The unadjusted list, while commonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless for comparing films widely separated in time, as many films from earlier eras will never appear on a modern unadjusted list, despite achieving higher commercial success when adjusted for price increases. Further complications are added by changing currency values.
HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIES OF ALL TIME ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION MOVIE
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the ClonesÄue to the long-term effects of inflation, notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to more recent films a film in 1910, given much lower ticket prices at that time, would have to sell close to 100 times as many tickets as a 2007 film in order for the two to have equal gross takings. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King List of worldwide highest-grossing films Rank Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). A North-America-only ticket price inflation-adjusted list can be found at List of highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States. Eighty percent of the films in the top 50 were released after 2000, while no film prior to 1977 appears in the list because ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends are not considered. See also: Lists of highest-grossing filmsÄ¢009 has the most films on the list with seven, next stand 20 tied with six.