Box Office History for Genre - Black Comedy
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 |
Natural Born Killers
|
Warner Bros.
|
8/26/1994 |
$50,282,766 |
$97,108,794 |
| 2 |
The Royal Tenenbaums
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
12/14/2001 |
$52,353,636 |
$71,484,749 |
| 3 |
Burn After Reading
|
Focus Features
|
9/12/2008 |
$60,355,347 |
$66,323,632 |
| 4 |
Family Plot
|
Universal
|
4/9/1976 |
$13,200,000 |
$48,895,774 |
| 5 |
Grosse Point Blank
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
4/11/1997 |
$28,084,357 |
$48,256,463 |
| 6 |
Snatch
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/8/2000 |
$30,093,107 |
$41,952,203 |
| 7 |
To Die For
|
Sony Pictures
|
9/27/1995 |
$21,284,514 |
$38,116,251 |
| 8 |
Nurse Betty
|
USA Films
|
9/8/2000 |
$25,170,054 |
$36,840,398 |
| 9 |
Being John Malkovich
|
USA Films
|
10/29/1999 |
$22,858,926 |
$35,091,083 |
| 10 |
50/50
|
Summit Entertainment
|
9/30/2011 |
$35,016,118 |
$34,706,280 |
| 11 |
The Men Who Stare at Goats
|
Overture Films
|
11/6/2009 |
$32,428,195 |
$34,093,156 |
| 12 |
Thank You For Smoking
|
Fox Searchlight
|
3/17/2006 |
$24,793,509 |
$29,865,772 |
| 13 |
Rushmore
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
12/11/1998 |
$17,105,219 |
$26,558,363 |
| 14 |
The Player
|
Fine Line
|
4/10/1992 |
$21,706,101 |
$26,424,951 |
| 15 |
Go!
|
Sony Pictures
|
4/9/1999 |
$16,875,273 |
$26,158,616 |
| 16 |
Bringing Out The Dead
|
Paramount Pictures
|
10/22/1999 |
$16,640,210 |
$25,829,840 |
| 17 |
Dead Man on Campus
|
Paramount Pictures
|
8/21/1998 |
$15,064,948 |
$25,340,352 |
| 18 |
Election
|
Paramount Pictures
|
4/23/1999 |
$14,943,582 |
$23,110,173 |
| 19 |
American Psycho
|
Lionsgate
|
4/14/2000 |
$15,070,285 |
$22,026,742 |
| 20 |
Home Fries
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/25/1998 |
$10,513,979 |
$17,523,927 |
| 21 |
Adventureland
|
Miramax
|
4/3/2009 |
$16,044,025 |
$16,878,312 |
| 22 |
Office Space
|
Miramax
|
2/19/1999 |
$10,827,813 |
$16,812,722 |
| 23 |
Very Bad Things
|
Polygram
|
11/25/1998 |
$9,949,470 |
$16,489,563 |
| 24 |
Death to Smoochy
|
Warner Bros.
|
3/29/2002 |
$8,355,815 |
$11,347,224 |
| 25 |
The Ice Harvest
|
Focus Features
|
11/23/2005 |
$9,016,782 |
$10,855,283 |
| 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 |
3 |
.43% |
$22,883,645 |
5,260,609 |
$36,192,990 |
To Die For
|
$20,887,407 |
| 1996 |
3 |
.05% |
$2,564,512 |
580,207 |
$3,991,824 |
Faithful
|
$2,101,580 |
| 1997 |
4 |
.57% |
$37,141,156 |
8,091,755 |
$55,671,274 |
Grosse Point Blank
|
$28,073,151 |
| 1998 |
6 |
.68% |
$45,982,332 |
9,804,334 |
$67,453,818 |
Dead Man on Campus
|
$15,062,898 |
| 1999 |
9 |
1.39% |
$101,450,175 |
19,970,506 |
$137,397,081 |
Being John Malkovich
|
$18,243,969 |
| 2000 |
7 |
.68% |
$51,170,528 |
9,493,603 |
$65,315,989 |
Nurse Betty
|
$25,167,270 |
| 2001 |
3 |
.58% |
$47,122,178 |
8,325,473 |
$57,279,254 |
Snatch
|
$30,055,445 |
| 2002 |
4 |
.63% |
$57,640,692 |
9,920,945 |
$68,256,102 |
The Royal Tenenbaums
|
$41,563,435 |
| 2003 |
1 |
.00% |
$65,081 |
10,793 |
$74,256 |
Roger Dodger
|
$65,081 |
| 2004 |
2 |
.02% |
$2,126,476 |
342,428 |
$2,355,905 |
Nicotina
|
$1,109,100 |
| 2005 |
6 |
.10% |
$9,312,189 |
1,452,759 |
$9,994,982 |
The Ice Harvest
|
$8,819,059 |
| 2006 |
5 |
.35% |
$32,134,153 |
4,905,978 |
$33,753,129 |
Thank You For Smoking
|
$24,793,509 |
| 2007 |
2 |
.03% |
$2,429,282 |
353,093 |
$2,429,280 |
You Kill Me
|
$2,426,851 |
| 2008 |
5 |
.63% |
$61,581,866 |
8,576,862 |
$59,008,811 |
Burn After Reading
|
$60,355,347 |
| 2009 |
6 |
.51% |
$54,218,510 |
7,229,134 |
$49,736,442 |
The Men Who Stare at Goats
|
$32,018,431 |
| 2010 |
7 |
.01% |
$1,016,249 |
128,802 |
$886,158 |
The Men Who Stare at Goats
|
$409,764 |
| 2011 |
9 |
.35% |
$35,730,791 |
4,488,793 |
$30,882,896 |
50/50
|
$35,014,192 |
| 2012 |
1 |
.00% |
$3,725 |
468 |
$3,220 |
Rid of Me
|
$3,725 |
|
Saturday, February 11, 2012
