"The Birth of a Nation", "Gone with the Wind", "The Godfather", "Jaws", "Star Wars", "E.T." and "Avatar" all increased their record grosses with re-releases. The grosses from their original theatrical runs are included here along with totals from re-releases up to the point that they lost the record; therefore the total for "The Birth of a Nation" includes income from its reissues up to 1940; the total for "Star Wars" includes revenue from the late 1970s and early 1980s reissues but not from the 1997 Special Edition; the total for "E.T." incorporates its gross from the 1985 reissue but not from 2002. The total for "Avatar"'s first appearance on the chart includes revenue from the 2010 Special Edition, which represents all of its earnings up to the point it relinquished the record, whereas its second appearance also incorporates revenue from a 2020 re-release in the Asia-Pacific region as well as the 2021 re-release in China which helped it to reclaim the record. "Gone with the Wind" is likewise represented twice on the chart: the 1940 entry includes earnings from its staggered 1939–1942 release (roadshow/general release/second-run) along with all of its revenue up to the 1961 reissue prior to losing the record to "The Sound of Music" in 1966; its 1971 entry—after it took back the record—includes income from the 1967 and 1971 reissues but omitting later releases. "The Godfather" was re-released in 1973 after its success at the 45th Academy Awards, and "Jaws" was released again in 1976, and their grosses here most likely include earnings from those releases. "The Sound of Music", "The Godfather", "Jaws", "Jurassic Park" and "Titanic" increased their earnings with further releases in 1973, 1997, 1979, 2013 and 2012 respectively, but they are not included in the totals here because they had already conceded the record prior to being re-released.