Box Office History for Genre - Romantic Comedy

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Pretty Woman	Buena Vista	3/23/1990	$178,406,268	$290,861,405
2	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	7/15/1998	$176,484,651	$258,704,085
3	The Goodbye Girl	Warner Bros.	12/21/1977	$83,700,000	$258,231,388
4	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	12/13/1996	$153,952,592	$235,546,535
5	What Women Want	Paramount Pictures	12/15/2000	$182,805,123	$229,401,340
6	As Good as it Gets	Sony Pictures	12/24/1997	$148,478,011	$219,111,447
7	Sleepless in Seattle	Sony Pictures	6/25/1993	$126,680,884	$210,522,819
8	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	7/30/1999	$152,257,509	$207,005,158
9	Hitch	Sony Pictures	2/11/2005	$177,784,257	$190,819,924
10	When Harry Met Sally…	Sony Pictures	7/14/1989	$92,823,546	$160,056,643
11	Notting Hill	Universal	5/28/1999	$116,089,678	$157,845,253
12	Knocked Up	Universal	6/1/2007	$148,761,765	$148,761,768
13	10	Orion Pictures	10/5/1979	$52,134,699	$142,903,076
14	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	12/12/2003	$124,685,242	$140,745,942
15	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	12/11/1998	$100,317,794	$137,410,043
16	Moonstruck	MGM	12/16/1987	$80,640,528	$134,989,494
17	50 First Dates	Sony Pictures	2/13/2004	$120,776,832	$133,592,379
18	While You Were Sleeping	Buena Vista	4/21/1995	$81,057,016	$128,200,523
19	Enchanted	Buena Vista	11/21/2007	$127,706,877	$127,706,876
20	The Break Up	Universal	6/2/2006	$118,806,699	$124,792,378
21	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Paramount Pictures	2/7/2003	$105,807,520	$120,722,342
22	The Wedding Singer	New Line	2/13/1998	$80,245,725	$117,716,545
23	Me, Myself & Irene	20th Century Fox	6/23/2000	$90,570,999	$115,608,252
24	America's Sweethearts	Sony Pictures	7/20/2001	$93,607,673	$113,985,982
25	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	12/13/2002	$93,932,896	$110,627,345
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	15	5.07%	$266,671,564	61,303,806	$421,770,185	While You Were Sleeping	$81,057,016
1996	17	6.69%	$385,940,788	87,316,920	$600,740,410	Jerry Maguire	$83,006,355
1997	20	4.76%	$296,474,833	64,591,469	$444,389,307	Jerry Maguire	$70,946,237
1998	14	7.44%	$501,750,637	106,983,078	$736,043,577	There's Something About Mary	$174,711,122
1999	22	9.81%	$722,562,531	142,798,918	$982,456,556	Runaway Bride	$152,054,428
2000	21	5.01%	$373,485,133	69,292,231	$476,730,549	What Women Want	$115,761,883
2001	22	6.40%	$520,179,759	92,067,216	$633,422,446	America's Sweethearts	$93,607,673
2002	21	3.80%	$355,153,846	61,233,423	$421,285,950	Maid in Manhattan	$76,328,613
2003	21	5.20%	$481,303,013	79,818,078	$549,148,377	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	$105,807,520
2004	31	7.02%	$651,575,673	104,754,931	$720,713,925	50 First Dates	$120,776,832
2005	15	4.97%	$440,435,727	68,710,724	$472,729,781	Hitch	$177,784,257
2006	18	3.70%	$342,817,994	52,338,624	$360,089,733	The Break Up	$118,806,699
2007	33	7.24%	$695,602,962	101,105,085	$695,602,985	Knocked Up	$148,761,765
2008	14	6.16%	$182,419,697	26,514,490	$182,419,691	27 Dresses	$76,758,772

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