Rank Film Distributor Release year Inflation-adjusted gross (USD)[5] Unadjusted gross (USD) 1 Gone with the Wind MGM 1939 $1,825,055,106 $198,676,459 2 Star Wars 20th Century Fox 1977 $1,608,419,988 $460,998,007 3 The Sound of Music 1965 $1,286,011,062 $158,671,368 4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Pictures 1982 $1,280,994,329 $435,110,554 5 Titanic Paramount Pictures 1997 $1,224,033,657 $659,363,944