Box Office History for Musical 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	Chicago	Dec 27, 2002	Miramax	PG-13	$170,687,518	$223,432,081
2	Mamma Mia!	Jul 18, 2008	Universal	PG-13	$144,130,063	$158,382,479
3	Les Miserables	Dec 25, 2012	Universal	PG-13	$148,809,770	$148,809,770
4	Hairspray	Jul 20, 2007	New Line	PG	$118,871,849	$136,322,513
5	Dreamgirls	Dec 15, 2006	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$103,365,956	$120,929,351
6	Anastasia	Nov 14, 1997	20th Century Fox	G	$58,403,409	$100,018,682
7	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Oct 24, 2008	Walt Disney	G	$90,559,416	$99,498,739
8	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Jan 1, 2000	Walt Disney	G	$60,507,228	$88,776,418
9	Evita	Dec 25, 1996	Walt Disney	PG	$50,047,179	$85,960,887
10	Moulin Rouge	May 18, 2001	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$57,386,369	$79,983,905
11	The Phantom of the Opera	Dec 22, 2004	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$51,225,796	$63,694,629
12	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Dec 21, 2007	Paramount Pictures	R	$52,898,073	$59,595,655
13	Footloose	Oct 14, 2011	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$51,802,742	$51,802,742
14	Rock of Ages	Jun 15, 2012	Warner Bros.	R	$38,518,613	$38,518,613
15	Rent	Nov 23, 2005	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$29,077,547	$35,791,241
16	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	Jan 1, 2002	Walt Disney	G	$25,487,028	$34,611,473
17	Eight Crazy Nights	Nov 27, 2002	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$23,607,202	$32,045,495
18	Joyful Noise	Jan 13, 2012	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$30,932,113	$30,932,113
19	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	Oct 20, 2006	Walt Disney	PG	$24,702,904	$28,740,430
20	Across the Universe	Sep 14, 2007	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$24,343,673	$27,917,384
21	Dance With Me	Aug 21, 1998	Sony Pictures	PG	$15,923,354	$26,685,834
22	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Dec 16, 2005	Universal	PG-13	$19,398,532	$23,650,456
23	Fame	Sep 25, 2009	MGM	PG	$22,455,510	$23,623,197
24	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	May 5, 2000	Sony Pictures Classics	G	$15,626,076	$22,221,656
25	Nine	Dec 18, 2009	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$19,676,965	$20,391,760
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	2	0.01%	$466,118	105,456	$835,212	Evita	$334,440
1997	5	1.79%	$116,326,316	25,343,424	$200,719,918	Anastasia	$53,042,286
1998	7	0.77%	$52,405,908	11,173,968	$88,497,827	Grease	$28,411,018
1999	8	0.32%	$23,469,127	4,619,907	$36,589,663	The King and I	$11,956,538
2000	9	1.24%	$92,875,550	17,231,085	$136,470,193	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$58,216,703
2001	7	0.86%	$69,746,339	12,322,674	$97,595,578	Moulin Rouge	$57,044,922
2002	7	0.61%	$55,726,169	9,591,424	$75,964,078	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	$25,487,028
2003	5	1.88%	$176,106,869	29,205,120	$231,304,550	Chicago	$168,606,379
2004	5	0.25%	$22,364,844	3,601,424	$28,523,278	The Phantom of the Opera	$16,178,431
2005	7	0.93%	$82,671,918	12,897,336	$102,146,901	The Phantom of the Opera	$35,047,365
2006	6	0.77%	$71,266,777	10,880,425	$86,172,966	Dreamgirls	$41,348,556
2007	11	2.61%	$251,653,397	36,577,529	$289,694,030	Hairspray	$118,871,849
2008	12	2.62%	$260,111,635	36,227,247	$286,919,796	Mamma Mia!	$144,130,063
2009	8	0.36%	$37,972,979	5,063,064	$40,099,467	Fame	$22,455,510
2010	6	0.06%	$6,627,155	839,945	$6,652,364	Nine	$5,930,989
2011	4	0.51%	$51,693,732	6,518,755	$51,628,540	Footloose	$51,670,512
2012	6	2.03%	$217,923,733	27,781,862	$220,032,347	Beauty and the Beast	$81,619,237
2013	2	2.21%	$84,129,314	10,595,630	$83,917,390	Les Miserables	$82,089,610

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