Box Office History for Adventure Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2013, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Distributor	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	May 19, 1999	20th Century Fox	PG	$474,544,677	$712,529,607
2	Marvel's The Avengers	May 4, 2012	Walt Disney	PG-13	$623,279,547	$623,279,547
3	Shrek 2	May 19, 2004	Dreamworks SKG	PG	$441,226,247	$554,550,157
4	Spider-Man	May 3, 2002	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$403,706,375	$548,234,646
5	Independence Day	Jul 2, 1996	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$306,169,255	$546,452,224
6	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Jul 7, 2006	Walt Disney	PG-13	$423,315,812	$509,917,824
7	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Dec 17, 2003	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$377,845,905	$490,835,622
8	Spider-Man 2	Jun 30, 2004	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$373,524,485	$474,574,584
9	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	May 19, 2005	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$380,270,577	$468,061,089
10	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Dec 18, 2002	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$342,548,984	$457,687,909
11	Finding Nemo	May 30, 2003	Walt Disney	G	$380,529,370	$444,501,881
12	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Nov 16, 2001	Warner Bros.	PG	$317,575,550	$441,739,040
13	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Dec 19, 2001	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$315,544,750	$433,200,229
14	Men in Black	Jul 1, 1997	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$250,690,539	$429,990,822
15	Toy Story 3	Jun 18, 2010	Walt Disney	G	$415,004,880	$415,004,880
16	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	May 16, 2002	20th Century Fox	PG	$310,676,740	$410,363,011
17	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Jul 9, 2003	Walt Disney	PG-13	$305,411,224	$399,617,675
18	Spider-Man 3	May 4, 2007	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$336,530,303	$385,933,732
19	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	Jul 15, 2011	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$381,011,219	$381,011,219
20	Toy Story 2	Nov 19, 1999	Walt Disney	G	$245,852,179	$378,490,504
21	Shrek	May 18, 2001	Dreamworks SKG	PG	$267,655,011	$373,105,018
22	Shrek the Third	May 17, 2007	Paramount Pictures	PG	$322,719,944	$368,137,719
23	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Dec 9, 2005	Walt Disney	PG	$291,710,957	$357,325,934
24	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Nov 18, 2005	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$290,013,036	$356,611,305
25	Monsters, Inc.	Nov 2, 2001	Walt Disney	G	$289,423,425	$356,080,915
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	25	13.35%	$706,461,302	162,404,900	$1,286,246,808	Toy Story	$150,004,917
1996	23	15.16%	$847,645,423	191,774,981	$1,518,857,850	Independence Day	$306,124,059
1997	13	9.96%	$648,072,260	141,192,213	$1,118,242,327	Men in Black	$250,107,128
1998	20	17.90%	$1,213,272,244	258,693,446	$2,048,852,092	Armageddon	$201,573,391
1999	18	18.40%	$1,342,890,387	264,348,502	$2,093,640,136	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$430,443,350
2000	21	12.00%	$897,690,313	166,547,368	$1,319,055,155	Dinosaur	$137,748,063
2001	24	24.00%	$1,950,517,003	344,614,310	$2,729,345,335	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$291,594,218
2002	35	24.09%	$2,213,055,222	380,904,514	$3,016,763,751	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
2003	36	20.03%	$1,872,389,277	310,512,320	$2,459,257,574	Finding Nemo	$339,714,367
2004	34	26.36%	$2,401,409,346	386,700,376	$3,062,666,978	Shrek 2	$436,471,036
2005	36	23.81%	$2,126,516,617	331,749,862	$2,627,458,907	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$380,262,555
2006	32	19.42%	$1,797,241,796	274,388,062	$2,173,153,451	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$423,315,812
2007	30	20.84%	$2,006,474,600	291,638,750	$2,309,778,900	Spider-Man 3	$336,530,303
2008	43	21.13%	$2,101,548,472	292,694,773	$2,318,142,602	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$317,101,119
2009	35	19.32%	$2,057,654,749	274,353,966	$2,172,883,411	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$301,959,197
2010	30	27.22%	$2,852,700,591	361,559,010	$2,863,547,359	Toy Story 3	$415,004,880
2011	45	24.10%	$2,459,461,650	310,146,490	$2,456,360,201	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$381,011,219
2012	38	28.72%	$3,074,594,618	392,615,098	$3,109,511,576	Marvel's The Avengers	$623,279,547
2013	13	19.88%	$700,049,190	88,167,900	$698,289,768	Oz the Great and Powerful	$230,479,996

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