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Friday, November 20, 2009

Box Office History for Creative Type - Historical Fiction

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



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

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-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

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross 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 38 4.46% $409,425,245 70,469,063 $484,827,153 The Road to Perdition $104,054,514
2003 41 11.47% $1,072,228,704 177,815,703 $1,223,372,037 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 30 2.96% $258,666,168 36,025,931 $247,858,405 Inglourious Basterds $120,135,237