Box Office History for Creative Type - Contemporary Fiction

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	1/25/1961	$153,000,000	$1,592,086,953
2	Jaws	Universal	6/20/1975	$260,000,000	$910,634,144
3	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	12/26/1973	$204,632,868	$830,092,652
4	The Graduate	Embassy	12/21/1967	$104,397,102	$624,642,660
5	Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount Pictures	12/5/1984	$234,760,478	$474,621,112
6	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$470,553,161
7	Rear Window	USA Films	9/1/1954	$27,559,601	$442,679,942
8	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	8/6/1999	$293,506,292	$413,439,823
9	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	12/17/1982	$177,200,000	$408,092,539
10	Twister	Warner Bros.	5/10/1996	$241,888,385	$392,606,923
11	Mrs. Doubtfire	20th Century Fox	11/24/1993	$219,195,051	$381,738,033
12	Top Gun	Paramount Pictures	5/16/1986	$176,786,701	$326,018,447
13	Crocodile Dundee	Paramount Pictures	9/26/1986	$174,803,506	$320,916,505
14	Meet the Fockers	Universal	12/22/2004	$279,167,575	$318,563,295
15	Armageddon	Buena Vista	7/1/1998	$201,578,182	$308,592,099
16	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount Pictures	7/28/1982	$129,795,554	$308,005,744
17	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sony/TriStar	5/22/1985	$150,415,432	$304,220,506
18	Kramer vs. Kramer	Columbia	12/19/1979	$106,260,000	$303,962,866
19	Cast Away	20th Century Fox	12/22/2000	$233,632,142	$303,342,471
20	Rain Man	MGM	12/16/1988	$172,825,435	$300,276,417
21	The Fugitive	Warner Bros.	8/6/1993	$183,875,760	$299,156,883
22	Pretty Woman	Buena Vista	3/23/1990	$178,406,268	$297,952,431
23	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	4/19/2002	$241,438,208	$297,515,405
24	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	20th Century Fox	11/20/1992	$173,585,516	$294,228,753
25	3 Men and a Baby	Buena Vista	11/25/1987	$167,780,960	$294,030,298
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	167	54.13%	$2,864,153,630	658,426,122	$4,529,971,719	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	$104,355,781
1996	180	61.53%	$3,440,201,239	778,326,071	$5,354,883,368	Twister	$241,688,385
1997	186	57.98%	$3,773,589,529	822,132,804	$5,656,273,692	Liar Liar	$181,395,380
1998	182	51.17%	$3,465,718,391	738,959,141	$5,084,038,890	Armageddon	$201,573,391
1999	169	56.60%	$4,131,048,077	813,198,442	$5,594,805,281	The Sixth Sense	$276,386,495
2000	196	52.25%	$3,908,302,639	725,102,528	$4,988,705,393	Mission: Impossible 2	$215,397,307
2001	189	54.82%	$4,456,016,897	787,282,134	$5,416,501,082	Rush Hour 2	$226,138,454
2002	204	45.03%	$4,137,192,672	712,081,348	$4,899,119,674	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$222,517,469
2003	195	45.94%	$4,294,848,110	712,246,782	$4,900,257,860	Bad Boys II	$138,540,870
2004	176	43.87%	$4,064,296,050	654,476,007	$4,502,794,928	The Bourne Supremacy	$176,049,130
2005	174	47.41%	$4,241,479,303	661,697,239	$4,552,477,004	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	317	47.37%	$4,383,083,138	669,172,999	$4,603,910,233	The Da Vinci Code	$217,536,138
2007	371	43.02%	$4,150,325,294	603,244,961	$4,150,325,332	The Bourne Ultimatum	$227,471,070
2008	390	44.16%	$4,350,047,588	605,856,213	$4,168,290,745	Quantum of Solace	$166,820,413
2009	199	43.21%	$3,770,829,720	525,185,201	$3,613,274,183	The Hangover	$277,069,721

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