Box Office History for Creative Type - Fantasy
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 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
|
Buena Vista
|
12/21/1937 |
$184,925,485 |
$5,772,891,229 |
| 2 |
Cinderella
|
Buena Vista
|
2/15/1950 |
$85,000,000 |
$1,155,871,209 |
| 3 |
Peter Pan
|
Buena Vista
|
2/5/1953 |
$87,400,000 |
$1,045,886,669 |
| 4 |
The Wizard of Oz
|
MGM
|
1/1/1939 |
$27,062,232 |
$844,812,284 |
| 5 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
Buena Vista
|
7/7/2006 |
$423,315,812 |
$464,031,682 |
| 6 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
New Line
|
12/17/2003 |
$377,027,325 |
$445,925,474 |
| 7 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
New Line
|
12/18/2002 |
$341,784,377 |
$415,809,503 |
| 8 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/16/2001 |
$317,557,891 |
$401,988,125 |
| 9 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
New Line
|
12/19/2001 |
$314,776,170 |
$393,521,806 |
| 10 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
|
Buena Vista
|
7/9/2003 |
$305,411,224 |
$363,657,149 |
| 11 |
Aladdin
|
Buena Vista
|
11/11/1992 |
$217,350,219 |
$361,255,762 |
| 12 |
Ghost
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/13/1990 |
$217,631,306 |
$350,737,313 |
| 13 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
Buena Vista
|
12/9/2005 |
$291,710,957 |
$325,171,128 |
| 14 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/18/2005 |
$290,013,036 |
$324,520,807 |
| 15 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/15/2002 |
$261,987,880 |
$323,043,680 |
| 16 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
|
Buena Vista
|
5/25/2007 |
$309,420,425 |
$322,912,595 |
| 17 |
Gremlins
|
Warner Bros.
|
6/8/1984 |
$148,168,459 |
$316,512,530 |
| 18 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
|
Warner Bros.
|
7/11/2007 |
$292,004,738 |
$304,737,502 |
| 19 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
Warner Bros.
|
7/15/2009 |
$301,814,491 |
$301,809,060 |
| 20 |
Bruce Almighty
|
Universal
|
5/23/2003 |
$242,704,995 |
$288,987,461 |
| 21 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
|
Warner Bros.
|
6/4/2004 |
$249,538,952 |
$288,482,700 |
| 22 |
Night at the Museum
|
20th Century Fox
|
12/22/2006 |
$250,863,268 |
$268,494,628 |
| 23 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
|
Buena Vista
|
6/22/1988 |
$154,112,492 |
$265,545,802 |
| 24 |
The Mummy Returns
|
Universal
|
5/4/2001 |
$202,007,640 |
$256,257,043 |
| 25 |
A Bug's Life
|
Buena Vista
|
11/20/1998 |
$162,798,565 |
$246,122,445 |
| 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 |
17 |
10.44% |
$848,585,798 |
149,926,820 |
$1,031,496,522 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
$291,594,218 |
| 2002 |
18 |
9.51% |
$873,678,952 |
150,375,035 |
$1,034,580,241 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
|
$245,996,000 |
| 2003 |
24 |
13.75% |
$1,285,142,385 |
213,124,776 |
$1,466,298,459 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
|
$305,411,224 |
| 2004 |
16 |
5.77% |
$534,469,294 |
86,065,907 |
$592,133,440 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
|
$249,509,413 |
| 2005 |
18 |
11.68% |
$1,045,105,421 |
163,042,966 |
$1,121,735,606 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
$277,083,157 |
| 2006 |
31 |
16.16% |
$1,495,063,330 |
228,253,946 |
$1,570,387,148 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
$423,315,812 |
| 2007 |
45 |
19.06% |
$1,838,202,834 |
267,180,643 |
$1,838,202,824 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
|
$309,420,425 |
| 2008 |
46 |
10.98% |
$1,082,147,386 |
150,716,904 |
$1,036,932,300 |
Twilight
|
$176,922,850 |
| 2009 |
38 |
20.17% |
$1,760,045,969 |
245,131,755 |
$1,686,506,474 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
$301,809,058 |
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