Top Grossing by Decade
Highest-grossing films of each decade. ← Back to leaderboards
Pre-1980 box-office data in TMDB is sparse — the further back you go, the more gaps you'll see. Numbers are unadjusted lifetime grosses, not inflation-adjusted, so the 80s/90s lists naturally show smaller dollar figures than later decades.
Top of the 2020s
2020–2029 releases
Top of the 2010s
2010–2019 releases
Top of the 2000s
2000–2009 releases
- 1
$2.92BAvatar
2009
- 2
$1.12BThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
- 3
$1.07BPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
- 4
$1BThe Dark Knight
2008
- 5
$976.5MHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
- 6
$961.7MPirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
- 7
$940.3MFinding Nemo
2003
- 8
$938.2MHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
- 9
$935.5MShrek 2
2004
- 10
$934MHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Top of the 1990s
1990–1999 releases
Top of the 1980s
1980–1989 releases
- 1
$797.3ME.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
- 2
$572.7MReturn of the Jedi
1983
- 3
$538.4MThe Empire Strikes Back
1980
- 4
$474.2MIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
- 5
$411.3MBatman
1989
- 6
$389.9MRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981
- 7
$381.1MBack to the Future
1985
- 8
$356.8MTop Gun
1986
- 9
$354.8MRain Man
1988
- 10
$333MIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
Top of the 1970s
1970–1979 releases
