Movies The Highest Grossing Films From 1939 - 2025

[Pittie Petey]

I never even heard of it. 2 sources listed Billy Jack as #1 (box office mojo being one) while Wikipedia listed Fiddler on the Roof.

Theres a wrestling tie in here, there was a wrestler in the 80's named Billy Jack Haynes, you may have heard of him because he was recently in the news for murdering his wife, and he originally just wrestled as Billy Jack but had to add the last name of Haynes to his gimmick after he was threatened with a lawsuit by the producers of this movie

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

I'm fairly certain BP didn't beat Infinity War at the box office in 2018.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Theres a wrestling tie in here, there was a wrestler in the 80's named Billy Jack Haynes, you may have heard of him because he was recently in the news for murdering his wife, and he originally just wrestled as Billy Jack but had to add the last name of Haynes to his gimmick after he was threatened with a lawsuit by the producers of this movie

Yeah he wore a hat similar to the guy in the movie too, didn't he? I could see why they were pissed.

 

[GoodBadHBK]

I'm fairly certain BP didn't beat Infinity War at the box office in 2018.

Worldwide was Infinity but domestic it was Black panther. Only the US box office counts.

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

Worldwide was Infinity but domestic it was Black panther. Only the US box office counts.

Gotcha. I didn't see that said in the OP. My apologies, sir.

 

[GoodBadHBK]

Gotcha. I didn't see that said in the OP. My apologies, sir.

I didn't really specify but I used the domestic box office only. I should have specified that so my apologies. Either way infinity was way better than Panther. 2018 in general was possibly the most successful year at the box office. 3 films grossed more than 600 million each (black panther 700 mill, infinity 678 million, and Incredibles 2 at 608 million)

 

[Substance Abuse]

Jaws, TDK and T2 are the best movies on this list. Fight me.

 

[Batjester]

Well I saw it in 81 at a drive through double feature with History of the world pt 1. With my folks. Maybe it was that

That very well could be it.

 

[Streeter]

godfather - in my top 3 ever
Empire and Raiders as those were my 2 funnest movies as a kid.
back to the future as it was last thing I did with grandparents
Maverick as it made me excited for movies again in aftermath of covid and the heart of Woke era.

 

[Jayu Goche]

Really I much prefer a basic poll format with one option. Nonetheless, Rocky, The Dark Knight, Wizard of Oz, Blazing Saddles, and Other/Not Listed. In that order.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Seriously? 1999 was fucking Star Wars? It wasn’t The Matrix?
Fucking Star Wars fans. George Lucas could fart and they would pay to see it.

 

[Thai Domi]

The Exorcist, Jaws and Episodes IV-VI

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

*Gone With the Wind is the only film to rank in the top 10 at the box office 4 years in a row. (Released on Dec 15 1939 it was ranked #3 at the box office despite only being released for 2 weeks in 1939, then it ranked #2 back to back years in 1940 & 1941 before falling down to #9 in 1942.)

Avatar was released in the last 2 weeks of 2009 and was the #2 highest Grossing film of 2009 and 2010.

Star wars the force Awakens was released in the last 2 weeks of 2015 and became the highest Grossing film of the year.


1939 - The Wizard of Oz
1940 - Pinocchio
1941 - Sergeant York
1942 - Bambi
1943 - This Is The Army
1944 - Going My Way
1945 - The Bells of St. Mary's
1946 - Song of the South
1947 - Forever Amber
1948 - The Snake Pit
1949 - Samson and Delilah
1950 - Cinderella
1951 - Quo Vadis?
1952 - The Greatest Show on Earth
1953 - Peter Pan
1954 - White Christmas
1955 - Lady & The Tramp
1956 - The 10 Commandments
1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 - South Pacific
1959 - Ben Hur
1960 - Swiss Family Robinson
1961 - 101 Dalmatians
1962 - The Longest Day
1963 - Cleopatra
1964 - Mary Poppins
1965 - The Sound of Music
1966 - The Bible
1967 - The Graduate
1968 - Funny Girl
1969 - Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
1970 - Love Story
1971 - Billy Jack
1972 - The Godfather
1973 - The Exorcist
1974 - Blazing Saddles
1975 - Jaws
1976 - Rocky
1977- Star Wars
1978 - Grease
1979 - Superman
1980 - Star Wars Empire Strikes Back
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - ET
1983 - Star Wars Return of the Jedi
1984 - Ghostbusters
1985 - Back to the Future
1986 - Top Gun
1987 - Beverly Hills Cop 2
1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989 - Batman
1990 - Ghost
1991 - T2 Judgement Day
1992 - Batman Returns
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Forrest Gump
1995 - Batman Forever
1996 - Independence Day
1997 - Men In Black
1998 - Titanic
1999 - Star Wars Phantom Menace
2000 - How The Grinch Stole Christmas
2001 - Harry Potter & The Sorcerers Stone
2002 - Spider-Man
2003 - Finding Nemo
2004 - Shrek 2
2005 - Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest
2007 - Spider-Man 3
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
2010 - Toy Story 3
2011 - Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2
2012 - The Avengers
2013 - Iron Man 3
2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 - Star Wars The Force Awakens
2016 - Finding Dory
2017 - Star Wars The Last Jedi
2018 - Black Panther
2019 - Avengers End Game
2020 - Bad Boys For Life
2021 - Spider-Man No Way Home
2022 - Top Gun Maverick
2023 - Barbie
2024 - Inside Out 2
2025 - A Minecraft Movie (so far)


The box office winners are Disney, Star Wars and Superhero movies and Disney owns it all. Go figure.

Btw where did you get your source from?

 

[Jackonfire]

Can't believe I'm posting on a karate forum with people who haven't seen Billy Jack. What are we even doing here

 

[GoodBadHBK]

Btw where did you get your source from?

Box office mojo, Wikipedia

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Box office mojo, Wikipedia

Thanks buddy, great job btw.

 

[Jayu Goche]

Thanks buddy, great job btw.

disagree

 

[Jayu Goche]

Yeah. That's what I thought.

 

[Michaelangelo]

Seriously? 1999 was fucking Star Wars? It wasn’t The Matrix?
Fucking Star Wars fans. George Lucas could fart and they would pay to see it.

Those nerds camped out in front of the theater for days. That type of fandom cannot be matched.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Those nerds camped out in front of the theater for days. That type of fandom cannot be matched.

Fuck ‘em.