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The 10 Highest-Grossing Domestic Movie Musicals of All-Time, Adjusted for Inflation (collider.com)
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When the stage-musical and camera combine, the two mediums can make a tremendously profitable hybrid. Disney might be considered the master of the form, having churned out family-friendly musical movies for thirty years (from 1937 to 1967)—and then another thirty-plus years (late 80s to the present). By now, no one is shocked by Box Office Mojo reporting that the 10 highest-grossing movie musicals in the United States have largely been Disney productions familiar to audiences all over the world. Of course the non-Disney ones are super famous, too.

The top 10 are:

  • The Lion King (2019) - $565 million
  • Pinocchio (1940)
  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
  • The Jungle Book (1967)
  • Grease (1978)
  • Mary Poppins (1964)
  • Fantasia (1940)
  • The Lion King (1994)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  • The Sound of Music (1965) - $1.3 billion
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[–] cmbabul 2 points 1 year ago

Even with inflation I’m kinda surprised Mama Mia or South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut aren’t on there