Box Office History for Creative Type - Historical Fiction

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Gone with the Wind	MGM	12/15/1939	$198,680,470	$3,335,519,619
2	The Sound of Music	20th Century Fox	4/1/1965	$163,214,286	$1,160,275,816
3	Doctor Zhivago	MGM	12/22/1965	$111,721,000	$794,214,630
4	The Sting	Universal	12/25/1973	$159,616,327	$647,483,181
5	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$587,269,640
6	Forrest Gump	Paramount Pictures	7/6/1994	$329,694,499	$576,655,367
7	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	20th Century Fox	10/24/1969	$102,308,900	$517,308,381
8	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,508,510	$513,248,076
9	How the West Was Won		2/20/1963	$46,500,000	$392,788,233
10	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	5/23/1984	$179,880,271	$374,136,819
11	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Paramount Pictures	5/24/1989	$197,171,806	$352,171,310
12	Fiddler on the Roof	United Artists	1/1/1971	$80,500,000	$350,296,971
13	The Caine Mutiny	Sony Pictures	6/24/1954	$21,800,000	$350,165,549
14	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	7/24/1998	$216,335,085	$327,834,980
15	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	5/22/2008	$317,023,851	$317,101,117
16	Dances with Wolves	Orion Pictures	11/9/1990	$184,208,842	$294,025,488
17	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	6/10/1999	$206,040,085	$291,097,828
18	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Warner Bros.	6/14/1991	$165,493,908	$282,015,573
19	Casablanca	Warner Bros.	1/1/1942	$10,462,500	$275,167,584
20	Platoon	Orion Pictures	12/19/1986	$137,963,328	$267,001,806
21	Porky's	20th Century Fox	3/19/1982	$109,492,484	$256,732,733
22	Gladiator	Dreamworks SKG	5/5/2000	$187,683,805	$249,928,290
23	Tarzan	Buena Vista	6/16/1999	$171,091,819	$241,794,707
24	Pocahontas	Buena Vista	6/10/1995	$141,579,773	$233,667,284
25	Good Morning Vietnam	Buena Vista	12/23/1987	$123,922,370	$227,560,773
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	52	14.28%	$755,598,759	173,700,865	$1,195,061,951	Pocahontas	$141,539,152
1996	41	7.33%	$409,667,739	92,685,011	$637,672,876	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	$99,843,665
1997	33	7.22%	$469,986,400	102,393,550	$704,467,624	The Godfather	$129,141,981
1998	40	10.00%	$677,380,718	144,430,856	$993,684,289	Saving Private Ryan	$190,373,184
1999	43	13.20%	$963,703,884	189,705,490	$1,305,173,771	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	$205,957,794
2000	42	9.23%	$690,060,590	128,026,082	$880,819,444	Gladiator	$186,610,052
2001	47	9.10%	$740,022,841	130,746,085	$899,533,065	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$114,617,017
2002	39	4.46%	$409,455,402	70,474,254	$484,862,868	The Road to Perdition	$104,054,514
2003	42	11.47%	$1,072,737,744	177,900,121	$1,223,952,832	Chicago	$168,606,379
2004	48	10.60%	$982,371,923	158,191,934	$1,088,360,506	Troy	$133,298,577
2005	35	4.98%	$445,406,669	69,486,220	$478,065,194	The Amityville Horror	$64,858,000
2006	61	6.91%	$639,274,181	97,599,112	$671,481,891	The Pink Panther	$82,226,474
2007	67	7.94%	$766,275,594	111,377,264	$766,275,576	300	$210,592,590
2008	59	8.65%	$852,607,371	118,747,546	$816,983,116	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$317,101,119
2009	27	2.91%	$244,132,242	34,001,707	$233,931,744	Inglourious Basterds	$119,596,251

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