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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Box Office History for Genre - Western

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

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 Dances with Wolves Orion Pictures 11/9/1990 $184,208,842 $300,796,476
2 Maverick Warner Bros. 5/20/1994 $101,631,272 $171,378,220
3 Unforgiven Warner Bros. 8/7/1992 $101,157,447 $167,825,725
4 Tombstone Buena Vista 12/25/1993 $56,505,000 $94,717,049
5 Pale Rider Warner Bros. 6/28/1985 $41,410,568 $80,254,849
6 Young Guns 20th Century Fox 8/12/1988 $44,726,644 $74,870,878
7 Hidalgo Buena Vista 3/5/2004 $67,286,731 $74,426,478
8 Shanghai Noon Buena Vista 5/26/2000 $56,932,305 $72,670,550
9 Young Guns II 20th Century Fox 8/1/1990 $44,143,410 $71,968,405
10 Open Range Buena Vista 8/15/2003 $58,328,680 $66,550,797
11 Silverado Columbia 7/10/1985 $33,200,000 $64,342,537
12 3:10 to Yuma Lionsgate 9/7/2007 $53,574,088 $53,574,085
13 Wyatt Earp Warner Bros. 6/24/1994 $25,052,000 $42,244,548
14 The Long Riders United Artists 5/16/1980 $15,198,912 $38,873,053
15 Quigley Down Under MGM 10/19/1990 $21,413,105 $34,910,462
16 The Legend of the Lone Ranger Universal 5/22/1981 $13,400,000 $33,162,591
17 The Frisco Kid Warner Bros. 7/13/1979 $12,000,000 $32,892,427
18 The Missing Sony Pictures 11/26/2003 $26,900,336 $30,665,123
19 Geronimo: An American Legend Columbia 12/10/1993 $18,296,646 $30,484,358
20 Posse Gramercy 5/14/1993 $18,290,000 $30,394,973
21 The Quick and the Dead Sony Pictures 2/10/1995 $18,552,460 $29,342,739
22 Lightning Jack Savoy 3/11/1994 $16,821,273 $28,365,284
23 Bad Girls 20th Century Fox 4/22/1994 $15,187,851 $25,610,883
24 The Alamo Buena Vista 4/9/2004 $22,406,362 $24,783,886
25 Return to Snowy River Buena Vista 4/15/1988 $13,687,027 $22,911,618
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 1 .16% $8,247,627 1,896,006 $13,044,521 The Quick and the Dead $18,552,460
1996 1 .02% $1,025,488 232,011 $1,596,236 Dead Man $1,025,488
1999 1 .01% $491,069 97,049 $667,697 Ride With the Devil $491,069
2000 3 .87% $64,712,579 12,006,044 $82,601,583 Shanghai Noon $56,932,305
2001 3 .27% $21,774,921 3,853,969 $26,515,307 American Outlaws $13,264,986
2003 2 .91% $84,450,484 14,005,055 $96,354,778 Open Range $58,328,680
2004 4 .97% $90,475,689 14,545,930 $100,075,998 Hidalgo $67,286,731
2006 2 .01% $579,036 88,403 $608,213 Down in the Valley $568,932
2007 5 .61% $58,836,951 8,551,882 $58,836,948 3:10 to Yuma $53,574,088
2008 2 .00% $33,866 4,922 $33,863 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford $31,926