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The 10 biggest blockbuster movies of all time, and how much they raked in

For this list of all-time highest-grossing movies, we looked at domestic box-office grosses adjusted for inflation to see what old movies would have made today.

While blockbusters like "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Avatar" have set box-office records in the past decade, they're still no match for the hit films of previous decades when you adjust for inflation.

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.

In recent years, foreign markets have become a more prominent factor in the box-office success of a film, so the list of highest-grossing worldwide films does include newer movies like "Avatar" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

The original 1977 "Star Wars" comes in high on this list, and you might be surprised by some of the other titles.

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Paul Schrodt contributed to a previous version of this post.

10. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)

Adjusted gross: $1,000,620,000

Unadjusted gross: $184,925,486

Walt Disney's firstcel-animated

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9. "The Exorcist" (1973)

Adjusted gross: $1,015,300,400

Unadjusted gross: $232,906,145

8. "Doctor Zhivago" (1965)

Adjusted gross: $1,139,563,500

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Unadjusted gross: $111,721,910

7. "Jaws" (1975)

Adjusted gross: $1,175,763,500

Unadjusted gross: $260,000,000

Steven Spielberg created the summer blockbuster with his thriller starring Richard Dreyfuss about the great white shark lurking just beneath.

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6. "The Ten Commandments" (1956)

Adjusted gross: $1,202,580,000

Unadjusted gross: $65,500,000

5. "Titanic" (1997)

Adjusted gross: $1,244,347,300

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Unadjusted gross: $65,500,000

4. "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982)

Adjusted gross: $1,302,222,800

Unadjusted gross: $435,110,554

3. "The Sound of Music" (1965)

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Adjusted gross: $1,307,373,200

Unadjusted gross: $158,671,368

By far the most well-known and beloved musical film of all time, starringJulie Andrews Christopher Plummer.

2. "Star Wars" (1977)

Adjusted gross: $1,635,137,900

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Unadjusted gross: $460,998,007

Spielberg may have given rise to the modern blockbuster as we know it now, but George Lucas gave us the biggest blockbuster, and the most successful cinematic sci-fi series ever, which now continues under Disney with "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." And Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher are back again.

1. "Gone with the Wind" (1939)

Adjusted gross: $1,854,769,700

Unadjusted gross: $198,676,459

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