All Time US top 20.

Released Film Name Total Box Office 1 2009 Avatar $760,507,625 2 1997 Titanic $600,788,188 3 2008 The Dark Knight $533,345,358 4 1977 Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope $460,998,007 5 2004 Shrek 2 $441,226,247 6 1982 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial $435,110,554 7 1999 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace $431,088,297 8 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812 9 2010 Toy Story 3 $415,004,880 10 1994 The Lion King $414,548,100 11 2002 Spider-Man $403,706,375 12 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $402,111,870 13 2005 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith $380,270,577 14 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II $379,750,747 15 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377,027,325 16 2004 Spider-Man 2 $373,524,485 17 2004 The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930 18 1993 Jurassic Park $357,067,947 19 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $352,358,779 20 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $341,784,377

Looking at these films i can see that the most popular genre for the most successful films are Action and hints of romance. Also i can see that in these films there is a comedy aspect for example, there is subtle comedy in Lion King, Toy Story, Transformers and Shrek for example.