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The Top Grossing Box-Office Films of All Time (Avatar is NOT #1) February 4, 2010 Titanic's nearly 12-year reign as the all-time domestic box office champion fell today as Avatar, the other James Cameron pic, surpassed it with $603.8 million (Titanic's take was $600 million). Industry experts had seriously doubted any film would ever best that record because of the shortened window between theatrical and DVD, but Avatar's steeper ticket prices due to its 3D IMAX sales did the trick. But it's still no Gone With the Wind. That's right; if you actually adjust for inflation, Avatar is only #21 on the all-time box office list, while Gone With the Wind, 70 years later, has still sold more movie tickets than any other film in history. Here's the real box-office champ list after adjusting for inflation: (data from boxofficemojo.com) 1. Gone With the Wind: $1,537,559,600 2. Star Wars: $1,355,490,100 3. The Sound of Music: $1,083,781,000 4. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: $1,079,511,500 5. The Ten Commandments: $996,910,000 6. Titanic: $976,712,20 7. Jaws: $974,679,800 8. Doctor Zhivago: $944,670,800 9. The Exorcist: $841,427,600 10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: $829,490,000 11. 101 Dalmatians: $760,370,300 12. The Empire Strikes Back: $747,154,600 13. Ben-Hur: $745,780,000 14. Return of the Jedi: $715,792,100 15. The Sting: $678,377,100 16. Raiders of the Lost Ark: $670,759,500 17. Jurassic Park: $656,026,500 18. The Graduate: $651,198,300 19. Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace: $645,524,400 20. Fantasia: $631,960,900 21. Avatar: $603,789,300 22. The Godfather: $600,600,700 23. Forrest Gump: $597,732,100 24. Mary Poppins: $594,963,600 25. The Lion King: $587,733,900 --Ellen

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