Star Wars, Jurassic Park or Jaws? The 10 highest grossing summer blockbuster movies of all time at the US box office – ranked
Covid-19 killed the great tradition of the summer blockbuster for the first time in decades – and no, Netflix charts don’t count – so instead STYLE looks back at the highest-grossing summer releases at the US box office ever, adjusted for inflation into 2020 money
Since then, Spielberg has dominated summer movie seasons with blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park.
With this year's summer movie season at theatres cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, we looked back at the highest-grossing summer movies of all time in the US. We ranked the list based on domestic box office (from IMDb Pro) adjusted for inflation and counted movies released in May, June, July and August.
It's not just Spielberg who has ruled the summer box office. Until The Force Awakens in 2015, which was released in December, the Star Wars movies had been summer spectacles.
Below are the 10 highest-grossing summer movies at the US box office of all time.
10. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – US$700 million
Release date: June 12, 1981
Original US gross: US$248 million
Original worldwide gross: US$390 million