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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Box Office History for Production Method - Animation/Live Action

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 Jurassic Park Universal 6/11/1993 $357,067,947 $593,883,169
2 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox 5/19/1999 $431,088,297 $586,090,083
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line 12/17/2003 $377,027,325 $427,154,996
4 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox 5/19/2005 $380,270,577 $408,153,131
5 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line 12/18/2002 $341,784,377 $401,773,321
6 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Bros. 11/16/2001 $317,557,891 $385,872,306
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line 12/19/2001 $314,776,170 $378,809,181
8 Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox 5/16/2002 $310,676,740 $368,526,890
9 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal 5/23/1997 $229,086,679 $343,380,470
10 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Sony Pictures 7/3/1991 $204,859,496 $334,782,265
11 The Matrix Reloaded Warner Bros. 5/15/2003 $281,553,689 $321,242,020
12 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Buena Vista 12/9/2005 $291,710,957 $311,401,645
13 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. 11/18/2005 $290,013,036 $310,936,261
14 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. 11/15/2002 $261,987,880 $310,324,361
15 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. 7/11/2007 $292,004,738 $292,004,737
16 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. 6/4/2004 $249,538,952 $276,017,365
17 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Buena Vista 6/22/1988 $154,112,492 $258,211,911
18 The War of the Worlds Paramount Pictures 6/29/2005 $234,280,354 $251,458,475
19 King Kong Universal 12/14/2005 $218,080,025 $232,932,988
20 Men in Black 2 Sony Pictures 7/3/2002 $190,418,803 $225,876,097
21 Jurassic Park 3 Universal 7/18/2001 $181,166,115 $220,605,817
22 Alvin and the Chipmunks 20th Century Fox 12/14/2007 $217,326,336 $217,326,334
23 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Warner Bros. 7/1/2003 $150,358,296 $171,553,082
24 I, Robot 20th Century Fox 7/16/2004 $144,801,023 $160,165,760
25 Space Jam Warner Bros. 11/15/1996 $90,463,534 $140,521,392
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1996 3 2.64% $152,169,215 34,427,424 $236,860,677 Space Jam $85,422,365
1997 3 4.63% $288,379,516 62,827,782 $432,255,140 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $229,086,679
1998 1 .01% $517,284 110,295 $758,830 Starship Troopers $517,284
1999 1 5.85% $430,443,350 85,067,856 $585,266,849 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace $430,443,350
2000 3 .36% $26,593,669 4,933,890 $33,945,163 Thomas and the Magic Railroad $15,911,332
2001 5 9.10% $739,093,432 130,812,996 $899,993,412 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $291,594,218
2002 7 13.09% $1,222,495,359 210,775,061 $1,450,132,420 Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones $310,676,740
2003 6 8.80% $814,377,713 135,054,348 $929,173,914 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $290,410,961
2004 5 6.40% $594,084,112 95,511,914 $657,121,968 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban $249,538,952
2005 9 16.15% $1,430,218,441 223,123,001 $1,535,086,247 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith $380,270,577
2006 5 2.41% $223,335,380 34,097,004 $234,587,388 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $74,033,080
2007 6 6.47% $621,492,694 90,333,240 $621,492,691 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $292,004,738
2008 4 4.14% $232,895,870 33,851,143 $232,895,864 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian $139,640,838