The Top 5 Highest Grossing Adventure Movies Ever

  Movie Domestic Box Office Gross Release Date Budget Distributor
1 Titanic $600,7 million November 1st, 1997 $200 million Paramount Pictures
2 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope $460,99 million May 25th, 1977 $13 million Twentieth Century-Fox
3 Shrek 2 $441,22 million May 15th, 2004 $150 million DreamWorks
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial $435,11 million May 26th, 1982 $10.5 million Universal Pictures
5 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace $431,08 million May 19th, 1999 $115 million Twentieth Century-Fox
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Sources:  Various including: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers, IMDB Pro.

List Notes: All figures are domestic (Canada & US) box office gross in US dollars. List is accurate as of February 2008. Data is for 1979 to present.
Highest Grossing Adventure Movies Ever

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