Box Office History for Creative Type - Dramatization
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Titanic
|
20th Century Fox
|
12/19/1997 |
$600,788,188 |
$886,359,440 |
| 2 |
The Passion of the Christ
|
Newmarket Films
|
2/25/2004 |
$370,782,930 |
$410,109,672 |
| 3 |
Apollo 13
|
Universal
|
6/30/1995 |
$172,070,496 |
$272,148,280 |
| 4 |
Pearl Harbor
|
Buena Vista
|
5/25/2001 |
$198,539,855 |
$241,761,803 |
| 5 |
The Perfect Storm
|
Warner Bros.
|
6/30/2000 |
$182,618,434 |
$233,101,080 |
| 6 |
Catch Me if You Can
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
12/25/2002 |
$164,606,800 |
$192,218,648 |
| 7 |
Mulan
|
Buena Vista
|
6/19/1998 |
$120,620,254 |
$176,943,996 |
| 8 |
Coal Miner's Daughter
|
Universal
|
3/7/1980 |
$67,182,787 |
$171,828,096 |
| 9 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/15/2006 |
$162,586,036 |
$167,544,175 |
| 10 |
Schindler's List
|
Universal
|
12/15/1993 |
$96,067,179 |
$161,844,576 |
| 11 |
Erin Brockovich
|
Universal
|
3/17/2000 |
$125,548,685 |
$160,255,090 |
| 12 |
The Prince of Egypt
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
12/18/1998 |
$101,413,188 |
$145,007,180 |
| 13 |
The Untouchables
|
Paramount Pictures
|
6/3/1987 |
$76,270,454 |
$134,204,789 |
| 14 |
Chariots of Fire
|
Sony Pictures
|
9/25/1981 |
$57,159,946 |
$134,078,788 |
| 15 |
American Gangster
|
Universal
|
11/2/2007 |
$130,164,645 |
$130,164,646 |
| 16 |
Black Hawk Down
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/28/2001 |
$108,638,745 |
$128,876,669 |
| 17 |
Walk the Line
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/18/2005 |
$119,519,402 |
$127,645,679 |
| 18 |
Braveheart
|
Paramount Pictures
|
5/24/1995 |
$75,545,647 |
$119,270,118 |
| 19 |
JFK
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/20/1991 |
$70,405,498 |
$115,991,413 |
| 20 |
Gandhi
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/8/1982 |
$52,767,889 |
$115,458,351 |
| 21 |
Born on the Fourth of July
|
Universal
|
12/20/1989 |
$70,001,698 |
$114,146,720 |
| 22 |
The Aviator
|
Miramax
|
12/17/2004 |
$102,608,827 |
$111,166,538 |
| 23 |
Amadeus
|
Warner Bros.
|
9/19/1984 |
$51,973,029 |
$102,457,682 |
| 24 |
La Bamba
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/24/1987 |
$54,215,416 |
$95,396,945 |
| 25 |
Tombstone
|
Buena Vista
|
12/25/1993 |
$56,505,000 |
$94,717,049 |
| Complete List |
Year by Year Market Share
| Year | Movies in Release | Market Share | Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross | Top-Grossing Movie | Gross that Year |
| 1995 |
22 |
6.56% |
$345,402,545 |
79,402,880 |
$546,291,814 |
Apollo 13
|
$172,070,496 |
| 1996 |
19 |
3.33% |
$192,270,043 |
43,500,006 |
$299,280,041 |
Sleepers
|
$52,894,048 |
| 1997 |
22 |
7.87% |
$489,891,337 |
106,730,137 |
$734,303,343 |
Titanic
|
$157,467,971 |
| 1998 |
20 |
11.44% |
$770,675,468 |
164,323,128 |
$1,130,543,121 |
Titanic
|
$443,320,217 |
| 1999 |
21 |
3.40% |
$250,216,353 |
49,449,871 |
$340,215,112 |
The Thin Red Line
|
$35,380,053 |
| 2000 |
22 |
6.92% |
$516,320,681 |
95,792,337 |
$659,051,279 |
The Perfect Storm
|
$182,618,434 |
| 2001 |
18 |
4.65% |
$377,527,091 |
66,818,954 |
$459,714,404 |
Pearl Harbor
|
$198,539,855 |
| 2002 |
17 |
4.09% |
$382,170,801 |
65,891,519 |
$453,333,651 |
Black Hawk Down
|
$108,364,398 |
| 2003 |
19 |
2.36% |
$218,046,415 |
36,160,268 |
$248,782,644 |
Catch Me if You Can
|
$67,169,179 |
| 2004 |
32 |
8.06% |
$748,438,706 |
120,327,767 |
$827,855,037 |
The Passion of the Christ
|
$370,270,943 |
| 2005 |
45 |
6.32% |
$559,679,307 |
87,313,462 |
$600,716,619 |
Walk the Line
|
$91,742,439 |
| 2006 |
44 |
7.54% |
$699,009,529 |
106,719,013 |
$734,226,809 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
|
$98,411,670 |
| 2007 |
55 |
6.14% |
$589,868,634 |
85,736,720 |
$589,868,634 |
American Gangster
|
$129,018,725 |
| 2008 |
19 |
3.59% |
$111,912,193 |
16,266,308 |
$111,912,199 |
Charlie Wilson's War
|
$31,910,305 |
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