What This Site Covers
Welcome! This website is a clean, student-friendly catalogue of the highest-grossing movies of all time. The goal is to give visitors a simple way to view the films that shattered box office records and understand how those numbers are recorded. You’ll be able to jump straight to a ranked list, view films grouped by by franchise, and see quick facts like release year, distributor, and milestone achievements.
What is the Box Office?
The overall revenue from movie ticket sales, broken down by day, weekend, and lifetime, is known as the box office. Typically, totals are divided into foreign and local (U.S. and Canada) markets before being added together to get the global gross. The date of the release, the number of screens, marketing, word-of-mouth and reviews, premium formats, and competition all affect performance; while large openers are significant, strong "legs" can be just as crucial. A movie's "gross" indicates sales volume rather than profit because figures are not automatically adjusted for inflation and can fluctuate with rereleases.
