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

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, 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	$844,812,284
2	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	12/26/1973	$204,632,868	$830,092,652
3	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	7/18/2008	$533,345,358	$533,345,363
4	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	1/1/1974	$119,500,000	$458,828,875
5	Batman	Warner Bros.	6/23/1989	$251,188,924	$448,026,199
6	Billy Jack	Warner Bros.	1/1/1971	$98,000,000	$426,448,482
7	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	11/16/2001	$317,557,891	$401,988,125
8	Twister	Warner Bros.	5/10/1996	$241,888,385	$392,606,923
9	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	5/15/2003	$281,553,689	$335,249,666
10	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	11/18/2005	$290,013,036	$324,520,807
11	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	11/15/2002	$261,987,880	$323,043,680
12	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	6/8/1984	$148,168,459	$316,512,530
13	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	7/11/2007	$292,004,738	$304,737,502
14	Batman Forever	Warner Bros.	6/16/1995	$184,031,112	$303,702,289
15	Bonnie and Clyde	Warner Bros.	8/13/1967	$50,700,000	$303,355,000
16	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	7/15/2009	$301,814,491	$301,809,060
17	The Fugitive	Warner Bros.	8/6/1993	$183,875,760	$299,156,883
18	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	6/4/2004	$249,538,952	$288,482,700
19	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Warner Bros.	6/14/1991	$165,493,908	$282,015,573
20	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/19/1992	$162,831,698	$281,721,804
21	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	6/5/2009	$277,076,936	$277,069,724
22	Casablanca	Warner Bros.	1/1/1942	$10,462,500	$275,167,584
23	I am Legend	Warner Bros.	12/14/2007	$256,393,010	$265,381,222
24	Superman II	Warner Bros.	6/19/1981	$108,185,706	$261,753,951
25	Lethal Weapon 2	Warner Bros.	7/7/1989	$147,253,986	$255,299,856
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	18.13%	$1,785,722,618	248,707,886	$1,711,110,256	The Dark Knight	$531,001,578
2009	32	19.59%	$1,709,604,470	238,106,474	$1,638,172,541	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$301,809,058

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