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Box Office History for Source - Based on Magazine Article

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012 

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 The Perfect Storm Warner Bros. 6/30/2000 $182,618,434 $267,320,861
2 The Blind Side Warner Bros. 11/20/2009 $255,959,475 $266,800,232
3 A Beautiful Mind Universal 12/21/2001 $170,708,996 $232,491,356
4 Fast Five Universal 4/29/2011 $209,837,675 $208,971,897
5 The Fast and the Furious Universal 6/22/2001 $144,512,310 $201,449,137
6 2 Fast 2 Furious Universal 6/6/2003 $127,120,058 $166,331,220
7 Fast & Furious Universal 4/3/2009 $155,064,265 $163,127,604
8 In Cold Blood   1/1/1967 $13,000,000 $85,474,997
9 Eat Pray Love Sony Pictures 8/13/2010 $80,574,010 $80,574,013
10 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Universal 6/16/2006 $62,615,510 $75,303,620
11 Charlie Wilson's War Universal 12/21/2007 $66,661,095 $75,251,214
12 Moneyball Sony Pictures 9/23/2011 $75,605,492 $75,224,128
13 We Bought a Zoo 20th Century Fox 12/23/2011 $75,279,522 $74,899,802
14 The Peacemaker Dreamworks SKG 9/26/1997 $41,263,140 $70,917,655
15 Blue Crush Universal 8/16/2002 $40,118,420 $54,480,955
16 Letters to Juliet Summit Entertainment 5/14/2010 $53,032,453 $53,032,454
17 Proof of Life Warner Bros. 12/8/2000 $32,598,931 $47,471,447
18 Soul Surfer Sony Pictures 4/8/2011 $43,853,424 $43,632,221
19 Invictus Warner Bros. 12/11/2009 $37,491,364 $39,047,034
20 Green Zone Universal 3/12/2010 $35,497,337 $35,497,339
21 The Informant Warner Bros. 9/18/2009 $33,316,821 $35,049,297
22 The Rite Warner Bros. 1/28/2011 $33,047,633 $32,880,936
23 Love and Other Drugs 20th Century Fox 11/24/2010 $32,367,005 $32,361,458
24 City by the Sea Warner Bros. 9/6/2002 $22,433,915 $30,465,334
25 Biker Boyz Dreamworks SKG 1/31/2003 $21,908,034 $28,665,735
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1997 1 .63% $41,256,277 8,988,296 $61,839,476 The Peacemaker $41,256,277
1999 1 .12% $8,406,264 1,654,776 $11,384,859 Pushing Tin $8,406,264
2000 3 2.87% $214,626,316 39,819,353 $273,957,149 The Perfect Storm $182,618,434
2001 3 2.05% $166,617,310 29,437,687 $202,531,287 The Fast and the Furious $144,512,310
2002 3 2.34% $214,701,785 36,953,836 $254,242,392 A Beautiful Mind $152,149,450
2003 2 1.59% $149,028,092 24,714,443 $170,035,368 2 Fast 2 Furious $127,120,058
2006 1 .68% $62,514,415 9,544,185 $65,663,993 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift $62,514,415
2007 2 .44% $42,579,981 6,188,951 $42,579,983 Charlie Wilson's War $41,703,310
2008 1 .25% $24,957,785 3,476,015 $23,914,983 Charlie Wilson's War $24,957,785
2009 6 4.09% $435,345,337 58,046,046 $399,356,796 The Blind Side $208,476,067
2010 10 2.41% $252,668,099 32,023,840 $220,324,019 Eat Pray Love $80,574,010
2011 19 4.19% $427,257,616 53,878,637 $370,685,023 Fast Five $210,031,325
2012 8 1.42% $36,371,517 4,586,574 $31,555,629 We Bought a Zoo $30,788,523