In reference to the lousy Box Office Figs - Here's the top 20 BO Champs

[Burma Jones]

Adjusted for inflation. Not that I think they're all good flicks, but there are some real winners in this bunch....

For the Top 100, including current releases: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Rank-Title----------------Studio-Adjusted Gross---Unadj Gross---Year

1----Gone with the Wind---MGM----$1,293,085,600---$198,676,459--1939
2----Star Wars------------Fox----$1,139,965,400---$460,998,007--1977
3----The Sound of Music---Fox------$911,458,400---$158,671,368--1965
4----E.T.-----------------Uni.-----$907,867,700---$435,110,554--1982
5----The Ten Commandments-Par.-----$838,400,000----$65,500,000--1956
6----Titanic--------------Par.-----$821,413,700---$600,788,188--1997
7----Jaws-----------------Uni.-----$819,704,400---$260,000,000--1975
8----Doctor Zhivago-------MGM------$794,466,900---$111,721,910--1965
9----The Exorcist---------WB-------$707,639,500---$232,671,011--1973
10---Snow White/7 Dwarfs--Dis.-----$697,600,000---$184,925,486--1937
11---101 Dalmatians-------Dis.-----$639,470,400---$144,880,014--1961
12---Emp. Strikes Back----Fox------$628,356,100---$290,475,067--1980
13---Ben-Hur--------------MGM------$627,200,000----$74,000,000--1959
14---Return of the Jedi---Fox------$601,980,200---$309,306,177--1983
15---The Sting------------Uni.-----$570,514,300---$156,000,000--1973
16---Raiders/Lost Ark-----Par.-----$564,107,900---$242,374,454--1981
17---Jurassic Park--------Uni.-----$551,717,400---$357,067,947--1993
18---The Graduate--------AVCO------$547,295,400---$104,642,560--1967
19---The Phantom Menace---Fox------$542,885,200---$431,088,301--1999
20---Fantasia-------------Dis.-----$531,478,300----$76,408,097--1941

[aden_nak]

1. What scares me most is the listing for The Phantom Menace.

In 6 years, $431 million inflated to almost $543 million?