US Movie Market Summary for 2005
Total Box Office Gross: $8,947,170,758
Tickets sold: 1,395,814,468
Average ticket price:$6.41
Top Grossing Movies of 2005
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2005 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
|
5/19/2005
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$380,262,555 |
59,323,332 |
$425,941,524 |
| 2 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
11/18/2005
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$277,083,157 |
43,226,702 |
$310,367,720 |
| 3 |
The War of the Worlds
|
6/29/2005
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$234,277,056 |
36,548,683 |
$262,419,544 |
| 4 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
12/9/2005
|
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$225,703,346 |
35,211,130 |
$252,815,913 |
| 5 |
The Wedding Crashers
|
7/15/2005
|
New Line
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$209,218,368 |
32,639,371 |
$234,350,684 |
| 6 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
|
7/15/2005
|
Warner Bros.
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$206,456,431 |
32,208,492 |
$231,256,973 |
| 7 |
Batman Begins
|
6/15/2005
|
Warner Bros.
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$205,343,774 |
32,034,910 |
$230,010,654 |
| 8 |
Madagascar
|
5/27/2005
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$193,166,575 |
30,135,191 |
$216,370,671 |
| 9 |
Mr. And Mrs. Smith
|
6/10/2005
|
20th Century Fox
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$186,336,103 |
29,069,595 |
$208,719,692 |
| 10 |
Hitch
|
2/11/2005
|
Sony Pictures
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$177,575,142 |
27,702,830 |
$198,906,319 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2005
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2005 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Warner Bros.
|
27 |
$1,432,307,262 |
223,448,874 |
16.01% |
| 2 |
20th Century Fox
|
21 |
$1,359,746,052 |
212,128,869 |
15.20% |
| 3 |
Universal
|
23 |
$998,980,864 |
155,847,247 |
11.17% |
| 4 |
Buena Vista
|
23 |
$927,822,359 |
144,746,076 |
10.37% |
| 5 |
Paramount Pictures
|
17 |
$822,395,497 |
128,298,830 |
9.19% |
| 6 |
Sony Pictures
|
22 |
$757,784,542 |
118,219,116 |
8.47% |
| 7 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
10 |
$501,790,704 |
78,282,481 |
5.61% |
| 8 |
New Line
|
13 |
$418,136,051 |
65,231,833 |
4.67% |
| 9 |
Lionsgate
|
20 |
$284,069,847 |
44,316,669 |
3.17% |
| 10 |
Miramax/Dimension
|
7 |
$181,362,187 |
28,293,634 |
2.03% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2005
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2005 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
136 |
$2,355,731,745 |
367,508,853 |
26.33% |
| 2 |
Adventure
|
37 |
$2,144,200,219 |
334,508,614 |
23.97% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
265 |
$1,431,841,239 |
223,376,165 |
16.00% |
| 4 |
Action
|
42 |
$1,370,217,034 |
213,762,406 |
15.31% |
| 5 |
Horror
|
29 |
$512,090,674 |
79,889,342 |
5.72% |
| 6 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
27 |
$444,985,038 |
69,420,441 |
4.97% |
| 7 |
Romantic Comedy
|
15 |
$439,261,020 |
68,527,461 |
4.91% |
| 8 |
Documentary
|
97 |
$155,673,323 |
24,286,012 |
1.74% |
| 9 |
Musical
|
7 |
$82,671,918 |
12,897,336 |
.92% |
| 10 |
Black Comedy
|
6 |
$9,312,189 |
1,452,759 |
.10% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2005
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2005 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
142 |
$4,798,779,767 |
748,639,589 |
53.63% |
| 2 |
PG
|
70 |
$1,867,768,666 |
291,383,566 |
20.88% |
| 3 |
R
|
193 |
$1,722,762,850 |
268,761,757 |
19.25% |
| 4 |
G
|
16 |
$423,832,109 |
66,120,451 |
4.74% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
242 |
$129,149,640 |
20,148,148 |
1.44% |
| 6 |
NC-17
|
3 |
$4,176,670 |
651,587 |
.05% |
| 7 |
Open
|
1 |
$697,181 |
108,765 |
.01% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2005
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2005 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
303 |
$3,350,882,618 |
522,758,600 |
37.48% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
90 |
$1,542,184,260 |
240,590,366 |
17.25% |
| 3 |
Remake
|
19 |
$1,180,699,566 |
184,196,500 |
13.21% |
| 4 |
Sequel
|
22 |
$1,126,901,700 |
175,803,697 |
12.61% |
| 5 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
122 |
$616,018,219 |
96,102,687 |
6.89% |
| 6 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
6 |
$540,978,941 |
84,396,091 |
6.05% |
| 7 |
Based on TV
|
8 |
$224,658,210 |
35,048,082 |
2.51% |
| 8 |
Traditional/Legend/Fairytale
|
3 |
$105,762,091 |
16,499,547 |
1.18% |
| 9 |
Based on Play
|
9 |
$93,141,101 |
14,530,593 |
1.04% |
| 10 |
Based on Musical/Opera
|
2 |
$64,124,912 |
10,003,887 |
.72% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2005
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2005 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
621 |
$6,810,989,153 |
1,062,556,809 |
76.13% |
| 2 |
Animation/Live Action
|
9 |
$1,445,473,397 |
225,502,871 |
16.16% |
| 3 |
Digital Animation
|
9 |
$552,870,113 |
86,251,188 |
6.18% |
| 4 |
Stop-Motion Animation
|
2 |
$109,406,155 |
17,068,043 |
1.22% |
| 5 |
Hand Animation
|
5 |
$27,583,962 |
4,303,269 |
.31% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2005
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2005 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
174 |
$4,241,479,303 |
661,697,239 |
47.59% |
| 2 |
Kids Fiction
|
20 |
$1,112,119,393 |
173,497,564 |
12.48% |
| 3 |
Fantasy
|
18 |
$1,045,105,421 |
163,042,966 |
11.73% |
| 4 |
Science Fiction
|
18 |
$853,096,713 |
133,088,411 |
9.57% |
| 5 |
Dramatization
|
47 |
$579,988,658 |
90,481,848 |
6.51% |
| 6 |
Super Hero
|
7 |
$478,384,765 |
74,631,009 |
5.37% |
| 7 |
Historical Fiction
|
35 |
$445,406,669 |
69,486,220 |
5.00% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
98 |
$157,275,847 |
24,536,016 |
1.76% |
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
