| YR | Best Picture Oscar | Gross (millions) | Highest Grossing | Gross (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | $1.2 | Top Hat
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$1.8 |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld | $1.2 | One in a Million | $2.0 |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | $1.5 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | $41.6 |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | $0.7 | Professor Beware | $0.8 |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | $79.4 | Gone with the Wind | $79.4 |
| 1940 | Rebecca | $1.5 | Pinocchio | $18.9 |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | $6.0 | How Green Was My Valley | $6.0 |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | $5.4 | Bambi | $5.7 |
| 1943 | Casablanca | $4.1 | A Guy Named Joe | $5.4 |
| 1944 | Going My Way | $6.5 | Meet Me in St. Louis | $7.6 |
| 1945 | The Lost Weekend | $4.3 | The Bells of St. Mary's | $21.3 |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | $7.5 | Notorious | $8.0 |
| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement | $3.9 | Golden Earrings | $7.0 |
| 1948 | Hamlet | $3.3 | Easter Parade | $6.8 |
| 1949 | All the King's Men | $2.5 | Pinky | $4.2 |
| 1950 | All About Eve | $4.2 | Cinderella | $21.3 |
| 1951 | An American in Paris | $4.5 | An American in Paris | $4.5 |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | $14.0 | This Is Cinerama | $15.3 |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | $30.5 | Peter Pan | $37.6 |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | $9.6 | On the Waterfront | $9.6 |
| 1955 | Marty | $3.0 | Lady and the Tramp | $40.2 |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | $23.1 | The Ten Commandments | $43.0 |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | $33.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | $33.3 |
| 1958 | Gigi | $7.3 | South Pacific | $36.8 |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | $70.0 | Ben-Hur | $70.0 |
| 1960 | The Apartment | $9.3 | Psycho | $32.0 |
| 1961 | West Side Story | $43.7 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | $60.8 |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | $20.3 | The Longest Day | $39.1 |
| 1963 | Tom Jones | $16.9 | Cleopatra | $48.0 |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | $34.0 | Mary Poppins | $102.3 |
| 1965 | The Sound of Music | $163.2 | The Sound of Music | $163.2 |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | $12.8 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | $28.0 |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | $10.9 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | $56.7 |
| 1968 | Oliver! | $16.8 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | $56.7 |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | $44.8 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | $96.7 |
| 1970 | Patton | $61.7 | Love Story | $106.4 |
| 1971 | The French Connection | $51.7 | The French Connection | $51.7 |
| 1972 | The Godfather | $135.0 | The Godfather | $135.0 |
| 1973 | The Sting | $156.0 | The Sting | $156.0 |
| 1974 | The Godfather, Part II | $57.3 | Blazing Saddles | $119.5 |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $112.0 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | $139.9 |
| 1976 | Rocky | $56.5 | Rocky | $117.2 |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | $38.3 | Star Wars | $215.5 |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | $49.0 | Grease | $181.3 |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | $106.3 | Kramer vs. Kramer | $106.3 |
| 1980 | Ordinary People | $54.8 | Superman II | $108.2 |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | $54.9 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $242.4 |
| 1982 | Gandhi | $31.2 | Tootsie | $177.2 |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | $108.4 | Star Wars: Episode VI-Return of the Jedi | $309.1 |
| 1984 | Amadeus | $51.6 | Ghost Busters | $238.6 |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | $87.1 | Back to the Future | $210.6 |
| 1986 | Platoon | $138.0 | Top Gun | $176.8 |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | $44.0 | Three Men and a Baby | $167.8 |
| 1988 | Rain Man | $172.8 | Rain Man | $172.8 |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | $106.6 | Batman | $251.2 |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | $184.2 | Home Alone | $285.8 |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | $130.7 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | $204.8 |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | $63.6 | Aladdin | $217.4 |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | $96.1 | Jurassic Park | $357.1 |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | $329.7 | Forrest Gump | $329.7 |
| 1995 | Braveheart | $75.6 | Toy Story | $191.8 |
| 1996 | The English Patient | $78.7 | Independence Day | $306.1 |
| 1997 | Titanic | $600.8 | Titanic | $600.8 |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | $100.2 | Saving Private Ryan | $216.1 |
| 1999 | American Beauty | $130.1 | Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace | $431.1 |
| 2000 | Gladiator | $187.7 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $260.0 |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | $170.7 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $317.6 |
| 2002 | Chicago | $170.7 | Spider-Man | $403.7 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $377.0 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $377.0 |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | $100.4 | Shrek 2 | $436.4 |
| 2005 | Crash | $54.6 | Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith | $380.3 |
