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Box Office History for MPAA Rating - PG-13

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 Titanic Paramount Pictures 12/19/1997 $600,788,188 $1,016,477,150
2 Doctor Zhivago MGM 12/22/1965 $111,721,000 $872,751,174
3 Avatar 20th Century Fox 12/18/2009 $760,507,625 $778,817,600
4 Jurassic Park Universal 6/11/1993 $357,067,947 $668,021,841
5 Forrest Gump Paramount Pictures 7/6/1994 $329,694,499 $633,678,391
6 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. 7/18/2008 $533,345,358 $585,975,751
7 Spider-Man Sony Pictures 5/3/2002 $403,706,375 $548,234,646
8 Independence Day 20th Century Fox 7/3/1996 $306,169,255 $546,452,224
9 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Walt Disney Pictures 7/7/2006 $423,315,812 $509,917,824
10 Batman Warner Bros. 6/23/1989 $251,188,924 $492,329,625
11 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Warner Bros. 12/17/2003 $377,845,905 $490,835,622
12 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures 6/30/2004 $373,524,485 $474,574,584
13 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox 5/19/2005 $380,270,577 $468,061,089
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Warner Bros. 12/18/2002 $342,548,984 $457,687,909
15 The Sixth Sense Walt Disney Pictures 8/6/1999 $293,506,292 $454,323,148
16 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Warner Bros. 12/19/2001 $315,544,750 $433,200,229
17 Twister Warner Bros. 5/10/1996 $241,888,385 $431,430,171
18 Men in Black Sony Pictures 7/2/1997 $250,690,539 $429,990,822
19 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Paramount Pictures 6/24/2009 $402,111,870 $423,021,687
20 Mrs. Doubtfire 20th Century Fox 11/24/1993 $219,195,051 $419,486,502
21 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Walt Disney Pictures 7/9/2003 $305,411,224 $399,617,675
22 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal 5/23/1997 $229,086,679 $393,768,629
23 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures 5/4/2007 $336,530,303 $385,933,732
24 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Warner Bros. 7/15/2011 $381,011,219 $379,089,347
25 Transformers Paramount Pictures 7/3/2007 $319,246,193 $365,912,289

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 70 32.32% $1,710,213,834 393,152,609 $2,704,889,950 Batman Forever $183,997,904
1996 75 33.97% $1,899,507,137 429,752,748 $2,956,698,906 Independence Day $306,124,059
1997 76 36.46% $2,373,125,250 517,020,751 $3,557,102,767 Men in Black $250,107,128
1998 82 44.25% $2,997,132,553 639,047,452 $4,396,646,470 Titanic $443,319,081
1999 83 34.03% $2,483,640,590 488,905,629 $3,363,670,728 The Sixth Sense $276,386,495
2000 99 42.28% $3,162,096,723 586,659,875 $4,036,219,940 Mission: Impossible 2 $215,397,307
2001 124 51.09% $4,152,598,769 733,674,694 $5,047,681,895 Rush Hour 2 $226,138,454
2002 118 48.50% $4,455,529,171 766,872,487 $5,276,082,711 Spider-Man $403,706,375
2003 124 48.72% $4,555,426,281 755,460,411 $5,197,567,628 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305,411,224
2004 138 48.07% $4,453,355,106 717,126,419 $4,933,829,763 Spider-Man 2 $373,524,485
2005 142 53.63% $4,798,779,767 748,639,589 $5,150,640,372 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith $380,262,555
2006 137 47.75% $4,418,079,997 674,516,033 $4,640,670,307 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812
2007 147 46.17% $4,445,736,434 646,182,621 $4,445,736,432 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
2008 168 56.04% $5,521,306,547 768,984,199 $5,290,611,289 The Dark Knight $531,001,578
2009 142 45.17% $4,808,929,969 641,190,666 $4,411,391,782 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $402,111,870
2010 115 43.88% $4,596,255,057 582,541,831 $4,007,887,797 Avatar $408,392,727
2011 143 50.94% $5,194,853,980 655,088,774 $4,507,010,765 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II $381,011,219
2012 44 45.67% $1,171,212,509 147,693,885 $1,016,133,929 The Hunger Games $248,483,901