ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE (by dollars)
The charts below show the top ten movies of All-Time Box Office, as they would have been calculated at the end of each calendar year.
The dollar amounts are for domestic gross only. (U.S. and Canada) Many high-ranking films have been released multiple times over the past century, and the dollar amounts reflect that.
Dollar amounts for many earlier films are estimated due to missing or inexact data.
Follow this link to see the adjusted all-time box office record tables.

1919
- The Birth of a Nation ($15m)
- Mickey ($8m)
- Madame DuBarry ($5.2m)
- Daddy-Long-Legs ($4.9m)
- The Spoilers ($4.1m)
- Intolerance ($4m)
- The Miracle Man ($3.6m)
- Stella Maris ($2.4m)
- Broken Blossoms ($2.4m)
- Male and Female ($2.3m)
1920
- The Birth of a Nation ($16m)
- Mickey ($8m)
- Madame DuBarry ($5.2m)
- Daddy-Long-Legs ($4.9m)
- Way Down East ($4.5m)
- The Spoilers ($4.1m)
- Intolerance ($4m)
- The Miracle Man ($3.6m)
- Over the Hill to the Poorhouse ($3m)
- Stella Maris ($2.4m)
1921-22
- The Birth of a Nation ($18m)
- Mickey ($8m)
- Madame DuBarry ($5.2m)
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ($5m)
- Daddy-Long-Legs ($4.9m)
- Way Down East ($4.5m)
- The Spoilers ($4.1m)
- Intolerance ($4m)
- The Kid ($4m)
- The Miracle Man ($3.6m)
Ten different films have held the #1 spot:
The Birth of a Nation (1919-1939)
Gone with the Wind (1940-1955; 1967-1975)
The Ten Commandments (1956-1964)
The Sound of Music (1965-1966)
Jaws (1975-1977)
Star Wars (1978-1981; 1997)
E.T. (1982-1996)
Titanic (1998-2009)
Avatar (2010-2015)
The Force Awakens (2016-Present)