While blockbusters like "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Avatar" have demolished box-office records, they're still no match for the heavy hitters of years past when you adjust for inflation.
So for this list, we looked at domestic box-office grosses adjusted for inflation to see what old movies would have made in today's dollars, as calculated by Box Office Mojo. That means there's no "Avatar" on this list.
The original 1977 "Star Wars" comes in high, but not quite first. You might be surprised by some of the other titles.
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10. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)
Adjusted gross: $909,060,000
Unadjusted gross: $184,925,486
Walt Disney's first cel-animated feature-length film, about the princess and the queen fearful of her beauty, is also the company's biggest hit in adjusted dollars.
9. "The Exorcist" (1973)
Adjusted gross: $922,397,100
Unadjusted gross: $232,906,145
The 1970s horror film about a young girl possessed is widely regarded as the best in the genre. And at the time it came out, William Friedkin's masterpiece was by far the most terrifying thing around.
8. "Doctor Zhivago" (1965)
Adjusted gross: $1,035,289,700
Unadjusted gross: $111,721,910
The David Lean-directed epic starring British icons Alec Guinness and Julie Christie tells the story of a romance set against the backdrop of World War I.
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