Box Office History for Creative Type - Super Hero

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	7/18/2008	$533,345,358	$585,975,751
2	Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	5/3/2002	$403,706,375	$548,234,646
3	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	6/30/2004	$373,524,485	$474,574,584
4	Superman	Warner Bros.	12/15/1978	$134,218,018	$431,250,492
5	Spider-Man 3	Sony Pictures	5/4/2007	$336,530,303	$385,933,732
6	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	5/2/2008	$318,604,126	$350,090,559
7	Batman Forever	Warner Bros.	6/16/1995	$184,031,112	$333,734,131
8	Iron Man 2	Paramount Pictures	5/7/2010	$312,433,331	$312,433,333
9	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/19/1992	$162,831,698	$309,580,088
10	Superman II	Warner Bros.	6/19/1981	$108,185,706	$287,637,698
11	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	5/26/2006	$234,362,462	$282,308,374
12	Hancock	Sony Pictures	7/2/2008	$227,946,274	$250,486,923
13	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/28/2006	$200,120,000	$241,060,582
14	X-Men	20th Century Fox	7/14/2000	$157,299,717	$230,258,770
15	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	7/8/2005	$154,696,080	$190,413,110
16	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	5/1/2009	$179,883,157	$189,237,082
17	Dick Tracy	Walt Disney Pictures	6/15/1990	$103,738,726	$185,281,272
18	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	6/20/1997	$107,325,195	$184,458,109
19	Thor	Paramount Pictures	5/6/2011	$181,030,624	$179,438,648
20	Captain America: The First Avenger	Paramount Pictures	7/22/2011	$176,654,505	$175,101,011
21	Hulk	Universal	6/20/2003	$132,177,234	$172,925,832
22	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	20th Century Fox	6/15/2007	$131,921,738	$151,286,545
23	Superman III	Warner Bros.	6/17/1983	$59,950,623	$150,162,038
24	The Incredible Hulk	Universal	6/13/2008	$134,806,913	$148,137,401
25	X-Men: First Class	20th Century Fox	6/3/2011	$146,408,305	$145,120,794
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	1	3.48%	$183,997,904	42,298,369	$291,012,779	Batman Forever	$183,997,904
1996	1	.31%	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$26,804,913	The Phantom	$17,220,599
1997	2	1.67%	$108,994,757	23,746,135	$163,373,409	Batman & Robin	$107,308,328
1998	1	1.03%	$70,001,065	14,925,600	$102,688,128	Blade	$70,001,065
1999	1	.41%	$29,762,011	5,858,664	$40,307,608	The Mystery Men	$29,762,011
2000	3	3.31%	$247,346,509	45,889,890	$315,722,443	X-Men	$157,299,717
2001	1	.06%	$4,965,347	877,270	$6,035,618	Unbreakable	$4,965,347
2002	3	5.41%	$496,763,171	85,501,406	$588,249,673	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
2003	3	3.22%	$301,166,165	49,944,638	$343,619,109	Hulk	$132,160,047
2004	5	5.98%	$554,478,414	89,287,988	$614,301,357	Spider-Man 2	$373,524,485
2005	5	2.94%	$263,260,417	41,070,268	$282,563,444	Fantastic Four	$154,695,569
2006	4	5.07%	$468,644,002	71,548,704	$492,255,084	X-Men: The Last Stand	$234,362,462
2007	3	6.07%	$584,253,232	84,920,528	$584,253,233	Spider-Man 3	$336,530,303
2008	8	13.60%	$1,339,822,118	186,604,752	$1,283,840,694	The Dark Knight	$531,001,578
2009	6	2.93%	$311,996,031	41,599,470	$286,204,354	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$179,883,157
2010	3	2.99%	$312,724,064	39,635,497	$272,692,219	Iron Man 2	$312,433,331
2011	5	7.06%	$719,474,648	90,386,262	$621,857,483	Thor	$181,030,624

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