The success of a movie is counted on the basis of income generated by the movie at box office. If we talk about the Hollywood movies they are the producers of most popular movies as well as highest earning movies in the world of cinema. Hollywood Movie makers have altogether different thought process for the movie making and they also invest highest in movie making. As movie making costs is too high so it is very necessary for the movies to get it back at the box office. Since its starting the cost has increased with time so is the income of movie at the box office. It is frequently asked question which are the top 5, top 10 grossing movie in the Hollywood history. So, here I am with the list of top 10 highest earning movies in the Hollywood history with their position and total earning.
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Top 10 Highest Earning Movies List :-
Position
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Name of the Movie
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Earning (mn)
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1.
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Avatar
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$ 2,782
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2.
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Titanic
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$ 2,185
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3.
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The Avengers
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$ 1,512
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4.
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Harry Potter and Deathly Gallows
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$ 1,342
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5.
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Iron Man 3
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$ 1,151
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6.
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Transformers : Dark of the Moon
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$ 1,124
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7.
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Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King
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$ 1,120
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8.
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Skyfall
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$ 1,109
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9.
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The Dark Knight Rises
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$ 1,084
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10.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
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$ 1,066
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It is quite interesting to see in the list that the top 2 position is grabbed by the movies made by Canadian movie director James Cameroon. The director who got huge recognition with the movie Titanic has directed many popular movies such as True Lies, The Abyss, Aliens and others. His movie Titanic won him the Academy award (Oscar award). Next movie he made after the successful direction of the Titanic is “Avatar”. The “ Avatar “ is a science fiction movie made with the approximate budget of $ 300 Million . This movie became has used the science for the perfection and became highest grossing movie at the box –office. The “Avatar” earned around $2.78 billion worldwide and thus it tops the list of top 10 highest earning movies of all time in the Hollywood history.