Box Office History for Creative Type - Factual
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
Lionsgate
|
6/23/2004 |
$119,114,517 |
$137,678,403 |
| 2 |
Everest
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
3/6/1998 |
$87,178,599 |
$114,466,734 |
| 3 |
The Living Sea
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
12/31/1995 |
$64,800,000 |
$106,957,243 |
| 4 |
Space Station
|
IMAX Films
|
4/19/2002 |
$80,164,958 |
$92,955,001 |
| 5 |
Anastasia
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/14/1997 |
$58,403,409 |
$91,018,268 |
| 6 |
March of the Penguins
|
Warner Independent
|
6/24/2005 |
$77,437,223 |
$86,712,243 |
| 7 |
Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip
|
Sony Pictures
|
3/12/1982 |
$34,970,309 |
$85,403,680 |
| 8 |
Eddie Murphy Raw
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/18/1987 |
$50,504,655 |
$83,104,975 |
| 9 |
Jackass: Number Two
|
Paramount Pictures
|
9/22/2006 |
$72,778,712 |
$79,778,804 |
| 10 |
Beyond and Back
|
|
1/1/1978 |
$23,800,000 |
$73,027,349 |
| 11 |
Dolphins
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
10/20/2000 |
$54,000,000 |
$71,933,211 |
| 12 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It
|
Sony Pictures
|
10/28/2009 |
$67,546,236 |
$67,190,296 |
| 13 |
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
|
Buena Vista
|
2/1/2008 |
$65,281,781 |
$65,281,781 |
| 14 |
Mysteries of Egypt
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/16/1998 |
$40,593,286 |
$62,144,946 |
| 15 |
The Original Kings of Comedy
|
Paramount Pictures
|
8/18/2000 |
$38,168,022 |
$50,843,490 |
| 16 |
Deep Sea 3-D
|
Warner Bros.
|
3/3/2006 |
$42,631,025 |
$45,221,729 |
| 17 |
Richard Pryor Here and Now
|
Columbia
|
10/28/1983 |
$16,156,776 |
$36,827,189 |
| 18 |
earth
|
Buena Vista
|
4/22/2009 |
$32,011,576 |
$32,011,578 |
| 19 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
|
Sony Pictures Classics
|
7/11/1997 |
$18,798,682 |
$27,520,078 |
| 20 |
Bowling for Columbine
|
MGM
|
10/11/2002 |
$21,576,018 |
$26,376,269 |
| 21 |
Dirt
|
|
3/1/1979 |
$9,200,000 |
$26,317,134 |
| 22 |
An Inconvenient Truth
|
Paramount Vantage
|
5/24/2006 |
$24,146,161 |
$26,105,597 |
| 23 |
Sicko
|
Lionsgate
|
6/22/2007 |
$24,538,513 |
$25,600,161 |
| 24 |
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience
|
Warner Bros.
|
3/12/2004 |
$21,550,235 |
$24,844,516 |
| 25 |
Galapagos
|
IMAX Films
|
10/29/1999 |
$17,654,018 |
$24,708,599 |
| 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 |
9 |
1.55% |
$81,796,269 |
18,803,739 |
$129,369,724 |
The Living Sea
|
$64,800,000 |
| 1996 |
6 |
.16% |
$8,923,476 |
2,018,886 |
$13,889,936 |
When We Were Kings
|
$2,666,118 |
| 1997 |
7 |
.94% |
$60,993,257 |
13,288,292 |
$91,423,449 |
Anastasia
|
$53,042,286 |
| 1998 |
13 |
1.79% |
$120,974,290 |
25,794,091 |
$177,463,346 |
Everest
|
$56,145,919 |
| 1999 |
24 |
.93% |
$67,881,586 |
13,362,515 |
$91,934,103 |
Everest
|
$18,064,450 |
| 2000 |
40 |
2.04% |
$152,678,527 |
28,326,259 |
$194,884,662 |
Dolphins
|
$54,000,000 |
| 2001 |
23 |
.31% |
$24,917,114 |
4,402,318 |
$30,287,948 |
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure
|
$6,443,686 |
| 2002 |
29 |
1.30% |
$119,604,030 |
20,585,891 |
$141,630,930 |
Space Station
|
$29,820,971 |
| 2003 |
47 |
.96% |
$89,571,633 |
14,854,334 |
$102,197,818 |
Space Station
|
$16,352,556 |
| 2004 |
83 |
2.34% |
$216,476,624 |
34,859,360 |
$239,832,397 |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
$119,078,393 |
| 2005 |
98 |
1.76% |
$157,275,847 |
24,536,016 |
$168,807,790 |
March of the Penguins
|
$77,413,017 |
| 2006 |
108 |
1.79% |
$165,631,721 |
25,287,287 |
$173,976,535 |
Jackass: Number Two
|
$72,778,712 |
| 2007 |
110 |
.69% |
$66,722,369 |
9,698,021 |
$66,722,384 |
Sicko
|
$24,530,513 |
| 2008 |
137 |
1.61% |
$158,284,158 |
22,045,149 |
$151,670,625 |
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
|
$65,281,781 |
| 2009 |
76 |
2.01% |
$175,394,070 |
24,428,142 |
$168,065,617 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It
|
$67,190,296 |
|