Top grossing movies

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Here are the top 25 grossing movies of all time, based on total receipts to December 11, 2001.

Source: Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/Charts/worldtopmovies

1	Titanic (1997)	$1,835,300,000
2	Star Wars: Episode I - [The Phantom Menace]? (1999)	$922,300,000
3	[Jurassic Park]? (1993)	$919,700,000
4	[Independence Day]? (1996)	$811,200,000
5	Star Wars: Episode IV - [A New Hope]? (1977)	$797,900,000
6	[The Lion King]? (1994)	$767,700,000
7	[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]? (1982)	$704,800,000
8	[Forrest Gump]? (1994)	$679,400,000
9	The Sixth Sense (1999)	$661,500,000
10	[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]? (1997)	$614,300,000
11	Men in Black (1997)	$587,200,000
12	Star Wars: Episode VI - [Return of the Jedi]? (1983)	$572,700,000
13	Armageddon? (1998)	$554,600,000
14	[Mission: Impossible II]? (2000)	$545,300,000
15	Star Wars: Episode V - [The Empire Strikes Back]? (1980)	$533,800,000
16	[Home Alone]? (1990)	$533,700,000
17	Ghost (1990)	$517,600,000
18	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	$516,800,000
19	Aladdin? (1992)	$501,900,000
20	[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]? (1989)	$494,700,000
21	Twister? (1996)	$494,700,000
22	[Toy Story 2]? (1999)	$485,700,000
23	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	$479,300,000
24	[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]? (2001)	$479,300,000
25	Jaws? (1975)	$470,600,000

• Amounts are in United States Dollars, include ticket sales only, and are not adjusted for inflation. Movies such as Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope may well have earned more than more recent films such as Independence Day when adjusted for inflation.