Box Office History for Genre - Western
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
20th Century Fox
|
10/24/1969 |
$102,308,900 |
$568,462,831 |
| 2 |
How the West Was Won
|
|
2/20/1963 |
$46,500,000 |
$431,629,409 |
| 3 |
Dances with Wolves
|
Orion Pictures
|
11/9/1990 |
$184,208,842 |
$328,246,613 |
| 4 |
Maverick
|
Warner Bros.
|
5/20/1994 |
$101,631,272 |
$195,161,375 |
| 5 |
Unforgiven
|
Warner Bros.
|
8/7/1992 |
$101,157,447 |
$188,661,372 |
| 6 |
Paint Your Wagon
|
Paramount Pictures
|
10/15/1969 |
$31,678,778 |
$176,018,002 |
| 7 |
True Grit
|
|
6/11/1969 |
$31,132,592 |
$172,983,208 |
| 8 |
True Grit
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/22/2010 |
$171,243,005 |
$170,499,271 |
| 9 |
Cat Ballou
|
Sony Pictures
|
6/24/1965 |
$20,666,667 |
$161,445,551 |
| 10 |
The Big Country
|
United Artists
|
1/1/1958 |
$10,000,000 |
$116,029,409 |
| 11 |
Apache
|
United Artists
|
1/1/1954 |
$6,000,000 |
$105,906,042 |
| 12 |
The Outlaw Josey Wales
|
Warner Bros.
|
1/1/1976 |
$27,000,000 |
$100,014,082 |
| 13 |
Pale Rider
|
Warner Bros.
|
6/28/1985 |
$41,410,568 |
$92,036,448 |
| 14 |
Tombstone
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
12/25/1993 |
$56,505,065 |
$90,906,513 |
| 15 |
The Alamo
|
United Artists
|
10/24/1960 |
$7,900,000 |
$90,334,780 |
| 16 |
Hidalgo
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
3/5/2004 |
$67,286,731 |
$85,489,902 |
| 17 |
Shanghai Noon
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
5/26/2000 |
$56,932,305 |
$83,338,756 |
| 18 |
Across the Wide Missouri
|
MGM
|
1/1/1951 |
$5,500,000 |
$82,187,503 |
| 19 |
Open Range
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
8/15/2003 |
$58,331,254 |
$76,320,609 |
| 20 |
Young Guns II
|
20th Century Fox
|
8/1/1990 |
$44,143,410 |
$75,681,622 |
| 21 |
Young Guns
|
20th Century Fox
|
8/12/1988 |
$44,726,644 |
$74,271,489 |
| 22 |
High Plains Drifter
|
Universal
|
1/1/1972 |
$15,700,000 |
$72,866,470 |
| 23 |
Bandolero!
|
20th Century Fox
|
1/1/1968 |
$12,000,000 |
$72,274,806 |
| 24 |
Silverado
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/10/1985 |
$33,200,000 |
$71,291,641 |
| 25 |
Across the Great Divide
|
Pacific International
|
1/1/1976 |
$18,800,000 |
$69,639,436 |
| 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 |
2 |
.20% |
$10,405,805 |
2,392,139 |
$16,457,916 |
The Quick and the Dead
|
$18,543,650 |
| 1999 |
1 |
.01% |
$491,069 |
96,667 |
$665,069 |
Ride With the Devil
|
$491,069 |
| 2000 |
4 |
.88% |
$66,116,168 |
12,266,450 |
$84,393,176 |
Shanghai Noon
|
$56,932,305 |
| 2001 |
4 |
.26% |
$20,993,355 |
3,709,073 |
$25,518,422 |
American Outlaws
|
$13,264,986 |
| 2003 |
2 |
.90% |
$84,450,484 |
14,005,055 |
$96,354,778 |
Open Range
|
$58,328,680 |
| 2004 |
4 |
.98% |
$90,475,689 |
14,569,353 |
$100,237,149 |
Hidalgo
|
$67,286,731 |
| 2006 |
2 |
.01% |
$584,825 |
89,286 |
$614,288 |
Down in the Valley
|
$568,932 |
| 2007 |
4 |
.60% |
$57,964,064 |
8,425,010 |
$57,964,069 |
3:10 to Yuma
|
$53,606,916 |
| 2008 |
4 |
.21% |
$20,317,697 |
2,829,762 |
$19,468,763 |
Appaloosa
|
$20,080,574 |
| 2009 |
2 |
.00% |
$169,906 |
22,654 |
$155,860 |
Appaloosa
|
$130,820 |
| 2010 |
2 |
.88% |
$92,239,683 |
11,690,707 |
$80,432,064 |
True Grit
|
$86,670,382 |
| 2011 |
2 |
.83% |
$84,669,662 |
10,636,892 |
$73,181,817 |
True Grit
|
$84,572,623 |
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