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Friday, May 16, 2008

Box Office History for Creative Type - Factual

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



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Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lionsgate 6/23/2004 $119,114,517 $131,753,679
2 Everest MacGillivray Freeman Films 3/6/1998 $87,178,599 $123,478,387
3 Eddie Murphy Raw Paramount Pictures 12/18/1987 $50,504,655 $87,400,968
4 Anastasia 20th Century Fox 11/14/1997 $58,403,409 $87,370,159
5 Space Station IMAX Films 4/19/2002 $74,748,595 $84,303,894
6 March of the Penguins Warner Independent 6/24/2005 $77,437,223 $83,115,147
7 Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip Sony Pictures 3/12/1982 $34,970,309 $81,835,281
8 Jackass: Number Two Paramount Pictures 9/22/2006 $72,778,712 $76,445,428
9 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour Buena Vista 2/1/2008 $65,273,620 $65,273,622
10 Mysteries of Egypt Sony Pictures 7/16/1998 $40,593,286 $54,053,621
11 The Original Kings of Comedy Paramount Pictures 8/18/2000 $38,168,022 $48,719,110
12 Deep Sea 3-D Warner Bros. 3/3/2006 $36,141,373 $37,248,451
13 Richard Pryor Here and Now Columbia 10/28/1983 $16,156,776 $35,288,449
14 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun Sony Pictures Classics 7/11/1997 $18,798,682 $26,392,127
15 An Inconvenient Truth Paramount Vantage 5/24/2006 $24,146,161 $25,362,687
16 Bowling for Columbine MGM 10/11/2002 $21,576,018 $25,342,728
17 Sicko Lionsgate 6/22/2007 $24,538,513 $24,538,511
18 Madonna: Truth or Dare Miramax 5/10/1991 $15,012,935 $24,534,204
19 NASCAR: The IMAX Experience Warner Bros. 3/12/2004 $21,550,235 $23,771,611
20 Michael Jordan to the MAX Giant Screen Films 5/5/2000 $18,642,318 $23,543,539
21 Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat Paramount Pictures 8/2/2002 $19,184,820 $22,757,169
22 Bugs! SK Films 3/14/2003 $19,084,280 $20,995,751
23 Galapagos IMAX Films 10/29/1999 $17,195,403 $20,939,954
24 Ghosts of the Abyss Buena Vista 4/11/2003 $17,093,668 $19,424,146
25 Africa's Elephant Kingdom Discovery/IMAX 5/8/1998 $13,485,455 $18,578,043
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 8 .33% $17,215,981 3,957,696 $27,228,948 Hoop Dreams $5,780,295
1996 5 .11% $6,544,634 1,480,687 $10,187,127 Snowriders $2,035,470
1997 8 1.02% $63,385,363 13,809,448 $95,009,002 Anastasia $53,042,286
1998 11 1.18% $79,647,637 16,982,439 $116,839,180 Everest $56,145,919
1999 25 1.29% $94,923,952 18,759,676 $129,066,571 Mysteries of Egypt $27,042,366
2000 40 1.65% $123,097,985 22,838,219 $157,126,947 The Original Kings of Comedy $38,168,022
2001 23 .30% $24,137,653 4,272,149 $29,392,385 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure $6,443,686
2002 25 .98% $91,614,722 15,795,643 $108,674,024 Space Station $30,460,417
2003 47 .97% $90,047,432 14,933,238 $102,740,677 Space Station $15,713,110
2004 87 2.52% $233,903,666 37,605,090 $258,723,019 Fahrenheit 9/11 $119,114,517
2005 98 1.80% $159,269,805 24,847,083 $170,947,931 March of the Penguins $77,437,223
2006 109 1.78% $165,471,111 25,262,770 $173,807,858 Jackass: Number Two $72,778,712
2007 105 .69% $66,537,975 9,671,217 $66,537,973 Sicko $24,538,513
2008 65 3.55% $110,692,710 16,089,059 $110,692,726 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour $65,273,620