Box Office History for Distributor - Warner Bros.

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

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

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2010, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	The Wizard of Oz	MGM	1/1/1939	$27,062,232	$882,464,085
2	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	12/26/1973	$204,632,868	$867,088,425
3	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	7/18/2008	$533,345,358	$557,011,170
4	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	1/1/1974	$119,500,000	$479,278,073
5	Batman	Warner Bros.	6/23/1989	$251,188,924	$467,993,940
6	Billy Jack	Warner Bros.	1/1/1971	$98,000,000	$445,454,543
7	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	11/16/2001	$317,557,891	$419,904,030
8	Twister	Warner Bros.	5/10/1996	$241,888,385	$410,104,725
9	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	5/15/2003	$281,553,689	$350,191,155
10	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	11/18/2005	$290,013,036	$338,984,130
11	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	11/15/2002	$261,987,880	$337,441,170
12	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	6/8/1984	$148,168,459	$330,618,938
13	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	7/11/2007	$292,004,738	$318,319,118
14	Batman Forever	Warner Bros.	6/16/1995	$184,031,112	$317,237,768
15	Bonnie and Clyde	Warner Bros.	8/13/1967	$50,700,000	$316,875,000
16	The Fugitive	Warner Bros.	8/6/1993	$183,875,760	$312,489,780
17	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	7/15/2009	$301,959,197	$301,959,195
18	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	6/4/2004	$249,538,952	$301,339,868
19	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Warner Bros.	6/14/1991	$165,493,908	$294,584,513
20	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/19/1992	$162,831,698	$294,277,650
21	Casablanca	Warner Bros.	1/1/1942	$10,462,500	$287,431,320
22	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	6/5/2009	$277,322,503	$277,322,505
23	I am Legend	Warner Bros.	12/14/2007	$256,393,010	$277,208,798
24	Superman II	Warner Bros.	6/19/1981	$108,185,706	$273,419,865
25	Lethal Weapon 2	Warner Bros.	7/7/1989	$147,253,986	$266,678,123
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	29	16.36%	$865,542,029	198,975,178	$1,368,949,225	Batman Forever	$183,997,904
1996	30	15.91%	$889,296,009	201,198,193	$1,384,243,568	Twister	$241,688,385
1997	29	10.60%	$690,127,698	150,354,618	$1,034,439,772	Batman & Robin	$107,308,328
1998	29	10.95%	$741,544,678	158,111,871	$1,087,809,672	Lethal Weapon 4	$129,734,803
1999	26	14.28%	$1,042,203,852	205,158,239	$1,411,488,684	The Matrix	$171,383,253
2000	27	11.37%	$850,479,541	157,788,412	$1,085,584,275	The Perfect Storm	$182,618,434
2001	31	14.83%	$1,205,149,011	212,923,853	$1,464,916,109	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$291,594,218
2002	30	11.61%	$1,066,904,729	183,632,482	$1,263,391,476	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$245,996,000
2003	23	12.68%	$1,185,250,477	196,558,951	$1,352,325,583	The Matrix Reloaded	$281,553,689
2004	32	13.18%	$1,221,209,278	196,652,056	$1,352,966,145	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$249,509,413
2005	27	16.01%	$1,432,307,262	223,448,874	$1,537,328,253	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$277,083,157
2006	26	12.92%	$1,195,146,509	182,465,119	$1,255,360,019	Superman Returns	$200,120,000
2007	33	14.84%	$1,431,484,689	208,064,636	$1,431,484,696	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$292,004,738
2008	31	17.96%	$1,785,722,618	248,707,886	$1,711,110,256	The Dark Knight	$531,001,578
2009	36	19.75%	$2,132,690,272	284,358,704	$1,956,387,884	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$301,959,197
2010	10	22.39%	$190,002,599	25,333,679	$174,295,712	The Book of Eli	$75,255,978

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