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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Box Office Performance for Musical Movies in 2007

RankMovieGenreMPAA2007 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Hairspray Musical PG $118,823,091 17,270,798 $118,823,090
2 Dreamgirls Musical PG-13 $66,301,561 9,636,855 $66,301,562
3 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Musical R $26,913,596 3,911,860 $26,913,597
4 Across the Universe Musical PG-13 $24,343,673 3,538,325 $24,343,676
5 El Cantante Musical R $7,556,004 1,098,256 $7,556,001
6 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D Musical PG $5,799,401 842,936 $5,799,400
7 Aaja Nachle Musical   $484,108 70,365 $484,111
8 Southland Tales Musical R $275,380 40,026 $275,379
9 Colma: The Musical Musical R $41,004 5,960 $41,005
10 Naked Boys Singing Musical   $25,526 3,710 $25,525
11 Antonia Musical PG-13 $3,550 516 $3,550
Total Gross of All Movies$250,566,894
Total Tickets Sold36,419,607
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$250,566,896

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2007. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2007. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2006 will most likely earn money in 2006 and 2007. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.