Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Carnal Knowledge
|
Avco Embassy
|
1/1/1971 |
$28,623,000 |
$136,869,984 |
| 2 |
Time Bandits
|
Avco Embassy
|
11/6/1981 |
$37,400,000 |
$105,558,551 |
| 3 |
The Fog
|
Avco Embassy
|
2/1/1980 |
$21,378,361 |
$62,704,560 |
| 4 |
The Emerald Forest
|
Avco Embassy
|
7/3/1985 |
$24,468,550 |
$54,382,212 |
| 5 |
The Howling
|
Avco Embassy
|
4/10/1981 |
$17,985,000 |
$51,043,755 |
| 6 |
Prom Night
|
Avco Embassy
|
8/15/1980 |
$14,796,236 |
$43,398,622 |
| 7 |
Scanners
|
Avco Embassy
|
1/1/1981 |
$14,200,000 |
$40,301,441 |
| 8 |
Hopscotch
|
Avco Embassy
|
1/1/1980 |
$13,000,000 |
$38,130,113 |
| 9 |
Escape from New York
|
Avco Embassy
|
7/10/1981 |
$25,244,700 |
$32,301,021 |
| 10 |
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
|
Avco Embassy
|
6/5/1981 |
$14,000,000 |
$23,454,635 |
| 11 |
An Eye for an Eye
|
Avco Embassy
|
8/7/1981 |
$7,496,681 |
$21,276,553 |
| 12 |
Vice Squad
|
Avco Embassy
|
1/22/1982 |
$5,568,880 |
$14,945,057 |
| 13 |
The Exterminator
|
Avco Embassy
|
1/1/1980 |
$5,000,000 |
$14,665,427 |
| 14 |
The Seduction
|
Avco Embassy
|
1/22/1982 |
$4,888,270 |
$13,118,522 |
| 15 |
Take This Job and Shove It
|
Avco Embassy
|
5/15/1981 |
$17,569,000 |
$8,859,034 |
| 16 |
Carbon Copy
|
Avco Embassy
|
9/25/1981 |
$8,400,000 |
$8,071,044 |
| 17 |
The Black Marble
|
Avco Embassy
|
1/1/1980 |
$2,500,000 |
$7,332,714 |
| 18 |
Dead and Buried
|
Avco Embassy
|
11/13/1981 |
$216,166 |
$613,511 |
| 19 |
Rabbit Test
|
Avco Embassy
|
2/17/1978 |
$90,138 |
$303,931 |
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Year by Year Market Share
| Year | Movies in Release | Market Share | Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross | Top-Grossing Movie | Gross that Year |
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