Entertainment | movies 10 Highest Grossing Films Ever 'Gone With the Wind' is the king By Newser Editors Posted Feb 23, 2017 8:01 AM CST Copied In this image released by Turner Classic Movies, Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara, left, and Hattie McDaniel as Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind.' (AP Photo/Turner Classic Movies) With Oscars week upon us, 24/7 Wall St. has dug into Hollywood numbers to figure out the highest grossing films of all time. The site used data from Box Office Mojo, and the results reveal that 14 of the 25 films on the list came out prior to 1980. The top 10: Gone With the Wind, 1939, total adjusted sales: $1.74 billion Star Wars: Episode IV–A New Hope, 1977; $1.53 billion The Sound of Music, 1965, $1.23 billion E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982, $1.22 billion Titanic, 1997, $1.17 billion The Ten Commandments, 1956, $1.13 billion Jaws, 1975, $1.10 billion Doctor Zhivago, 1965, $1.07 billion The Exorcist, 1973, $952.3 million Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937, $938.5 million Click for the full rankings and methodology. Read These Next Two hospitalized after ICE shooting near Baltimore. President mixes in a coal joke in Christmas Eve call with kids. Trump includes 'scum' in Christmas wishes. Bizarre video shows thieves pulling an ATM out of store with SUV. Report an error