Box Office History for Creative Type - Historical Fiction
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 |
The Sound of Music
|
20th Century Fox
|
4/1/1965 |
$163,214,286 |
$1,275,010,611 |
| 2 |
Titanic
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/19/1997 |
$600,788,188 |
$1,016,477,150 |
| 3 |
Doctor Zhivago
|
MGM
|
12/22/1965 |
$111,721,000 |
$872,751,174 |
| 4 |
The Sting
|
Universal
|
12/25/1973 |
$159,616,327 |
$711,510,069 |
| 5 |
Forrest Gump
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/6/1994 |
$329,694,499 |
$633,678,391 |
| 6 |
My Fair Lady
|
|
10/22/1964 |
$72,000,000 |
$610,838,711 |
| 7 |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
20th Century Fox
|
10/24/1969 |
$102,308,900 |
$568,462,831 |
| 8 |
Grease
|
Paramount Pictures
|
6/16/1978 |
$181,813,770 |
$564,379,937 |
| 9 |
Notorious
|
|
1/1/1946 |
$24,464,742 |
$478,974,727 |
| 10 |
The Passion of the Christ
|
Newmarket Films
|
2/25/2004 |
$370,782,930 |
$471,059,905 |
| 11 |
How the West Was Won
|
|
2/20/1963 |
$46,500,000 |
$431,629,409 |
| 12 |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
|
Paramount Pictures
|
5/23/1984 |
$179,880,271 |
$411,133,635 |
| 13 |
Fiddler on the Roof
|
United Artists
|
1/1/1971 |
$80,500,000 |
$384,936,365 |
| 14 |
The Caine Mutiny
|
Sony Pictures
|
6/24/1954 |
$21,800,000 |
$384,791,947 |
| 15 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
5/25/2007 |
$309,420,425 |
$354,844,063 |
| 16 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
|
Paramount Pictures
|
5/22/2008 |
$317,023,851 |
$348,457,913 |
| 17 |
Dances with Wolves
|
Orion Pictures
|
11/9/1990 |
$184,208,842 |
$328,246,613 |
| 18 |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
|
Warner Bros.
|
6/14/1991 |
$165,493,908 |
$309,902,907 |
| 19 |
Casablanca
|
Warner Bros.
|
1/1/1942 |
$10,462,500 |
$302,377,749 |
| 20 |
Platoon
|
Orion Pictures
|
12/19/1986 |
$137,963,328 |
$293,404,491 |
| 21 |
Porky's
|
20th Century Fox
|
3/19/1982 |
$109,492,484 |
$282,119,953 |
| 22 |
Gladiator
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
5/5/2000 |
$187,683,805 |
$274,642,647 |
| 23 |
Tarzan
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
6/16/1999 |
$171,091,819 |
$265,704,768 |
| 24 |
Pocahontas
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
6/10/1995 |
$141,579,773 |
$256,773,659 |
| 25 |
Good Morning Vietnam
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
12/23/1987 |
$123,922,370 |
$250,063,301 |
| 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 |
35 |
9.64% |
$627,483,349 |
136,706,610 |
$940,541,477 |
Titanic
|
$157,467,971 |
| 1998 |
39 |
13.70% |
$927,928,206 |
197,852,495 |
$1,361,225,166 |
Titanic
|
$443,319,081 |
| 1999 |
41 |
10.03% |
$731,999,783 |
144,094,446 |
$991,369,788 |
Tarzan
|
$170,904,824 |
| 2000 |
42 |
9.23% |
$690,060,590 |
128,026,082 |
$880,819,444 |
Gladiator
|
$186,610,052 |
| 2001 |
48 |
9.11% |
$740,168,869 |
130,771,885 |
$899,710,569 |
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 |
49 |
14.60% |
$1,352,642,856 |
217,816,883 |
$1,498,580,155 |
The Passion of the Christ
|
$370,270,943 |
| 2005 |
36 |
4.98% |
$445,909,593 |
69,564,679 |
$478,604,992 |
The Amityville Horror
|
$64,858,000 |
| 2006 |
61 |
6.90% |
$637,969,563 |
97,399,934 |
$670,111,546 |
The Pink Panther
|
$82,226,474 |
| 2007 |
67 |
11.16% |
$1,074,794,162 |
156,220,079 |
$1,074,794,144 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
|
$309,420,425 |
| 2008 |
59 |
8.53% |
$840,050,250 |
116,998,643 |
$804,950,664 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
|
$317,101,119 |
| 2009 |
40 |
4.82% |
$512,992,058 |
68,398,942 |
$470,584,721 |
Sherlock Holmes
|
$138,715,437 |
| 2010 |
39 |
4.48% |
$469,246,246 |
59,473,544 |
$409,177,983 |
Shutter Island
|
$128,012,934 |
| 2011 |
67 |
5.94% |
$605,743,263 |
76,098,399 |
$523,556,985 |
The Help
|
$169,499,546 |
| 2012 |
17 |
16.25% |
$151,783,616 |
19,068,293 |
$131,189,856 |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
|
$46,974,904 |
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