Totals are not adjusted for inflation, though they may reflect income from more than one release.

Title Year Worldwide Total
1) E.T. 1982 $792 million
2) The Empire Strikes Back 1980 $538 million
3) Return of the Jedi 1983 $475 million
4) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 $474 million
5) Batman 1989 $411 million
6) Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 $384 million
7) Back to the Future 1985 $381 million
8) Rain Man 1988 $354 million
9) Top Gun 1986 $353 million
10) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 $333 million