Highest Grossing Films of All Time

In the last couple of years, a few movies have made a huge impact on the overall Hollywood industry economics. Be it the camera work, the actor's reputation or the directors cut, certain movies have seen to stand in the league and give tough competition to any number. The highest grossing movies come out once in a while and the science behind making a movie at that position is quite interesting. Let us not deviate far and take current top 20 grossing films of all time.

1. Titanic: Gross - $ 1, 835,300,000
2. The Lord of the rings; Gross - $ 1,129,219,252
3. Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man's Chest; Gross - $ 1,060, 332,628
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Gross - $ 968,657,891
5. Pirates of the Caribbean – At the world's end; Gross - $ 956,592,347
6. Star Wars – Episode I – The Phantom Menace; Gross - $ 922,379,000
7. The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers; Gross - $ 921,600,000
8. Jurassic Park; Gross - $ 919, 700,000
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Gross - $ 892,194,397
10. Spider Man 3; Gross - $ 885,336,184
11. Shrek 2; Gross - $ 880,871,036
12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Gross - $ 866, 300, 000
13. Finding Nemo; Gross - $ 865,000,000
14. The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring; Gross - $ 860,700,000
15. Star Wars – Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith; Gross - $ 848,462,555
16. Harry Porter and the Order of the Phoenix; Gross - $ 828,646,000
17. Independence Day; Gross - $ 811,200,000
18. Spider Man; Gross - $ 806,700,000
19. Star Wars; Gross - $ 797,900,000
20. Harry Porter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Gross - $ 789,458,727

Above are the best bet in the current industry and they have been running packed houses so far since their release. Since the records began there is one movie that has occupied its position on the top and refuses to move or even budge a little. The Titanic is at the top among the highest grossing films of all time. Produced by 20th Century Fox/Paramount, it is the king of highest grossing films with a turnover of $1,845,034,188. Till date, there is no movie that has been able to move Titanic to number 2 on the list.

The list of the highest grossing films is updated on regular basis and the film studious trust this for sure. If you want to keep yourself updated about the list and be sure on the gross you can visit http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross?region=world-wide and get information about the highest grossing films of all time. This link has the latest figures that are constantly updated to stay current.

For a movie to be declared a hit, its gross earning has to be identified. There simple methods to calculate this; let's take Spider man for example...

Number of tickets sold multiplied by the average price of each ticket in that year.

The end number will give you the gross earnings of the movie, which means if a movie has been released today and did not make much gross, but if it was re- released the same year, the earnings will be added to the previous and that will determine the overall gross of the movie. This is a way to tell the Industry and the public in general if the movie has done well or not.

Most people like to check their movie sources prior to visiting the cinema hall to determine if a movie has been faring well in the charts or not. The gross earnings are a good indicator to assess this.

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