Box Office History for Genre - Adventure

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	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	5/25/1977	$460,998,007	$1,120,252,024
2	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	5/21/1980	$290,271,960	$664,482,220
3	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	5/25/1983	$309,205,079	$639,799,112
4	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$597,144,261
5	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	5/19/1999	$431,088,297	$586,090,083
6	The Lion King	Buena Vista	6/15/1994	$328,539,505	$551,057,632
7	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Sony Pictures	11/16/1977	$166,000,000	$512,143,499
8	Shrek 2	Dreamworks SKG	5/19/2004	$436,721,703	$483,061,945
9	Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	5/3/2002	$403,706,375	$478,879,283
10	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	7/3/1996	$306,169,255	$476,571,147
11	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	7/7/2006	$423,315,812	$444,643,172
12	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	12/17/2003	$377,027,325	$427,154,996
13	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	6/30/2004	$373,524,485	$413,158,916
14	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	5/19/2005	$380,270,577	$408,153,131
15	Back to the Future	Universal	7/3/1985	$210,609,762	$406,707,891
16	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	12/18/2002	$341,784,377	$401,773,321
17	Superman	Warner Bros.	12/15/1978	$134,218,018	$394,623,914
18	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	5/30/2003	$339,714,978	$387,601,835
19	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	11/16/2001	$317,557,891	$385,872,306
20	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line	12/19/2001	$314,776,170	$378,809,181
21	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	7/2/1997	$250,690,539	$375,744,079
22	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	5/16/2002	$310,676,740	$368,526,890
23	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures	5/23/1984	$179,880,271	$368,326,270
24	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	7/9/2003	$305,411,224	$348,462,561
25	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Paramount Pictures	5/24/1989	$197,171,806	$339,985,472
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	26	13.89%	$731,106,176	168,070,386	$1,156,324,256	Toy Story	$150,004,917
1996	24	14.80%	$853,533,123	193,107,041	$1,328,576,442	Independence Day	$306,169,255
1997	11	10.35%	$644,165,218	140,341,004	$965,546,108	Men in Black	$250,107,128
1998	20	18.04%	$1,215,844,194	259,241,834	$1,783,583,818	Armageddon	$201,578,182
1999	19	18.25%	$1,343,574,692	265,528,596	$1,826,836,740	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$430,443,350
2000	21	12.04%	$897,666,106	166,542,877	$1,145,814,994	Dinosaur	$137,748,063
2001	24	24.01%	$1,950,527,392	345,226,091	$2,375,155,506	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$291,594,218
2002	36	26.42%	$2,467,968,903	425,511,878	$2,927,521,721	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
2003	39	22.52%	$2,082,831,803	345,411,576	$2,376,431,643	Finding Nemo	$339,714,978
2004	35	27.54%	$2,556,916,313	411,079,791	$2,828,228,962	Shrek 2	$436,721,703
2005	38	24.03%	$2,128,301,933	332,028,379	$2,284,355,248	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$380,270,577
2006	31	18.77%	$1,740,799,303	265,770,888	$1,828,503,709	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$423,315,812
2007	31	21.34%	$2,048,970,208	297,815,439	$2,048,970,220	Spider-Man 3	$336,530,303
2008	18	20.35%	$634,535,013	92,228,925	$634,535,004	Horton Hears a Who	$150,668,773

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