Box Office History for Distributor - Sony Pictures Classics

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	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Sony Pictures Classics	12/8/2000	$128,067,808	$156,738,144
2	Howards End	Sony Pictures Classics	3/13/1992	$25,919,211	$43,041,603
3	Capote	Sony Pictures Classics	9/30/2005	$28,750,530	$30,472,566
4	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	7/11/1997	$18,798,682	$26,392,127
5	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	10/20/1995	$16,015,639	$24,104,438
6	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	4/21/1995	$15,057,031	$23,122,022
7	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	6/21/1996	$12,961,389	$20,172,779
8	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	5/5/2000	$15,626,076	$19,389,471
9	Kung Fu Hustle	Sony Pictures Classics	4/8/2005	$17,104,669	$18,358,833
10	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	4/3/1998	$10,162,034	$14,907,206
11	Friends with Money	Sony Pictures Classics	4/7/2006	$13,368,437	$14,041,963
12	Volver	Sony Pictures Classics	11/3/2006	$12,899,867	$13,139,335
13	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Sony Pictures Classics	11/11/1988	$7,179,000	$12,378,826
14	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	4/18/2003	$10,762,178	$12,279,231
15	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	12/3/2004	$11,041,228	$11,987,100
16	The Lives of Others	Sony Pictures Classics	2/9/2007	$11,284,657	$11,284,659
17	All About My Mother	Sony Pictures Classics	11/5/1999	$8,264,530	$10,726,759
18	Hable con ella	Sony Pictures Classics	11/22/2002	$9,284,265	$10,697,244
19	Pollock	Sony Pictures Classics	12/15/2000	$8,596,914	$10,471,057
20	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	5/22/1998	$6,367,164	$9,340,316
21	Persuasion	Sony Pictures Classics	9/27/1995	$5,269,757	$8,289,457
22	Central Station	Sony Pictures Classics	11/20/1998	$5,969,553	$8,191,252
23	Curse of the Golden Flower	Sony Pictures Classics	12/21/2006	$6,566,773	$6,643,369
24	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	5/10/1996	$4,198,137	$6,534,658
25	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	11/19/2004	$5,211,842	$5,651,672
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	.41%	$21,342,520	4,906,327	$33,755,530	Wings of Courage	$4,570,769
1996	16	.70%	$40,418,945	9,144,557	$62,914,552	Lone Star	$12,919,488
1997	19	.35%	$21,912,181	4,773,897	$32,844,411	Across The Sea of Time	$4,866,837
1998	20	.68%	$45,634,716	9,730,216	$66,943,886	Spanish Prisoner	$10,162,034
1999	17	.36%	$26,377,633	5,212,971	$35,865,240	Central Station	$5,274,531
2000	21	.67%	$49,923,488	9,262,245	$63,724,246	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$13,450,791
2001	15	1.68%	$136,779,038	24,208,681	$166,555,725	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$114,617,017
2002	17	.23%	$21,667,410	3,735,762	$25,702,043	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	$3,287,435
2003	17	.32%	$29,686,558	4,923,142	$33,871,217	Winged Migration	$10,762,178
2004	17	.24%	$21,960,830	3,530,680	$24,291,078	House of Flying Daggers	$4,157,199
2005	26	.66%	$58,628,879	9,146,473	$62,927,734	Kung Fu Hustle	$17,104,669
2006	23	.65%	$60,559,833	9,245,776	$63,610,939	Capote	$16,827,017
2007	23	.41%	$39,191,336	5,696,414	$39,191,328	The Lives of Others	$11,284,657
2008	12	.48%	$14,835,826	2,156,370	$14,835,826	The Counterfeiters	$4,440,307

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