Top 10 Highest-Grossing Movies Ever

• 9. 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith' (2005)
  Domestic Gross: $380,270,577
  Fun Fact: Despite shattering numerous box office records and being the best-reviewed film of the prequel trilogy, 'Sith' is the only one of the three not to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
  
  
  

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• 8. 'Spider-Man' (2002)
  Domestic Gross: $403,706,375
  Fun Fact: When 'Spider-Man' broke the opening weekend record with $114.8M, it was the third time a movie penned by David Koepp had held the honor. The other two: 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park.'
  
  
  

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• 7. 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' (2006)
  Domestic Gross: $423,315,812
  Fun Fact: 'Dead Man's Chest' earned $135.3M in its opening weekend to crush the three-day record then held by 'Spider-Man' ($114.8M). 'Spider-Man 3' then broke that record with a $151.1M opening weekend in 2007.
  
  
  

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• 6. 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' (1999)
  Domestic Gross: $431,088,301
  Fun Fact: George Lucas asked Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote the scripts for 'Empire' and 'Jedi,' to pen 'Phantom Menace' -- but Kasdan turned him down because he felt Lucas should make exactly the movie he wanted.
  
  
  

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• 5. 'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  Domestic Gross: $435,110,554
  Fun Fact: This beloved alien flick was the highest-grossing movie of all time until the original 'Star Wars' was re-released in 1997.
  
  
  

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• 4. 'Shrek 2' (2044)
  Domestic Gross: $441,226,247
  Fun Fact: It's the highest-grossing animated movie in history, and was the first film to be shown in more that 4,000 theaters.
  
  
  

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• 3. 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' (1977)
  Domestic Gross: $460,998,007
  Fun Fact: George Lucas' space opera almost didn't have its iconic score; Lucas had planned to use existing music from Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' until he met composer John Williams.
  
  
  

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• 2. 'The Dark Knight' (2008)
  Domestic Gross: $471,492,996 (and counting)
  Fun Facts: The sequel to 'Batman Begins' broke the three-day opening weekend record with $158.4M and was the first movie to win the box office for four consecutive weeks since 'Return of the King' did it in '03-'04.
  
  
  

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• 1. 'Titanic' (1997)
  Domestic Gross: $600,788,188
  Fun Fact: After sailing to a modest $28.6M opening weekend in December 1997, James Cameron's ocean-liner opus cruised along in the No. 1 spot at the box office for a record 15 straight weeks.
  
  
  

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