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'Do we have permission to reproduce this? It is copyright by IMDB.'
We certainly have the same right as the IMDB to reproduce the raw info, the question is whether the layout/presentation is too derivative. I would say that a league table like this is the obvious, natural one, and we're ok. (NB: IANAL, nor do I play one on TV)
Here are the top 25 grossing movies of all time, based on total receipts to December 11, 2001.
Source: Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/Charts/worldtopmovies
| 1 | Titanic (1997) | $1,835,300,000 |
| 2 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) | $922,300,000 |
| 3 | Jurassic Park (1993) | $919,700,000 |
| 4 | Independence Day (1996) | $811,200,000 |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) | $797,900,000 |
| 6 | The Lion King (1994) | $767,700,000 |
| 7 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | $704,800,000 |
| 8 | Forrest Gump (1994) | $679,400,000 |
| 9 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | $661,500,000 |
| 10 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) | $614,300,000 |
| 11 | Men in Black (1997) | $587,200,000 |
| 12 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | $572,700,000 |
| 13 | Armageddon (1998) | $554,600,000 |
| 14 | Mission: Impossible II (2000) | $545,300,000 |
| 15 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | $533,800,000 |
| 16 | Home Alone (1990) | $533,700,000 |
| 17 | Ghost (1990) | $517,600,000 |
| 18 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | $516,800,000 |
| 19 | Aladdin (1992) | $501,900,000 |
| 20 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | $494,700,000 |
| 21 | Twister (1996) | $494,700,000 |
| 22 | Toy Story 2 (1999) | $485,700,000 |
| 23 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | $479,300,000 |
| 24 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) | $479,300,000 |
| 25 | Jaws (1975) | $470,600,000 |
- Amounts are in United States Dollars, include ticket sales only, and are not adjusted for inflation. Movies such as Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope may well have earned more than more recent films such as Independence Day when adjusted for inflation.