Box Office History for Genre - Drama
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Gone with the Wind
|
MGM
|
12/15/1939 |
$198,680,470 |
$3,335,519,619 |
| 2 |
Bambi
|
Buena Vista
|
8/13/1942 |
$102,797,000 |
$2,703,598,758 |
| 3 |
Lady and the Tramp
|
Buena Vista
|
6/22/1955 |
$93,600,000 |
$1,349,493,974 |
| 4 |
Cinderella
|
Buena Vista
|
2/15/1950 |
$85,000,000 |
$1,155,871,209 |
| 5 |
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
|
Universal
|
6/11/1982 |
$435,110,554 |
$964,755,189 |
| 6 |
Titanic
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/19/1997 |
$600,788,188 |
$925,007,090 |
| 7 |
Doctor Zhivago
|
MGM
|
12/22/1965 |
$111,721,000 |
$794,214,630 |
| 8 |
Forrest Gump
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/6/1994 |
$329,694,499 |
$576,655,367 |
| 9 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Columbia
|
12/18/1957 |
$33,300,000 |
$473,453,465 |
| 10 |
The Bells of St. Mary's
|
RKO Radio Pictures
|
12/7/1945 |
$21,300,000 |
$434,471,594 |
| 11 |
The Passion of the Christ
|
Newmarket Films
|
2/25/2004 |
$370,782,930 |
$428,670,484 |
| 12 |
The Best Years of Our Lives
|
RKO Radio Pictures
|
11/21/1946 |
$23,600,000 |
$420,466,501 |
| 13 |
Cleopatra
|
20th Century Fox
|
6/12/1963 |
$48,000,000 |
$405,458,822 |
| 14 |
Ghost
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/13/1990 |
$217,631,306 |
$350,737,313 |
| 15 |
The Caine Mutiny
|
Sony Pictures
|
6/24/1954 |
$21,800,000 |
$350,165,549 |
| 16 |
Saving Private Ryan
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
7/24/1998 |
$216,335,085 |
$327,834,980 |
| 17 |
An Officer and a Gentleman
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/28/1982 |
$129,795,554 |
$308,005,744 |
| 18 |
Kramer vs. Kramer
|
Columbia
|
12/19/1979 |
$106,260,000 |
$303,962,866 |
| 19 |
Bonnie and Clyde
|
Warner Bros.
|
8/13/1967 |
$50,700,000 |
$303,355,000 |
| 20 |
Cast Away
|
20th Century Fox
|
12/22/2000 |
$233,632,142 |
$303,342,471 |
| 21 |
On Golden Pond
|
Universal
|
12/4/1981 |
$119,285,432 |
$290,027,886 |
| 22 |
Apollo 13
|
Universal
|
6/30/1995 |
$172,070,496 |
$283,958,869 |
| 23 |
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
|
Columbia
|
1/1/1939 |
$9,000,000 |
$280,956,523 |
| 24 |
Casablanca
|
Warner Bros.
|
1/1/1942 |
$10,462,500 |
$275,167,584 |
| 25 |
Platoon
|
Orion Pictures
|
12/19/1986 |
$137,963,328 |
$267,001,806 |
| 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 |
127 |
28.57% |
$1,511,956,562 |
347,576,223 |
$2,391,324,414 |
Apollo 13
|
$172,036,360 |
| 1996 |
120 |
23.84% |
$1,332,949,763 |
301,572,350 |
$2,074,817,768 |
A Time to Kill
|
$108,706,165 |
| 1997 |
110 |
19.02% |
$1,238,006,338 |
269,718,157 |
$1,855,660,920 |
Titanic
|
$157,467,971 |
| 1998 |
123 |
29.69% |
$2,010,922,524 |
428,768,128 |
$2,949,924,721 |
Titanic
|
$443,319,081 |
| 1999 |
129 |
19.92% |
$1,453,799,725 |
286,181,050 |
$1,968,925,624 |
The General's Daughter
|
$102,678,089 |
| 2000 |
154 |
23.56% |
$1,761,961,015 |
326,894,435 |
$2,249,033,713 |
The Perfect Storm
|
$182,618,434 |
| 2001 |
141 |
18.19% |
$1,478,391,113 |
261,199,839 |
$1,797,054,892 |
Cast Away
|
$123,941,038 |
| 2002 |
151 |
17.22% |
$1,581,714,835 |
272,240,074 |
$1,873,011,709 |
A Beautiful Mind
|
$152,149,450 |
| 2003 |
149 |
12.29% |
$1,149,079,297 |
190,560,414 |
$1,311,055,648 |
Seabiscuit
|
$120,197,488 |
| 2004 |
223 |
14.89% |
$1,379,577,887 |
222,154,245 |
$1,528,421,206 |
The Passion of the Christ
|
$370,270,943 |
| 2005 |
265 |
16.00% |
$1,431,841,239 |
223,376,165 |
$1,536,828,015 |
Million Dollar Baby
|
$99,378,637 |
| 2006 |
254 |
17.00% |
$1,572,859,951 |
240,131,300 |
$1,652,103,344 |
The Departed
|
$120,359,613 |
| 2007 |
243 |
12.93% |
$1,246,974,924 |
181,246,356 |
$1,246,974,929 |
American Gangster
|
$129,150,735 |
| 2008 |
251 |
11.27% |
$1,110,299,036 |
154,637,745 |
$1,063,907,686 |
Twilight
|
$176,922,850 |
| 2009 |
137 |
12.27% |
$1,070,818,139 |
149,139,015 |
$1,026,076,423 |
Gran Torino
|
$138,274,748 |
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