Box Office History for Creative Type - Contemporary Fiction
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Home Alone
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/16/1990 |
$285,761,243 |
$466,403,222 |
| 2 |
Beverly Hills Cop
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/5/1984 |
$234,760,478 |
$464,191,048 |
| 3 |
Saturday Night Fever
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/16/1977 |
$139,486,124 |
$430,342,837 |
| 4 |
The Sixth Sense
|
Buena Vista
|
8/6/1999 |
$293,506,292 |
$397,650,598 |
| 5 |
Tootsie
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/17/1982 |
$177,200,000 |
$393,249,964 |
| 6 |
Smokey and the Bandit
|
Universal
|
5/27/1977 |
$126,737,428 |
$391,010,538 |
| 7 |
Twister
|
Warner Bros.
|
5/10/1996 |
$241,888,385 |
$376,514,048 |
| 8 |
Mrs. Doubtfire
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/24/1993 |
$219,195,243 |
$366,635,400 |
| 9 |
Top Gun
|
Paramount Pictures
|
5/16/1986 |
$176,786,701 |
$327,841,646 |
| 10 |
Crocodile Dundee
|
Paramount Pictures
|
9/26/1986 |
$174,803,506 |
$319,242,437 |
| 11 |
Every Which Way but Loose
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/20/1978 |
$104,268,727 |
$306,567,881 |
| 12 |
The Fugitive
|
Warner Bros.
|
8/6/1993 |
$183,875,760 |
$305,571,313 |
| 13 |
Meet the Fockers
|
Universal
|
12/22/2004 |
$279,167,575 |
$304,963,479 |
| 14 |
Jaws 2
|
Universal
|
6/16/1978 |
$102,922,376 |
$302,609,376 |
| 15 |
An Officer and a Gentleman
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/28/1982 |
$129,795,554 |
$300,561,070 |
| 16 |
Rain Man
|
MGM
|
12/16/1988 |
$172,825,435 |
$295,867,279 |
| 17 |
Armageddon
|
Buena Vista
|
7/1/1998 |
$201,578,182 |
$295,705,310 |
| 18 |
Rocky 3
|
MGM
|
5/28/1982 |
$125,049,125 |
$292,631,966 |
| 19 |
Rambo: First Blood Part II
|
Sony/TriStar
|
5/22/1985 |
$150,415,432 |
$291,509,343 |
| 20 |
Cast Away
|
20th Century Fox
|
12/22/2000 |
$233,632,142 |
$290,936,665 |
| 21 |
Pretty Woman
|
Buena Vista
|
3/23/1990 |
$178,406,268 |
$290,861,405 |
| 22 |
3 Men and a Baby
|
Buena Vista
|
11/25/1987 |
$167,780,960 |
$288,045,696 |
| 23 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/20/1992 |
$173,585,516 |
$287,886,892 |
| 24 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
|
IFC Films
|
4/19/2002 |
$241,437,427 |
$285,782,176 |
| 25 |
Mission: Impossible
|
Paramount Pictures
|
5/22/1996 |
$180,981,886 |
$281,709,361 |
| 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 |
166 |
54.67% |
$2,876,979,312 |
661,374,552 |
$4,550,256,918 |
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
|
$104,355,781 |
| 1996 |
160 |
61.36% |
$3,539,669,611 |
800,830,230 |
$5,509,711,982 |
Twister
|
$241,888,385 |
| 1997 |
175 |
59.11% |
$3,680,236,179 |
801,794,381 |
$5,516,345,341 |
Liar Liar
|
$181,410,615 |
| 1998 |
171 |
51.40% |
$3,463,825,923 |
738,555,631 |
$5,081,262,741 |
Armageddon
|
$201,578,182 |
| 1999 |
168 |
56.36% |
$4,150,296,541 |
820,216,704 |
$5,643,090,924 |
The Sixth Sense
|
$276,386,495 |
| 2000 |
193 |
52.45% |
$3,911,092,251 |
725,620,080 |
$4,992,266,150 |
Mission: Impossible 2
|
$215,409,889 |
| 2001 |
182 |
54.75% |
$4,448,842,692 |
787,405,785 |
$5,417,351,801 |
Rush Hour 2
|
$226,164,286 |
| 2002 |
201 |
45.01% |
$4,204,779,923 |
724,962,062 |
$4,987,738,987 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
|
$227,898,505 |
| 2003 |
191 |
46.23% |
$4,275,800,109 |
709,087,910 |
$4,878,524,821 |
Bad Boys II
|
$138,540,870 |
| 2004 |
174 |
43.90% |
$4,076,249,370 |
655,345,562 |
$4,508,777,467 |
The Bourne Supremacy
|
$176,087,450 |
| 2005 |
171 |
47.76% |
$4,229,866,182 |
659,885,522 |
$4,540,012,391 |
The Wedding Crashers
|
$209,218,368 |
| 2006 |
305 |
47.38% |
$4,394,181,719 |
670,867,438 |
$4,615,567,973 |
The Da Vinci Code
|
$217,536,138 |
| 2007 |
365 |
43.45% |
$4,171,589,757 |
606,335,728 |
$4,171,589,809 |
The Bourne Ultimatum
|
$227,471,070 |
| 2008 |
149 |
50.87% |
$1,506,435,885 |
218,958,697 |
$1,506,435,835 |
Juno
|
$117,418,446 |
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