Box Office History for Source - Based on Musical/Opera

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	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,508,510	$491,810,367
2	Chicago	Miramax	12/27/2002	$170,687,518	$195,166,081
3	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Universal	7/23/1982	$69,701,637	$163,111,315
4	Mamma Mia!	Universal	7/18/2008	$142,725,960	$142,725,958
5	Annie	Sony Pictures	5/21/1982	$57,059,003	$133,525,829
6	Dreamgirls	Paramount Pictures	12/15/2006	$103,365,956	$105,233,322
7	Evita	Buena Vista	12/25/1996	$50,047,179	$75,144,564
8	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	12/22/2004	$51,225,796	$55,512,257
9	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Paramount Pictures	12/21/2007	$52,898,073	$52,898,077
10	Rent	Sony Pictures	11/23/2005	$29,077,547	$31,209,600
11	A Chorus Line	Columbia	12/10/1985	$14,202,899	$27,148,026
12	Les Miserables	Sony Pictures	5/1/1998	$13,887,945	$20,372,932
13	The Pirate Movie	20th Century Fox	8/6/1982	$7,983,086	$18,681,505
14	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Fine Line	7/20/2001	$3,067,312	$3,735,063
15	The Pirates of Penzance	Universal	2/18/1983	$694,497	$1,516,868
16	Aida at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	12/7/2007	$211,665	$211,663
17	La Traviata at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	2/15/2008	$177,625	$177,628
18	Maria Stuarda at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	3/14/2008	$82,227	$82,230
19	La Forza del Destino	Emerging Pictures	4/3/2008	$52,577	$52,577
20	Tristan und Isolde at La Scala	The Bigger Picture	1/18/2008	$49,945	$49,942
21	La Rondine	The Bigger Picture	3/8/2008	$49,088	$49,089
22	Naked Boys Singing	TLA Releasing	10/12/2007	$25,526	$25,525
23	Fiddler on the Roof	United Artists	1/1/1971	$80,500,000
24	Babes in Toyland	Buena Vista	12/14/1961	$10,218,316
25	Call Me Mister	20th Century Fox	1/1/1951	$5,000,000
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
1996	1	.04%	$2,225,737	503,560	$3,464,493	Evita	$2,225,737
1997	1	.77%	$47,821,442	10,418,615	$71,680,071	Evita	$47,821,442
1998	2	.63%	$42,298,963	9,018,968	$62,050,500	Grease	$28,411,018
2001	1	.04%	$3,067,312	542,887	$3,735,063	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	$3,067,312
2002	1	.10%	$9,241,533	1,593,368	$10,962,372	Chicago	$9,241,533
2003	1	1.75%	$161,445,985	26,773,795	$184,203,710	Chicago	$161,445,985
2004	1	.17%	$16,178,431	2,601,034	$17,895,114	The Phantom of the Opera	$16,178,431
2005	2	.72%	$64,124,912	10,003,887	$68,826,743	The Phantom of the Opera	$35,047,365
2006	1	.40%	$37,064,395	5,658,686	$38,931,760	Dreamgirls	$37,064,395
2007	3	.97%	$93,240,683	13,552,425	$93,240,684	Dreamgirls	$66,301,561
2008	8	2.31%	$169,333,564	24,612,437	$169,333,567	Mamma Mia!	$142,725,960

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