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'Titanic' tops best-selling romantic films

Published Monday, Feb 20 2006, 09:31 GMT | By Dave West
Titanic has topped a list of the highest grossing romantic movies of all time.

As well as winning 11 Oscars, the 1997 film took $813m – nearly twice the earnings of nearest contender The Lion King.

The list in full, as compiled by Hollywood.com, is:

1: Titanic - $813m (£450m)
2: The Lion King - $476m (£264m)
3: Aladdin - $325m (£180m)
4: Ghost - $315m (£175m)
5: Dances With Wolves - $270m (£150m)
6: Armageddon - $267m (£148m)
7: Pretty Woman - $262.5m (£145.5m)
8: Jerry Maguire - $216m (£120m)
9: Terms of Endearment - $214m (£118m)
10: What Women Want - $210.5m (£117m).
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