Titanic nearly doubled the field, dinosaurs ruled twice, and the Disney Renaissance peaked. The decade's box office champions, ranked by worldwide gross.
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Titanic nearly doubled the field, dinosaurs ruled twice, and the Disney Renaissance peaked. The decade's box office champions, ranked by worldwide gross.
Titanic (1997)
James Cameron's epic grossed over $1.84 billion worldwide in its original run, the first film past a billion and the all-time record holder for twelve years. Eleven Oscars sealed it.
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
The most anticipated movie of the decade brought the saga back after sixteen years and grossed over $924 million worldwide.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Spielberg's dinosaurs grossed nearly $915 million worldwide and rewrote what visual effects could do. The T. rex breakout remains a benchmark.
Independence Day (1996)
Roland Emmerich blew up the White House and took in over $817 million worldwide, the biggest film of 1996 by a comfortable margin.
The Lion King (1994)
The Disney Renaissance at full roar: over $763 million worldwide in its original run, the biggest traditionally animated film ever released.
Forrest Gump (1994)
Tom Hanks ran through four decades of American history to over $677 million worldwide and a Best Picture win in the stacked class of 1994.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Shyamalan's twist thriller whispered its way to nearly $673 million worldwide, an original supernatural drama that outgrossed almost everything in 1999.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
The dinosaur sequel grossed nearly $619 million worldwide and set the opening-weekend record of its day. Spielberg's darker return to the islands proved the dinosaurs were a franchise, not a one-off.
Men in Black (1997)
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones's deadpan alien-cop comedy earned over $589 million worldwide, 1997's other giant alongside Titanic.
Armageddon (1998)
Michael Bay's asteroid opera out-grossed rival Deep Impact to nearly $554 million worldwide and topped 1998 globally.
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