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Films in this list are ranked by the amount of money each has earned in the U.S. market. Domestic box-office grosses are through 4 January 2009.

Rank Title/Year Domestic Gross* 1. Titanic (1997) $600,788,188 2. The Dark Knight (2008) 531,001,578 3. Star Wars (1977)2 460,998,007 4. Shrek 2 (2004) 436,471,036 5. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)2 434,949,459 6. Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace (1999) 431,088,295 7. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) 423,315,812 8. Spider-Man (2002) 403,706,375 9. Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith (2005) 380,262,555 10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 377,019,252 11. Spider-Man 2 (2004) 373,377,893 12. The Passion of the Christ (2004) 370,270,943 13. Jurassic Park (1993) 357,067,947 14. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 341,748,130 15. Finding Nemo (2003) 339,714,367 16. Spider-Man 3 (2007) 336,530,303 17. Forrest Gump (1994)2 329,694,499 18. The Lion King (1994)2 328,539,505 19. Shrek The Third (2007) 321,012,359 20. Transformers (2007) 319,071,806 21. Iron Man (2008) 318,313,199 22. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) 317,575,550 23. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 317,023,851 24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 314,776,170 25. Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones (2002) 310,676,740 1. As of Jan. 4, 2009 for All-Time Box Office Grosses 2. Including reissues. 3. Still tracking.

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