Box Office History for Creative Type - Fantasy

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

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

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	7/7/2006	$423,315,812	$444,643,172
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	12/17/2003	$377,027,325	$427,154,996
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	12/18/2002	$341,784,377	$401,773,321
4	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	11/16/2001	$317,557,891	$385,872,306
5	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line	12/19/2001	$314,776,170	$378,809,181
6	Aladdin	Buena Vista	11/11/1992	$217,350,219	$360,740,705
7	Ghost	Paramount Pictures	7/13/1990	$217,631,306	$354,811,232
8	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	7/9/2003	$305,411,224	$348,462,561
9	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Buena Vista	12/9/2005	$291,710,957	$311,401,645
10	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	11/18/2005	$290,013,036	$310,936,261
11	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	11/15/2002	$261,987,880	$310,324,361
12	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Buena Vista	5/25/2007	$309,404,152	$309,404,154
13	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	6/8/1984	$148,168,459	$303,392,561
14	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	7/11/2007	$292,004,738	$292,004,737
15	Heaven Can Wait	Paramount Pictures	6/28/1978	$98,800,000	$290,488,887
16	Bruce Almighty	Universal	5/23/2003	$242,704,995	$276,917,145
17	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	6/4/2004	$249,538,952	$276,017,365
18	Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista	11/13/1991	$171,340,294	$264,527,111
19	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	Buena Vista	6/22/1988	$154,112,492	$258,211,911
20	Night at the Museum	20th Century Fox	12/22/2006	$250,863,268	$256,698,586
21	The Mummy Returns	Universal	5/4/2001	$202,007,640	$245,984,527
22	A Bug's Life	Buena Vista	11/20/1998	$162,798,565	$235,988,004
23	King Kong	Universal	12/14/2005	$218,080,025	$232,932,988
24	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	New Line	3/30/1990	$135,265,915	$220,528,314
25	The Mummy	Universal	5/7/1999	$155,385,488	$211,275,127
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	30	7.64%	$402,004,548	92,414,840	$635,814,099	Casper	$100,328,194
1996	17	4.64%	$267,600,012	60,542,990	$416,535,771	Dragonheart	$51,364,680
1997	7	1.26%	$78,431,262	17,087,421	$117,561,456	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	$35,059,903
1998	14	7.74%	$521,780,576	111,253,853	$765,426,509	A Bug's Life	$136,420,446
1999	16	5.37%	$395,305,387	78,123,592	$537,490,313	The Mummy	$155,385,488
2000	15	3.68%	$274,331,043	50,896,297	$350,166,523	The Green Mile	$60,119,360
2001	17	10.44%	$848,585,798	150,192,177	$1,033,322,178	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$291,594,218
2002	18	9.77%	$913,126,578	157,435,615	$1,083,157,031	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$261,031,601
2003	23	13.35%	$1,234,735,572	204,765,435	$1,408,786,193	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$305,411,224
2004	16	6.56%	$609,386,727	97,972,143	$674,048,344	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$249,538,952
2005	19	11.10%	$983,172,097	153,380,981	$1,055,261,149	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$275,132,632
2006	30	16.49%	$1,529,732,158	233,546,896	$1,606,802,644	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$423,315,812
2007	45	19.32%	$1,854,504,662	269,550,094	$1,854,504,647	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	$309,404,152
2008	24	14.19%	$442,492,122	64,315,714	$442,492,112	Horton Hears a Who	$150,668,773

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