There were some Chinese films which are supposed to be in this list as well, but they were never released outside of China, so most other people haven’t heard of them. So I limited it to English language films only.

  1. Avatar (2009) – $2.847 billion

  2. Titanic (1997) – $2.195 billion

  3. Inception (2010) – $836.8 million

  4. Independence Day (1996) – $817.4 million

  5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – $792.9 million

  6. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) – $775.8 million

  7. Gravity (2013) – $723.2 million

  8. Interstellar (2014) – $701.8 million

  9. The Sixth Sense (1999) – $672.8 million

  10. Hancock (2008) – $629.4 million

  11. Armageddon (1998) – $553.7 million

  12. Ted (2012) – $549.4 million

  13. Dunkirk (2017) – $526.9 million

  14. Ghost (1990) – $505.7 million

  15. Twister (1996) – $495.7 million

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