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	2009

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, 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	$297,952,431
2	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	4/19/2002	$241,438,208	$297,515,405
3	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	7/15/1998	$176,484,651	$269,973,687
4	Pillow Talk		1/1/1959	$18,750,000	$263,970,589
5	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	12/13/1996	$153,952,592	$243,935,445
6	What Women Want	Paramount Pictures	12/15/2000	$182,805,123	$239,253,777
7	As Good as it Gets	Sony Pictures	12/24/1997	$148,478,011	$227,378,933
8	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	7/30/1999	$152,257,509	$215,038,336
9	Sleepless in Seattle	Sony Pictures	6/25/1993	$126,680,884	$202,664,877
10	Hitch	Sony Pictures	2/11/2005	$177,784,257	$198,906,319
11	The Apartment	United Artists	1/1/1960	$18,600,000	$193,547,828
12	Lover Come Back	Universal	12/20/1961	$16,937,969	$176,253,068
13	When Harry Met Sally…	Sony Pictures	7/14/1989	$92,823,546	$165,094,321
14	Notting Hill	Universal	5/28/1999	$116,089,678	$164,079,507
15	The Proposal	Buena Vista	6/19/2009	$163,947,053	$163,947,050
16	Knocked Up	Universal	6/1/2007	$148,761,765	$155,219,731
17	Moonstruck	MGM	12/16/1987	$80,640,528	$148,081,584
18	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	12/12/2003	$124,685,242	$146,963,931
19	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	12/11/1998	$100,317,794	$142,785,867
20	50 First Dates	Sony Pictures	2/13/2004	$120,776,832	$139,642,133
21	While You Were Sleeping	Buena Vista	4/21/1995	$81,057,016	$133,782,980
22	Enchanted	Buena Vista	11/21/2007	$127,706,877	$132,674,015
23	The Break Up	Universal	6/2/2006	$118,806,699	$130,120,534
24	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Paramount Pictures	2/7/2003	$105,807,520	$125,986,397
25	The Wedding Singer	New Line	2/13/1998	$80,245,725	$122,817,045
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	5.02%	$265,764,627	61,095,316	$420,335,774	While You Were Sleeping	$81,052,361
1996	19	6.23%	$348,598,460	78,868,427	$542,614,778	Jerry Maguire	$60,351,092
1997	21	5.09%	$331,472,019	72,216,129	$496,846,968	Jerry Maguire	$93,269,730
1998	14	7.39%	$500,453,447	106,706,491	$734,140,658	There's Something About Mary	$174,711,122
1999	23	9.89%	$722,151,782	142,155,863	$978,032,337	Runaway Bride	$152,054,428
2000	23	4.99%	$373,419,771	69,280,106	$476,647,129	What Women Want	$115,761,883
2001	22	6.40%	$520,172,779	91,903,317	$632,294,821	America's Sweethearts	$93,607,673
2002	22	6.02%	$552,930,065	95,168,685	$654,760,553	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$222,517,469
2003	24	5.63%	$526,003,707	87,231,127	$600,150,154	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	$105,807,520
2004	31	7.03%	$651,537,578	104,917,483	$721,832,283	50 First Dates	$120,776,832
2005	15	4.91%	$439,261,020	68,527,461	$471,468,932	Hitch	$177,575,142
2006	18	3.72%	$344,572,667	52,606,514	$361,932,816	The Break Up	$118,703,275
2007	36	7.53%	$726,492,406	105,594,831	$726,492,437	Knocked Up	$148,734,225
2008	24	3.41%	$336,092,693	46,809,568	$322,049,828	What Happens in Vegas...	$80,277,646
2009	20	6.52%	$547,038,087	76,189,150	$524,181,352	The Proposal	$163,947,053

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