Box Office History for MPAA Rating - PG

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	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	5/25/1977	$460,998,007	$1,120,252,024
2	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$924,790,831
3	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	5/21/1980	$290,271,960	$664,482,220
4	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	5/25/1983	$309,205,079	$639,799,112
5	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$597,144,261
6	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	5/19/1999	$431,088,297	$586,090,083
7	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,508,510	$491,810,367
8	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$488,627,679
9	Shrek 2	Dreamworks SKG	5/19/2004	$436,721,703	$483,061,945
10	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$466,403,222
11	Superman	Warner Bros.	12/15/1978	$134,218,018	$394,623,914
12	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	11/16/2001	$317,557,891	$385,872,306
13	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	5/16/2002	$310,676,740	$368,526,890
14	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	11/17/2000	$260,031,035	$331,522,047
15	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	5/18/2001	$267,655,011	$325,923,268
16	Shrek the Third	Paramount Pictures	5/18/2007	$322,719,944	$322,719,947
17	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Buena Vista	12/9/2005	$291,710,957	$311,401,645
18	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	11/15/2002	$261,987,880	$310,324,361
19	Jaws 2	Universal	6/16/1978	$102,922,376	$302,609,376
20	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	11/5/2004	$261,437,578	$288,857,873
21	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	20th Century Fox	11/20/1992	$173,585,516	$287,886,892
22	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	4/19/2002	$241,437,427	$285,782,176
23	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	6/4/2004	$249,538,952	$276,017,365
24	Apollo 13	Universal	6/30/1995	$172,070,496	$272,148,280
25	The Goodbye Girl	Warner Bros.	12/21/1977	$83,700,000	$258,231,388

Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	47	18.68%	$983,144,075	226,010,130	$1,554,949,694	Apollo 13	$172,070,496
1996	51	19.19%	$1,107,015,278	250,455,945	$1,723,136,902	The First Wives Club	$104,625,228
1997	50	17.85%	$1,111,577,391	242,173,721	$1,666,155,200	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$138,195,515
1998	45	13.26%	$893,871,074	190,590,848	$1,311,265,034	The Truman Show	$125,618,201
1999	33	15.67%	$1,154,221,531	228,107,024	$1,569,376,325	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$430,443,350
2000	33	14.59%	$1,088,256,335	201,902,845	$1,389,091,574	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	31	13.97%	$1,135,109,504	200,904,337	$1,382,221,839	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$291,594,218
2002	53	21.63%	$2,020,694,941	348,395,680	$2,396,962,278	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	$310,676,740
2003	55	15.71%	$1,453,034,828	240,967,635	$1,657,857,329	Elf	$170,837,644
2004	65	25.13%	$2,332,760,095	375,041,813	$2,580,287,673	Shrek 2	$436,721,703
2005	69	20.51%	$1,816,872,591	283,443,459	$1,950,090,998	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	$217,677,877
2006	65	23.00%	$2,132,878,100	325,630,249	$2,240,336,113	Ice Age: The Meltdown	$195,330,621
2007	77	22.89%	$2,198,142,209	319,497,411	$2,198,142,188	Shrek the Third	$322,719,944
2008	29	12.01%	$374,668,901	54,457,689	$374,668,900	National Treasure: The Book of Secrets	$94,379,806

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