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Top 10 Highest Grossing Movies of All Time, Adjusted For Inflation

  • Editor OGN Daily
  • Jul 31
  • 1 min read

Several of the movies on this list will probably surprise you, but it's remarkable how adjusting for inflation puts a rather different spin on things.


People watching a movie in a theatre

The figures listed below were recently calculated by IMDb (the Internet Movie Database) which most experts regard as the world's most authoritative source for anything related to film and television. So, without further ado, here are the Top 10 in reverse order.


10: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens - $2.57 billion (released in 2015)


9: Doctor Zhivago - $2.61 billion (released in 1965)


8: The Ten Commandments - $2.75 billion (released in 1956)


7: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - $2.91 billion (released in 1982)


6: The Sound of Music - $2.98 billion (released in 1965)


5: Avengers: Endgame - $3.27 billion (released in 2019)


4: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - $3.56 billion (released in 1977)


3: Titanic - $3.67 billion (released in 1997)


2: Avatar - $3.95 billion (released in 2009)


1: Gone with the Wind - $4.34 billion (released in 1939)



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