Box office vs. the canon
The 250 highest-rated films by our composite score, set against their worldwide box-office gross — adjusted for inflation, so a 1939 ticket counts the same as a 2025 one.
Score ↔ revenue
+0.18
weak relationship
Highest grossing
$9.3B
Gone with the Wind
Most overlooked
$22K
Psycho
Median gross
$209M
across 234 of 250 films
Each dot is a Top 250 film. Hover or tap a dot to see which.
Crowd-pleasers
Great films that audiences also turned out for. The Top 250 by adjusted box-office gross.
#71· 1939Gone with the Wind85$9.3B
#23· 1977Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope88$4.1B
#130· 1940Pinocchio83$3.8B
#119· 2019Avengers: Endgame83$3.5B
#91· 1975Jaws84$2.8B
#92· 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial84$2.7B
#52· 1980Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back86$2.1B
#4· 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King91$2.0B
#83· 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 284$1.9B
#1· 1972The Godfather94$1.9B
#210· 1959Ben-Hur82$1.8B
#172· 1940Fantasia82$1.8B
Hidden gems
Great films that barely registered commercially — masterpieces that flew under the radar at release.
#11· 1960Psycho89$22K
#179· 1985Shoah82$60K
#129· 1928The Passion of Joan of Arc83$341K
#104· 2019Marriage Story84$420K
#148· 1952Ikiru83$671K
#181· 1931M82$747K
#152· 1925Battleship Potemkin83$830K
#229· 2020Quo Vadis, Aida?82$1M
#88· 2019The Irishman84$1M
#171· 2018Roma82$1M
#77· 1950Rashomon85$2M
#220· 20074 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days82$2M