Box Office History for Genre - Horror

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	Jaws 2	Universal	6/16/1978	$102,922,376	$302,609,376
2	I am Legend	Warner Bros.	12/14/2007	$256,386,216	$256,386,213
3	The Amityville Horror	American International Pictures	7/27/1979	$86,432,520	$236,914,637
4	Hannibal	MGM	2/9/2001	$165,092,266	$201,032,706
5	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	7/14/1999	$140,539,099	$191,088,732
6	Alien	20th Century Fox	5/25/1979	$80,930,630	$188,584,708
7	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	Warner Bros.	11/11/1994	$105,264,608	$177,026,156
8	Poltergeist	MGM	6/4/1982	$74,706,019	$174,822,252
9	Scream	Miramax	12/20/1996	$103,046,663	$156,710,975
10	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	10/18/2002	$129,094,024	$153,047,905
11	Scream 2	Miramax	12/12/1997	$101,363,301	$151,427,293
12	Dracula	Sony Pictures	11/13/1992	$82,522,790	$136,808,869
13	Sleepy Hollow	Paramount Pictures	11/19/1999	$101,068,340	$136,735,982
14	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	7/23/1999	$91,188,905	$123,988,078
15	The Grudge	Sony Pictures	10/22/2004	$110,359,362	$122,069,521
16	The Others	Miramax	8/10/2001	$96,522,687	$117,535,588
17	Scream 3	Miramax	2/4/2000	$89,138,076	$113,779,211
18	The Shining	Warner Bros.	5/23/1980	$44,017,374	$112,579,752
19	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	10/17/1997	$72,250,091	$108,237,185
20	Friday the 13th	Paramount Pictures	5/9/1980	$39,754,601	$101,677,195
21	Pet Sematary	Paramount Pictures	4/21/1989	$57,469,179	$99,094,725
22	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	4/11/1997	$65,598,907	$98,326,903
23	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	8/15/2003	$82,622,655	$94,269,299
24	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	8/4/2000	$73,209,340	$93,447,173
25	Saw II	Lionsgate	10/28/2005	$87,025,093	$93,406,031
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	15	2.82%	$148,237,371	34,077,554	$234,453,572	Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight	$21,089,146
1996	8	1.95%	$112,765,676	25,512,597	$175,526,667	Scream	$39,084,452
1997	10	6.55%	$407,732,973	88,830,713	$611,155,305	Scream 2	$85,492,042
1998	16	4.72%	$318,151,658	67,836,174	$466,712,877	Halloween: H2O	$55,041,738
1999	16	6.49%	$477,746,379	94,416,281	$649,584,013	The Blair Witch Project	$140,539,099
2000	12	4.47%	$332,969,478	61,775,414	$425,014,848	Scream 3	$89,138,076
2001	13	4.81%	$390,865,899	69,179,805	$475,957,058	Hannibal	$165,092,266
2002	11	3.19%	$297,989,702	51,377,533	$353,477,427	The Ring	$127,230,430
2003	17	5.46%	$505,235,422	83,786,971	$576,454,360	Freddy vs. Jason	$82,622,655
2004	20	5.01%	$465,182,720	74,788,221	$514,542,960	The Grudge	$110,359,362
2005	29	5.79%	$512,846,988	80,007,330	$550,450,430	Saw II	$87,025,093
2006	28	5.97%	$553,225,088	84,461,845	$581,097,494	Saw III	$80,238,724
2007	30	7.09%	$680,994,021	98,981,685	$680,993,993	I am Legend	$194,489,704
2008	13	5.86%	$182,748,527	26,562,284	$182,748,514	I am Legend	$61,896,512

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