The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada, a market known in the US film industry as the "North American box office" and the "domestic box office",[1] [2] where "gross" is defined in US dollars.
This is a list of the highest-grossing films in the U.S. and Canada,[3] a market known in the film industry as the North American box office, or as the domestic box office within the U.S. itself. The chart is ranked by lifetime gross, and for comparison, the figures adjusted for the effects of inflation are also listed, using the U.S. consumer price index; a film's earnings from its initial release are also included to provide a basis for comparison between films released around the same time.
| Rank | Title | Initial gross (unadjusted) | Lifetime gross | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted< | -- The highlighting alerts readers and editors to the fact that its gross is still being updated.--> | ||||
| 1 | $936,662,225 | $936,662,225 | $ | 2015 | ||
| 2 | $858,373,000 | $858,373,000 | $ | 2019 | ||
| 3 | $804,793,477 | $814,811,535 | $ | 2021 | ||
| 4 | Avatar | $749,766,139 | $785,221,649 | $ | 2009 | |
| 5 | $718,732,821 | $718,732,821 | $ | 2022 | ||
| 6 | Black Panther | $700,426,566 | $700,426,566 | $ | 2018 | |
| 7 | $684,075,767 | $684,075,767 | $ | 2022 | ||
| 8 | $678,815,482 | $678,815,482 | $ | 2018 | ||
| 9 | Titanic | $600,788,188 | $674,276,105 | $ | 1997 | |
| 10 | Jurassic World | $652,270,625 | $653,406,625 | $ | 2015 | |
| 11 | Inside Out 2 | $642,915,126 | $642,915,126 | $642,915,126 | 2024 | |
| 12 | Barbie | $636,238,421 | $636,238,421 | $636,238,421 | 2023 | |
| 13 | The Avengers | $623,357,910 | $623,357,910 | $ | 2012 | |
| 14 | $620,181,382 | $620,181,382 | $ | 2017 | ||
| 15 | Incredibles 2 | $608,581,744 | $608,581,744 | $ | 2018 | |
| 16 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $574,934,330 | $574,934,330 | $574,934,330 | 2023 | |
| 17 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $549,914,989 | $549,914,989 | $549,914,989 | 2024 | |
| 18 | The Lion King | $543,638,043 | $543,638,043 | $ | 2019 | |
| 19 | The Dark Knight | $533,345,358 | $534,987,076 | $ | 2008 | |
| 20 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $532,177,324 | $533,539,991 | $ | 2016 | |
| 21 | $515,202,542 | $515,202,542 | $ | 2019 | ||
| 22 | Beauty and the Beast | $504,014,165 | $504,481,165 | $ | 2017 | |
| 23 | $431,088,301 | $487,576,624 | $ | 1999 | ||
| 24 | Finding Dory | $486,295,561 | $486,295,561 | $ | 2016 | |
| 25 | Frozen II | $477,373,578 | $477,373,578 | $ | 2019 | |
| 26 | Star Wars | $221,280,994 | $460,998,007 | $ | 1977 | |
| 27 | $459,005,868 | $459,005,868 | $ | 2015 | ||
| 28 | $453,829,060 | $453,829,060 | $ | 2022 | ||
| 29 | The Dark Knight Rises | $448,139,099 | $448,149,584 | $ | 2012 | |
| 30 | Shrek 2 | $441,426,807 | $444,854,717 | $ | 2004 | |
| 31 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $359,197,037 | $439,251,124 | $ | 1982 | |
| 32 | Toy Story 4 | $434,038,008 | $434,038,008 | $ | 2019 | |
| 33 | Captain Marvel | $426,829,839 | $426,829,839 | $ | 2019 | |
| 34 | The Lion King | $312,855,561 | $424,979,720 | $ | 1994 | |
| 35 | $424,668,047 | $424,668,047 | $ | 2013 | ||
| 36 | $423,315,812 | $423,315,812 | $ | 2006 | ||
| 37 | $417,719,760 | $417,719,760 | $ | 2018 | ||
| 38 | Toy Story 3 | $415,004,880 | $415,004,880 | $ | 2010 | |
| 39 | Wonder Woman | $412,563,408 | $412,845,172 | $ | 2017 | |
| 40 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | $411,331,607 | $411,331,607 | $ | 2022 | |
| 41 | Iron Man 3 | $409,013,999 | $409,013,994 | $ | 2013 | |
| 42 | $408,084,349 | $408,084,349 | $ | 2016 | ||
| 43 | The Hunger Games | $408,010,692 | $408,010,692 | $ | 2012 | |
| 44 | Jurassic Park | $356,763,175 | $407,185,075 | $ | 1993 | |
| 45 | Spider-Man | $403,706,375 | $404,634,002 | $ | 2002 | |
| 46 | $404,515,480 | $404,515,480 | $ | 2017 | ||
| 47 | $402,111,870 | $402,111,870 | $ | 2009 | ||
| 48 | Frozen | $400,738,009 | $400,953,009 | $ | 2013 | |
| 49 | $390,532,085 | $390,882,621 | $ | 2019 | ||
| 50 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $389,813,101 | $389,813,101 | $ | 2017 | |
| 51 | $377,027,325 | $381,878,219 | $ | 2003 | ||
| 52 | $381,311,319 | $381,593,754 | $ | 2023 | ||
| 53 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | $381,011,219 | $381,447,587 | $ | 2011 | |
| 54 | Finding Nemo | $339,714,978 | $380,843,261 | $ | 2003 | |
| 55 | $380,270,577 | $380,270,577 | $ | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Jurassic World Dominion | $376,851,080 | $376,851,080 | $ | 2022 | |
| 57 | Spider-Man 2 | $373,585,825 | $374,747,694 | $ | 2004 | |
| 58 | The Passion of the Christ | $370,274,604 | $370,782,930 | $ | 2004 | |
| 59 | $369,695,210 | $369,695,210 | $ | 2022 | ||
| 60 | The Batman | $369,345,583 | $369,345,583 | $ | 2022 | |
| 61 | The Secret Life of Pets | $368,384,330 | $368,384,330 | $ | 2016 | |
| 62 | Despicable Me 2 | $368,061,265 | $368,061,265 | $ | 2013 | |
| 63 | The Jungle Book | $364,001,123 | $364,001,123 | $ | 2016 | |
| 64 | Deadpool | $363,070,709 | $363,070,709 | $ | 2016 | |
| 65 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | $358,995,815 | $358,995,815 | $358,995,815 | 2023 | |
| 66 | Inside Out | $356,461,711 | $356,921,711 | $ | 2015 | |
| 67 | Aladdin | $355,559,216 | $355,559,216 | $ | 2019 | |
| 68 | Furious 7 | $353,007,020 | $353,007,020 | $ | 2015 | |
| 69 | $352,390,543 | $352,390,543 | $ | 2011 | ||
| 70 | American Sniper | $350,126,372 | $350,126,372 | $ | 2014 | |
| 71 | $339,789,881 | $345,518,923 | $ | 2002 | ||
| 72 | $343,256,830 | $343,256,830 | $ | 2022 | ||
| 73 | Despicable Me 4 | $341,476,685 | $341,476,685 | $341,476,685 | 2024 | |
| 74 | Zootopia | $341,268,248 | $341,268,248 | $ | 2016 | |
| 75 | Spider-Man 3 | $336,530,303 | $337,607,351 | $ | 2007 | |
| 76 | $337,135,885 | $337,135,885 | $ | 2014 | ||
| 77 | Minions | $336,045,770 | $336,045,770 | $ | 2015 | |
| 78 | Joker | $335,451,311 | $335,477,657 | $ | 2019 | |
| 79 | Aquaman | $335,061,807 | $335,104,314 | $ | 2018 | |
| 80 | $334,201,140 | $334,576,561 | $ | 2017 | ||
| 81 | Alice in Wonderland | $334,191,110 | $334,191,110 | $ | 2010 | |
| 82 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $333,176,600 | $333,718,600 | $ | 2014 | |
| 83 | $330,360,194 | $330,360,194 | $ | 2016 | ||
| 84 | Forrest Gump | $329,694,499 | $330,252,182 | $ | 1994 | |
| 85 | Oppenheimer | $329,862,540 | $329,862,540 | $329,862,540 | 2023 | |
| 86 | It | $327,481,748 | $328,874,981 | $ | 2017 | |
| 87 | Suicide Squad | $325,100,054 | $325,100,054 | $ | 2016 | |
| 88 | Deadpool 2 | $324,591,735 | $324,591,735 | $ | 2018 | |
| 89 | Shrek the Third | $322,719,944 | $322,719,944 | $ | 2007 | |
| 90 | $313,364,114 | $319,372,078 | $ | 2001 | ||
| 91 | Transformers | $319,246,193 | $319,246,193 | $ | 2007 | |
| 92 | Iron Man | $318,604,126 | $319,034,126 | $ | 2008 | |
| 93 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $317,575,550 | $317,871,467 | $ | 2001 | |
| 94 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $317,101,119 | $317,101,119 | $ | 2008 | |
| 95 | $316,831,246 | $316,831,246 | $ | 2019 | ||
| 96 | Return of the Jedi | $252,583,617 | $316,465,003 | $ | 1983 | |
| 97 | $315,058,289 | $315,058,289 | $ | 2017 | ||
| 98 | Iron Man 2 | $312,128,345 | $312,128,345 | $ | 2010 | |
| 99 | $302,191,252 | $310,676,740 | $ | 2002 | ||
| 100 | $309,420,425 | $309,420,425 | $ | 2007 | ||
These films fall outside the top 100 when considering only initial gross, and would be replaced by Independence Day ($306.16m), ($305.41m), and Skyfall ($304.36m).
This chart ranks films by gross adjusted for ticket price inflation up to 2020 levels, based on data from Box Office Mojo, which was last updated in 2019 based on an average domestic movie ticket price of $9.01, and applying the for the following years up to 2023 levels, due to the lack of updates on the original source.[4] It was compiled by multiplying the average ticket price in the current year by an estimate of the total number of admissions. Where the number of admissions is unknown, they are estimated by dividing the nominal gross by the average ticket price in the year of release to provide an estimate (taking re-releases into account).[5] Admissions better reflect the popularity of older films, since they are less susceptible to the effects of inflation.
Many of the films on this list were released prior to the availability of home video and have had multiple releases.
| Rank | Title | Year | Est. tickets | Adjusted gross | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gone with the Wind | 1939 | 202,286,200 | $ | |
| 2 | Star Wars | 1977 | 178,119,500 | $ | |
| 3 | The Sound of Music | 1965 | 142,485,200 | $ | |
| 4 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | 142,045,058 | $ | |
| 5 | Titanic | 1997 | 136,912,791 | $ | |
| 6 | The Ten Commandments | 1956 | 131,000,000 | $ | |
| 7 | Jaws | 1975 | 128,641,358 | $ | |
| 8 | Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | 124,135,500 | $ | |
| 9 | The Exorcist | 1973 | 110,599,200 | $ | |
| 10 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | 109,000,000 | $ | |
| 11 | 2015 | 108,115,100 | $ | ||
| 12 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | 1961 | 99,917,300 | $ | |
| 13 | The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | 98,273,100 | $ | |
| 14 | Ben-Hur | 1959 | 98,046,900 | $ | |
| 15 | 2019 | 95,268,900 | $ | ||
| 16 | Return of the Jedi | 1983 | 94,717,598 | $ | |
| 17 | Jurassic Park | 1993 | 91,933,497 | $ | |
| 18 | 1999 | 90,312,100 | $ | ||
| 19 | The Lion King | 1994 | 89,146,400 | $ | |
| 20 | The Sting | 1973 | 89,142,900 | $ | |
| 21 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | 88,543,400 | $ | |
| 22 | The Graduate | 1967 | 85,576,800 | $ | |
| 23 | Fantasia | 1940 | 83,043,500 | $ | |
| 24 | 2021 | 82,918,296 | $ | ||
| 25 | Avatar | 2009 | 79,333,713 | $ | |
| 26 | The Godfather | 1972 | 79,056,084 | $ | |
| 27 | Forrest Gump | 1994 | 78,637,100 | $ | |
| 28 | Mary Poppins | 1964 | 78,181,800 | $ | |
| 29 | Grease | 1978 | 77,098,600 | $ | |
| 30 | The Avengers | 2012 | 76,881,200 | $ | |
| 31 | Jurassic World | 2015 | 76,812,326 | $ | |
| 32 | Black Panther | 2018 | 76,311,500 | $ | |
| 33 | Thunderball | 1965 | 74,800,000 | $ | |
| 34 | The Dark Knight | 2008 | 74,463,500 | $ | |
| 35 | The Jungle Book | 1967 | 73,679,900 | $ | |
| 36 | Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | 72,676,000 | $ | |
| 37 | 2018 | 72,419,700 | $ | ||
| 38 | Shrek 2 | 2004 | 71,050,900 | $ | |
| 39 | Ghostbusters | 1984 | 71,313,213 | $ | |
| 40 | Spider-Man | 2002 | 70,626,300 | $ | |
| 41 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 1969 | 70,557,900 | $ | |
| 42 | Love Story | 1970 | 70,014,500 | $ | |
| 43 | Independence Day | 1996 | 69,268,900 | $ | |
| 44 | 2022 | 67,843,975 | $ | ||
| 45 | Home Alone | 1990 | 67,734,200 | $ | |
| 46 | 2017 | 67,594,500 | $ | ||
| 47 | Pinocchio | 1940 | 67,403,300 | $ | |
| 48 | Cleopatra | 1963 | 67,183,500 | $ | |
| 49 | Beverly Hills Cop | 1984 | 67,150,000 | $ | |
| 50 | Goldfinger | 1964 | 66,300,000 | $ | |
| 51 | Incredibles 2 | 2018 | 66,299,200 | $ | |
| 52 | Airport | 1970 | 66,111,300 | $ | |
| 53 | American Graffiti | 1973 | 65,714,300 | $ | |
| 54 | The Robe | 1953 | 65,454,500 | $ | |
| 55 | 2006 | 64,628,400 | $ | ||
| 56 | Around the World in 80 Days | 1956 | 64,615,400 | $ | |
| 57 | 2022 | 64,572,561 | $ | ||
| 58 | Bambi | 1942 | 63,712,400 | $ | |
| 59 | Blazing Saddles | 1974 | 63,239,600 | $ | |
| 60 | Batman | 1989 | 62,972,300 | $ | |
| 61 | The Bells of St. Mary's | 1945 | 62,745,100 | $ | |
| 62 | 2003 | 61,746,326 | $ | ||
| 63 | Finding Nemo | 2003 | 61,586,500 | $ | |
| 64 | The Towering Inferno | 1974 | 61,375,700 | $ | |
| 65 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 2016 | 60,441,600 | $ | |
| 66 | The Lion King | 2019 | 60,322,700 | $ | |
| 67 | Cinderella | 1950 | 60,301,400 | $ | |
| 68 | Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | 60,158,700 | $ | |
| 69 | My Fair Lady | 1964 | 60,062,200 | $ | |
| 70 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 1952 | 60,000,000 | $ | |
| 71 | National Lampoon's Animal House | 1978 | 59,890,300 | $ | |
| 72 | The Passion of the Christ | 2004 | 59,704,800 | $ | |
| 73 | 2005 | 59,324,600 | $ | ||
| 74 | Back to the Future | 1985 | 59,255,300 | $ | |
| 75 | Inside Out 2 | 2024 | $642,915,126 | ||
| 76 | 2002 | 57,725,400 | $ | ||
| 77 | Barbie | 2023 | 57,682,540 | $636,238,421 | |
| 78 | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | 57,581,800 | $ | |
| 79 | The Sixth Sense | 1999 | 57,579,100 | $ | |
| 80 | Superman | 1978 | 57,384,000 | $ | |
| 81 | Tootsie | 1982 | 56,903,900 | $ | |
| 82 | Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | 56,848,000 | $ | |
| 83 | Smokey and the Bandit | 1977 | 56,832,900 | $ | |
| 84 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001 | 56,215,669 | $ | |
| 85 | Finding Dory | 2016 | 56,158,100 | $ | |
| 86 | West Side Story | 1961 | 56,012,800 | $ | |
| 87 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | 55,922,700 | $ | |
| 88 | Lady and the Tramp | 1955 | 55,734,900 | $ | |
| 89 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | 55,437,000 | $ | |
| 90 | 2001 | 54,799,300 | $ | ||
| 91 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | 55,069,400 | $ | |
| 92 | Rocky | 1976 | 55,040,000 | $ | |
| 93 | The Best Years of Our Lives | 1946 | 55,000,000 | $ | |
| 94 | 2019 | 54,984,300 | $ | ||
| 95 | The Poseidon Adventure | 1972 | 54,902,000 | $ | |
| 96 | Twister | 1996 | 54,688,100 | $ | |
| 97 | Men in Black | 1997 | 54,616,700 | $ | |
| 98 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | 54,400,000 | $ | |
| 99 | 2009 | 53,900,900 | $ | ||
| 100 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | 1963 | 53,875,400 | $ |
No one yet has calculated a truly precise and definite referential adjusted gross for a film, since doing so would have to take into account most (or all) of the following:
Further explanation of issues with calculating an adjusted gross can be found in the article for List of highest-grossing films.
This is a list of highest-grossing franchises and film series in the U.S. and Canada.[8]
This chart ranks films by gross adjusted for ticket price inflation up to 2020 levels, based on data from Box Office Mojo, and applying the for the following years up to 2023 levels, due to the lack of updates on the original source.[4]