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Highest-Grossing Films in U.S. History

Box Office Mojo tracks the Highest-Grossing Films in U.S. History with inflation adjustments. Gone with the Wind leads at $1.90B from 1939. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope follows with $1.67B in 1977. The Sound of Music ranks third, earning $1.34B in 1965. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial takes fourth place at $1.33B from 1982. Titanic sits fifth with $1.27B in 1997. The Ten Commandments is sixth, grossing $1.23B in 1956. Jaws ranks seventh at $1.20B from 1975. Doctor Zhivago holds eighth with $1.16B in 1965. The Exorcist is ninth, earning $1.04B in 1973. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs rounds out the top ten at $1.02B from 1937. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens is eleventh with $1.01B in 2015. Spider-Man: Brand New Day ranks twelfth at ~$972M in 2026. One Hundred and One Dalmatians is thirteenth with $936M from 1961. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back sits fourteenth at $921M in 1980. Ben-Hur is fifteenth, grossing $919M in 1959. Avatar ranks sixteenth with $912M from 2009. Avengers: Endgame is seventeenth at $893M in 2019. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi is eighteenth with $881M from 1983. Jurassic Park is nineteenth, earning $860M in 1993. Source: Box Office Mojo

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Highest-Grossing Films in U.S. History

Box Office Mojo tracks the Highest-Grossing Films in U.S. History with inflation adjustments. Gone with the Wind leads at $1.90B from 1939. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope follows with $1.67B in 1977. The Sound of Music ranks third, earning $1.34B in 1965. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial takes fourth place at $1.33B from 1982. Titanic sits fifth with $1.27B in 1997. The Ten Commandments is sixth, grossing $1.23B in 1956. Jaws ranks seventh at $1.20B from 1975. Doctor Zhivago holds eighth with $1.16B in 1965. The Exorcist is ninth, earning $1.04B in 1973. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs rounds out the top ten at $1.02B from 1937. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens is eleventh with $1.01B in 2015. Spider-Man: Brand New Day ranks twelfth at ~$972M in 2026. One Hundred and One Dalmatians is thirteenth with $936M from 1961. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back sits fourteenth at $921M in 1980. Ben-Hur is fifteenth, grossing $919M in 1959. Avatar ranks sixteenth with $912M from 2009. Avengers: Endgame is seventeenth at $893M in 2019. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi is eighteenth with $881M from 1983. Jurassic Park is nineteenth, earning $860M in 1993. Source: Box Office Mojo

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