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Friday, September 5, 2008

Box Office History for Source - Based on Play

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



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Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 Heaven Can Wait Paramount Pictures 6/28/1978 $98,800,000 $290,488,887
2 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC Films 4/19/2002 $241,437,427 $285,782,176
3 On Golden Pond Universal 12/4/1981 $119,285,432 $279,254,501
4 A Few Good Men Sony Pictures 12/11/1992 $141,340,178 $234,575,169
5 Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. 12/13/1989 $106,593,296 $173,842,540
6 You've Got Mail Warner Bros. 12/18/1998 $115,821,495 $165,840,866
7 Steel Magnolias Sony Pictures 11/15/1989 $83,759,091 $140,746,417
8 Down and Out in Beverly Hills Buena Vista 1/31/1986 $62,134,225 $115,224,658
9 Amadeus Warner Bros. 9/19/1984 $51,973,029 $102,457,682
10 Biloxi Blues Universal 3/25/1988 $43,184,798 $72,289,880
11 Romeo & Juliet 20th Century Fox 11/1/1996 $46,338,728 $72,040,274
12 About Last Night... Columbia 7/1/1986 $38,702,310 $71,771,396
13 Roxanne Sony Pictures 6/19/1987 $39,148,164 $68,884,748
14 Other People's Money Warner Bros. 10/18/1991 $35,682,000 $58,311,674
15 Children of a Lesser God Paramount Pictures 10/3/1986 $31,853,080 $57,692,887
16 Finding Neverland Miramax 11/12/2004 $51,676,606 $56,274,733
17 Why Did I Get Married? Lionsgate 10/12/2007 $55,204,525 $55,204,528
18 Nell 20th Century Fox 12/14/1994 $33,592,700 $54,443,642
19 Diary of a Mad Black Woman Lionsgate 2/25/2005 $50,406,346 $54,102,290
20 Ten Things I Hate About You Buena Vista 3/31/1999 $38,177,966 $51,909,965
21 Nuts Warner Bros. 11/20/1987 $28,866,028 $50,454,982
22 Agnes of God Columbia 9/13/1985 $25,627,836 $49,667,470
23 Deathtrap Warner Bros. 3/19/1982 $19,282,000 $45,122,501
24 A Soldier's Story Columbia 9/14/1984 $22,100,000 $45,028,382
25 Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion Buena Vista 4/25/1997 $29,235,353 $43,821,183
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 17 .98% $51,776,945 11,902,744 $81,890,879 Nell $21,046,826
1996 12 1.13% $65,078,392 14,723,618 $101,298,492 Romeo & Juliet $44,798,596
1997 12 .94% $58,417,126 12,727,044 $87,562,063 Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion $29,235,353
1998 7 1.21% $81,510,371 17,379,609 $119,571,710 You've Got Mail $77,938,617
1999 14 1.74% $128,251,056 25,346,059 $174,380,886 Ten Things I Hate About You $38,177,966
2000 8 .20% $15,149,537 2,810,674 $19,337,437 East is East $4,170,647
2001 6 .56% $45,689,122 8,086,571 $55,635,608 Kingdom Come $23,247,539
2002 12 2.79% $260,502,213 44,914,176 $309,009,531 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $227,898,505
2003 7 .26% $24,493,565 4,061,951 $27,946,223 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $13,538,922
2004 7 .57% $52,970,075 8,516,089 $58,590,692 Closer $27,460,754
2005 9 1.05% $93,175,884 14,536,021 $100,007,824 Diary of a Mad Black Woman $50,406,346
2006 8 .47% $43,766,502 6,681,910 $45,971,541 She's the Man $33,889,159
2007 10 .73% $69,730,645 10,135,269 $69,730,651 Why Did I Get Married? $55,204,525
2008 2 .61% $41,981,388 6,101,946 $41,981,388 Meet the Browns $41,975,388