Wow. I was just looking at that top 10 moneymakers (domestic) at boxofficemojo.com:
1 Titanic Par. $600,788,188 --1997
2 Star Wars Fox $460,998,007 --1977
3 Shrek 2 DW $441,226,247 --2004
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $435,110,554 --1982
5 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $431,088,301 --1999
6 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 --2002
7 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $380,270,577 --2005
8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $377,027,325 --2003
9 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,585,825 --2004
10 The Passion of the Christ NM $370,782,930 --2004
Wow. Nothing's going to touch 'Titanic' for awhile, eh? I remember it being successful but not that successful. Amazing.
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