Box Office History for Source - Original Screenplay

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	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$597,144,261
4	The Lion King	Buena Vista	6/15/1994	$328,539,505	$551,057,632
5	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Sony Pictures	11/16/1977	$166,000,000	$512,143,499
6	Ghost Busters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$488,627,679
7	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	7/3/1996	$306,169,255	$476,571,147
8	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$466,403,222
9	Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount Pictures	12/5/1984	$234,760,478	$464,191,048
10	Back to the Future	Universal	7/3/1985	$210,609,762	$406,707,891
11	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	8/6/1999	$293,506,292	$397,650,598
12	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	12/17/1982	$177,200,000	$393,249,964
13	Smokey and the Bandit	Universal	5/27/1977	$126,737,428	$391,010,538
14	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	5/30/2003	$339,714,978	$387,601,835
15	Aladdin	Buena Vista	11/11/1992	$217,350,219	$360,740,705
16	Ghost	Paramount Pictures	7/13/1990	$217,631,306	$354,811,232
17	Top Gun	Paramount Pictures	5/16/1986	$176,786,701	$327,841,646
18	Crocodile Dundee	Paramount Pictures	9/26/1986	$174,803,506	$319,242,437
19	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	7/24/1998	$216,335,085	$314,568,096
20	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	11/2/2001	$255,870,172	$311,047,600
21	Every Which Way but Loose	Warner Bros.	12/20/1978	$104,268,727	$306,567,881
22	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	6/8/1984	$148,168,459	$303,392,561
23	Toy Story	Buena Vista	11/22/1995	$191,796,233	$302,299,893
24	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	7/28/1982	$129,795,554	$300,561,070
25	Rain Man	MGM	12/16/1988	$172,825,435	$295,867,279
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
1995	170	44.70%	$2,352,299,551	540,758,516	$3,720,418,590	Toy Story	$150,004,917
1996	150	51.46%	$2,968,529,748	671,613,065	$4,620,697,887	Independence Day	$306,169,255
1997	158	46.53%	$2,896,963,697	631,146,780	$4,342,289,846	Liar Liar	$181,410,615
1998	154	48.52%	$3,270,302,831	697,292,710	$4,797,373,845	Armageddon	$201,578,182
1999	168	47.03%	$3,463,278,131	684,442,315	$4,708,963,127	The Sixth Sense	$276,386,495
2000	221	56.23%	$4,192,953,357	777,913,423	$5,352,044,350	Gladiator	$186,610,052
2001	218	42.70%	$3,469,321,101	614,039,131	$4,224,589,221	Monsters, Inc.	$239,190,413
2002	216	37.17%	$3,472,607,997	598,725,523	$4,119,231,598	Signs	$227,746,423
2003	196	38.81%	$3,589,950,004	595,348,258	$4,095,996,015	Finding Nemo	$339,714,978
2004	242	34.56%	$3,209,030,180	515,921,255	$3,549,538,234	The Incredibles	$251,657,004
2005	300	37.74%	$3,342,981,276	521,525,941	$3,588,098,474	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	287	36.13%	$3,351,036,173	511,608,575	$3,519,866,996	Cars	$244,082,982
2007	348	34.12%	$3,275,710,116	476,120,665	$3,275,710,175	Ratatouille	$206,445,654
2008	155	43.06%	$1,343,038,410	195,209,062	$1,343,038,347	Juno	$117,425,760

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