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Box Office History for MPAA Rating - Not Rated

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

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 The Polar Express (IMAX) Warner Bros. 11/10/2004 $194,949,659 $236,393,521
2 The Living Sea MacGillivray Freeman Films 12/31/1995 $64,800,000 $117,533,795
3 Space Station IMAX Films 4/19/2002 $85,176,561 $107,031,361
4 Scarface Universal 12/9/1983 $44,942,821 $104,846,470
5 Bon Voyage! Walt Disney Pictures 5/17/1962 $9,230,769 $104,043,955
6 Dolphins MacGillivray Freeman Films 10/20/2000 $54,000,000 $79,046,383
7 T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous IMAX Films 10/23/1998 $53,743,249 $78,532,279
8 Night of the Living Dead Walter Reade Organization 10/1/1968 $12,000,000 $72,274,806
9 Mysteries of Egypt Sony Pictures 7/16/1998 $40,593,286 $68,290,199
10 Raging Bull MGM 11/14/1980 $23,380,203 $66,460,216
11 Magnificent Desolation IMAX Films 9/23/2005 $40,144,533 $45,666,649
12 Frankie and Johnny Paramount Pictures 10/11/1991 $22,773,535 $37,142,940
13 Galapagos IMAX Films 10/29/1999 $18,082,699 $27,151,928
14 Michael Jordan to the MAX Giant Screen Films 5/5/2000 $18,642,318 $26,989,189
15 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure National Geographic Entertainment 10/5/2007 $23,746,066 $26,154,593
16 The Life of Brian Rainbow Releasing 8/17/1979 $20,008,693 $25,683,954
17 Bugs! SK Films 3/14/2003 $19,084,280 $24,097,441
18 Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk Giant Screen Films 10/18/2002 $16,933,791 $22,996,147
19 Africa's Elephant Kingdom Discovery/IMAX 5/8/1998 $13,485,455 $21,261,775
20 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure WGBH Giant-Screen Films 2/9/2001 $15,553,324 $21,260,520
21 Wild Safari 3D nWave Pictures 4/8/2005 $16,621,230 $19,946,622
22 The River Universal 12/17/1984 $8,818,672 $19,612,339
23 Extreme IMAX Films 3/23/1999 $12,456,958 $18,688,301
24 Simon   1/1/1980 $6,000,000 $17,598,511
25 Island of the Sharks IMAX Films 4/30/1999 $10,658,756 $15,944,917

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 5 1.42% $74,889,215 17,215,911 $118,445,468 The Living Sea $64,800,000
1996 8 .11% $6,414,397 1,451,222 $9,984,407 Snowriders $2,035,470
1997 10 .16% $10,540,382 2,296,380 $15,799,094 The Pillow Book $2,293,037
1998 20 .98% $66,285,521 14,133,374 $97,237,613 Mysteries of Egypt $40,593,286
1999 45 1.06% $77,225,536 15,201,875 $104,588,900 T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous $24,343,061
2000 230 1.94% $144,850,520 26,873,940 $184,892,707 Dolphins $54,000,000
2001 199 .70% $57,239,794 10,113,034 $69,577,674 Cyberworld 3D $6,822,390
2002 171 1.04% $95,551,860 16,446,100 $113,149,168 Space Station $29,820,971
2003 195 .85% $79,380,606 13,164,281 $90,570,253 Space Station $16,352,556
2004 232 1.22% $112,784,720 18,161,794 $124,953,143 The Life of Brian $19,868,649
2005 241 1.44% $129,082,540 20,137,680 $138,547,238 The Polar Express (IMAX) $51,814,032
2006 280 2.44% $225,526,055 34,431,473 $236,888,534 The Polar Express (IMAX) $140,135,627
2007 267 .72% $69,104,198 10,044,221 $69,104,240 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure $5,692,253
2008 250 1.01% $99,143,218 13,808,246 $95,000,732 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure $14,710,283
2009 116 .63% $66,773,394 8,903,118 $61,253,452 Magnificent Desolation $13,024,828
2010 7 .03% $3,238,204 410,419 $2,823,683 Space Station $1,931,542
2011 2 .02% $2,429,723 306,397 $2,108,011 Space Station $2,167,258
2012 1 .02% $491,855 62,025 $426,732 Space Station $491,855