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Top-grossing movies in the United States

Here are the US 25 top-grossing movies of all time, based on total receipts to July 5, 2003.

1 Titanic	1997	$600,743,440
2 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	1977	$460,935,655
3 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	$434,949,459
4 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	1999	$431,065,444
5 Spider-Man	2002	$403,706,375
6 Jurassic Park	1993	$356,763,175
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	$339,457,993
8 Forrest Gump	1994	$329,452,287
9 The Lion King	1994	$328,423,001
10 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	$317,557,891
11 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	$313,364,114
12 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	2002	$310,675,583
13 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	1983	$309,064,373
14 Independence Day	1996	$306,200,000
15 The Sixth Sense	1999	$293,501,675
16 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back	1980	$290,158,751
17 Home Alone	1990	$285,761,243
18 The Matrix Reloaded	2003	$268,979,763
19 Shrek	2001	$267,652,016
20 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	$261,970,615
21 How the Grinch Stole Christmas	2000	$260,031,035
22 Jaws	1975	$260,000,000
23 Monsters, Inc.	2001	$255,870,172
24 Finding Nemo	2003	$253,991,677
25 Batman	1989	$251,188,924

Summary from the IMDb web page:

See Also: Top-grossing movie for a world wide list, List of highest-grossing films for an inflation adjusted list.

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