Highest-grossing movie meme

[eruthros]

1. Titanic (1997 - $1,835,300,000) -- actually a long and complicated story involving El Nino rains and The Full Monty. To sum up, I wanted to go see The Full Monty. But the roads were flooded. And I had been studying for weeks and needed a couple hours of total frivolity. Titanic was the only thing showing nearby that was anywhere near watchable.
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001 - $968,600,000)
3. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999 - $922,300,000)
4. Jurassic Park (1993 - $919,700,000)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002 - $905,700,000) -- But I'm not going to see the next one on the first day.
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002 - $866,300,000) -- Eee! New HP book June 21!
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001 - $860,200,000)
8. Independence Day (1996 - $811,200,000)
9. Spider-Man (2002 - $806,700,000) -- As an outdoor movie projected against Parrington dorm.
10. Star Wars (1977 - $797,900,000)
11. The Lion King (1994 - $783,400,000)
12. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982 - $756,700,000) -- Drew Barrymore is way cuter now.
13. Forrest Gump (1994 - $679,400,000)
14. The Sixth Sense (1999 - $661,500,000) -- never seen it, but I saw dead people today.
15. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002 - $648,200,000) -- intentionally avoided it so I could keep on loving Empire Strikes Back.
16. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997 - $614,300,000)
17. Men in Black (1997 - $587,200,000)
18. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983 - $572,700,000)
19. Armageddon (1998 - $554,600,000)
20. Mission: Impossible II (2000 - $545,300,000)
21. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 - $533,800,000)
22. Home Alone (1990 - $533,700,000) -- On a plane, I think.
23. Monsters, Inc. (2001 - $528,900,000)
24. Ghost (1990 - $517,600,000)
25. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991 - $516,800,000) -- For the first lecture of a Film Fantasies class that I then decided not to take.
26. Aladdin (1992 - $501,900,000) -- And I played "Never Had a Friend Like Me" with my junior high band.
27. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989 - $494,700,000)
28. Twister (1996 - $494,700,000)
29. Toy Story 2 (1999 - $485,700,000) -- Half of it. On TV.
30. Saving Private Ryan (1998 - $479,300,000)
31. Jaws (1975 - $470,600,000) -- If seeing it in pieces on TV counts. Lots of pieces. I could never watch this movie; it always bored me.
32. The Matrix (1999 - $456,300,000)
33. Gladiator (2000 - $456,200,000) -- I saw half of it while channel surfing.
34. Shrek (2001 - $455,100,000)
35. Mission: Impossible (1996 - $452,500,000)
36. Pearl Harbor (2001 - $450,400,000)
37. Ocean's Eleven (2001 - $444,200,000)
38. Pretty Woman (1990 - $438,200,000)
39. Tarzan (1999 - $435,200,000)
40. Men in Black II (2002 - $425,600,000)
41. Die Another Day (2002 - $424,700,000)
42. Dances with Wolves (1990 - $424,200,000) -- Again, half of it. TV.
43. Cast Away (2000 - $424,000,000)
44. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993 - $423,100,000)
45. The Mummy Returns (2001 - $418,700,000) -- With my entire Arch Stats class when our class was canceled. We hauled ass down to the movie theatre and then back up to campus. And we laughed until we nearly fell out of our chairs.
46. The Mummy (1999 - $413,300,000)
47. Batman (1989 - $413,100,000)
48. Rain Man (1988 - $412,800,000)
49. The Bodyguard (1992 - $410,900,000)
50. Signs (2002 - $407,900,000)
51. Gone with the Wind (1939 - $390,500,000) -- Half of it. On TV.
52. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 - $390,400,000) -- Oddly enough, at a campground.
53. Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981 - $383,800,000)
54. Grease(1978 - $379,800,000)
55. Ice Age (2002 - $378,300,000)
56. Beauty and the Beast (1991 - $378,300,000)
57. Godzilla (1998 - $375,800,000)
58. What Women Want (2000 - $370,800,000)
59. The Fugitive (1993 - $368,700,000)
60. True Lies (1994 - $365,200,000)
61. Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995 - $365,000,000)
62. Notting Hill (1999 - $363,000,000)
63. Jurassic Park III (2001 - $362,900,000)
64. There's Something About Mary (1998 - $360,000,000)
65. Planet of the Apes (2001 - $358,900,000) -- On a plane.
66. The Flintstones (1994 - $358,500,000)
67. Toy Story (1995 - $358,100,000)
68. A Bug's Life (1998 - $357,900,000)
69. The Exorcist (1973 - $357,500,000)
70. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002 - $356,500,000)
71. Basic Instinct (1992 - $352,700,000)
72. The World Is Not Enough (1999 - $352,000,000)
73. GoldenEye (1995 - $351,500,000)
74. Back to the Future (1985 - $350,600,000)
75. Seven (1995 - $350,100,000)
76. Hannibal (2001 - $349,200,000)
77. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988 - $349,100,000)
78. Deep Impact (1998 - $348,600,000)
79. Dinosaur (2000 - $347,800,000)
80. Pocahontas (1995 - $347,100,000)
81. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997 - $346,600,000)
82. Top Gun (1986 - $344,700,000)
83. Minority Report (2002 - $342,000,000)
84. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 - $340,400,000)
85. American Beauty (1999 - $336,000,000)
86. Catch Me If You Can (2002 - $335,800,000)
87. Batman Forever (1995 - $335,000,000)
88. Apollo 13 (1995 - $334,100,000)
89. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984 - $333,000,000)
90. Back to the Future Part II (1989 - $332,000,000)
91. The Rock (1996 - $330,500,000) -- on TV.
92. Rush Hour 2 (2001 - $329,100,000)
93. Crocodile Dundee (1986 - $328,000,000) -- ditto w/ the TV.
94. The Perfect Storm (2000 - $325,700,000)
95. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 - $325,500,000) -- and it was bad.
96. X2 (2003 - $324,100,000)
97. Schindler's List (1993 - $321,200,000)
98. The Mask (1994 - $320,900,000)
99. Fatal Attraction (1987 - $320,100,000)
100. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992 - $319,700,000)