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ARTS / MOVIES - FILMS - CINEMA
List: Top Ten USA Films of All-Time by Box Office Takings
Date: as of 24 October 2005
Source: www.imdb.com
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Notes: All amounts are in USA dollars and only include theatrical box office receipts (movie ticket sales) and do not include video rentals, television rights and other revenues. Totals may include theatrical re-release receipts. Figures are not adjusted for inflation. Some movies were still on general release at the time of publishing. All figures are estimated.
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Rank
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Title (Release year)
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USA Box Office
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1.
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Titanic (1997)
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$600,779,824
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2.
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Star Wars (1977)
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$460,935,665
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3.
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Shrek 2 (2004)
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$436,471,036
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4.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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$434,949,459
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5.
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Star Wars: Episode I - The
Phantom Menace (1999)
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$431,065,444
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6.
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Spider-Man (2002)
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$403,706,375
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7.
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
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$380,262,555
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8.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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$377,019,252
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9.
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Spider-Man 2 (2004)
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$373,377,893
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10.
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The Passion of the Christ
(2004)
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$370,270,943
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11.
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Jurassic Park (1993)
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$356,784,000
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