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James Cameron’s “Avatar” has persistently, almost insolently, refused to have any sort of decent drop-off since its opening weekend. Now, after six weeks of international release, the film is still number one at the box office, and has now bested “Titanic’s” record worldwide gross, according to both Box Office Mojo and The Hollywood Reporter.

The new magic number will be verified later today, but it will be just ahead of the $ 1,843,201,268 posted by “Titanic,” also written and directed by James Cameron.

However, it is also unquestionably true that “Avatar” does not hold the record for most paid admissions. Bear in mind that ticket prices have risen over the years, and on top of that, people are paying more to see “Avatar” in 3D and/or IMAX.

For the record, Box Office Mojo has compiled its own chart of worldwide box office top grossers, adjusting for inflation. Even that may not be perfect, because in the pre-home video age, giant hits, like “Gone With the Wind,” were periodically rereleased theatrically, generating paid admissions long after their initial runs. In any event, “Avatar” is on the list, but a lot farther down than you might expect.

The all-time champion remains “Gone With the Wind,” based on Margaret Mitchell’s bestselling novel, which broke a few records of its own. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh starred in the Civil War/Reconstruction romantic epic. Adjusted for inflation, Box Office Mojo estimates its all-time take at over $ 1.4 billion.

Second place belongs to “Star Wars,” the original 1977 movie, the one that didn’t say “Episode Anything” at the beginning, with an adjusted gross of over $ 1.3 billion. In third is “The Sound of Music,” with just over a billion dollars.

Steven Spielberg’s “ET: The Extraterrestrial” is just behind “The Sound of Music.” The fifth place film is Cecil B. DeMille’s remake of his own “The Ten Commandments,” with just under $ 963 million. This was DeMille’s last film, and launched the career of screen icon Charlton Heston. (No, it wasn’t Heston’s first film, but it was the one that made him a star.)

Then comes Cameron’s “Titanic,” with an adjusted gross of a little over $ 943 million. Spielberg’s “Jaws” is close behind with over $ 941 million. David Lean’s Russian epic, “Doctor Zhivago,” based on Boris Pasternak’s novel, is in eighth place with over $ 912 million, ten million more than the next film on the list, “The Exorcist.”

The tenth highest grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation, is Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” with a little over $ 801 million. In case you were wondering, the eleventh place film is also a Disney animated feature, “101 Dalmations.” The rule is clearly don’t underestimate the mouse.

On the adjusted list, “Avatar” is currently in twenty-sixth place, with over $ 558 million, nestled between “Grease” and “Thunderball.”

Steven Spielberg, by the way, is the most represented director at the top of the list, with “ET: The Extraterrestrial,” “Jaws,” “Jurassic Park” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” all being in the top twenty. Four “Star Wars” movies, all three of the original series and “Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace” are also in the top twenty.

Few movie stars consistently place on the list, at least in the top twenty. Harrison Ford, who is featured in the first three “Star Wars” movies and “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” has four, by far the most. Charlton Heston, star of “The Ten Commandments” and “Ben-Hur,” stars in two. Robert Redford and Paul Newman costarred in “The Sting,” in fifteenth place, the only appearance in the top twenty for either. Dustin Hoffman appears on the list once, for “The Graduate.” Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Will Smith, Eddie Murphy, aren’t in the top twenty at all. Hanks’ highest-grosser is “Forrest Gump,” at twenty-two.

So yes, “Avatar” is the highest worldwide grossing film of all time. Sort of.

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Answer by Christina V
Avatar was a good movie but I still liked Titanic

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