Ranking of History's Biggest Box Office Hits (2008)

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A film is nothing more than a sequence of photographic images that are taken with a camera and are then projected. Due to the persistence of vision, using an image substitution speed higher than 18 film frames per second creates the illusion of continuity in the human eye. Naturally, the creation of the first film has led to the emergence of an entire business which charges for film rights and distribution. This ranking lists the films that have made the most money at the box office in all of film history, inflation considered.

Author: diana (Updated Jan 18, 2011)
Sources: Partially done by the author Box Office Mojo

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	Film	Total Revenue (millions $)
1	Titanic (1997)	1,842.90
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)	1,119.30
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man´s Chest	1,066.20
4	The Dark Knight (film)	1,001.90
5	Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone (film)	974.70
6	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World´s End	961.00
7	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)	938.50
8	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)	929.20
9	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)	926.30
10	Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace	924.30
11	Shrek 2	919.80
12	Jurassic Park	914.70
13	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)	896.00
14	Spiderman 3	890.90
15	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	878.70
16	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)	878.60
17	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)	871.40
18	Finding Nemo	864.60
19	Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith	849.00
20	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	833.20
21	Spiderman (film)	821.70
22	Independence Day (film)	817.40
23	Shrek the Third (Shrek 3)	799.00
24	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)	795.50
25	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	792.90
26	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	786.60
27	The Lion King (film)	783.80
28	Spider-Man 2	783.80
29	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	775.40
30	The Da Vinci Code (film)	758.20
31	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	744.80
32	The Matrix Reloaded	738.60
33	Transformers	708.20
34	Forrest Gump (film)	677.40
35	The Sixth Sense	672.80
36	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	655.40
37	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	654.30
38	Star Wars. Episode II: Attack of the Clones	649.40
39	Kung Fu Panda	631.90
40	The Incredibles	631.40
41	Hancock (film)	624.40
42	Ratatouille (film)	621.40
43	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	618.60
44	The Passion Of The Christ	611.90
45	Mamma Mia!	609.80
46	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	603.90
47	Casino Royale (2.006)	594.20
48	War of the Worlds (2005)	591.70
49	Men in Black (film)	589.40
50	Quantum of Solace (007)	586.10