Box Office History for Creative Type - Super Hero

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	Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	5/3/2002	$403,706,375	$478,879,283
2	Batman	Warner Bros.	6/23/1989	$251,188,924	$433,127,772
3	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	6/30/2004	$373,524,485	$413,158,916
4	Superman	Warner Bros.	12/15/1978	$134,218,018	$394,623,914
5	Spider-Man 3	Sony Pictures	5/4/2007	$336,530,303	$336,530,301
6	Batman Forever	Warner Bros.	6/16/1995	$184,031,112	$291,065,301
7	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	11/5/2004	$261,437,578	$288,857,873
8	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/19/1992	$162,833,635	$269,950,698
9	Superman II	Warner Bros.	6/19/1981	$108,185,706	$267,740,167
10	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	5/26/2006	$234,362,462	$246,170,040
11	X2	20th Century Fox	5/2/2003	$214,949,694	$245,249,399
12	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	6/15/2005	$205,343,774	$220,400,181
13	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/28/2006	$200,120,000	$210,202,383
14	X-Men	20th Century Fox	7/14/2000	$157,299,717	$200,783,312
15	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	5/2/2008	$177,134,000	$177,134,000
16	Dick Tracy	Buena Vista	6/15/1990	$103,738,726	$169,128,536
17	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	7/8/2005	$154,695,569	$166,038,301
18	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	6/20/1997	$107,325,195	$160,870,878
19	Hulk	Universal	6/20/2003	$132,160,047	$150,789,572
20	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	20th Century Fox	6/15/2007	$131,921,738	$131,921,736
21	Superman III	Warner Bros.	6/17/1983	$59,950,623	$130,939,775
22	Unbreakable	Buena Vista	11/22/2000	$94,999,143	$120,968,838
23	Daredevil	20th Century Fox	2/14/2003	$102,543,518	$116,998,246
24	Ghost Rider	Sony Pictures	2/16/2007	$115,802,596	$115,802,598
25	Blade	New Line	8/21/1998	$70,141,876	$102,894,693
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	1	3.50%	$184,031,112	42,306,003	$291,065,301	Batman Forever	$184,031,112
1996	1	.30%	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$26,804,913	The Phantom	$17,220,599
1997	2	1.75%	$109,011,624	23,749,809	$163,398,686	Batman & Robin	$107,325,195
1998	1	1.04%	$70,141,876	14,955,624	$102,894,693	Blade	$70,141,876
1999	1	.40%	$29,762,011	5,881,820	$40,466,922	The Mystery Men	$29,762,011
2000	3	3.32%	$247,346,509	45,889,890	$315,722,443	X-Men	$157,299,717
2001	1	.06%	$4,965,347	878,822	$6,046,295	Unbreakable	$4,965,347
2002	3	5.32%	$496,763,171	85,648,822	$589,263,895	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
2003	4	5.58%	$516,115,859	85,591,353	$588,868,509	X2	$214,949,694
2004	4	7.73%	$717,949,760	115,426,006	$794,130,921	Spider-Man 2	$373,524,485
2005	5	5.17%	$458,169,093	71,477,238	$491,763,397	Batman Begins	$205,343,774
2006	4	5.06%	$469,002,085	71,603,373	$492,631,206	X-Men: The Last Stand	$234,362,462
2007	3	6.09%	$584,254,637	84,920,732	$584,254,636	Spider-Man 3	$336,530,303
2008	2	6.49%	$202,441,449	29,424,629	$202,441,448	Iron Man	$177,134,000

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