Cecil B. DeMille (1932, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1956) and William Wyler (1942, 1946, 1959 and 1968) are in second and third place with five and four films respectively, while D. W. Griffith (1915, 1916 and 1920), George Roy Hill (1966, 1969 and 1973), James Cameron (1991, 1997 and 2009) and the Russo brothers (2016, 2018 and 2019) all feature heavily with three films apiece. Highest-grossing franchises and film series The Khiladi franchise was the first film franchise to gross over ₹ 100 crore , followed by the Krrish film series. The total is rounded to $1 million to compensate for the numerical inaccuracy. Daniel Radcliffe, Rob Marshall Gore Verbinski Zoe Saldana, Below, we’ve rounded up 9 of the highest-grossing movies currently available on Movies Anywhere that are also Screen Pass-eligible. The figures in the above chart take into account inflation that occurred in 2014, and in every available year since then, through 2019. | Director: Tom Hanks, | 162 min Disney 14 of 25 Chris Evans, Votes: Director: $608.58M, PG-13 Stars: | Gross: Daisy Ridley, Brad Bird Stars: Emma Watson, | Director: Director: Chris Buck, Stars: David Yates [67] It was hugely popular with the Ku Klux Klan who used it to drive recruitment,[68] and at one point Variety estimated its total earnings to stand at around $50 million. | While complete sales data are not available for Avatar, it earned $345 million from the sale of sixteen million DVD and Blu-ray units in North America,[2] and ultimately sold a total of thirty million DVD and Blu-ray units worldwide. | 181 min James Cameron 164 min Director: Helena Bonham Carter, [67] Gone with the Wind itself may have been briefly overtaken by The Ten Commandments (1956), which closed at the end of 1960 with worldwide rentals of $58–60 million[70][71] compared to Gone with the Wind's $59 million;[72] if it did claim the top spot its tenure there was short-lived, since Gone with the Wind was re-released the following year and increased its earnings to $67 million. | Jon Favreau Jonathan Groff, | Gross: HPProduction costs were shared with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. [58] Exact figures are not known for The Birth of a Nation, but contemporary records put its worldwide earnings at $5.2 million as of 1919. 127 min Animation, Adventure, Comedy. Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates. [19] The unadjusted list, while commonly found in the press, is therefore largely meaningless for comparing films widely separated in time, as many films from earlier eras will never appear on a modern unadjusted list, despite achieving higher commercial success when adjusted for price increases. | | Miranda Cosgrove, Votes: Tim Allen, | Gross: | | Directors: Note: All box office numbers are as of Aug. 29. Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. Pierre Coffin Aaron Eckhart, Directors: | Latest Updates: News | Daily | Weekend | All Time | International | Showdowns Help. Michelle Rodriguez, Votes: | Gross: Animation, Adventure, Comedy. | Huck Milner, Votes: When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition. Stars: Animation, Action, Adventure. Director: The Star Wars films are the highest-grossing series based on a single property, earning over $10 billion at the box office (although the Eon James Bond films have earned over $18 billion in total when adjusted to current prices). | Tony Hale, Votes: Stars: $317.58M, PG The 21st century has seen an increasing dependence on franchises and adaptations, with the box-office dominance of films based on pre-existing intellectual property at record levels.[42]. Based on the DC character of the same name, Aquaman follows Jason Momoa (Aquaman) as he fights to lead the underwater Kingdom of Atlantis to stop his half brother, King Orm, destroying the surface world by uniting the seven underwater kingdoms. | Because of the long-term effects of inflation, notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to later films. Judy Greer, Votes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy. 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