Box Office History for Creative Type - Science Fiction

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	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	5/25/1977	$460,998,007	$1,120,252,024
2	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$924,790,831
3	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	5/21/1980	$290,271,960	$664,482,220
4	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	5/25/1983	$309,205,079	$639,799,112
5	Jurassic Park	Universal	6/11/1993	$357,067,947	$593,883,169
6	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	5/19/1999	$431,088,297	$586,090,083
7	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Sony Pictures	11/16/1977	$166,000,000	$512,143,499
8	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$488,627,679
9	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	7/3/1996	$306,169,255	$476,571,147
10	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	5/19/2005	$380,270,577	$408,153,131
11	Back to the Future	Universal	7/3/1985	$210,609,762	$406,707,891
12	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	7/2/1997	$250,690,539	$375,744,079
13	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	5/16/2002	$310,676,740	$368,526,890
14	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	5/23/1997	$229,086,679	$343,380,470
15	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Sony Pictures	7/3/1991	$204,859,496	$334,782,265
16	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	5/15/2003	$281,553,689	$321,242,020
17	The Transformers	Paramount Pictures	7/3/2007	$319,246,193	$319,246,193
18	Signs	Buena Vista	8/2/2002	$227,965,690	$270,404,557
19	I am Legend	Warner Bros.	12/14/2007	$256,386,216	$256,386,213
20	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	7/25/2002	$213,117,789	$252,801,788
21	The War of the Worlds	Paramount Pictures	6/29/2005	$234,280,354	$251,458,475
22	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	3/31/1999	$171,479,930	$233,158,480
23	Men in Black 2	Sony Pictures	7/3/2002	$190,418,803	$225,876,097
24	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Paramount Pictures	12/7/1979	$82,258,456	$225,473,376
25	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Buena Vista	6/23/1989	$130,724,172	$225,409,096
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	14	6.52%	$343,136,211	78,881,887	$542,707,383	Waterworld	$88,246,220
1996	14	10.27%	$592,562,629	134,063,941	$922,359,914	Independence Day	$306,169,255
1997	17	18.20%	$1,133,051,826	246,852,250	$1,698,343,480	Men in Black	$250,107,128
1998	18	9.01%	$607,036,858	129,432,166	$890,493,302	Deep Impact	$140,464,664
1999	17	11.52%	$848,245,397	167,637,432	$1,153,345,532	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$430,443,350
2000	18	7.58%	$565,064,475	104,835,710	$721,269,685	Space Cowboys	$90,179,885
2001	13	7.13%	$579,038,351	102,484,665	$705,094,495	Jurassic Park 3	$181,166,115
2002	23	15.81%	$1,477,118,894	254,675,671	$1,752,168,616	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	$310,676,740
2003	16	8.30%	$767,537,695	127,286,517	$875,731,237	The Matrix Reloaded	$281,553,689
2004	22	7.76%	$720,667,846	115,862,998	$797,137,426	The Day After Tomorrow	$186,740,799
2005	18	9.64%	$854,223,875	133,264,256	$916,858,081	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$380,270,577
2006	17	1.95%	$180,692,548	27,586,649	$189,796,145	V for Vendetta	$70,511,035
2007	24	9.50%	$912,352,177	132,609,328	$912,352,177	The Transformers	$319,246,193
2008	11	8.60%	$268,256,511	38,990,772	$268,256,511	Cloverfield	$80,048,433

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