Just to keep things in perspective:

As of the moment of the post, the movie AVATAR has had estimated gross box office receipts of $2,357,605,653. The highest grossing pic in history. GONE WITH THE WIND had a gross of $390,500,000.

But wait, those GWTW figures are in 1939 dollars. If we adjusted for inflation that would be an equivalent of $60,021,510,000 (Duh! That's $60 Billion) in today's money. Sorry James Cameron. You still have a ways to go to truly hold the record.

"Let's all be careful out there!"