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Friday, November 20, 2009

Box Office History for Genre - Musical

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



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Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Buena Vista 12/21/1937 $184,925,485 $5,772,891,229
2 Fantasia Buena Vista 11/13/1940 $83,320,000 $2,482,313,692
3 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox 4/1/1965 $163,214,286 $1,160,275,816
4 The Jungle Book Buena Vista 10/18/1967 $141,843,000 $848,693,950
5 The Wizard of Oz MGM 1/1/1939 $27,062,232 $844,812,284
6 Mary Poppins   8/26/1964 $102,300,000 $789,800,000
7 Grease Paramount Pictures 6/16/1978 $181,508,510 $513,248,076
8 Fiddler on the Roof United Artists 1/1/1971 $80,500,000 $350,296,971
9 The Aristocats Buena Vista 4/24/1970 $55,675,257 $257,902,161
10 Blue Skies Paramount Pictures 10/16/1946 $14,300,000 $254,774,194
11 Beauty and the Beast Buena Vista 11/13/1991 $171,340,294 $236,031,134
12 Oliver! Sony Pictures 12/11/1968 $37,402,877 $205,002,032
13 Chicago Miramax 12/27/2002 $170,687,518 $203,326,026
14 Camelot Warner Bros. 10/25/1967 $31,102,578 $186,097,092
15 Cabaret Allied Artists 2/12/1972 $41,326,446 $174,543,459
16 Footloose Paramount Pictures 2/17/1984 $80,000,000 $162,077,321
17 Paint Your Wagon Paramount Pictures 10/15/1969 $31,678,778 $160,178,613
18 The Music Man   6/19/1962 $14,953,846 $153,383,734
19 Staying Alive Paramount Pictures 7/15/1983 $63,841,474 $145,518,029
20 Mamma Mia! Universal 7/18/2008 $144,130,063 $144,130,064
21 Annie Sony Pictures 5/21/1982 $57,059,003 $139,348,176
22 Hairspray New Line 7/20/2007 $118,823,091 $124,055,214
23 Please Don't Eat the Daisies MGM 3/31/1960 $11,100,000 $115,504,351
24 Bye Bye Birdie Sony Pictures 4/4/1963 $13,129,412 $110,904,915
25 Dreamgirls Paramount Pictures 12/15/2006 $103,365,956 $110,047,243
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% $52,401,001 11,172,922 $76,869,703 Grease $28,406,111
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 11 2.64% $260,082,225 36,223,151 $249,215,279 Mamma Mia! $144,130,063
2009 6 .27% $23,726,082 3,304,468 $22,734,740 Fame $22,365,483