Box Office History for Creative Type - Kids 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	The Lion King	Buena Vista	6/15/1994	$328,539,505	$551,057,632
2	Shrek 2	Dreamworks SKG	5/19/2004	$436,721,703	$483,061,945
3	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	5/30/2003	$339,714,978	$387,601,835
4	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	11/17/2000	$260,031,035	$331,522,047
5	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	11/19/1999	$245,852,179	$331,201,047
6	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	5/18/2001	$267,655,011	$325,923,268
7	Shrek the Third	Paramount Pictures	5/18/2007	$322,719,944	$322,719,947
8	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	11/2/2001	$255,870,172	$311,047,600
9	Toy Story	Buena Vista	11/22/1995	$191,796,233	$302,299,893
10	Cars	Buena Vista	6/9/2006	$244,082,982	$256,380,290
11	The Santa Clause	Buena Vista	11/11/1994	$144,833,357	$243,495,378
12	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	7/15/2005	$206,459,076	$221,597,260
13	Alvin and the Chipmunks	20th Century Fox	12/14/2007	$217,277,500	$217,277,500
14	Doctor Dolittle	20th Century Fox	6/26/1998	$144,156,609	$211,470,519
15	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	11/27/1996	$136,189,294	$211,156,756
16	Ice Age	20th Century Fox	3/15/2002	$176,387,405	$209,231,959
17	Madagascar	Dreamworks SKG	5/27/2005	$193,202,933	$207,369,137
18	Happy Feet	Warner Bros.	11/17/2006	$198,000,317	$206,865,865
19	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Warner Bros.	11/10/2004	$194,949,659	$205,195,202
20	The Nutty Professor	Universal	6/28/1996	$128,814,019	$200,506,888
21	Elf	New Line	11/7/2003	$173,381,405	$197,732,913
22	Hook	Sony Pictures	12/11/1991	$119,654,823	$196,428,486
23	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	11/10/2004	$172,796,043	$190,551,528
24	Stuart Little	Sony Pictures	12/17/1999	$140,015,224	$185,330,722
25	The Little Mermaid	Buena Vista	11/15/1989	$111,543,479	$182,156,765
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	15	6.37%	$335,062,822	77,025,936	$529,938,440	Toy Story	$150,004,917
1996	22	12.42%	$716,407,986	162,083,256	$1,115,132,801	The Nutty Professor	$128,814,019
1997	14	5.12%	$318,580,536	69,407,523	$477,523,758	George Of The Jungle	$105,263,257
1998	14	7.86%	$529,535,145	112,907,281	$776,802,093	Doctor Dolittle	$144,155,118
1999	16	8.10%	$596,202,273	117,826,537	$810,646,575	Toy Story 2	$208,851,257
2000	20	14.69%	$1,095,608,765	203,266,933	$1,398,476,499	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	16	13.22%	$1,074,392,608	190,157,984	$1,308,286,930	Shrek	$267,655,011
2002	25	14.00%	$1,308,054,080	225,526,566	$1,551,622,774	Ice Age	$176,387,405
2003	22	11.49%	$1,062,768,782	176,246,895	$1,212,578,638	Finding Nemo	$339,714,978
2004	22	12.55%	$1,165,501,039	187,379,586	$1,289,171,552	Shrek 2	$436,721,703
2005	20	12.69%	$1,124,401,219	175,413,603	$1,206,845,589	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	$206,459,076
2006	15	12.59%	$1,167,756,629	178,283,455	$1,226,590,170	Cars	$244,082,982
2007	9	7.18%	$689,255,339	100,182,463	$689,255,345	Shrek the Third	$322,719,944
2008	5	3.51%	$109,440,566	15,907,058	$109,440,559	Alvin and the Chipmunks	$75,873,033

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