Box Office History for Genre - Thriller/Suspense
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 |
Airport
|
Universal
|
1/1/1970 |
$100,489,150 |
$465,491,678 |
| 2 |
Rear Window
|
USA Films
|
9/1/1954 |
$27,559,601 |
$442,679,942 |
| 3 |
The Sixth Sense
|
Buena Vista
|
8/6/1999 |
$293,506,292 |
$413,439,823 |
| 4 |
The Fugitive
|
Warner Bros.
|
8/6/1993 |
$183,875,760 |
$299,156,883 |
| 5 |
Signs
|
Buena Vista
|
8/2/2002 |
$227,965,690 |
$281,700,666 |
| 6 |
Fatal Attraction
|
Paramount Pictures
|
9/18/1987 |
$156,645,693 |
$270,902,305 |
| 7 |
The Firm
|
Paramount Pictures
|
6/30/1993 |
$158,340,892 |
$249,292,307 |
| 8 |
The Da Vinci Code
|
Sony Pictures
|
5/19/2006 |
$217,536,138 |
$238,459,460 |
| 9 |
What Lies Beneath
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
7/21/2000 |
$155,464,351 |
$206,968,311 |
| 10 |
The Silence of the Lambs
|
Orion Pictures
|
2/14/1991 |
$130,726,716 |
$206,677,829 |
| 11 |
The Hunt for Red October
|
Paramount Pictures
|
3/2/1990 |
$120,709,866 |
$193,086,506 |
| 12 |
The Bodyguard
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/25/1992 |
$121,945,720 |
$189,054,979 |
| 13 |
Basic Instinct
|
Sony Pictures
|
3/20/1992 |
$117,727,224 |
$187,975,530 |
| 14 |
Airport 1975
|
Universal
|
10/18/1974 |
$47,285,152 |
$181,554,758 |
| 15 |
In the Line of Fire
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/9/1993 |
$102,243,874 |
$173,452,889 |
| 16 |
War Games
|
MGM
|
6/3/1983 |
$74,433,837 |
$169,661,892 |
| 17 |
Se7en
|
New Line
|
9/22/1995 |
$100,125,643 |
$164,813,087 |
| 18 |
Sleeping with the Enemy
|
20th Century Fox
|
2/8/1991 |
$101,599,005 |
$164,150,898 |
| 19 |
Taken
|
20th Century Fox
|
1/30/2009 |
$145,000,989 |
$145,000,990 |
| 20 |
Presumed Innocent
|
Warner Bros.
|
7/27/1990 |
$86,303,188 |
$139,712,935 |
| 21 |
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
|
Buena Vista
|
1/10/1992 |
$88,036,683 |
$135,109,392 |
| 22 |
Angels & Demons
|
Sony Pictures
|
5/15/2009 |
$133,375,846 |
$133,375,845 |
| 23 |
Witness
|
Paramount Pictures
|
2/8/1985 |
$65,532,576 |
$132,541,946 |
| 24 |
The Village
|
Buena Vista
|
7/30/2004 |
$114,197,520 |
$132,032,955 |
| 25 |
Vanilla Sky
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/14/2001 |
$100,614,858 |
$126,678,147 |
| 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 |
17 |
6.22% |
$329,188,149 |
75,675,437 |
$520,647,007 |
Se7en
|
$87,046,142 |
| 1996 |
19 |
5.04% |
$281,943,466 |
63,788,114 |
$438,862,224 |
Executive Decision
|
$56,472,312 |
| 1997 |
22 |
7.50% |
$488,039,927 |
106,326,783 |
$731,528,267 |
Conspiracy Theory
|
$76,081,498 |
| 1998 |
18 |
5.01% |
$339,204,296 |
72,325,008 |
$497,596,055 |
A Perfect Murder
|
$67,549,705 |
| 1999 |
15 |
7.86% |
$574,022,658 |
112,996,584 |
$777,416,498 |
The Sixth Sense
|
$276,386,495 |
| 2000 |
21 |
7.62% |
$569,881,367 |
105,729,382 |
$727,418,148 |
What Lies Beneath
|
$155,370,362 |
| 2001 |
20 |
5.95% |
$483,912,515 |
85,496,911 |
$588,218,748 |
Along Came a Spider
|
$74,058,698 |
| 2002 |
29 |
8.81% |
$809,314,909 |
139,296,885 |
$958,362,569 |
Signs
|
$227,535,166 |
| 2003 |
19 |
4.09% |
$382,824,712 |
63,486,685 |
$436,788,393 |
The Recruit
|
$52,784,696 |
| 2004 |
28 |
6.75% |
$625,401,345 |
100,708,750 |
$692,876,200 |
The Village
|
$114,195,633 |
| 2005 |
27 |
4.97% |
$444,985,038 |
69,420,441 |
$477,612,634 |
Flightplan
|
$89,160,336 |
| 2006 |
35 |
8.02% |
$742,127,938 |
113,301,974 |
$779,517,581 |
The Da Vinci Code
|
$217,536,138 |
| 2007 |
54 |
6.19% |
$596,921,966 |
86,761,915 |
$596,921,975 |
Disturbia
|
$80,106,701 |
| 2008 |
50 |
7.92% |
$779,895,874 |
108,620,590 |
$747,309,659 |
Eagle Eye
|
$101,401,695 |
| 2009 |
46 |
11.85% |
$1,033,803,711 |
143,983,806 |
$990,608,585 |
Taken
|
$145,000,989 |
|