Box Office
Do you know what movie that grossed the most of all time in US? I believe many of you will say Titanic. Yup, that’s true. Titanic grossed about $600 millions in US alone. The 2nd position is The Dark Knight which until now has grossed about $526 millions and keep counting. But do you know what movie that grossed REALLY the most?
Box office chart measures the market performance of movies in terms of currency, in here is US dollars. Titanic in terms of US dollars has the most money earned from theatres compare to any movie in entire history. But as you know, money always devaluated. $1 million now has totally different value compare to let’s say 30 years ago.
There’s another version of all time box office chart which really considers the inflation of dollars. With this, people will have a broader picture on how succesful the movie attract the audiences. It can give general perspective on which movie has more viewers because the ticket price has always been inflated as well.
Now let’s compare the charts. Here’s the top 20 all-time box office chart that we usually see, based on the current value of US$.
1. Titanic $600,788,188
2. The Dark Knight $525,831,387
3. Star Wars $460,998,007
4. Shrek 2 $441,226,247
5. ET $435,110,554
6. Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace $431,088,301
7. PIrates of The Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest $423,315,812
8. Spider Man $403,706,375
9. Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of The Sith $380,270,577
10. The Lord of The Rings Return of The King $377,027,325
11. Spider Man 2 $373,585,825
12. The Passion of The Christ $370,782,930
13. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
14. The Lord of The Rings The Two Towers $341,786,758
15. Finding Nemo $339,714,978
16. Spider Man 3 $336,530,303
17. Forrest Gump $329,694,499
18. The Lion King $328,541,776
19. Shrek The Third $322,719,944
20. Transformers $319,246,193
And here’s the box office chart after adjustment on US$ inflation. These figures came from adjutment on 2008 ticket price averagely at about $7.08. In this version you can see that some classic movies are topping the chart. Titanic dropped to 6th place and we don’t see The Dark Knight because it fell to 27th place.
1. Gone With The Wind $1,430,476,000
2. Star Wars $1,261,086,700
3. The Sound of Music $1,008,300,900
4. ET $1,004,328,700
5. The Ten Commandments $927,480,000
6. Titanic $908,688,900
7. Jaws $906,798,000
8. Doctor Zhivago $878,879,000
9. The Exorcist $782,826,200
10. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs $771,720,000
11. 101 Dalmatians $707,414,100
12. The Empire Strikes Back $695,118,900
13. Ben-Hur $693,840,000
14. Return of The Jedi $665,940,600
15. The Sting $631,131,400
16. Raiders of The Lost Ark $624,044,300
17. Jurassic Park $610,337,400
18. The Graduate $605,845,500
19. Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace $600,566,700
20. Fantasia $587,947,800
The 1st chart is more dynamic because it refers to the actual value of US dollars. We can see the movement of the movies in the chart almost every year. While the 2nd one, while it reflects the true viewer numbers, is less preffered because the figures are difficult to beat. Even 2008 most watched movie in theatres, The Dark Knight, can not make it into top 20.
For complete Top 100 all time box office charts you can visit links below :
Not Adjusted Top 100 box office chart
Adjusted Top 100 box office chart
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Posters taken from here
yup, that’s in us, but perhaps not in the world.
afaik, dark knight is not so big in asia, especially in china and japan. In this market, I think the matrix films, including the matrix reloaded n the matrix revolutions have much more bigger than the dark knight. cmiiw
well i’m not sure about worldwide gross actually. Because in worldwide release each movie might have differences on theatres count and preferences. But yeah I agree with you, american market sometimes is quite difference than asian market.
TITANIC?? hmmm.. someone ever said that he was watched that movie over and over again.. *dejavuu
hehe I believe many people did that. Actually me included
but ……… hey, there is no harry potter in those charts? how come??
yes there are harry potter movies in the chart. But they all fail to make it into top 20
Sptnya rajin nge-list yang berbau duit, kemarin kota termahal, skg Box office, efek $10 kali ya
wah imel2x pilem gue yg ke mixsig slalu dilewatin ya
Pilem kan jadi salah satu tema utama blog ini pren 
Ternyata Star Wars tinggi juga, perasaan susah banget ajak temen-temen nonton pelem ini katanya ngga suka… Orang luar lebih suka kali yah…
kyknya kalo jenis pilem fantasy di indonesia agak kurang populer ya. Kecuali kalo dikasi banyak action kyk LOTR. Star Wars kalah populer dibanding LOTR. Star Trek malah lebih jeblok lagi
Selain inflasi, menurutku harusnya dibagi dengan jumlah bioskop pada saat itu.. Mungkin saat ini lebih banyak bioskop dibandingkan jaman dulu..
mungkin susah banget kali pren nyari data jmlh bioskop per film per minggu/hari jaman itu
Titanic? I had to queue for about 5 hours to get the ticket at that time, but not a typical movie that I will watch more than once. But I watched gone with the wind and the sound of music twice or three times I guessed
. Harry Potter the movie is below my expectation, the books are a lot better….lot…lot….better…..
I heard people say that too, that Harpot is better in the books than movies. Unfortunately I read only the first book so I can’t say nothing about it
I’m so surprised that the dark knight can be such a huge success
I believe for most of the part they should thank Heath Ledger for that
Makanya kalo mau bikin film laku, matiin aktornya dulu sebelum tayang (good advice)
btw, kalo ngomong soal penggemar star wars (SW) atau star trek itu sih bukan sekedar suka atw tidak sama film SF (lebih cocok dibilang SF dari pada fantasi), menurut aku sih sekarang sudah menjadi soal budaya (bukan lagi kayak penggemar SW thn 1970-an). Para SW mania sekarang sudah tdk perduli filmnya bagus atau jelek, yang penting apapun yg nyangkut SW (mau film, animasi, buku, komik, dll) pasti disikat.
hehe bisa aja lo. Inget the dark knight dan ledger jadi inget the crow dan brandon lee
Keliatannya fans ST dan SW di indonesia ga begitu banyak ya bro. Btw, gue stuju kalo ST lebih ke arah SF. Tp kalo SW keliatannya justru banyakan fantasinya tuh
For me film titanic not boring, his story about an option meaning. i’ve watched the full 19 times:D nice info om
Btw, can exchange links blog ? links blog you have i archers in my new house
you watched it 19 times??? really??? Oh man, I think you belong into the top 20 Titanic fans club in batam
Ok pren, no problem.
titanic belom ada yg beat ya.
my favorite movie all the time : Fofrest Gump !
kalo dr angka dollar tanpa adjustment emang susah tuh dikalahin. Hehe dulu gue nongton forrest gump midnite di BIP Bandung. Asik banget tuh pilem. Ga nyangka bisa nembus 300 juta di amrik
Jek …filemnya Maria Ozawa ( Miyabi ) koq gak dibahas..
Itu kan rating penjualannya sangat tinggi, meskipun under ground ..
hehe box office itu hanya ngukur penjualan tiket bingoskop pren. Kalo video atau pay per view ga pernah dimasukin box office tuh. Hehe tapi usulan lo buat ngebahas film maria ozawa boleh juga tuh. Bingungnya mau nampilin gambar yg adegan mana ya
Sori mek, Maria Ozawa emang uhuy tapi favorit tetap aja sama Tina Yuzuki walau kurang ngetop di Indonesia.
wah gue malah baru denger tuh si tina suzuki pren. Yg sering liat si tina talisa penyiar tv one
Bos, aku sih suka ama titanic, ngingetin jaman dulu waktu nonton di 21 yg lama….sudah lama juga ya.
Btw, bos tolong di link dong blogku ini, khusus blog Tanaman nih…..jangan di blog tetangga. Soalnya ini khusus.
Terima kasih buanyak boss….biar numpang ngetop juga
wah brarti pak Sahid sejak jaman titanic uda tinggal di batam ya. Pemuda tempatan donk ya
Ok pak Sahid, nanti tak masukin link Blog Tanaman ya.
wow! ga nyangka TITANIC tetep nomor satu, apalagi jika dibandingin sm tahun keluarannya, cool!!
hehe emang susah buat ngalahin angka segitu. Kyknya kudu nunggu harga tiket bingoskop lebih mahal lagi deh. Biar dgn jmlh penonton lebih sedikit bisa melampaui angka dollarnyah
huhuhuhuh
U JUMP I JUMP!!!
film sepanjang masa gw!!!
huhuhuhuhuhu
ringtone sms gw ajah lagu inih *waktu henponnya blom ilang
cinta berat pilm cintah!!! huhuhuhu
huehehe hidup cicintaan !
Btw, kyknya menginjak masa setaon ke depan elo makin cicintaan ya. Apalagi dgn tekad yg ituh 
pren, masih ingat gak waktu dulu gak ngantri titanic di empire. gw gak niat nonton, tapi karena elo udah di depan dan nawarin nitip tiket, ya hayo aja. empat jalur antriannya men!
hehe yg gue inget gue pertama nonton Titanic di BIP itu pas hari perdana maen, pertunjukan yg siang, kalo ga salah jam 2pm gitu deh. Terus pernah nonton lagi. Nah gue lupa itu yg nonton ke berapa nawarin nitip tiket ke elo
Titanic salah satu film favorit gw tu, mau di puter seribu kali di TV juga tetep aja gw tonton, padahal endingnya tragis gt…..
hehe ce emang banyak yg demen ama Titanic tuh
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