TOP 10 Highest Grossing Movies of All Time

10.The Birth of a Nation

Record Setting Gross in 1915: $5,200,000

Record Setting Gross in 1940: $15,000,000

The Birth of a Nation is an American feature film directed by David Wark Griffith from the year 1915. The three-hour period film was the most financially successful work of the silent film era.

The film is praised for its numerous technology innovations and is regarded as perhaps the most important and influential works of American film history.

The film consists of two parts, the time before and during the American Civil War. The film begins with the presentation of an auction, where the black slaves are sold.

9.Gone with the Wind

Record Setting Gross in 1940: $32,000,000

Record Setting Gross in 1963: $67,000,000

Record Setting Gross in 1971: $116,000,000

Gone with the Wind is an American film adaptation from 1939. The story is based on novel byMargaret Mitchell, which was published in 1936 and has developed into one of the most successful novels of American literary history s. Gone with the wind cast includes Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland.

The David O. Selznick produced film is one of the most famous Hollywood films and one of the great classic films. With nearly four hours of run time, it was the film with the longest playing time at that time. It was the most expensive film ever made with four million US dollars. American Film Institute ranked it No. 4 of the “greatest American films of all time“.

8.The Sound of Music

Record Setting Gross in 1966: $114,600,000

The Sound of Music is an American musical drama film from adaptation of songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, directed by Robert Wise in 1965.

The film was one of the world’s most-watched movies in film history, especially in the United States and Latin America.

The film is about a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the seven children of a naval officer widower. Sound of Music cast includes Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.

 7.The Godfather

Record Setting Gross in 1966: $127,600,000–142,000,000

The Godfather is an American feature film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the eponymous novel by Mario Puzo, who also wrote the screenplay with Coppola. The movie with Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in the lead roles was nominated for eleven Academy Awards nominations, of which it won three. The Godfather was an outstanding success at the box office and is under general tenor of the artistically important works in film history. The godfather cast includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall,  Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton

The sequels The Godfather – Part II and The Godfather – Part III continues to tell the story.

 6.Jaws

Record Setting Gross in 1976: $193,700,000

Jaws is an American movie from 1975, directed by Steven Spielberg. This film is based on the eponymous novel by Peter Benchley.

The plot revolves around a giant man-eating great white shark attacks on fictional summer resort town Amity Island. Local police chief takes it as a mission to hunt with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter.

The film has inspired two theme park rides: one at Universal Studios Florida and one at Universal Studios Japan.

 5.Star Wars

Record Setting Gross in 1978: $410,000,000/$268,500,000

Record Setting Gross in 1982: $530,000,000

Star Wars is the first Movie and part four of the Star Wars saga by George Lucas. It was shot in 1976, had its premiere on 25 May 1977 in the United States. Star Wars was six-time winner at theOscar 1978 and one of the most financially successful films and reasoned that to date most comprehensive franchise in film history.

4.E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Record Setting Gross in 1983: $619,000,000–664,000,000

Record Setting Gross in 1993: $701,000,000

ET – The Extra-Terrestrial  is an American science fiction film from 1982 and is one of the most commercially successful movies. The director Steven Spielberg combined elements of science fiction and fairy tales on the sets that action an American suburb in the house of an average family. The film was released on 11 June 1982 in the American cinema.

The film won Oscars for sound editing, special effects , music ( John Williams ) and sound. It was nominated for Best Picture, Director, Editor, Camera and original screenplay.

3.Jurassic Park

Record Setting Gross in 1993: $914,691,118

Jurassic Park is a science fiction, horror and adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993. The plot is based on the thriller Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, who wrote the screenplay for the movie together with David Koepp. Jurassic Park cast includes Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello.

Jurassic Park was followed by the sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and Jurassic Park III (2001). The fourth film in the series, Jurassic World, is currently in production and will be released in June 2015.

2.Titanic

Record Setting Gross in 1998: $1,843,201,268

Titanic is an American drama feature film from 1997, directed by James Cameron. In the facts of the sinking of the ship a love story with fictional characters was woven.

The film won eleven Oscars, including for the Best Film and was alone in the US 130.9 million moviegoers. With a worldwide box office earnings of over 1.8 billion US dollars, the film remained at first place in the list of the most successful films for a long time until it was replaced in 2009 byAvatar (also by James Cameron)

 1.Avatar

Record Setting Gross in 2010: $2,787,965,087

Avatar is an American science fiction film directed by James Cameron. The film mixes real twisted and computer-animated scenes. Large parts of the film were filmed in a virtual studio with newly developed digital 3D cameras. Avatar grossed over 2.78 billion US dollars.

The film broke the record as the best-selling DVD-Video within days of release in North America with 2.7 million sales as a Blu-ray version within four days. From launch until end of April 2010 more than6.7 million DVDs and Blu-ray discs were sold.