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

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, 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	$533,345,363
2	Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	5/3/2002	$403,706,375	$498,900,476
3	Batman	Warner Bros.	6/23/1989	$251,188,924	$448,026,199
4	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	6/30/2004	$373,524,485	$431,868,887
5	Spider-Man 3	Sony Pictures	5/4/2007	$336,530,303	$351,204,588
6	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	5/2/2008	$318,313,199	$318,412,099
7	Batman Forever	Warner Bros.	6/16/1995	$184,031,112	$303,702,289
8	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	11/5/2004	$261,441,092	$301,921,211
9	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/19/1992	$162,831,698	$281,721,804
10	Superman II	Warner Bros.	6/19/1981	$108,185,706	$261,753,951
11	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	5/26/2006	$234,362,462	$256,904,198
12	X2	20th Century Fox	5/2/2003	$214,949,694	$255,942,330
13	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	6/15/2005	$205,343,774	$230,010,654
14	Hancock	Sony Pictures	7/2/2008	$227,946,274	$227,946,275
15	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/28/2006	$200,120,000	$219,368,185
16	X-Men	20th Century Fox	7/14/2000	$157,299,717	$209,538,399
17	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	5/1/2009	$179,883,016	$179,883,017
18	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	7/8/2005	$154,696,080	$173,278,343
19	Dick Tracy	Buena Vista	6/15/1990	$103,738,726	$168,608,306
20	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	6/20/1997	$107,325,195	$167,859,217
21	Hulk	Universal	6/20/2003	$132,177,234	$157,364,699
22	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	20th Century Fox	6/15/2007	$131,921,738	$137,672,673
23	Superman III	Warner Bros.	6/17/1983	$59,950,623	$136,649,358
24	The Incredible Hulk	Universal	6/13/2008	$134,806,913	$134,806,912
25	Unbreakable	Buena Vista	11/22/2000	$94,999,143	$126,232,499
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	4	5.52%	$516,114,945	85,591,202	$588,867,470	X2	$214,948,780
2004	6	8.70%	$806,135,418	129,812,465	$893,109,759	Spider-Man 2	$373,524,485
2005	7	5.35%	$478,384,765	74,631,009	$513,461,342	Batman Begins	$205,343,774
2006	4	5.06%	$468,644,002	71,548,704	$492,255,084	X-Men: The Last Stand	$234,362,462
2007	3	6.06%	$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	5	3.62%	$298,477,659	41,570,706	$286,006,457	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$179,883,016

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