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

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

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$597,144,261
2	Forrest Gump	Paramount Pictures	7/6/1994	$329,694,499	$552,694,205
3	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,508,510	$491,810,367
4	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	5/23/1984	$179,880,271	$368,326,270
5	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Paramount Pictures	5/24/1989	$197,171,806	$339,985,472
6	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	7/24/1998	$216,335,085	$314,568,096
7	Dances with Wolves	Orion Pictures	11/9/1990	$184,208,842	$300,796,476
8	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	New Line	6/10/1999	$206,040,085	$280,149,362
9	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Warner Bros.	6/14/1991	$165,493,908	$270,450,853
10	Porky's	20th Century Fox	3/19/1982	$109,492,484	$256,227,306
11	Platoon	Orion Pictures	12/19/1986	$137,963,328	$242,759,004
12	Gladiator	Sony Pictures	5/5/2000	$187,683,805	$239,503,643
13	Tarzan	Buena Vista	6/16/1999	$171,091,819	$232,615,208
14	Pocahontas	Buena Vista	6/10/1995	$141,579,773	$223,922,851
15	The Flintstones	Universal	5/27/1994	$130,531,208	$220,111,448
16	Apocalypse Now	MGM	8/15/1979	$78,800,000	$215,993,623
17	300	Warner Bros.	3/9/2007	$210,614,939	$210,614,936
18	Good Morning Vietnam	Buena Vista	12/23/1987	$123,922,370	$207,441,825
19	The Hunt for Red October	Paramount Pictures	3/2/1990	$120,709,866	$196,797,130
20	Chicago	Miramax	12/27/2002	$170,687,518	$195,166,081
21	A League of Their Own	Sony Pictures	7/1/1992	$107,533,925	$178,273,624
22	The Color Purple	Warner Bros.	12/18/1985	$93,589,701	$174,720,400
23	Driving Miss Daisy	Warner Bros.	12/13/1989	$106,593,296	$173,842,540
24	Maverick	Warner Bros.	5/20/1994	$101,631,272	$171,378,220
25	Unforgiven	Warner Bros.	8/7/1992	$101,157,447	$167,825,725
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	51	14.41%	$758,351,899	174,333,770	$1,199,416,338	Pocahontas	$141,539,152
1996	40	7.32%	$421,988,545	95,472,521	$656,850,944	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	$100,117,603
1997	27	5.33%	$331,563,812	72,236,123	$496,984,526	Hercules	$99,112,101
1998	38	10.03%	$676,126,601	144,163,453	$991,844,557	Saving Private Ryan	$190,373,184
1999	43	13.41%	$987,237,884	195,106,302	$1,342,331,358	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	$206,040,085
2000	40	9.23%	$688,199,217	127,680,743	$878,443,512	Gladiator	$186,610,052
2001	47	9.12%	$740,863,427	131,126,272	$902,148,751	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$114,617,017
2002	39	4.70%	$439,181,250	75,720,906	$520,959,833	The Road to Perdition	$104,054,514
2003	41	11.39%	$1,053,438,306	174,699,553	$1,201,932,925	Chicago	$161,445,985
2004	46	10.57%	$981,395,234	157,780,584	$1,085,530,418	Troy	$133,298,577
2005	35	5.10%	$451,661,211	70,461,968	$484,778,340	The Amityville Horror	$65,233,369
2006	61	7.07%	$655,997,777	100,152,333	$689,048,051	The Pink Panther	$82,226,474
2007	61	7.60%	$729,409,245	106,018,783	$729,409,227	300	$210,614,939
2008	25	10.05%	$313,547,290	45,573,735	$313,547,297	10,000 B.C.	$93,695,041

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