Box Office History for Genre - Adventure
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Pinocchio
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
2/9/1940 |
$84,300,000 |
$2,759,863,070 |
| 2 |
Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope
|
20th Century Fox
|
5/25/1977 |
$460,998,007 |
$1,284,600,464 |
| 3 |
Song of the South
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
11/12/1946 |
$65,000,000 |
$1,272,580,648 |
| 4 |
Peter Pan
|
RKO Radio Pictures
|
2/5/1953 |
$87,400,000 |
$1,149,310,003 |
| 5 |
Ben-Hur
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/18/1959 |
$73,000,000 |
$1,129,352,942 |
| 6 |
Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back
|
20th Century Fox
|
5/21/1980 |
$290,271,960 |
$761,835,156 |
| 7 |
Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi
|
20th Century Fox
|
5/25/1983 |
$309,205,079 |
$733,586,163 |
| 8 |
The Lion King
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
6/15/1994 |
$422,780,140 |
$712,440,245 |
| 9 |
Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace
|
20th Century Fox
|
5/19/1999 |
$431,088,297 |
$669,453,553 |
| 10 |
Around the World in 80 Days
|
United Artists
|
10/17/1956 |
$42,000,000 |
$666,760,561 |
| 11 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
Paramount Pictures
|
6/12/1981 |
$245,034,358 |
$645,342,265 |
| 12 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
|
Sony/Columbia
|
11/16/1977 |
$166,000,000 |
$587,327,355 |
| 13 |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
20th Century Fox
|
10/24/1969 |
$102,308,900 |
$568,462,831 |
| 14 |
Shrek 2
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
5/19/2004 |
$441,226,247 |
$554,550,157 |
| 15 |
Spider-Man
|
Sony Pictures
|
5/3/2002 |
$403,706,375 |
$548,234,646 |
| 16 |
Independence Day
|
20th Century Fox
|
7/3/1996 |
$306,169,255 |
$546,452,224 |
| 17 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
7/7/2006 |
$423,315,812 |
$509,917,824 |
| 18 |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
12/23/1954 |
$28,200,000 |
$497,758,387 |
| 19 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/17/2003 |
$377,845,905 |
$490,832,553 |
| 20 |
Spider-Man 2
|
Sony Pictures
|
6/30/2004 |
$373,524,485 |
$474,574,584 |
| 21 |
Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
|
20th Century Fox
|
5/19/2005 |
$380,270,577 |
$468,061,089 |
| 22 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/18/2002 |
$342,548,984 |
$457,685,037 |
| 23 |
Finding Nemo
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
5/30/2003 |
$339,714,978 |
$444,501,881 |
| 24 |
Back to the Future
|
Universal
|
7/3/1985 |
$210,609,762 |
$443,824,169 |
| 25 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/16/2001 |
$317,575,550 |
$441,739,040 |
| 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 |
13.48% |
$713,444,849 |
164,010,313 |
$1,128,390,953 |
Toy Story
|
$150,004,917 |
| 1996 |
23 |
15.16% |
$847,645,423 |
191,774,981 |
$1,319,411,869 |
Independence Day
|
$306,124,059 |
| 1997 |
13 |
9.96% |
$648,072,260 |
141,192,213 |
$971,402,425 |
Men in Black
|
$250,107,128 |
| 1998 |
20 |
17.91% |
$1,213,272,244 |
258,693,446 |
$1,779,810,908 |
Armageddon
|
$201,573,391 |
| 1999 |
18 |
18.40% |
$1,342,890,387 |
264,348,502 |
$1,818,717,694 |
Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace
|
$430,443,350 |
| 2000 |
21 |
12.00% |
$897,690,313 |
166,547,368 |
$1,145,845,892 |
Dinosaur
|
$137,748,063 |
| 2001 |
24 |
24.00% |
$1,950,517,003 |
344,614,310 |
$2,370,946,453 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
$291,594,218 |
| 2002 |
35 |
24.09% |
$2,213,055,222 |
380,904,514 |
$2,620,623,056 |
Spider-Man
|
$403,706,375 |
| 2003 |
36 |
20.03% |
$1,872,389,277 |
310,512,320 |
$2,136,324,762 |
Finding Nemo
|
$339,714,367 |
| 2004 |
35 |
27.59% |
$2,556,521,787 |
411,678,225 |
$2,832,346,188 |
Shrek 2
|
$436,471,036 |
| 2005 |
37 |
23.97% |
$2,144,200,219 |
334,508,614 |
$2,301,419,264 |
Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
|
$380,262,555 |
| 2006 |
32 |
19.43% |
$1,797,241,796 |
274,388,062 |
$1,887,789,867 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
$423,315,812 |
| 2007 |
30 |
20.84% |
$2,006,474,600 |
291,638,750 |
$2,006,474,600 |
Spider-Man 3
|
$336,530,303 |
| 2008 |
43 |
21.33% |
$2,101,548,472 |
292,694,773 |
$2,013,740,038 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
|
$317,101,119 |
| 2009 |
35 |
19.33% |
$2,057,654,749 |
274,353,966 |
$1,887,555,286 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
$301,959,197 |
| 2010 |
30 |
27.24% |
$2,852,700,591 |
361,559,010 |
$2,487,525,989 |
Toy Story 3
|
$415,004,880 |
| 2011 |
45 |
24.12% |
$2,459,461,650 |
308,977,594 |
$2,125,765,847 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
|
$381,011,219 |
| 2012 |
9 |
4.40% |
$41,124,415 |
5,166,384 |
$35,544,722 |
The Adventures of Tintin
|
$23,922,869 |
|
Saturday, February 11, 2012
