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Highest Grossing Movies of All-Time
Highest grossing movies of all-time ranked by estimated worldwide gross

1
Titanic (1997 film)   $1,865,000,000

Titanic is a romantic drama film written, directed and co-produced by James Cameron. A partial remake of the original 1953 film, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater, members of different social strata who fall in love aboard the 1912 maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.
 

2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)   $1,118,888,979

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is an Academy Award-winning New Line Cinema film directed by Peter Jackson released on December 17 2003. An unprecedented triumph with both critics and moviegoers, The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King went on to sweep all eleven Academy Awards it was nominated for, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as becoming the second highest grossing movie worldwide of all time behind only Titanic.s followed by a 2003 vid
 

3
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest   $1,062,126,046

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 pirate adventure film that follows the 2003 summer blockbuster '. The sequel is again directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
 

4
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)   $976,475,550

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a 2001 fantasy film, based on the novel of the same name An agent of Warner Bros. bought the movie rights to the film at a relatively low price soon before the book's incredible success.
 

5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)   $926,287,400

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a fantasy epic film, directed by Peter Jackson and based on the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's book The Lord of the Rings. It was released on December 18, 2002, with a running time of 179 minutes.
 

6
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace   $924,317,558

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 science fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas. It was the fourth film to be released in the Star Wars saga, and the first in terms of internal chronology. Among fans, the title is commonly abbreviated as "TPM".
 

7
Shrek 2   $920,665,658

Shrek 2 is the 2004 sequel to the 2001 computer-animated DreamWorks Pictures film Shrek that was released in the United States on May 19, 2004. In April 2004, the film was selected for competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
 

8
Jurassic Park (film)   $914,691,118

Jurassic Park is a 1993 film adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, of the novel Jurassic Park written by Michael Crichton and published in 1990. The film is followed by , Jurassic Park III, and Jurassic Park IV in 2008.
 

9
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)   $892,213,036

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth film in the popular Harry Potter series, begun with the novel by J.K. Rowling. It was directed by Mike Newell and was released on November 18, 2005. It is rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images in the US, 12A for cinema and 12 on DVD in the UK and M in Australia.
 

10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)   $876,688,482

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second film in the popular Harry Potter series, was released on November 15, 2002 in the United Kingdom, the United States, and elsewhere. Its screenplay was adapted by Steve Kloves from the 1998 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling.
 
 
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