Box Office History for Genre - Horror

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Jaws	Universal	6/20/1975	$260,000,000	$1,000,682,925
2	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	12/26/1973	$204,868,002	$913,225,162
3	Psycho		3/8/1960	$32,000,000	$365,913,047
4	I am Legend	Warner Bros.	12/14/2007	$256,393,010	$291,623,655
5	Hannibal	MGM	2/9/2001	$165,092,266	$230,137,059
6	The Blair Witch Project	Artisan	7/14/1999	$140,539,099	$218,264,289
7	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	Warner Bros.	11/11/1994	$105,264,608	$202,830,660
8	Poltergeist	MGM	6/4/1982	$74,706,019	$200,486,565
9	Alien	20th Century Fox	5/25/1979	$80,930,630	$189,080,023
10	Scream	Miramax	12/20/1996	$103,046,663	$178,459,626
11	The Ring	Dreamworks SKG	10/18/2002	$129,094,024	$175,194,539
12	Scream 2	Miramax	12/12/1997	$101,363,301	$173,608,507
13	Halloween	Compass International	10/17/1978	$47,000,000	$158,474,358
14	Sleepy Hollow	Paramount Pictures	11/19/1999	$101,068,340	$156,239,208
15	Dracula	Sony Pictures	11/13/1992	$82,522,790	$148,564,108
16	The Haunting	Dreamworks SKG	7/23/1999	$91,188,905	$141,630,013
17	The Grudge	Sony Pictures	10/22/2004	$110,359,362	$139,981,903
18	The Others	Miramax	8/10/2001	$96,522,687	$134,481,073
19	Scream 3	Miramax	2/4/2000	$89,138,076	$130,482,264
20	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony Pictures	10/17/1997	$72,250,091	$124,075,016
21	Paranormal Activity	Paramount Pictures	9/25/2009	$107,918,810	$113,527,253
22	Anaconda	Sony Pictures	4/11/1997	$65,598,907	$112,691,182
23	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line	10/18/1974	$26,572,439	$112,115,795
24	Freddy vs. Jason	New Line	8/15/2003	$82,622,655	$107,935,658
25	Hollow Man	Sony Pictures	8/4/2000	$73,209,340	$107,165,436
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	16	2.78%	$147,196,046	33,838,170	$232,806,610	Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight	$20,943,520
1996	8	1.70%	$94,800,900	21,448,169	$147,563,403	From Dusk Till Dawn	$25,728,961
1997	10	6.54%	$425,383,665	92,676,180	$637,612,118	Scream 2	$85,492,042
1998	15	4.69%	$317,637,319	67,726,507	$465,958,368	Halloween: H2O	$55,004,135
1999	15	6.54%	$477,074,576	93,912,317	$646,116,741	The Blair Witch Project	$140,530,114
2000	12	4.45%	$332,969,478	61,775,414	$425,014,848	Scream 3	$89,138,076
2001	13	4.81%	$390,803,639	69,046,580	$475,040,470	Hannibal	$165,091,986
2002	11	3.23%	$296,701,842	51,067,443	$351,344,008	The Ring	$126,761,025
2003	16	5.19%	$485,046,435	80,438,880	$553,419,494	Freddy vs. Jason	$82,490,748
2004	20	5.02%	$464,766,650	74,841,650	$514,910,552	The Grudge	$110,175,871
2005	29	5.72%	$512,090,674	79,889,342	$549,638,673	Saw II	$87,025,093
2006	28	5.98%	$553,291,644	84,472,008	$581,167,415	Saw III	$80,238,724
2007	31	7.16%	$689,177,574	100,171,155	$689,177,546	I am Legend	$206,129,574
2008	25	2.99%	$294,256,854	40,982,851	$281,962,015	Saw V	$56,746,769
2009	23	5.49%	$584,630,728	77,950,765	$536,301,263	Paranormal Activity	$107,854,596
2010	20	4.68%	$489,836,658	62,083,230	$427,132,622	Paranormal Activity 2	$84,660,648
2011	28	4.03%	$411,194,895	51,657,649	$355,404,625	Paranormal Activity 3	$104,007,828
2012	4	5.69%	$53,117,263	6,673,023	$45,910,398	The Devil Inside	$53,056,889

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