Avatar - is 'The Biggest movie of all time'?
Everyone’s saying how Avatar is the biggest movie of all time. Yes, it’s a good movie, but is it the best? They base this claim on the income from ticket sales. But the price of a ticket keeps going up! If you look at films based on the number of tickets sold, then Avatar is actually number 26!
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- “Gone With the Wind” (1939) 202,044,600
- “Star Wars” (1977) 178,119,600
- “The Sound of Music” (1965) 142,415,400
- “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982) 141,854,300
- “The Ten Commandments” (1956) 131,000,000
- “Titanic” (1997) 128,345,900
- “Jaws” (1975) 128,078,800
- “Doctor Zhivago” (1965) 124,135,500
- “The Exorcist” (1973) 110,568,700
- “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937) 109,000,000
- “101 Dalmatians” (1961) 99,917,300
- “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980) 98,180,600
- “Ben-Hur” (1959) 98,000,000
- “Return of the Jedi” (1983) 94,059,400
- “The Sting” (1973) 89,142,900
- “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981) 88,141,900
- “Jurassic Park” (1993) 86,205,800
- “The Graduate” (1967) 85,571,400
- “Star Wars: Episode I” (1999) 84,825,800
- “Fantasia” (1941) 83,043,500
