Just curious but here are the top 20 highest grossing movies of all time:

1) Avatar(2009)…$2,782,275,172
2) Titanic(1997)…$2,186,772,302
3) Marvel's The Avengers(2012)…$1,518,594,910
4) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows–Part 2(2011)…$1,341,511,219
5) Iron Man 3(2013)…$1,215,439,994
6) Frozen(2013)…$1,143,737,000
7) Transformers: Dark of the Moon(2011)…$1,123,794,079
8) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)…$1,119,929,521
9) Skyfall(2012)…$1,108,561,013
10) The Dark Knight Rises(2012)…$1,084,439,099
11) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)…$1,066,179,725
12) Toy Story 3(2010)…$1,063,171,911
13) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides(2011)…$1,045,713,802
14) Jurassic Park(1993)…$1,029,153,882
15) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace(1999)…$1,027,044,677
16) Alice in Wonderland(2010)…$1,024,299,904
17) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey(2012)…$1,017,003,568
18) The Dark Knight(2008)…$1,004,558,444
19) The Lion King(1994)…$987,483,777
20) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)…$974,755,371

However, the truer picture (pardon the pun) adjusts for inflation for the top 10:

1) Gone with the Wind(1939)...$3,301,400,000
2) Avatar(2009)...$2,782,300,000
3) Star Wars(1977)...$2,710,800,000
4) Titanic(1997)...$2,413,800,000
5) The Sound of Music(1965)...$2,269,800,000
6) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)...$2,216,800,000
7) The Ten Commandments(1956)...$2,098,600,000
8) Doctor Zhivago(1965)...$1,988,600,000
9) Jaws(1975)...$1,945,100,000
10) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937)...$1,746,100,000

(04-27-2014 08:53 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Just curious but here are the top 20 highest grossing movies of all time:

1) Avatar(2009)…$2,782,275,172
Saw it and didn't get what the big deal was. It was like Cameron took Alien, Terminator, and a few other of his franchises and remixed them together and got the 3D bug.
2) Titanic(1997)…$2,186,772,302
I thought the movie was decent but I think the forced love story kind of hurt its potential to me.
3) Marvel's The Avengers(2012)…$1,518,594,910
Darn near the perfect mix of action, drama, and comedy.
4) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows–Part 2(2011)…$1,341,511,219
Good movie, but not my favorite in the series.
5) Iron Man 3(2013)…$1,215,439,994
Worst of the 3 Iron Man movies.
6) Frozen(2013)…$1,143,737,000
7) Transformers: Dark of the Moon(2011)…$1,123,794,079
Best of the first three IMO.
8) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)…$1,119,929,521
Good movie, but I think he could have tightened it up. That said, the Director Cut was WAY LONG...its like if I want to watch these I have to do it on a day off.
9) Skyfall(2012)…$1,108,561,013
A great entry into the Bond series. I liked a lot of the "historical" set ups they got into and I thought the villain had a good angle on taking down MI6
10) The Dark Knight Rises(2012)…$1,084,439,099
Nolan's best Batman. Created a legit debate between the best versions of The Joker.
11) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)…$1,066,179,725
I liked the trilogy, but it got mired down too much by all the love story angles.
12) Toy Story 3(2010)…$1,063,171,911
Loved the CGI in this and it proved that Pixar still had it for this franchise. Lots O Huggin Bear was almost as good of a villain as Sid from the first one.
13) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides(2011)…$1,045,713,802
A solid 4th entry. THey did a good job making Blackbeard the badass he was.
14) Jurassic Park(1993)…$1,029,153,882
A great movie. 2nd one was ok till they left the island. 3rd...well...
15) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace(1999)…$1,027,044,677
Not my favorite in the series even though I thought Darth Maul was a EPIC BAD ASS, only to go out like a ***** at the final fight.
16) Alice in Wonderland(2010)…$1,024,299,904
I liked the darker story and I thought Depp did a good job as the Mad Hatter but I wouldn't own it.
17) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey(2012)…$1,017,003,568
good but way to drawn out
18) The Dark Knight(2008)…$1,004,558,444
A great reboot of a downtrodden franchise
19) The Lion King(1994)…$987,483,777
Probably one of my favorite animated movies
20) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)…$974,755,371
A solid movie

However, the truer picture (pardon the pun) adjusts for inflation for the top 10:

1) Gone with the Wind(1939)...$3,301,400,000
I ought to re watch this as I think I have only seen it once about 20 years ago
2) Avatar(2009)...$2,782,300,000
3) Star Wars(1977)...$2,710,800,000
A great sci fi action movie for those wanting something less cerebral than Star Trek.
4) Titanic(1997)...$2,413,800,000
5) The Sound of Music(1965)...$2,269,800,000
I actually enjoyed this movie but haven't watched it in a while
6) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)...$2,216,800,000
Saw it the first time when it was originally released as a field trip with my grade school. I have the DLX edition on Blu Ray now.
7) The Ten Commandments(1956)...$2,098,600,000
Shockingly, I don't think I have seen this all the way through
8) Doctor Zhivago(1965)...$1,988,600,000
9) Jaws(1975)...$1,945,100,000
I loved the movie...too bad I think the sequels went on further than they needed to.
10) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937)...$1,746,100,000
The Evil Queen was a legit bad ass villain. The end was pretty dark for a Disney movie.

Thoughts on the ones I have seen.

IM3 was terrible. Too bad it did so well.

I got tired of Iron Man halfway through the first movie. The writing quality suffers exponentially with the number increase.

GWTW is my favorite movie of all time.

adjusted for inflation is a stupid measurement. they should be adjusted for ticket value at the time when discussing money. titanic blew away those other movies in stats like repeat viewer, weeks at #1, and tickets ==> how this is even debatable is beyond me.

(04-28-2014 04:20 PM)john01992 Wrote:  adjusted for inflation is a stupid measurement. they should be adjusted for ticket value at the time when discussing money. titanic blew away those other movies in stats like repeat viewer, weeks at #1, and tickets ==> how this is even debatable is beyond me.

I'm so guilty of being a repeat viewer. Saw it 3 times in the theatres. I was 16 when it came out.

When I saw Avatar in 3D I thought it was brilliant. A re-watch on television revealed what a relatively weak story it was. Doctor Zhivago is the only one on either list that I have not seen.