Highest revenue films

Answer 1

Believe it or not, the most profitable film ever made was Paranormal Activity! It's budget was only $15,000 while it's earnings in the box office were $193.2 million.

The percetage gain was 1,288,360 percent making it the most profitable movie ever.

Answer 2

Here are the top 25 grossing movies of all time, based only on total worldwide box office receipts to January 6, 2004. Note that the majority of these movies are in the genres of Science Fiction or fantasy. 1 Titanic (1997) $1,835,300,000 2 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone (2001) $968,600,000 3 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace(1999) $922,300,000 4 Jurassic Park (1993) $919,700,000 5 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) $918,600,000 6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) $866,300,000 7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $860,200,000 8 Independence Day (1996) $811,200,000 9 Spider-Man (2002) $806,700,000 10 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) $797,900,000 11 The Lion King (1994) $783,400,000 12 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $756,700,000 13 Finding Nemo (2003) $748,900,000 14 ''The Matrix Reloaded (2003) $735,600,000 15 Forrest Gump (1994) $679,400,000 16 The Sixth Sense (1999) $661,500,000 17 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl(2003) $652,200,000 18 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $647,300,000 19 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) $614,300,000 20 Men in Black (1997) $587,200,000 21 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi(1983) $572,700,000 22 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $558,800,000 23 Armageddon (1998) $554,600,000 24 Mission: Impossible II (2000) $545,300,000 25 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) $533,800,000 * Amounts are in United States dollars, include ticket sales only, and are not adjusted for inflation. Movies such as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope may well have earned more than more recent films such as Independence Day when adjusted for inflation. Given population growth as well as inflation, these numbers are not a very good indicator of the popularity of movies over time. This is a list of the highest-grossing movies of all time, where "gross" is defined as * worldwide box-office revenues in U.S. dollars * adjusted for the effects of inflation using the U.S. consumer price index for January of the year of release (except for long runners, see below) This list was compiled in June 2002. The adjustment for inflation better reflects the importance of older films, as lists compiled without adjustment for inflation will consist almost entirely of films released in the last 20 years. Note that this may tend to overstate the ranking of films that have long runs or repeated re-releases -- however, any film that can sustain such a long run is important in itself. Therefore, for "long runners" (defined as: the classic Disney children's films, Gone with the Wind and The Rocky Horror Picture Show) the gross has been smoothed over the entire time from release to date to try to correct for this bias, and corrected for inflation for each year in which revenue is booked. This has the effect of moving these films down the list. For example, Gone with the Wind moves down the list to #3 from #1 before, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show drops out of the top 100 entirely. # Star Wars (1977) # Titanic (1997) # Gone with the Wind (1939) # Jaws (1975) # E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) # The Exorcist (1973) # Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) # Bambi (1942) # Jurassic Park (1993) # Grease(1978) # Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) # Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) # Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone (2001) # Independence Day (1996) # The Sound of Music (1965) # Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) # Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) # Saturday Night Fever (1977) # The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) # Superman (1978) # The Lion King (1994) # Forrest Gump (1994) # Thunderball (1965) # Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) # Home Alone (1990) # Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) # Ghost (1990) # Goldfinger (1964) # The Sixth Sense (1999) # The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) # Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) # The Sting (1973) # Men in Black(1997) # Pretty Woman (1990) # Doctor Zhivago (1965) # Rain Man (1988) # One Hundred and One Dalmatians(1961) # Armageddon (1998) # Batman (1989) # You Only Live Twice (1967) # Jaws 2 (1978) # Dances with Wolves (1990) # Back to the Future (1985) # The Godfather (1972) # Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984) # Mission: Impossible II (2000) # Twister(1996) # Aladdin (1992) # The Graduate (1967) # The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) # Top Gun (1986) # Beverly Hills Cop (1984) # Mission: Impossible (1996) # Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) # Crocodile Dundee(1986) # The Ten Commandments (1956) # Monsters, Inc(2001) # The Bodyguard (1992) # Moonraker (1979) # Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) # Live and Let Die (1973) # Saving Private Ryan (1998) # Toy Story 2 (1999) # Diamonds Are Forever (1971) # Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) # Fatal Attraction (1987) # Ghostbusters (1984) # Rocky IV (1985) # Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) # Love Story (1970) # The Matrix (1999) # Back to the Future Part II (1989) # The Jungle Book (1967) # Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) # Gladiator (2000) # American Graffiti(1973) # Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) # Shrek (2001) # Alien (1979) # Airport (1970) # Tarzan (1999) # From Russia with Love (1963) # The Fugitive (1993) # Pearl Harbor (2001) # Blazing Saddles (1974) # Basic Instinct (1992) # Ocean's Eleven (2001) # Ben-Hur (1959) # The Mummy (1999) # Cast Away(2000) # True Lies (1994) # Coming to America (1988) # The Towering Inferno (1974) # Billy Jack (1971) # Look Who's Talking (1989) # The Mummy Returns (2001) # The Flintstones (1994) # Die Hard: With a Vengeance(1995) # Toy Story (1995) # GoldenEye (1995) See Also: List of top-grossing movies in the United States for lists not adjusted for inflation. from www.fact-index.com

Answer 3

The following are the top ten most profitable movies, with what percent of their budget that they grossed. # The Blair Witch Project -- 414,398% # E.T.: The Extras Terrestrial -- 7,551% # Stars Wars -- 7,253% # Jurassic Park -- 1,460% # Shrek 2 -- 1,307% # The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- 1,164% # Independence Day -- 1,089% # The Lost World: Jurassic Park -- 1,049% # The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -- 985% # Finding Nemo -- 922%

Answer 4

Paranormal Activity, it made 655,505.52% return.

Answer 5

James Cameron's 2009 science-fiction film "Avatar" has grossed approximately $2.8 billion worldwide.

Answer 6

Star Wars