Top Grossing Movies of All Time 1976 - 2022 

And yet no Nolan movies 🤔

It's amazing! 😀

Titanic and Avatar such 'high value' movies 😂

@@kkrsnn5632 Titanic is allright, I'm not sure where it gets bad rep from.

@@Vyker Nolan's films are IMHO far better than Spielberg's and Cameron's, but the public has voted. :/

It has an ad

They serialised it. It’s called “Teletubbies”. It’s for a more mature audience than the original though.

It has, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

There apparently was a sequel in the works. Apparantly one with a horror theme, the kids get kidnapped and tortured by evil aliens. Probably a good decision to scrap it.

​@@gkoymnbxykfb Yep, it was going to be called "Nocturnal Fears". It's funny because "E.T." began life as a possible horror movie called "Night Skies," which was, at one time, a genuine sequel to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and then grew into more of a spiritual successor as the horror elements grew. Thankfully, Spielberg changed his mind on it while doing "Raiders," and with the help of Harrison Ford's then-girlfriend (later, wife), they came up with the "E.T." we know and love. And thankfully, they ditched the sequel idea. Spielberg wisely realized a sequel would diminish the ending of the original.

It was the flying bicycle that did it

I was 12 years old at the time and thought it was kind of corny.

He says in the description that the numbers continue to rise throughout the video because of inflation adjustment.

I saw "GONE WITH THE WIND" yesterday afternoon for the first time. (In Italian language, perfectly dubbed) Beautiful costumes, excellent acting and admirable set design. A good old movie.

It's really hard to compare to these years. Due to high inflation periods this video would be static and dominated by pre ww2 titles.

@@DataIsBeautifulOfficial The great depression, I get that!

@@DataIsBeautifulOfficial Interesting. Thanks for the reply.

i... had to check. that was 8 min? HOW

Endgame actually made more than Avatar and held the top spot for 2 years until Avatar was released in China in 2021

@@blaze1927 it was released in china in 2010

@@nicholas802 rereleased*

And yet they don't hold a candle to the impact on pop culture that ET, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Avengers had. No one really cares for Avatar.

@@therodzexperience technically Avatar did have an impact. It’s just depends on who you interact.

I am impressed that films with Dustin Hoffmann, Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Costner were so successful. Didn't expect that.

And ET from 1982 - 40 years

Note that the video only takes into account films made after 1975. In fact, Gone with the Wind has been on the top since 1939 with 4,192 mil. USD (inflation-adjusted) as of 2022.

@@tassie7325 I know Right!! didnt see that coming.... just showed my niece & nephew it last night there 6 & 7

Unmarried bachelors are awesome.

​@@Kejhicstill, its a shit film

Legendary

Greatest movie of all time. I remember seeing it and not wanting to leave the theater at the end, I wanted more..

It's a classic Unlike scarface sadly

it didnt none did he kept moving up the numbers adjusting for inflqation you cant inflate a movie that masw 100m and move it up the list just bcus 100 m then is now 400m not fair to the movie that just made 300m and was still kept below a 40 yr old movie its crappy to do that

E.T. for 40 years.

Go Canada ! (he's canadian) .. The numbers in this chart are misleading. It's the domestic market (USA only). Now most movies make more money out-of USA

Not domestic. Force Awakens crushed the old record and is still number 1 all time.

It’s too bad he made avatar 2 woke. I don’t understand these ppl pushing leftist bs. They clearly lose money doing it and still do it anyway. Makes zero sense. Go woke, go broke. We just want entertainment, not liberal talking points being slipped in left and right

He also owns your mom

and his rival Steven Spielberg

There were not as many options back then either

I was just about to say - if you could add an inflation percentage and also the movement would take account the changes somehow - would be amazing!!!

It's nice to see the domestic figures. I wish they also had the international figures somehow, as I know Canada, Australia, and at least Britain if not the rest of Europe were watching these movies as well. America probably accounted for the decided bulk of sales, but the addition of the others might tweak the numbers if for whatever reason a particular movie did extra well say in Britain.

He said in the description that the numbers are adjusted for inflation, though you're using data from further back also, and I think this video uses worldwide sales.

i woud love for them to do something like this adjusted for inlatio. but harder to do this kind of graph that way i think

Also: 3:26 The Lion King 4:12 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 4:57 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 6:49 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 7:03 Avengers: Infinity War 7:09 Avengers Endgame

Forgot the god father

It really was--I was just a little to small to see in the theater, but I wish I had. Super creative movie too, I wish they never let go of creativity in movie making 😢

Epic

Yes! And I went and saw it twice. Some people I knew went and saw it three times. Thats why it made so much money, not just from single viewership but from the same viewer going back multiple times.

A different time for sure.

Bruce Lee the legend

and made by an obscure company from Hong Kong

@@KronStaro - Enter the Dragon was actually produced by Warner Bros. His other film that was on top for a while, The Way of the Dragon was through Golden Harvest.

@@KronStaro ???? hollywood is obscure with all the ga y propaganda

One of the cost to create vs profit made would be cool. If avatar made 1 billion but it cost 2 billion to make 3 for 1 profit that would be different than if ET cost 250 million but made 1.25B for 1B profit. You feel me? Who spent the least to make the most

@@TheAnnoyingBoss I don't know the numbers exactly, but I remember at one point in time The Blair Witch Project was said to be the most "profitable" movie ever. It only cost something like $650,000 to make and grossed hundreds of millions. No other movie comes even remotely close to that cost/profit ratio.

It’s a toss up between Blair and paranormal activity

Yeah there's different ways to gauge success and I'd like to see metrics other than just the one in the vid. If they're avaliable.

​@@TheAnnoyingBossYes, gross profit comparison is ideal but who is adhering to what standards? Do they even have comparable cost figures from 80 or so years ago?

Facts

I guess we just gotta think about the fact that EVERYONE has seen it at least 10 times in their life lol

@alexisb534 .. I was born in ‘85 and I JUST saw it about a year ago.. and even with the hype, it lived up……. and yea, I did cry lol

@@gbmbg114 Wow that's surprising lol I'm glad you enjoyed it, it's a beautiful movie about the power of friendship, even when that friend is an alien. :)

The Dark Knight was on the list temporarily. Watch the video again.

@@franklingonzalez1003 Aha, you are correct sir! I completely forgot about that one. Thanks.

I would have expected Nolan to be on there a bit more than The Dark Knight.

Wasn't Spielberg behind 1941?

I agree with that, and it also applies to music.

if you think quality in artistic expression is supposed to be objective you apparently skipped a lot of classes

Instead of Gross dollars I would like to see actual ticket sales numbers. I think adjusted for inflation is not an accurate discription. IMO

Always enjoyed your videos but this one I gotta ask where exactly you’re getting this info from as Box Office Mojo reports different amounts for both Domestic Lifetime and Worldwide Lifetime. And you’ve got huge amounts being added post theatre which I assume is home video of all kinds?

Thank you for the explanation of your source numbers. I was thrown for a minute 😃

Still don’t see a source for this info, not saying it’s wrong but I’ve never seen a list of top movie grosses having these very high amounts

IMDbPro plus my calculations for inflation adjustments.

for 27 years, amazing really.

I remember watching them in 90s as a kid. Super popular.

C’mon man, I remember going to a midnight opening for it when it came out and it sold out!! Line out the door and the theater was shocked! This was a small town in NC for context.

He adjusted the revenue for inflation. Still I agree, crazy.

@@edition-deluxe he did the same for every other movie too, though.

Take it from somebody who was around when it came out, E.T. stayed in the theaters for over a year and was still drawing big crowds when it ended its run. And it took on a second life when it finally made it to drive-thru theaters. If you lived in a county that didn't have an indoor theater, you finally got to watch it nearly a year after its original release.

15? It's still on the top 10, that's 40 years.

And remained in the top 10 for 40 years(and maybe it still is to this day)

They just hoping the new one will do the same--they need 2 BILLION just to break even!

@@edition-deluxe the break even point was never 2 billion it was 1.5 billion. Well they are over past 2 billion now anyway so

Thanks for the idea!

gta 5 would win that hands down lol

Same. I fell asleep the first time I watched it.

Never finished it myself. But people loved it!

gotta enjoy love stories

Good romantic movie about our civilization that slowly goes into the sink

Way overrated

Heaven an hell

Presumably through BluRay sales. The film is also shown in individual cinemas from time to time.

I assumed the reason the numbers keep going up on all movies is because of the constant adjustment for inflation

@@BeachBumZero pretty good idea actually.. i can't imagine anything else for that amount increase. Edit: okay, nevermind i'm an idiot... should have looked in the description

@@h.g.762 I was just about to reply to Jay G that he mentions inflation in the description!

Because it's a great movie)

I was 12 years old. I saw E.T. 6 times in the theater. It was the first blockbuster made for us (kids) and it was an event movie kinda like a popular comic book or franchise movie would be today. I remember laughing and crying as a group in the auditorium. We all envisioned ourselves as one of the kids who found that little helpless ugly alien and the adventures we would have gotten into lol It wasn't a great movie, but it was an event and I still smile when I see the poster art 😊

Sorry they almost made it. Crazy competition.

they didn't make enough money, don't you get how this works?

how many rated r films are on the list.... the godfather and that was before capitalism started pandering to children

Epic move.

ET changed everything, Jaws was 1st summer blockbuster

Jurassic Park and Back to the Future are unbeatable

yup thats because this list only has good movies

@@ASalvaro .....you think gross money made on a movie = a good movie^^ - ahahaha - twit

I've never watched the matrix so it must be true.

That’s because dinosaurs don’t exist and no one has ever seen a real dinosaur, dumb dumb.

I love Jurassic Park.

The Jurassic park book is amazing

Jurassic park is it for me. The goat.

There is ONE other movie that I believe beats the book Neil Gaiman's "Stardust" Book was ok, movie was amazing and horribly underrated

You see the new one yet?! They need your help, it needs 2 BILLION to break even, and they no where close yet.

​@@edition-deluxe 2.1 billion is locked & it will most likely pass titanic 2.2 billion for the #3 biggest movie

No DVD sales included here q

@@Sc00by-d008 what is your source? I'm only seeing 1.5B rn

​@@edition-deluxe avatar is currently at 1.730 billion & is outpacing the previous avatar, 2 billion is already locked most box office nerds have it making 2.2 billion-2.8 billion max

Plandemic is right.

The movies today have no heart. That's why none of them are succeeding in the same way. This list stops in 2022. If it had gone to 2023...Top Gun Maverick would have made it onto the list. It's been the only decent movie in a long time.

Thanks! You too!

People don't read lol. Should have mentioned it inside the video.

@@DataIsBeautifulOfficial for your videos, I find that you always put practical information about the data collection metrics for that specific topic. Yes, reading the description isn't so important with some others, but in your case, I find it is helpful every time. Maybe pin a comment about reading the description?

@@mike1024.some people don’t read the pinned comment

@@Boss_Tanaka I'd wager more people read a pinned comment than the description! I'm biased though, as I find the comments are worth looking at on most videos.

@@mike1024. some people don’t watch the video

VERY interesting for the simple fact that it clearly states in the description that it was. You're welcome.

@@nathanbethke9272 LOL that'll teach me to read the full description and not just the pinned post!

@@Chewiebakke I didn't mean to across as harsh.... forgive me if you thought so. I too thought the same thing until I read the description. Still a fun and interesting graph of info. :)

@@nathanbethke9272 No offence taken mate

No MCU movie ever made no. 1. How did you edit this comment, but still no one can even understand what you are saying?

@@edition-deluxe English is not my first language. I guess I must apologise for that.

@@ncubesays well I'm happy mcu is dominating and I like that together mcu cannot be beat

And The 2

Yes its very good

🤞

Now do most gross movies. Just since the MCU, Star Wars and Disney completely lost it’s freaking mind

And Everything Everything All At Once. [grin]

Except on this list

Neo, the Matrix is hidden in plain sight... the matrix IS everything :-)

according to boxofficemojo in 1999 The Matrix was the 5th highest grossing movie at 171 million

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Absolutely no chance Avatar 2 will make as much as the first one. Not even close.

@@Bendrix27 It already earned 600Millions during the first weekend lol, would be pretty crazy if it does not manage the same amount as Avatar 1

i havent seen it but i heard it was good, cameron doesnt make bad movies.

I am very sure it will not. They need 2 Billion to break even, and I will bet they don't hit that for years.

@@kruemelfelix Haha, you funny. it hit 134 Million in box office first weekend. No way they making 2 Billion, the number to break even.