Box Office History for Creative Type - Science 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	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	5/25/1977	$460,998,007	$1,169,002,703
2	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$964,755,189
3	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	5/21/1980	$290,271,960	$693,279,648
4	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	5/25/1983	$309,205,079	$667,572,706
5	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	5/19/1999	$431,088,297	$609,211,218
6	Jurassic Park	Universal	6/11/1993	$357,067,947	$607,908,342
7	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Sony Pictures	11/16/1977	$166,000,000	$534,475,337
8	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	7/3/1996	$306,169,255	$497,278,450
9	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$471,947,166
10	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	5/19/2005	$380,270,577	$425,941,524
11	Back to the Future	Universal	7/3/1985	$210,609,762	$403,885,619
12	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	7/2/1997	$250,690,539	$391,297,098
13	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	5/16/2002	$310,676,740	$373,435,541
14	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	5/23/1997	$229,086,679	$358,334,443
15	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Sony Pictures	7/3/1991	$204,859,496	$344,262,662
16	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	5/15/2003	$281,553,689	$335,249,666
17	The Transformers	Paramount Pictures	7/3/2007	$319,246,193	$332,984,821
18	2001: A Space Odyssey		4/2/1968	$56,700,000	$310,767,941
19	Signs	Buena Vista	8/2/2002	$227,965,690	$281,700,666
20	I am Legend	Warner Bros.	12/14/2007	$256,393,010	$265,381,222
21	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line	7/25/2002	$213,117,789	$263,323,305
22	The War of the Worlds	Paramount Pictures	6/29/2005	$234,280,354	$262,419,544
23	Star Trek	Paramount Pictures	5/8/2009	$246,779,912	$246,331,182
24	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	3/31/1999	$171,479,930	$242,230,662
25	Men in Black 2	Sony Pictures	7/3/2002	$190,418,803	$235,319,625
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	14	6.47%	$342,146,389	78,654,343	$541,141,880	Waterworld	$88,214,660
1996	15	10.39%	$580,960,869	131,439,108	$904,301,063	Independence Day	$306,124,059
1997	17	17.58%	$1,144,371,552	249,318,423	$1,715,310,750	Men in Black	$250,107,128
1998	18	8.94%	$605,501,502	129,104,799	$888,241,017	Deep Impact	$140,300,426
1999	17	11.62%	$847,888,525	166,907,190	$1,148,321,467	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$430,443,350
2000	18	7.55%	$564,853,093	104,796,492	$720,999,865	Space Cowboys	$90,179,885
2001	13	7.12%	$579,030,693	102,302,243	$703,839,432	Jurassic Park 3	$181,166,115
2002	23	15.95%	$1,464,921,982	252,138,035	$1,734,709,681	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	$302,181,125
2003	16	8.03%	$751,115,349	124,563,078	$856,993,977	The Matrix Reloaded	$281,553,689
2004	22	7.78%	$720,522,163	116,026,113	$798,259,657	The Day After Tomorrow	$186,739,919
2005	18	9.53%	$853,096,713	133,088,411	$915,648,268	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$380,262,555
2006	17	1.95%	$180,555,395	27,565,709	$189,652,078	V for Vendetta	$70,496,802
2007	24	9.59%	$924,808,471	134,419,835	$924,808,465	The Transformers	$319,071,806
2008	22	7.93%	$781,285,719	108,814,167	$748,641,469	Wanted	$134,508,551
2009	14	13.60%	$677,691,147	94,385,955	$649,375,370	Star Trek	$246,331,182

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