# "Jurassic Park"-- All-Time Boxoffice Champ? (for awhile, anyway...)

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**Created:** [June 13, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-all-time-boxoffice-champ-for-awhile-anyway/250167 "2004-06-13T20:35:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-all-time-boxoffice-champ-for-awhile-anyway/250167/1 "2004-06-13T20:35:29Z")

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I know that “Jurassic Park” was incredibly successful way back in the Summer of 1993. (I saw it three times at the theatre!) Was it the top-grossing movie of all time until “Titanic” came out in 1997? The IMDB shows that both “ET” (1982) and “Star Wars” (1977) are ahead of it, but I think they are taking into account the loads of money both of those movies raked in when they were re-released. I am fairly certain I remember “Jurassic Park” being at the top of the list; please correct me if I am wrong about this!

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-all-time-boxoffice-champ-for-awhile-anyway/250167/2 "2004-06-13T20:49:38Z")

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According to BoxOfficeMojo, the [original release](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=releases&id=et.htm) of ET grossed $359,197,037.00 in 1982/83. [Jurassic Park](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jurassicpark.htm) made $357,067,947.00 in its single release.

However, [Star Wars](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=releases&id=starwars4.htm) made “only” $307,263,857.00 in its first release.

So, in 1993 if you were counting only first releases and not adjusting for inflation, the rankings would’ve been

1. ET
2. JP
3. SW

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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-all-time-boxoffice-champ-for-awhile-anyway/250167/3 "2004-06-14T05:16:36Z")

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yeah but I dont think it is really fair to not adjust for inflation I mean Star Wars came out before all the other top grossing films top 20 list…and the price of movie tickets has gone up quite a freaking bit. ☹

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-all-time-boxoffice-champ-for-awhile-anyway/250167/4 "2004-06-14T07:01:38Z")

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Come on guys, from that same site, we have  
[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted/](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted/)

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-all-time-boxoffice-champ-for-awhile-anyway/250167/5 "2004-06-14T12:29:26Z")

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> [@Cardinal](#):
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> Come on guys, from that same site, we have  
> [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted/](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted/)

Eh, the way the OP posed the question I assumed he was asking for non-adjusted figures… otherwise he would’ve thrown _Gone With The Wind_ into the mix. Since he didn’t I gave the non-adjusted figures.