ALL-TIME TOP
BOX OFFICE HITS
(Domestic Gross)
BY DECADE and YEAR
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1920s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1918: Mickey (1918)
1919: The Miracle Man (1919)
1920: Way Down East (1920)
1921: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
1922: Robin Hood (1922)
1923:The Ten Commandments (1923) or The Covered Wagon (1923)
1924: N/A
1925: The Big Parade (1925)
1926: Aloma of the South Seas (1926)
1927: The Jazz Singer (1927)
1928: The Singing Fool (1928) or The Road to Ruin (1928)
1929: The Broadway Melody (1929)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1930s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1930: Tom Sawyer (1930) or Hell's Angels (1930)
1931: Frankenstein (1931)
1932: Shanghai Express (1932)
1933: King Kong (1933) or I'm No Angel (1933)
1934: Viva Villa! (1934) or It Happened One Night (1934)
1935: Top Hat (1935)
1936: How to Be a Detective (1936) or One in a Million (1936)
1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
1938: The Dawn Patrol (1938) or You Can't Take It With You (1938) or Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
1939: Gone With The Wind (1939)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1940s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1940s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1940: Pinocchio (1940)
1941: Sergeant York (1941)
1942: Bambi (1942)
1943: This Is the Army (1943) or A Guy Named Joe (1943)
1944: Going My Way (1944) or Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
1945: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
1946: Song of the South (1946)
1947: Forever Amber (1947) or Golden Earrings (1947)
1948: The Snake Pit (1948) or Easter Parade (1948)
1949: Samson and Delilah (1949)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1950s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1950s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1950: Cinderella (1950)
1951: Quo Vadis (1951)
1952: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) or This Is Cinerama (1952)
1953: Peter Pan (1953)
1954: White Christmas (1954) or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) or Rear Window (1954)
1955: Lady and the Tramp (1955)
1956: The Ten Commandments (1956)
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
1958: South Pacific (1958)
1959: Ben-Hur (1959)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1960s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1960s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1960: Swiss Family Robinson (1960) or Let's Make Love (1960)
1961: 101 Dalmatians (1961)
1962: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) or The Longest Day (1962) or Dr. No (1962)
1963: Cleopatra (1963) or From Russia With Love (1963)
1964: Mary Poppins (1964) or Goldfinger (1964)
1965: The Sound of Music (1965)
1966: Hawaii (1966) or The Bible (1966) or Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
1967: The Jungle Book (1967)
1968: Funny Girl (1968)
1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1970s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1970s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1970: Love Story (1970)
1971: Billy Jack (1971) or Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
1972: The Godfather (1972)
1973: The Exorcist (1973)
1974: Blazing Saddles (1974)
1975: Jaws (1975)
1976: Rocky (1976)
1977: Star Wars (1977)
1978: Grease (1978)
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) or Moonraker (1979)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1980s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1980s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1980: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
1982: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
1983: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
1984: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
1985: Back to the Future (1985)
1986: Top Gun (1986)
1987: Three Men and a Baby (1987)
1988: Rain Man (1988)
1989: Batman (1989)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1990s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1990s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1990: Home Alone (1990)
1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
1992: Aladdin (1992)
1993: Jurassic Park (1993)
1994: Forrest Gump (1994)
1995: Toy Story (1995)
1996: Independence Day (1996)
1997: Titanic (1997)
1998: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 2000s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 2000s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
2000: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
2002: Spider-Man (2002)
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2004: Shrek 2 (2004)
2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
2007: Spider-Man 3 (2007)
2008: The Dark Knight (2008)
2009: Avatar (2009)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 2010s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
(tentative only)
The Avengers (2012)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
The Hunger Games (2012)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010)
Inception (2010)
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 2010s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
2010: Toy Story 3 (2010)
2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
BOX OFFICE HITS
(Domestic Gross)
BY DECADE and YEAR
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1920s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1918: Mickey (1918)
1919: The Miracle Man (1919)
1920: Way Down East (1920)
1921: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
1922: Robin Hood (1922)
1923:The Ten Commandments (1923) or The Covered Wagon (1923)
1924: N/A
1925: The Big Parade (1925)
1926: Aloma of the South Seas (1926)
1927: The Jazz Singer (1927)
1928: The Singing Fool (1928) or The Road to Ruin (1928)
1929: The Broadway Melody (1929)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1930s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1930: Tom Sawyer (1930) or Hell's Angels (1930)
1931: Frankenstein (1931)
1932: Shanghai Express (1932)
1933: King Kong (1933) or I'm No Angel (1933)
1934: Viva Villa! (1934) or It Happened One Night (1934)
1935: Top Hat (1935)
1936: How to Be a Detective (1936) or One in a Million (1936)
1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
1938: The Dawn Patrol (1938) or You Can't Take It With You (1938) or Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
1939: Gone With The Wind (1939)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1940s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1940s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1940: Pinocchio (1940)
1941: Sergeant York (1941)
1942: Bambi (1942)
1943: This Is the Army (1943) or A Guy Named Joe (1943)
1944: Going My Way (1944) or Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
1945: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
1946: Song of the South (1946)
1947: Forever Amber (1947) or Golden Earrings (1947)
1948: The Snake Pit (1948) or Easter Parade (1948)
1949: Samson and Delilah (1949)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1950s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1950s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1950: Cinderella (1950)
1951: Quo Vadis (1951)
1952: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) or This Is Cinerama (1952)
1953: Peter Pan (1953)
1954: White Christmas (1954) or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) or Rear Window (1954)
1955: Lady and the Tramp (1955)
1956: The Ten Commandments (1956)
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
1958: South Pacific (1958)
1959: Ben-Hur (1959)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1960s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1960s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1960: Swiss Family Robinson (1960) or Let's Make Love (1960)
1961: 101 Dalmatians (1961)
1962: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) or The Longest Day (1962) or Dr. No (1962)
1963: Cleopatra (1963) or From Russia With Love (1963)
1964: Mary Poppins (1964) or Goldfinger (1964)
1965: The Sound of Music (1965)
1966: Hawaii (1966) or The Bible (1966) or Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
1967: The Jungle Book (1967)
1968: Funny Girl (1968)
1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1970s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1970s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1970: Love Story (1970)
1971: Billy Jack (1971) or Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
1972: The Godfather (1972)
1973: The Exorcist (1973)
1974: Blazing Saddles (1974)
1975: Jaws (1975)
1976: Rocky (1976)
1977: Star Wars (1977)
1978: Grease (1978)
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) or Moonraker (1979)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1980s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1980s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1980: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
1982: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
1983: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
1984: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
1985: Back to the Future (1985)
1986: Top Gun (1986)
1987: Three Men and a Baby (1987)
1988: Rain Man (1988)
1989: Batman (1989)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 1990s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 1990s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
1990: Home Alone (1990)
1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
1992: Aladdin (1992)
1993: Jurassic Park (1993)
1994: Forrest Gump (1994)
1995: Toy Story (1995)
1996: Independence Day (1996)
1997: Titanic (1997)
1998: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1999: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 2000s
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 2000s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
2000: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
2002: Spider-Man (2002)
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2004: Shrek 2 (2004)
2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
2007: Spider-Man 3 (2007)
2008: The Dark Knight (2008)
2009: Avatar (2009)
TOP TEN FILMS
OF THE 2010s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
(tentative only)
The Avengers (2012)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
The Hunger Games (2012)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010)
Inception (2010)
TOP FILMS BY YEAR
IN THE 2010s
(unadjusted domestic gross totals)
2010: Toy Story 3 (2010)
2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
