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Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

The following identifies the most profitable movies of all time based
on worldwide box office receipts. One fo these movies, American Beauty
won an Academy Award for Best Picture.

MOVIE                STUDIO         YEAR       ROI        BUDGET       GROSS REVENUE

My Big Fat
Greek Wedding      IFC Films       2002         6050%        $6M                   $369M

ET                         Universal       1982         3072%       $25M                   $793M

Slum Dog
Millionaire               Fox              2008         2420%      $15M                   $378M

Pretty Woman     Touchstone      1990         1913%       $23M                  $463M

Grease                Paramount       1978         1975%       $20M                  $394M

Star Wars            Lucas Film        1977         1830%      $40M                   $775M

American Beauty   DreamWorks   1999         1680%      $20M                   $356M

Passion of the
Christ               Icon Prdtns           2004          1640%      $35M                  $612M

Home Alone    Hughes 
                       Entertainment       1990          1490%      $30M                  $477M

Ghost              Paramount            1990          1346%      $35M                  $506M

Jaws                Universal               1975          1208%      $36M                  $471M

The Hangover Warner Bros.          2009          1197%      $36M                  $467M

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Something
About Mary    20th Century Fox    1990          1094%       $31M                  $370M

Mrs. Doubtfire 20th Century Fox    1993          1060%      $38M                  $441M

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.