The Top 50 Movie Hits

Lists, lists, and more lists, my brother Patrick loves lists, but here's one not created by him. Out of curiousty I looked up the current top 50 all time box office champs (as of 3/1/02). I was quite surprised to discover that on this site, my brothers and I have reviewed 23 of them, and without even trying!

Some other interesting information, Gone With The Wind (1939) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) are the oldest two movies by far to appear on this list. The oldest besides those two, is the The Exorcist (1973), which is one of just three movies to be on list from the 1970's, the others being Star Wars, and Jaws. Which means that the 45 other movies on this list were released from 1980 onwards!

Spielberg has to be most successfull director of all time, with seven movies in the top fifty, including two (E.T. and Jurassic Park), in the top five! Although Chris Columbus, already in the top fifty three times with Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire, and the first Harry Potter installment, could potentially catch up, if all of the Harry Potter films are as successfull as the first.

Harrison Ford, while still assured of being the actor to star in the most movies in the top fifty, has been reduced from once having starred in most of the movies in the top ten, to just two, The original Star Wars, and Return of the Jedi.

The list belows lays out the top fifty movies. The first column shows their rank, then you have the title and year, the next column shows to date domestic gross, and the final column indicates whether or not the movie was reviewed on this site. If it has been, than you may click on the title of the movie to go to that review.

RankTitleTotal Box OfficeReviewed?1Titanic (1997)$600,743,440Yes2Star Wars (1977)$460,935,655Yes3Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)$431,065,444Yes4E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)$399,804,539No5Jurassic Park (1993)$356,763,175No6Forrest Gump (1994)$329,452,287No7Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)$314,675,739Yes8Lion King, The (1994)$312,775,367No9Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)$309,064,373Yes10Independence Day (1996)$306,200,000No11Sixth Sense, The (1999)$293,501,675No12Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)$290,158,751Yes13Home Alone (1990)$285,761,243No14Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)$283,191,086Yes15Shrek (2001)$267,652,016Yes16How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)$260,031,035Yes17Jaws (1975)$260,000,000Yes18Monsters, Inc. (2001)$252,177,407Yes19Batman (1989)$251,188,924No20Men in Black (1997)$250,147,615No21Toy Story 2 (1999)$245,823,397No22Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)$242,374,454Yes23Twister (1996)$241,700,000No24Ghostbusters (1984)$238,600,000No25Beverly Hills Cop (1984)$234,760,478No26Cast Away (2000)$233,630,478Yes27Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997)$229,074,000No28Rush Hour 2 (2001)$226,138,454Yes29Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)$219,195,051No30Ghost (1990)$217,631,306No31Aladdin (1992)$216,967,404No32Saving Private Ryan (1998)$216,119,491Yes33Mission: Impossible II (2000)$215,397,307Yes34Back to the Future (1985)$210,609,762No35Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)$205,399,422No36Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)$204,843,345No37Exorcist, The (1973)$204,565,000yes38Mummy Returns, The (2001)$202,007,640Yes39Armageddon (1998)$201,600,000No40Gone with the Wind (1939)$198,655,278Yes41Pearl Harbor (2001)$198,539,855Yes42Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)$197,171,806No43Toy Story (1995)$191,773,000No44Gladiator (2000)$187,670,866Yes45Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)$184,925,485No46Dances with Wolves (1990)$184,208,842No47Batman Forever (1995)$184,031,000No48Fugitive, The (1993)$183,752,965No49What Women Want (2000)$182,805,123Yes50Perfect Storm, The (2000)$182,618,434Yes