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Box Office History for Genre - Musical

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



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

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Pictures 12/21/1937 $184,925,485 $6,343,748,161
2 Fantasia Walt Disney Pictures 11/13/1940 $83,320,000 $2,727,779,252
3 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox 4/1/1965 $163,214,286 $1,275,010,611
4 The Wizard of Oz Warner Bros. 1/1/1939 $28,202,232 $967,459,176
5 The Jungle Book Walt Disney Pictures 10/18/1967 $141,843,000 $932,617,725
6 Mary Poppins   8/26/1964 $102,300,000 $867,900,000
7 My Fair Lady   10/22/1964 $72,000,000 $610,838,711
8 Grease Paramount Pictures 6/16/1978 $181,813,770 $564,379,961
9 White Christmas Paramount Pictures 4/27/1954 $30,000,000 $529,530,202
10 Fiddler on the Roof United Artists 1/1/1971 $80,500,000 $384,936,365
11 Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Pictures 11/13/1991 $218,699,359 $340,327,804
12 The Aristocats Walt Disney Pictures 4/24/1970 $55,675,257 $283,405,021
13 Blue Skies Paramount Pictures 10/16/1946 $14,300,000 $279,967,742
14 Oliver! Sony Pictures 12/11/1968 $37,402,877 $225,273,820
15 Chicago Miramax 12/27/2002 $170,687,518 $223,432,081
16 Camelot Warner Bros. 10/25/1967 $31,102,578 $204,499,450
17 Cabaret Allied Artists 2/12/1972 $41,326,446 $191,803,328
18 Footloose Paramount Pictures 2/17/1984 $80,000,000 $178,104,465
19 Paint Your Wagon Paramount Pictures 10/15/1969 $31,678,778 $176,018,002
20 The Music Man   6/19/1962 $14,953,846 $168,551,206
21 Staying Alive Paramount Pictures 7/15/1983 $63,841,474 $159,907,695
22 Mamma Mia! Universal 7/18/2008 $144,130,063 $158,382,479
23 Annie Sony Pictures 5/21/1982 $57,059,003 $153,127,731
24 Hairspray New Line 7/20/2007 $118,871,849 $136,322,513
25 Please Don't Eat the Daisies MGM 3/31/1960 $11,100,000 $126,926,091
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1996 2 .01% $466,118 105,456 $725,537 Evita $334,440
1997 5 1.79% $116,326,316 25,343,424 $174,362,757 Anastasia $53,042,286
1998 7 .77% $52,405,908 11,173,968 $76,876,900 Grease $28,411,018
1999 8 .32% $23,469,127 4,619,907 $31,784,960 The King and I $11,956,538
2000 9 1.24% $92,875,550 17,231,085 $118,549,865 Fantasia 2000 (IMAX) $58,216,703
2001 7 .86% $69,746,339 12,322,674 $84,779,997 Moulin Rouge $57,044,922
2002 7 .61% $55,726,169 9,591,424 $65,988,997 Beauty and the Beast (IMAX) $25,487,028
2003 5 1.88% $176,106,869 29,205,120 $200,931,226 Chicago $168,606,379
2004 5 .24% $22,364,844 3,601,424 $24,777,797 The Phantom of the Opera $16,178,431
2005 7 .92% $82,671,918 12,897,336 $88,733,672 The Phantom of the Opera $35,047,365
2006 6 .77% $71,266,777 10,880,425 $74,857,324 Dreamgirls $41,348,556
2007 11 2.61% $251,653,397 36,577,529 $251,653,400 Hairspray $118,871,849
2008 12 2.64% $260,111,635 36,227,247 $249,243,459 Mamma Mia! $144,130,063
2009 8 .36% $37,972,979 5,063,064 $34,833,880 Fame $22,455,510
2010 6 .06% $6,627,155 839,945 $5,778,822 Nine $5,930,989
2011 4 .51% $51,693,732 6,518,755 $44,849,034 Footloose $51,670,512
2012 4 4.38% $112,432,694 14,178,146 $97,545,644 Beauty and the Beast $81,366,971