Box Office History for Creative Type - Fantasy
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
12/21/1937 |
$184,925,485 |
$6,343,748,161 |
| 2 |
Cinderella
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
2/15/1950 |
$85,000,000 |
$1,270,170,451 |
| 3 |
Peter Pan
|
RKO Radio Pictures
|
2/5/1953 |
$87,400,000 |
$1,149,310,003 |
| 4 |
The Wizard of Oz
|
Warner Bros.
|
1/1/1939 |
$28,202,232 |
$967,459,176 |
| 5 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
7/7/2006 |
$423,315,812 |
$509,917,824 |
| 6 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/17/2003 |
$377,845,905 |
$490,832,553 |
| 7 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/18/2002 |
$342,548,984 |
$457,685,037 |
| 8 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/16/2001 |
$317,575,550 |
$441,739,040 |
| 9 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/19/2001 |
$315,544,750 |
$433,197,341 |
| 10 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
|
Warner Bros.
|
7/15/2011 |
$381,011,219 |
$377,660,618 |
| 11 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
12/9/2005 |
$291,710,957 |
$357,325,934 |
| 12 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/18/2005 |
$290,013,036 |
$356,611,305 |
| 13 |
Gremlins
|
Warner Bros.
|
6/8/1984 |
$148,168,459 |
$347,811,122 |
| 14 |
Beauty and the Beast
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
11/13/1991 |
$216,248,426 |
$337,593,312 |
| 15 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
|
Warner Bros.
|
7/11/2007 |
$292,004,738 |
$334,871,712 |
| 16 |
Alice in Wonderland
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
3/5/2010 |
$334,191,110 |
$334,191,112 |
| 17 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
Warner Bros.
|
7/15/2009 |
$301,959,197 |
$317,661,073 |
| 18 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
|
Summit Entertainment
|
11/20/2009 |
$296,623,634 |
$311,597,277 |
| 19 |
Up
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
5/29/2009 |
$293,004,164 |
$308,240,382 |
| 20 |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
|
Summit Entertainment
|
6/30/2010 |
$300,531,751 |
$300,531,749 |
| 21 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/19/2010 |
$295,983,305 |
$295,873,824 |
| 22 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
6/22/1988 |
$154,112,492 |
$291,804,510 |
| 23 |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
|
Summit Entertainment
|
11/18/2011 |
$280,876,465 |
$278,406,445 |
| 24 |
A Bug's Life
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
11/20/1998 |
$162,798,565 |
$270,460,458 |
| 25 |
King Kong
|
Universal
|
12/14/2005 |
$218,080,025 |
$267,252,731 |
| 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 |
30 |
7.57% |
$400,336,628 |
92,031,410 |
$633,176,101 |
Casper
|
$100,237,375 |
| 1996 |
19 |
4.58% |
$255,864,887 |
57,887,986 |
$398,269,344 |
Dragonheart
|
$51,317,350 |
| 1997 |
7 |
1.37% |
$89,063,022 |
19,403,708 |
$133,497,511 |
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
|
$35,059,903 |
| 1998 |
14 |
7.70% |
$521,283,205 |
111,147,803 |
$764,696,885 |
A Bug's Life
|
$136,420,000 |
| 1999 |
14 |
5.41% |
$394,621,776 |
77,681,452 |
$534,448,390 |
The Mummy
|
$155,247,825 |
| 2000 |
15 |
3.67% |
$274,300,206 |
50,890,576 |
$350,127,163 |
The Green Mile
|
$60,119,360 |
| 2001 |
16 |
7.95% |
$646,578,158 |
114,236,424 |
$785,946,597 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
$291,594,218 |
| 2002 |
17 |
6.83% |
$627,682,952 |
108,034,932 |
$743,280,332 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
$229,636,178 |
| 2003 |
21 |
7.71% |
$721,038,114 |
119,575,145 |
$822,676,998 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
$290,410,961 |
| 2004 |
15 |
3.08% |
$284,959,881 |
45,887,258 |
$315,704,335 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
$86,602,112 |
| 2005 |
19 |
11.68% |
$1,045,342,322 |
163,079,924 |
$1,121,989,877 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
$277,083,157 |
| 2006 |
30 |
12.67% |
$1,172,494,587 |
179,006,810 |
$1,231,566,853 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
$423,315,812 |
| 2007 |
42 |
12.45% |
$1,198,760,267 |
174,238,409 |
$1,198,760,254 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
|
$292,004,738 |
| 2008 |
47 |
11.94% |
$1,175,926,339 |
163,778,040 |
$1,126,792,915 |
Twilight
|
$176,922,850 |
| 2009 |
46 |
20.56% |
$2,188,919,641 |
291,855,952 |
$2,007,968,950 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
$301,959,197 |
| 2010 |
35 |
21.68% |
$2,270,937,151 |
287,824,735 |
$1,980,234,177 |
Alice in Wonderland
|
$334,191,110 |
| 2011 |
58 |
17.20% |
$1,754,140,918 |
220,369,457 |
$1,516,141,864 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
|
$381,011,219 |
| 2012 |
11 |
24.03% |
$224,439,464 |
28,195,912 |
$193,987,875 |
Beauty and the Beast
|
$78,916,038 |
|