| TITLE | $ COST | NON-US GROSS | U.S. GROSS |
| 1. Titanic (1997) | 200,000,000 | 1,234,000,000 | 600,779,000 |
| 2. Waterworld (1995) | 175,000,000 | 167,000,000 | 88,246,000 |
| 3. Armageddon (1998) | 140,000,000 | 251,200,000 | 201,573,000 |
| 4. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) | 140,000,000 | 138,400,000 | 129,734,000 |
| 5. Godzilla (1998) | 125,000,000 | 221,600,000 | 136,000,000 |
| 6. Dante's Peak (1997) | 116,000,000 | 93,900,000 | 67,115,000 |
| 7. Star Wars I: Phantom Menace (1999) | 110,000,000 | 352,100,100 | 431,000,000 |
| 8. Batman and Robin (1997) | 110,000,000 | 130,000,000 | 107,000,000 |
| 9. Speed 2 (1997) | 110,000,000 | 102,400,000 | 48,068,000 |
| 10. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) | 110,000,000 | 210,000,000 | 125,332,000 |
| TITLE | TOTAL GROSS | U.S. GROSS | COST |
| 1. Titanic (1997) | 1,834,779,000 | 600,779,000 | 200,000,000 |
| 2. Jurassic Park (1993) | 920,100,100 | 357,100,000 | 63,000,000 |
| 3. Independence Day (1996) | 797,924,000 | 306,124,000 | 75,000,000 |
| 4. Star Wars (1977/1997) | 783,700,000 | 461,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
| 5. Lion King (1994) | 766,900,000 | 312,900,000 | 66,500,000 |
| 6. E.T. (1982) | 701,400,000 | 399,800,00 | 10,000,000 |
| 7. Forrest Gump (1994) | 673,800,000 | 329,000,000 | 55,000,000 |
| 8. Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) | 611,074,000 | 229,074,000 | 73,000,000 |
| 9. Men In Black (1997) | 576,747,000 | 250,100,000 | 90,000,000 |
| 10. Return of the Jedi (1983/1997) | 572,900,000 | 309,100,000 | 32,500,000 |
| TITLE | ORIGINAL COST | ADJUSTED COST | ORIGINAL GROSS | ADJUSTED GROSS |
| Birth of a Nation (1915) | 110,000 | 1,833,333 | 3,000,000 | 50,000,000 |
| The Kid (1920) | 500,000 | 4,166,667 | 2,500,000 | 20,833,333 |
| Modern Times (1936) | 1,500,000 | 18,072,289 | 1,400,000 | 16,867,470 |
| Wizard of Oz (1939) | 2,777,000 | 33,457,831 | --- | --- |
| Wizard of Oz (1998 reissue) | --- | --- | 14,792,000 | --- |
| Gone With the Wind (1939) | 4,250,000 | 51,204,819 | 191,749,000 | 2,310,228,916 |
| Gone With the Wind (1998 reissue) | --- | --- | 198,655,000 | 198,655,000 |
| Jezebel (1938) | 1,250,000 | 14,880,952 | --- | --- |
| Wilson (1944) | 4,000,000 | --- | 2,000,000 | |
| Ben-Hur (1959) | 15,000,000 | 86,206,897 | 70,000,000 | 402,298,851 |
| Cleopatra (1963) | 44,000,000 | 240,437,158 | --- | --- |
| Godfather (1972) | 6,000,000 | 24,000,000 | 134,000,000 | 536,000,000 |
| Exorcist (1973) | 12,000,000 | 45,112,782 | 165,000,000 | 620,300,752 |
| Exorcist (2000 reissue) | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 |
| Heaven's Gate (1980) | 44,000,000 | 89,249,493 | 1,500,000 | 3,042,596 |
| Ishtar (1987) | 28,000,000 | --- | 14,375,000 | --- |
| Blair Witch Project (1999) | 22,000 | --- | 140,530,000 | --- |