Lord of the rings Return of the king is now the 7th biggest budgeting movie ever. Domestically and probably close worldwide.
GLOBAL Box Office Returns, per IMDB.com, as of 2/10/04:
Rank Title Total Box Office [IMDB Top 250]
1 Titanic (1997) $1,835,300,000 [-]
2 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) $968,600,000 [-]
3 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) $942,600,000 [4]
4 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $922,300,000 [-]
5 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) $921,600,000 [5]
6 Jurassic Park (1993) $919,700,000 [-]
7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) $866,300,000 [-]
8 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) $860,700,000 [6]
DOMESTIC Box Office Returns, per IMDB.com, as of 2/10/04:
Rank Title Total Box Office [IMDB Top 250]
1 Titanic (1997) $600,743,440 [-]
2 Star Wars (1977) $460,935,655 [10]
3 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $434,949,459 [239]
4 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $431,065,444 [-]
5 Spider-Man (2002) $403,706,375 [-]
6 Jurassic Park (1993) $356,763,175 [-]
7 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) $351,133,343 [4]
8 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) $340,478,898 [5]
9 Finding Nemo (2003) $339,714,367 [89]
10 Forrest Gump (1994) $329,452,287 [119]
11 Lion King, The (1994) $328,423,001 [-]
12 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) $317,557,891 [-]
13 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) $313,837,577 [6]