Box Office History for Distributor - Sony Pictures Classics

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	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Sony Pictures Classics	12/8/2000	$128,067,808	$163,315,311
2	Howards End	Sony Pictures Classics	3/13/1992	$25,919,211	$36,530,268
3	Capote	Sony Pictures Classics	9/30/2005	$28,750,530	$31,800,687
4	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	7/11/1997	$18,798,682	$27,520,078
5	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	10/20/1995	$16,015,639	$25,125,498
6	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	4/21/1995	$15,057,031	$24,125,331
7	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	6/21/1996	$12,961,389	$20,994,715
8	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	5/5/2000	$15,626,076	$20,221,989
9	Kung Fu Hustle	Sony Pictures Classics	4/8/2005	$17,104,669	$19,159,363
10	Spanish Prisoner	Sony Pictures Classics	4/3/1998	$10,162,034	$15,557,229
11	Friends with Money	Sony Pictures Classics	4/7/2006	$13,368,437	$14,654,258
12	Volver	Sony Pictures Classics	11/3/2006	$12,899,867	$13,712,271
13	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	4/18/2003	$10,762,178	$12,814,663
14	Rachel Getting Married	Sony Pictures Classics	10/3/2008	$12,796,277	$12,796,275
15	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Sony Pictures Classics	11/11/1988	$7,179,000	$12,541,414
16	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	12/3/2004	$11,050,094	$12,517,519
17	The Lives of Others	Sony Pictures Classics	2/9/2007	$11,284,657	$11,776,722
18	All About My Mother	Sony Pictures Classics	11/5/1999	$8,264,530	$11,182,577
19	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	11/22/2002	$9,284,265	$11,115,243
20	Pollock	Sony Pictures Classics	12/15/2000	$8,596,914	$10,908,438
21	The Opposite of Sex	Sony Pictures Classics	5/22/1998	$6,367,164	$9,595,015
22	Indochine	Sony Pictures Classics	12/23/1992	$5,243,537	$9,071,952
23	Central Station	Sony Pictures Classics	11/20/1998	$5,969,553	$8,518,969
24	Persuasion	Sony Pictures Classics	9/27/1995	$5,269,757	$8,008,091
25	Curse of the Golden Flower	Sony Pictures Classics	12/21/2006	$6,566,773	$6,933,051
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	.39%	$20,809,288	4,783,744	$32,912,159	Wings of Courage	$4,570,769
1996	18	.72%	$40,515,712	9,166,450	$63,065,176	Lone Star	$12,194,247
1997	19	.33%	$21,308,739	4,642,429	$31,939,912	Across The Sea of Time	$5,064,440
1998	20	.67%	$45,439,263	9,688,542	$66,657,169	Spanish Prisoner	$10,162,034
1999	17	.36%	$26,329,434	5,182,960	$35,658,765	Central Station	$5,274,531
2000	22	.68%	$50,505,909	9,370,300	$64,467,664	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$13,450,791
2001	15	1.68%	$136,773,031	24,164,846	$166,254,140	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$114,617,017
2002	17	.23%	$20,673,266	3,558,222	$24,480,567	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	$3,287,435
2003	17	.33%	$30,675,645	5,087,170	$34,999,730	Winged Migration	$10,762,178
2004	17	.24%	$21,943,877	3,533,634	$24,311,402	House of Flying Daggers	$4,157,199
2005	26	.66%	$58,789,426	9,171,520	$63,100,058	Kung Fu Hustle	$17,104,669
2006	23	.65%	$60,356,562	9,214,742	$63,397,425	Capote	$16,714,937
2007	23	.41%	$39,191,336	5,696,414	$39,191,328	The Lives of Others	$11,284,657
2008	24	.42%	$41,585,466	5,791,846	$39,847,900	Rachel Getting Married	$10,307,424
2009	23	.46%	$40,258,659	5,607,054	$38,576,532	Whatever Works	$5,306,447

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