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

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Batman	Warner Bros.	6/23/1989	$251,188,924	$433,127,772
2	Superman	Warner Bros.	12/15/1978	$134,218,018	$394,623,914
3	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	11/16/2001	$317,557,891	$385,872,306
4	Twister	Warner Bros.	5/10/1996	$241,888,385	$376,514,048
5	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	5/15/2003	$281,553,689	$321,242,020
6	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	11/18/2005	$290,013,036	$310,936,261
7	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	11/15/2002	$261,987,880	$310,324,361
8	Every Which Way but Loose	Warner Bros.	12/20/1978	$104,268,727	$306,567,881
9	The Fugitive	Warner Bros.	8/6/1993	$183,875,760	$305,571,313
10	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	6/8/1984	$148,168,459	$303,392,561
11	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	7/11/2007	$292,004,738	$292,004,737
12	Batman Forever	Warner Bros.	6/16/1995	$184,031,112	$291,065,301
13	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	6/4/2004	$249,538,952	$276,017,365
14	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Warner Bros.	6/14/1991	$165,493,908	$270,450,853
15	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/19/1992	$162,833,635	$269,950,698
16	Superman II	Warner Bros.	6/19/1981	$108,185,706	$267,740,167
17	The Goodbye Girl	Warner Bros.	12/21/1977	$83,700,000	$258,231,388
18	I am Legend	Warner Bros.	12/14/2007	$256,386,216	$256,386,213
19	Lethal Weapon 2	Warner Bros.	7/7/1989	$147,253,986	$253,911,636
20	Lethal Weapon 3	Warner Bros.	5/15/1992	$144,731,527	$239,940,461
21	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	3/31/1999	$171,479,930	$233,158,480
22	The Perfect Storm	Warner Bros.	6/30/2000	$182,618,434	$233,101,080
23	Ocean's Eleven	Warner Bros.	12/7/2001	$183,417,150	$221,885,002
24	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Warner Bros.	7/15/2005	$206,459,076	$221,597,260
25	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	6/15/2005	$205,343,774	$220,400,181
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	28	16.46%	$866,399,506	199,172,299	$1,370,305,417	Batman Forever	$184,031,112
1996	27	15.78%	$909,990,524	205,880,208	$1,416,455,831	Twister	$241,888,385
1997	28	10.78%	$670,957,864	146,178,184	$1,005,705,906	Batman & Robin	$107,325,195
1998	29	11.03%	$743,228,054	158,470,799	$1,090,279,097	Lethal Weapon 4	$130,444,603
1999	27	14.17%	$1,043,251,361	206,176,161	$1,418,491,988	The Matrix	$171,479,930
2000	27	11.42%	$851,469,541	157,972,085	$1,086,847,945	The Perfect Storm	$182,618,434
2001	31	14.82%	$1,204,276,594	213,146,298	$1,466,446,530	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$291,594,218
2002	31	11.67%	$1,090,561,207	188,027,793	$1,293,631,216	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$252,097,945
2003	23	12.56%	$1,162,084,535	192,717,171	$1,325,894,136	The Matrix Reloaded	$281,553,689
2004	32	13.16%	$1,221,348,047	196,358,206	$1,350,944,457	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$249,538,952
2005	27	16.26%	$1,439,785,617	224,615,538	$1,545,354,901	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$275,132,632
2006	26	12.70%	$1,177,591,224	179,784,922	$1,236,920,263	Superman Returns	$200,120,000
2007	34	14.76%	$1,417,595,742	206,045,891	$1,417,595,730	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$292,004,738
2008	14	13.77%	$407,704,259	59,259,339	$407,704,252	10,000 B.C.	$93,644,301

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