Just for the record...here are the Top 100 Domestic films of all time (adjusted for inflation). The first dollar amount is the adjusted for inflation number and the second is the actual gross in the year it came out. Twilight is nowhere to be found. The latest Twilight is $259,000,000 as of this weekend. If you divide that by an average ticket cost of $7.96 in 2011 vs $2.05 in 1975 that means 94.3 MILLION MORE PEOPLE BOUGHT A TICKET TO SEE JAWS.
1 Gone with the Wind MGM $1,608,275,200 $198,676,459 1939^
2 Star Wars Fox $1,417,832,000 $460,998,007 1977^
3 The Sound of Music Fox $1,133,626,400 $158,671,368 1965
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $1,129,160,500 $435,110,554 1982^
5 The Ten Commandments Par. $1,042,760,000 $65,500,000 1956
6 Titanic Par. $1,021,633,200 $600,788,188 1997^
7 Jaws Uni. $1,019,507,400 $260,000,000 1975
8 Doctor Zhivago MGM $988,118,200 $111,721,910 1965
9 The Exorcist WB $880,126,600 $232,671,011 1973^
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dis. $867,640,000 $184,925,486 1937^
11 101 Dalmatians Dis. $795,341,300 $144,880,014 1961^
12 The Empire Strikes Back Fox $781,517,900 $290,475,067 1980^
13 Ben-Hur MGM $780,080,000 $74,000,000 1959
14 Avatar Fox $774,151,900 $760,507,625 2009^
15 Return of the Jedi Fox $748,712,900 $309,306,177 1983^
16 The Sting Uni. $709,577,100 $156,000,000 1973
17 The Lion King BV $709,165,900 $422,705,430 1994^
18 Raiders of the Lost Ark Par. $701,609,200 $242,374,454 1981^
19 Jurassic Park Uni. $686,198,500 $357,067,947 1993
20 The Graduate AVCO $681,148,300 $104,901,839 1967^
21 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $675,213,400 $431,088,301 1999^
22 Fantasia Dis. $661,026,100 $76,408,097 1941^
23 The Godfather Par. $628,223,600 $134,966,411 1972^
24 Forrest Gump Par. $625,223,100 $329,694,499 1994
25 Mary Poppins Dis. $622,327,300 $102,272,727 1964^
26 Grease Par. $612,297,200 $188,389,888 1978^
27 Thunderball UA $595,408,000 $63,595,658 1965
28 The Dark Knight WB $591,285,400 $533,345,358 2008
29 The Jungle Book Dis. $586,492,100 $141,843,612 1967^
30 Sleeping Beauty Dis. $578,501,400 $51,600,000 1959^
31 Shrek 2 DW $565,565,400 $441,226,247 2004
32 Ghostbusters Col. $563,015,700 $238,632,124 1984^
33 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fox $561,640,500 $102,308,889 1969
34 Love Story Par. $557,185,200 $106,397,186 1970
35 Spider-Man Sony $553,098,600 $403,706,375 2002
36 Independence Day Fox $551,380,200 $306,169,268 1996
37 Home Alone Fox $539,164,200 $285,761,243 1990
38 Pinocchio Dis. $536,530,500 $84,254,167 1940^
39 Cleopatra (1963) Fox $534,780,400 $57,777,778 1963
40 Beverly Hills Cop Par. $534,514,100 $234,760,478 1984
41 Goldfinger UA $527,748,000 $51,081,062 1964
42 Airport Uni. $526,245,800 $100,489,151 1970
43 American Graffiti Uni. $523,085,700 $115,000,000 1973
44 The Robe Fox $521,018,200 $36,000,000 1953
45 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $514,441,800 $423,315,812 2006
46 Around the World in 80 Days UA $514,338,500 $42,000,000 1956
47 Bambi RKO $507,151,100 $102,247,150 1942^
48 Blazing Saddles WB $503,291,000 $119,500,000 1974
49 Batman WB $501,118,800 $251,188,924 1989
50 The Bells of St. Mary's RKO $499,451,000 $21,333,333 1945