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Here are the US top 25 grossing movies of all time, based on total receipts to October 26 , 2002 .
Source: Internet Movie Database
http://us.imdb.com/Charts/usatopmovies
1 Titanic 1997 $600,743,440 2 Star Wars - a New Hope 1977 $460,935,655 3 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 $434,949,459 4 Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999 $431,065,444 5 Spider-Man 2002 $403,706,375 6 Jurassic Park 1993 $356,763,175 7 Forrest Gump 1994 $329,452,287 8 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 $317,557,891 9 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 $313,364,114 10 The Lion King 1994 $312,775,367 11 Star Wars, Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1983 $309,064,373 12 Independence Day 1996 $306,200,000 13 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002 $302,155,319
14 The Sixth Sense 1999 $293,501,675 15 Star Wars, Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 $290,158,751 16 Home Alone 1990 $285,761,243 17 Shrek 2001 $267,652,016 18 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 $260,031,035 19 Jaws 1975 $260,000,000 20 Monsters, Inc. 2001 $255,870,172 21 Batman 1989 $251,188,924 22 Men in Black 1997 $250,147,615 23 Toy Story 2 1999 $245,823,397 24 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 $242,374,454 25 Twister 1996 $241,700,000
Summary from the imdb web page:
USA domestic ticket sales only
Not adjusted for inflation (Gone with the Wind is number 34, released in 1939, and earned $198,655,278 dollars. By 2000, 61 years of inflation puts it past Titanic). 
