Lucasfilm Ltd. / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $765,756,700
Smart Rating: 96.49
Release year: 1981
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy and his ex-flame Marion escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo.