Box Office History for Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

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

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Genre	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Marvel's The Avengers	May 4, 2012	Adventure	PG-13	$623,279,547	$623,279,547
2	The Dark Knight	Jul 18, 2008	Action	PG-13	$533,345,358	$585,975,751
3	Spider-Man	May 3, 2002	Adventure	PG-13	$403,706,375	$548,234,646
4	Spider-Man 2	Jun 30, 2004	Adventure	PG-13	$373,524,485	$474,574,584
5	The Dark Knight Rises	Jul 20, 2012	Action	PG-13	$448,139,099	$448,139,099
6	Men in Black	Jul 1, 1997	Adventure	PG-13	$250,690,539	$429,990,822
7	Spider-Man 3	May 4, 2007	Adventure	PG-13	$336,530,303	$385,933,732
8	Iron Man	May 2, 2008	Action	PG-13	$318,604,126	$350,090,559
9	Iron Man 2	May 7, 2010	Adventure	PG-13	$312,433,331	$312,433,333
10	Iron Man 3	May 3, 2013	Action	PG-13	$311,400,000	$311,400,000
11	X-Men: The Last Stand	May 26, 2006	Action	PG-13	$234,362,462	$282,308,374
12	X2	May 2, 2003	Action	PG-13	$214,949,694	$281,251,390
13	The Amazing Spider-Man	Jul 3, 2012	Adventure	PG-13	$262,030,663	$262,030,663
14	Men in Black 2	Jul 3, 2002	Action	PG-13	$190,418,803	$258,589,393
15	Batman Begins	Jun 15, 2005	Action	PG-13	$205,343,774	$252,755,440
16	300	Mar 9, 2007	Action	R	$210,614,939	$241,508,071
17	Superman Returns	Jun 28, 2006	Adventure	PG-13	$200,120,000	$241,060,582
18	X-Men	Jul 14, 2000	Action	PG-13	$157,299,717	$230,258,770
19	Monsters vs. Aliens	Mar 27, 2009	Adventure	PG	$198,351,526	$208,665,804
20	Fantastic Four	Jul 8, 2005	Action	PG-13	$154,696,080	$190,413,110
21	Over the Hedge	May 19, 2006	Comedy	PG	$155,019,340	$186,733,222
22	Thor	May 6, 2011	Action	PG-13	$181,030,624	$181,030,624
23	Men in Black 3	May 25, 2012	Adventure	PG-13	$179,020,854	$179,020,854
24	Captain America: The First Avenger	Jul 22, 2011	Action	PG-13	$176,654,505	$176,654,505
25	Hulk	Jun 20, 2003	Action	PG-13	$132,177,234	$172,925,832
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	3	0.75%	$39,559,009	9,094,026	$72,024,686	Judge Dredd	$34,687,912
1996	5	0.71%	$39,494,255	8,935,352	$70,767,988	The Crow: City of Angels	$17,883,659
1997	3	4.71%	$306,760,916	66,832,443	$529,312,949	Men in Black	$250,107,128
1998	2	1.03%	$70,041,552	14,934,233	$118,279,125	Blade	$70,001,065
1999	3	0.62%	$45,374,182	8,931,926	$70,740,854	Mystery Men	$29,762,011
2000	1	2.10%	$157,299,717	29,183,621	$231,134,278	X-Men	$157,299,717
2001	4	0.53%	$43,038,239	7,603,929	$60,223,118	From Hell	$31,507,144
2002	8	8.54%	$784,659,737	135,053,312	$1,069,622,231	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
2003	6	5.83%	$545,129,139	90,402,843	$715,990,517	X2	$214,948,780
2004	7	6.92%	$630,770,589	101,573,363	$804,461,035	Spider-Man 2	$373,524,485
2005	8	6.30%	$562,307,037	87,723,407	$694,769,383	Batman Begins	$205,343,774
2006	10	7.82%	$723,874,294	110,515,160	$875,280,067	X-Men: The Last Stand	$234,362,462
2007	7	9.23%	$888,710,786	129,173,080	$1,023,050,794	Spider-Man 3	$336,530,303
2008	11	12.32%	$1,225,800,860	170,724,353	$1,352,136,876	The Dark Knight	$531,001,578
2009	7	3.55%	$378,553,324	50,473,776	$399,752,306	Monsters vs. Aliens	$198,351,526
2010	10	5.25%	$550,221,846	69,736,610	$552,313,951	Iron Man 2	$312,433,331
2011	12	7.88%	$803,765,553	101,357,573	$802,751,978	Thor	$181,030,624
2012	9	14.50%	$1,552,336,597	198,212,804	$1,569,845,408	Marvel's The Avengers	$623,279,547
2013	4	11.89%	$432,170,392	54,429,518	$431,081,783	Iron Man 3	$337,073,000

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