As usual, I’m sharing with Funfare readers some of the goodies, specifically "Hollywood’s 100 Biggest Movies" published in Biography in its special Hollywood issue, a listing compiled by the Internet Movie Database.
Here are the 100 top-grossing (figures not revealed) movies of all time at the American box office (as of April, 2002, according to Biography, so it doesn’t include recent hits like Spider-Man):
1. Titanic (1997)
2. Star Wars (1971)
3. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
5. Jurassic Park (1993)
6. Forrest Gump (1994)
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
8. The Lion King (1994)
9. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
10. Lord of the Rings (2001)
11. Independence Day (1996)
12. The Sixth Sense (1999)
13. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. Home Alone (1990)
15. Shrek (2001)
16. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
17. Jaws (1975)
18. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
19. Batman (1989)
20. Men In Black (1997)
21. Toy Story 2 (1999)
22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
23. Twister (1996)
24. Ghostbusters (1984)
25. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
26. Cast Away (2000)
27. Jurassic Park II (1997)
28. Rush Hour 2 (2001)
29. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
30. Ghost (1990)
31. Aladdin (1992)
32. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
33. Mission Impossible II (2000)
34. Back to the Future (1985)
35. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
36. Terminator 2 (1991)
37. The Exorcist (1973)
38. The Mummy Returns (2001)
39. Armageddon (1998)
40. Gone With The Wind (1939)
41. Pearl Harbor (2001)
42. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
43. Toy Story (1995)
44. Gladiator (2000)
45. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
46. Dances with Wolves (1990)
47. Batman Forever (1995)
48. The Fugitive (1993)
49. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
50. What Women Want (2000)
51. The Perfect Storm (2000)
52. Liar Liar (1997)
53. Grease (1978)
54. Jurassic Park III (2001)
55. Mission Impossible 1 (1996)
56. Planet of the Apes (2001)
57. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
58. Pretty Woman (1990)
59. Tootsie (1982)
60. Top Gun (1986)
61. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
62. Crocodile Dundee (1986)
63. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
64. Air Force One (1997)
65. Rain Man (1988)
66. Apollo 13 (1995)
67. The Matrix (1999)
68. Tarzan (1999)
69. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
70. Three Men and a Baby (1987)
71. Meet the Parents (2000)
72. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
73. Hannibal (2001)
74. Big Daddy (1999)
75. The Sound of Music (1965)
76. Batman Returns (1992)
77. A Bug’s Life (1998)
78. The Waterboy (1998)
79. Ice Age (2002)
80. The Sting (1973)
81. The Firm (1993)
82. X-Men (2000)
83. Scary Movie (2000)
84. Fatal Attraction (1987)
85. What Lies Beneath (2000)
86. The Mummy (1999)
87. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
88. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
89. Jerry Maguire (1996)
90. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
91. Runaway Bride (1999)
92. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
93. Gremlins (1984)
94. As Good As It Gets (1997)
95. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
96. True Lies (1994)
97. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
98. American Pie 2 (2001)
99. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
100. The Santa Clause (1994)