GTA IV is anticipated to be the highest selling game when it launches and to break most gaming records. But is the gaming industry really bigger than the movie business as its so often compared and even estimated to over pass all movie earnings? Compare GTA IV's take to the international box office receipts for blockbuster movies. If GTA was a movie, it would be 77th on boxofficemojo.com's list. Just behind "Ocean's Eleven" and just ahead of "Pearl Harbor." And three slots behind "National Treasure: Book Of Secrets" which came out last winter and apparently grossed $456 million, which was bad real bad.

After gamers plunk down $60 or so for GTA IV, they're just about done spending money. But ticket sales are only a portion of a movie's overall revenue stream, and they're not the biggest one, either. So when you gaze at the the numbers below, keep in mind that they're underestimating the films' overall haul.

1. Titanic (1997) -- $1,845.0 (in millions)
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) -- $1,119.3
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) -- $1,066.2
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) -- $976.5
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (200&) -- $961.0
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) -- $938.5
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) -- $926.3
8. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) -- $924.3
9. Shrek 2 (2004) -- $919.8
10. Jurassic Park (1993) -- $914.7

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