Box Office History for Genre - Musical
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 |
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
| Year | Movies in Release | Market Share | Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross | Top-Grossing Movie | Gross 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 |
.28% |
$23,663,691 |
3,295,778 |
$22,674,953 |
Fame
|
$22,303,092 |
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