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	2010	2011	2012

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

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Operation Petticoat		12/5/1959	$23,300,000	$360,464,710
2	Pretty Woman	Walt Disney Pictures	3/23/1990	$178,406,268	$327,415,693
3	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	4/19/2002	$241,438,208	$326,935,453
4	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	7/15/1998	$176,484,651	$296,670,249
5	Pillow Talk		1/1/1959	$18,750,000	$290,073,530
6	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	12/13/1996	$153,952,592	$268,057,195
7	What Women Want	Paramount Pictures	12/15/2000	$182,805,123	$262,912,576
8	As Good as it Gets	Sony Pictures	12/24/1997	$148,478,011	$249,863,479
9	Runaway Bride	Paramount Pictures	7/30/1999	$152,257,509	$236,302,573
10	Sleepless in Seattle	Sony Pictures	6/25/1993	$126,680,884	$222,705,554
11	Hitch	Sony Pictures	2/11/2005	$177,784,257	$218,575,329
12	The Apartment	United Artists	1/1/1960	$18,600,000	$212,686,959
13	Lover Come Back	Universal	12/20/1961	$16,937,969	$193,681,992
14	When Harry Met Sally…	Sony/Columbia	7/14/1989	$92,823,546	$181,419,804
15	Notting Hill	Universal	5/28/1999	$116,089,678	$180,304,639
16	The Proposal	Walt Disney Pictures	6/19/2009	$163,958,031	$172,483,850
17	Knocked Up	Universal	6/1/2007	$148,761,765	$170,568,758
18	Moonstruck	MGM	12/16/1987	$80,640,528	$162,724,749
19	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	12/12/2003	$124,685,242	$161,496,575
20	Shakespeare in Love	Miramax	12/11/1998	$100,317,794	$156,905,361
21	50 First Dates	Sony Pictures	2/13/2004	$120,776,832	$153,450,756
22	While You Were Sleeping	Walt Disney Pictures	4/21/1995	$81,057,016	$147,012,216
23	Enchanted	Walt Disney Pictures	11/21/2007	$127,706,877	$145,793,590
24	The Break Up	Universal	6/2/2006	$118,806,699	$142,987,606
25	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Paramount Pictures	2/7/2003	$105,807,520	$138,444,662
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%	$331,483,903	72,218,718	$496,864,780	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	7.54%	$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	25	5.97%	$635,978,484	84,797,132	$583,404,268	The Proposal	$163,958,031
2010	30	4.94%	$517,406,269	65,577,472	$451,173,007	Valentine's Day	$110,485,654
2011	33	5.67%	$577,791,604	72,586,883	$499,397,755	Just Go With It	$103,028,109
2012	2	.78%	$7,254,708	911,396	$6,270,404	New Year's Eve	$7,126,298

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