted ($746,921,274)

[show]Main series
$1,883,502,299
3
$627,834,100
Europe's Most Wanted ($746,921,274)

1
Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
$746,921,274

2
Escape 2 Africa (2008)
$603,900,354

3
Madagascar (2005)
$532,680,671

Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
$373,015,621

25
[show]Captain America
$2,238,138,536
3
$746,046,179
Civil War ($1,153,304,495)

1
Civil War (2016)
$1,153,304,495

2
The Winter Soldier (2014)
$714,264,267

3
The First Avenger (2011)
$370,569,774

text: *Canada and U.S. gross only.

text: RDistributor rental.