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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Box Office History for Creative Type - Contemporary Fiction

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



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Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 Home Alone 20th Century Fox 11/16/1990 $285,761,243 $466,403,222
2 Beverly Hills Cop Paramount Pictures 12/5/1984 $234,760,478 $464,191,048
3 Saturday Night Fever Paramount Pictures 12/16/1977 $139,486,124 $430,342,837
4 The Sixth Sense Buena Vista 8/6/1999 $293,506,292 $397,650,598
5 Tootsie Sony Pictures 12/17/1982 $177,200,000 $393,249,964
6 Smokey and the Bandit Universal 5/27/1977 $126,737,428 $391,010,538
7 Twister Warner Bros. 5/10/1996 $241,888,385 $376,514,048
8 Mrs. Doubtfire 20th Century Fox 11/24/1993 $219,195,243 $366,635,400
9 Top Gun Paramount Pictures 5/16/1986 $176,786,701 $327,841,646
10 Crocodile Dundee Paramount Pictures 9/26/1986 $174,803,506 $319,242,437
11 Every Which Way but Loose Warner Bros. 12/20/1978 $104,268,727 $306,567,881
12 The Fugitive Warner Bros. 8/6/1993 $183,875,760 $305,571,313
13 Meet the Fockers Universal 12/22/2004 $279,167,575 $304,963,479
14 Jaws 2 Universal 6/16/1978 $102,922,376 $302,609,376
15 An Officer and a Gentleman Paramount Pictures 7/28/1982 $129,795,554 $300,561,070
16 Rain Man MGM 12/16/1988 $172,825,435 $295,867,279
17 Armageddon Buena Vista 7/1/1998 $201,578,182 $295,705,310
18 Rocky 3 MGM 5/28/1982 $125,049,125 $292,631,966
19 Rambo: First Blood Part II Sony/TriStar 5/22/1985 $150,415,432 $291,509,343
20 Cast Away 20th Century Fox 12/22/2000 $233,632,142 $290,936,665
21 Pretty Woman Buena Vista 3/23/1990 $178,406,268 $290,861,405
22 3 Men and a Baby Buena Vista 11/25/1987 $167,780,960 $288,045,696
23 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 20th Century Fox 11/20/1992 $173,585,516 $287,886,892
24 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC Films 4/19/2002 $241,437,427 $285,782,176
25 Mission: Impossible Paramount Pictures 5/22/1996 $180,981,886 $281,709,361
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 166 54.67% $2,876,979,312 661,374,552 $4,550,256,918 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls $104,355,781
1996 161 61.38% $3,540,699,342 801,063,201 $5,511,314,823 Twister $241,888,385
1997 178 59.15% $3,682,586,824 802,306,504 $5,519,868,748 Liar Liar $181,410,615
1998 174 51.43% $3,466,171,862 739,055,831 $5,084,704,117 Armageddon $201,578,182
1999 169 56.22% $4,140,072,054 818,196,055 $5,629,188,858 The Sixth Sense $276,386,495
2000 195 52.47% $3,912,530,445 725,886,907 $4,994,101,920 Mission: Impossible 2 $215,409,889
2001 185 54.78% $4,450,574,525 787,712,304 $5,419,460,652 Rush Hour 2 $226,164,286
2002 203 45.02% $4,206,196,080 725,206,227 $4,989,418,842 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $227,898,505
2003 192 46.23% $4,276,363,820 709,181,394 $4,879,167,991 Bad Boys II $138,540,870
2004 174 43.90% $4,076,249,370 655,345,562 $4,508,777,467 The Bourne Supremacy $176,087,450
2005 171 47.76% $4,229,866,182 659,885,522 $4,540,012,391 The Wedding Crashers $209,218,368
2006 305 47.38% $4,394,181,719 670,867,438 $4,615,567,973 The Da Vinci Code $217,536,138
2007 365 43.45% $4,171,590,034 606,335,768 $4,171,590,084 The Bourne Ultimatum $227,471,070
2008 154 50.13% $1,563,380,380 227,235,513 $1,563,380,329 Juno $117,425,760