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7/13/2012, 10:58am  ET  Highest grossest movies  WTOP's Movie
Critic Jason Fraley   Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic  WASHINGTON
- Smack dab between "The Amazing Spider-Man" opening on July 3
and next week's launch of "The Dark Knight Rises" lies the
height of the summer blockbuster season.  If February is a time
to award the rare "art" of cinema, mid-July is a time to
celebrate the popular favorites, the popcorn flicks, the
blockbusters. The term, quite literally, describes those films
that "bust the block" with lines starting at the box office
ticket window and stretching around the block.  The biggest
movie blockbusters of all time, in terms of sheer dollars, are
rated based on the amount they grossed. "Avatar" (2009) leads
the pack followed by "Titanic" (1997), "The Avengers" (2012) and
"The Dark Knight" (2008).  All four are from the last 15 years.
But those stats can be deceiving.  When you adjust for
inflation, the only fair way to compare diff