ENTERTAINMENT: Highest-grossing films

by JR
LOS ANGELES-- While The Dark Knight (2008) opened over the weekend (see below) with spectacular top-grossing revenues, I got curious to know which are the highest-grossing films, ever.

Below are some of these films and, yes, I even included links to their particular sites for most of them.

1 Titanic 20th Century Fox $1,842,913,795 (1997)
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Cinema $1,119,263,306 2003)
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Walt Disney Company/Buena Vista $1,066,179,725 (2006)
4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Bros. $976,475,550 (2001)
5 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Walt Disney Company/Buena Vista $960,996,492 (2007)
6 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. $938,468,864 (2007)
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line Cinema $926,287,400 (2002)
8 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $924,317,558 (1999)
9 Shrek 2 DreamWorks SKG $919,838,758 (2004)
10 Jurassic Park Universal $914,691,118 (1993)
11 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. $896,016,159 (2005)
12 Spider-Man 3 Sony/Columbia $890,871,626 (2007)
13 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. $878,988,482 (2002)
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line Cinema $871,368,364 (2001)
15 Finding Nemo Walt Disney Company/Buena Vista $864,625,978 (2003)
16 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox $849,997,605 (2005)
17 Spider-Man Sony/Columbia $821,708,551 (2002)
18 Independence Day 20th Century Fox $816,969,268 (1996)
19 Shrek the Third Paramount/DreamWorks SKG $798,957,081 (2007)
20 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $795,541,069 (2004)
21 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal $794,900,000 (1982)
22 The Lion King Walt Disney Company/Buena Vista $783,841,776 (1994)
23 Spider-Man 2 Sony/Columbia $783,766,341 (2004)
24 Star Wars (Later titled Episode IV: A New Hope) 20th Century Fox $782,400,000 (1977)
25 The Da Vinci Code Sony/Columbia $758,239,851 (2006)
26 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount $754,502,154 (2008)
27 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Walt Disney Company/Buena Vista $744,783,957 (2005)
28 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. $738,599,701 (2003)
29 Transformers Paramount/DreamWorks SKG $707,675,744 (2007)
30 Forrest Gump Paramount $677,387,716 (1994)
31 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista/Hollywood Pictures $672,806,292 (1999)
32 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Walt Disney Company/Buena Vista $654,264,015 (2003)
33 Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox $651,564,743 (2006)
34 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox $649,398,328 (2002)
35 The Incredibles Walt Disney Company/Pixar $631,442,092 (2004)
36 Ratatouille Walt Disney Company/Pixar $621,283,913 (2007)
37 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal $618,638,999 (1997)
38 The Passion of the Christ Icon Entertainment $611,899,420 (2004)
39 Casino Royale Sony/MGM/Columbia $594,239,066 (2006)
40 War of the Worlds Paramount/DreamWorks SKG $591,745,528 (2005)
41 Men in Black Sony/Columbia $589,390,539 (1997)
42 I Am Legend Warner Bros. $583,886,216 (2007)
43 Night at the Museum 20th Century Fox $573,931,127 (2006)
44 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 20th Century Fox $572,900,000 (1983)
45 Iron Man Paramount $563,488,682 (2008)
46 Armageddon Buena Vista $553,709,788 (1998)
47 King Kong Universal $550,316,795 (2005)
48 Mission Impossible II Paramount $546,388,105 (2000)
49 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox $542,771,772 (2004)
50 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox $538,375,067 (1980)