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highest grossing movie adaptations

how many of the 15 highest-grossing movies adapted from other sources can you identify?
this list is adjusted for inflation!
not all of the original sources are novels
NOT counting (direct) adaptations of true stories
source: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2022
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year
starring
gross
film
1939
Vivien Leigh
$1.89 billion
Gone With the Wind
1965
Julie Andrews
$1.33 billion
The Sound of Music
1965
Julie Christie
$1.16 billion
Doctor Zhivago
1973
Ellen Burstyn
$1.03 billion
The Exorcist
1961
Betty Lou Gerson
$936 million
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1959
Stephen Boyd
$918 million
Ben-Hur
1993
Laura Dern
$860 million
Jurassic Park
1967
Dustin Hoffman
$801 million
The Graduate
1972
Marlon Brando
$739 million
The Godfather
1994
Tom Hanks
$736 million
Forrest Gump
1964
Dick Van Dyke
$732 million
Mary Poppins
1978
John Travolta
$722 million
Grease
1965
Sean Connery
$700 million
Thunderball
1967
Phil Harris
$690 million
The Jungle Book
1970
Tommy Lee Jones
$656 million
Love Story
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