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List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada

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Here are the 25 top-grossing movies of all time in the U.S. and Canada, based on total receipts to December 2004. This figure is often called the U.S. box office or the North American box office, both of which are inaccurate.

Rank Title Studio Lifetime Gross Year
1 Titanic Paramount $600,788,188 1997
2 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 20th Century Fox $460,998,007 1977
3 Shrek 2 DreamWorks $441,226,247 2004
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Universal $435,110,554 1982
5 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox $431,088,301 1999
6 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 2002
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line $377,027,325 2003
8 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,570,556 2004
9 The Passion of the Christ NM $370,274,604 2004
10 Jurassic Park Universal $357,067,947 1993
11 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Buena Vista $339,714,978 2003
12 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line $341,786,758 2002 13 Finding Nemo Buena Vista $339,714,978 2003
14 Forrest Gump Paramount $329,694,499 1994
15 The Lion King Buena Vista $328,541,776 1994
16 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Brothers $317,575,550 2001
17 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line $314,776,170 2001
18 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox $310,676,740 2002
19 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 20th Century Fox $309,306,177 1983
20 Independence Day 20th Century Fox $306,169,268 1996
21 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Buena Vista $305,413,918 2003
22 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista $293,506,292 1999
23 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox $290,475,067 1980
24 Home Alone 20th Century Fox $285,761,243 1990
25 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Brothers $281,576,461 2003
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