Box Office History for Distributor - Universal

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	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$1,060,155,772
2	Jaws	Universal	6/20/1975	$260,000,000	$1,000,682,925
3	The Sting	Universal	12/25/1973	$159,616,327	$711,510,069
4	Jurassic Park	Universal	6/11/1993	$357,067,947	$668,021,841
5	American Graffiti	Universal	8/11/1973	$115,000,000	$512,627,115
6	Airport	Universal	1/1/1970	$100,489,150	$511,522,192
7	National Lampoon's Animal House	Universal	7/28/1978	$141,600,000	$477,446,158
8	Back to the Future	Universal	7/3/1985	$210,609,762	$443,824,169
9	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	5/23/1997	$229,086,679	$393,768,629
10	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	11/17/2000	$260,044,825	$380,173,811
11	Meet the Fockers	Universal	12/22/2004	$279,167,575	$350,064,680
12	Spartacus	Universal	10/7/1960	$30,000,000	$343,043,479
13	On Golden Pond	Universal	12/4/1981	$119,285,432	$318,707,524
14	Bruce Almighty	Universal	5/23/2003	$242,704,995	$317,564,216
15	Apollo 13	Universal	6/30/1995	$172,070,496	$312,038,367
16	Liar Liar	Universal	3/21/1997	$181,410,615	$311,810,362
17	The Mummy Returns	Universal	5/4/2001	$202,007,640	$281,597,224
18	King Kong	Universal	12/14/2005	$218,080,025	$267,252,731
19	The Bourne Ultimatum	Universal	8/3/2007	$227,471,070	$260,864,356
20	Jurassic Park 3	Universal	7/18/2001	$181,166,115	$252,544,288
21	Despicable Me	Universal	7/9/2010	$251,513,985	$251,511,250
22	Meet the Parents	Universal	10/6/2000	$166,225,040	$242,981,726
23	The Flintstones	Universal	5/27/1994	$130,531,208	$242,479,378
24	The Mummy	Universal	5/7/1999	$155,385,488	$241,123,095
25	A Beautiful Mind	Universal	12/21/2001	$170,708,996	$232,491,356
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	21	12.59%	$665,930,895	153,087,563	$1,053,242,433	Apollo 13	$172,036,360
1996	18	8.54%	$477,452,119	108,020,843	$743,183,400	The Nutty Professor	$128,769,345
1997	13	9.51%	$618,644,022	134,780,834	$927,292,138	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$229,074,524
1998	20	6.15%	$416,856,479	88,881,979	$611,508,016	Patch Adams	$65,495,000
1999	23	12.78%	$933,111,501	183,683,366	$1,263,741,558	The Mummy	$155,247,825
2000	20	14.32%	$1,070,874,575	198,678,029	$1,366,904,840	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	16	11.37%	$924,208,333	163,287,693	$1,123,419,328	The Mummy Returns	$202,007,640
2002	19	9.86%	$905,549,326	155,860,470	$1,072,320,034	A Beautiful Mind	$152,149,450
2003	18	11.65%	$1,088,810,078	180,565,518	$1,242,290,764	Bruce Almighty	$242,701,167
2004	20	9.78%	$906,405,785	145,959,063	$1,004,198,353	The Bourne Supremacy	$176,049,130
2005	23	11.17%	$998,980,864	155,847,247	$1,072,229,059	King Kong	$174,559,825
2006	22	8.62%	$797,380,892	121,737,541	$837,554,282	The Break Up	$118,703,275
2007	20	11.40%	$1,097,885,068	159,576,319	$1,097,885,075	The Bourne Ultimatum	$227,471,070
2008	21	10.91%	$1,074,520,152	149,654,614	$1,029,623,744	Mamma Mia!	$144,130,063
2009	21	8.43%	$897,573,345	119,676,446	$823,373,948	Fast & Furious	$155,064,265
2010	19	8.46%	$886,590,971	112,368,947	$773,098,355	Despicable Me	$251,203,225
2011	18	10.05%	$1,025,035,016	128,773,244	$885,959,919	Fast Five	$210,031,325
2012	3	7.61%	$71,026,105	8,922,878	$61,389,401	Contraband	$62,021,555

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