| Rank | MOVIE TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR | GROSS | OPENING DATE |
| 1 | Titanic | Paramount | $600,788,188 | Fri, 12/19/97 |
| 2 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | $529,143,070 | Fri, 7/18/08 |
| 3 | Star Wars | Fox | $460,998,007 | Wed, 5/25/77 |
| 4 | Shrek 2 | Dreamworks | $436,471,036 | Wed, 5/19/04 |
| 5 | E.T. the Extra Terrestrial | Universal | $434,949,459 | Fri, 6/11/82 |
| 6 | Star Wars: Episode I - the Phantom Menace | Fox | $431,088,295 | Wed, 5/19/99 |
| 7 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Buena Vista | $423,315,812 | Fri, 7/7/06 |
| 8 | Spider-Man | Sony | $403,706,375 | Fri, 5/3/02 |
| 9 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Fox | $380,262,555 | Thu, 5/19/05 |
| 10 | The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King | New Line | $377,019,252 | Wed, 12/17/03 |
| 11 | Spider-Man 2 | Sony | $373,377,893 | Wed, 6/30/04 |
| 12 | The Passion of the Christ | New Market | $370,270,943 | Wed, 2/25/04 |
| 13 | Jurassic Park | Universal | $357,067,947 | Fri, 6/11/93 |
| 14 | The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers | New Line | $341,748,130 | Wed, 12/18/02 |
| 15 | Finding Nemo | Disney/Pixar | $339,714,367 | Fri, 5/30/03 |
| 16 | Spider-Man 3 | Sony | $336,530,303 | Fri, 5/4/07 |
| 17 | Forrest Gump | Paramount | $329,694,499 | Wed, 7/6/94 |
| 18 | The Lion King | Buena Vista | $328,539,505 | Wed, 6/15/94 |
| 19 | Shrek the Third | Paramount | $322,719,944 | Fri, 5/18/07 |
| 20 | Transformers | Paramount | $319,246,193 | Tue, 7/3/07 |
| 21 | Iron Man | Paramount | $318,313,199 | Fri, 5/2/08 |
| 22 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Warner Bros. | $317,575,550 | Fri, 11/16/01 |
| 23 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount | $317,023,851 | Thu, 5/22/08 |
| 24 | The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring | New Line | $314,776,170 | Wed, 12/19/01 |
| 25 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Fox | $310,676,740 | Thu, 5/16/02 |
| 26 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Walt Disney | $309,420,425 | Fri, 5/25/07 |
| 27 | Return of the Jedi | Fox | $309,205,079 | Wed, 5/25/83 |
| 28 | Independence Day | Fox | $306,169,255 | Wed, 7/3/96 |
| 29 | Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl | Buena Vista | $305,411,224 | Wed, 7/9/03 |
| 30 | The Sixth Sense | Buena Vista | $293,506,292 | Fri, 8/6/99 |
| 31 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Warner Bros. | $292,004,738 | Wed, 7/11/07 |
| 32 | The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Buena Vista | $291,709,845 | Fri, 12/9/05 |
| 33 | The Empire Strikes Back | Fox | $290,271,960 | Wed, 5/21/80 |
| 34 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Warner Bros. | $290,013,036 | Fri, 11/18/05 |
| 35 | Home Alone | Fox | $285,761,243 | Fri, 11/16/90 |
| 36 | The Matrix Reloaded | Warners | $281,519,061 | Thu, 5/15/03 |
| 37 | Meet the Fockers | Universal | $279,167,575 | Wed, 12/22/04 |
| 38 | Shrek | Dreamworks | $267,665,011 | Wed, 5/16/01 |
| 39 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Warner Bros. | $261,988,482 | Fri, 11/15/02 |
| 40 | The Incredibles | Buena Vista | $261,437,578 | Fri, 11/5/04 |
| 41 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Universal | $260,031,035 | Fri, 11/17/00 |
| 42 | Jaws | Universal | $260,000,000 | Fri, 6/20/75 |
| 43 | I Am Legend | Warner Bros. | $256,393,010 | Fri, 12/14/07 |
| 44 | Monsters, Inc. | Buena Vista | $255,870,172 | Fri, 11/2/01 |
| 45 | Batman | Warner Bros. | $251,188,924 | Fri, 6/23/89 |
| 46 | Night At the Museum | Fox | $250,863,268 | Fri, 12/22/06 |
| 47 | Men In Black | Sony/Columbia | $250,690,539 | Wed, 7/2/97 |
| 48 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Warner Bros. | $249,541,069 | Fri, 6/4/04 |
| 49 | Toy Story 2 (1st Wide Release On 11/24/99) | Buena Vista | $245,852,179 | Fri, 11/19/99 |
| 50 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Paramount | $245,034,358 | Fri, 6/12/81 |
| 51 | Cars | Buena Vista | $244,082,982 | Fri, 6/9/06 |
| 52 | Bruce Almighty | Universal | $242,704,995 | Fri, 5/23/03 |
| 53 | Twister | Warner Bros. | $241,708,908 | Fri, 5/10/96 |
| 54 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Ifc Films | $241,437,427 | Fri, 4/19/02 |
| 55 | Ghostbusters | Columbia | $238,600,000 | Fri, 6/8/84 |
| 56 | Beverly Hills Cop | Paramount | $234,760,478 | Wed, 12/5/84 |
| 57 | X-Men: the Last Stand | Fox | $234,362,462 | Fri, 5/26/06 |
| 58 | War of the Worlds | Paramount | $234,277,056 | Wed, 6/29/05 |
| 59 | Cast Away | Fox | $233,632,142 | Fri, 12/22/00 |
| 60 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal | $229,086,679 | Fri, 5/23/97 |
| 61 | Signs | Buena Vista | $227,965,690 | Fri, 8/2/02 |
| 62 | Hancock | Sony | $227,946,274 | Wed, 7/2/08 |
| 63 | The Borne Ultimatum | Universal | $227,471,070 | Fri, 8/3/07 |
| 64 | Rush Hour 2 | New Line | $226,164,286 | Fri, 8/3/01 |
| 65 | Wall-E | Walt Disney | $223,280,427 | Fri, 6/27/08 |
| 66 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Walt Disney | $219,964,115 | Fri, 12/21/07 |
| 67 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Fox | $219,195,243 | Wed, 11/24/93 |
| 68 | King Kong | Universal | $218,080,025 | Wed, 12/14/05 |
| 69 | Ghost | Paramount | $217,618,602 | Fri, 7/13/90 |
| 70 | The Da Vinci Code | Sony | $217,536,138 | Fri, 5/19/06 |
| 71 | Aladdin (1st Wide Release On 11/27/92) | Buena Vista | $217,350,219 | Wed, 11/11/92 |
| 72 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | Fox | $217,326,974 | Fri, 12/14/07 |
| 73 | Saving Private Ryan | Dreamworks | $216,173,322 | Fri, 7/24/98 |
| 74 | Kung Fu Panda | Paramount | $215,434,591 | Fri, 6/6/08 |
| 75 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Paramount | $215,409,889 | Wed, 5/24/00 |
| 76 | X2: X-Men United | Fox | $214,949,694 | Fri, 5/2/03 |
| 77 | Austin Powers In Goldmember | New Line | $213,117,789 | Fri, 7/26/02 |
| 78 | 300 | Warner Bros. | $210,614,939 | Fri, 3/9/07 |
| 79 | Back to the Future | Universal | $210,609,762 | Wed, 7/3/85 |
| 80 | Wedding Crashers | New Line | $209,218,368 | Fri, 7/15/05 |
| 81 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Warner Bros. | $206,456,431 | Fri, 7/15/05 |
| 82 | Ratatouille | Walt Disney | $206,445,654 | Fri, 6/29/07 |
| 83 | Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me | New Line | $205,444,716 | Fri, 6/11/99 |
| 84 | Batman Begins | Warner Bros. | $205,343,774 | Wed, 6/15/05 |
| 85 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Tri-Star | $204,859,496 | Wed, 7/3/91 |
| 86 | The Exorcist | Warner Bros. | $204,394,584 | Wed, 12/26/73 |
| 87 | The Mummy Returns | Universal | $202,007,640 | Fri, 5/4/01 |
| 88 | Armageddon | Buena Vista | $201,578,182 | Wed, 7/1/98 |
| 89 | Superman Returns | Warner Bros. | $200,081,192 | Wed, 6/28/06 |
| 90 | Gone With the Wind | Mgm | $198,655,278 | Fri, 12/15/39 |
| 91 | Pearl Harbor | Buena Vista | $198,539,855 | Fri, 5/25/01 |
| 92 | Happy Feet | Warner Bros. | $198,000,317 | Fri, 11/17/06 |
| 93 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Paramount | $197,171,806 | Wed, 5/24/89 |
| 94 | Ice Age: the Meltdown | Fox | $195,330,621 | Fri, 3/31/06 |
| 95 | Madagascar | Dreamworks | $193,136,719 | Fri, 5/27/05 |
| 96 | Toy Story | Buena Vista | $191,780,865 | Wed, 11/22/95 |
| 97 | Men In Black 2 | Sony | $190,418,803 | Wed, 7/3/02 |
| 98 | Gladiator | Dreamworks | $187,683,805 | Fri, 5/5/00 |
| 99 | The Day After Tomorrow | Fox | $186,739,919 | Fri, 5/28/04 |
| 100 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Fox | $186,336,103 | Fri, 6/10/05 |