split 2016 american film was the highest grossing movie in 2016
merchandising can be extremely lucrative too the lion king also sold 3 billion of merchandise while pixars carswhich earned 462 million in theatrical revenues and was only a modest hit by comparison to other pixar filmsgenerated global merchandise sales of over 8 billion in the five years after its 2006 release
 highestgrossing films adjusted for inflation because of the longterm effects of inflation notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to later films