Box Office History for Genre - Western
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-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
| Year | Movies in Release | Market Share | Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross | Top-Grossing Movie | Gross 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 |
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