Box Office History for MPAA Rating - PG-13
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 |
Titanic
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/19/1997 |
$600,788,188 |
$925,007,090 |
| 2 |
Doctor Zhivago
|
MGM
|
12/22/1965 |
$111,721,000 |
$794,214,630 |
| 3 |
Jurassic Park
|
Universal
|
6/11/1993 |
$357,067,947 |
$607,908,342 |
| 4 |
Forrest Gump
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/6/1994 |
$329,694,499 |
$576,655,367 |
| 5 |
The Dark Knight
|
Warner Bros.
|
7/18/2008 |
$533,345,358 |
$533,345,363 |
| 6 |
Spider-Man
|
Sony Pictures
|
5/3/2002 |
$403,706,375 |
$498,900,476 |
| 7 |
Independence Day
|
20th Century Fox
|
7/3/1996 |
$306,169,255 |
$497,278,450 |
| 8 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
Buena Vista
|
7/7/2006 |
$423,315,812 |
$464,031,682 |
| 9 |
Batman
|
Warner Bros.
|
6/23/1989 |
$251,188,924 |
$448,026,199 |
| 10 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
New Line
|
12/17/2003 |
$377,027,325 |
$445,925,474 |
| 11 |
Spider-Man 2
|
Sony Pictures
|
6/30/2004 |
$373,524,485 |
$431,868,887 |
| 12 |
Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
|
20th Century Fox
|
5/19/2005 |
$380,270,577 |
$425,941,524 |
| 13 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
New Line
|
12/18/2002 |
$341,784,377 |
$415,809,503 |
| 14 |
The Sixth Sense
|
Buena Vista
|
8/6/1999 |
$293,506,292 |
$413,439,823 |
| 15 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
|
Paramount Pictures
|
6/24/2009 |
$402,111,870 |
$402,111,872 |
| 16 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
|
Paramount Pictures
|
6/24/2009 |
$402,111,870 |
$402,111,872 |
| 17 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
New Line
|
12/19/2001 |
$314,776,170 |
$393,521,806 |
| 18 |
Twister
|
Warner Bros.
|
5/10/1996 |
$241,888,385 |
$392,606,923 |
| 19 |
Men in Black
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/2/1997 |
$250,690,539 |
$391,297,098 |
| 20 |
Mrs. Doubtfire
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/24/1993 |
$219,195,051 |
$381,738,033 |
| 21 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
|
Buena Vista
|
7/9/2003 |
$305,411,224 |
$363,657,149 |
| 22 |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
|
Universal
|
5/23/1997 |
$229,086,679 |
$358,334,443 |
| 23 |
Spider-Man 3
|
Sony Pictures
|
5/4/2007 |
$336,530,303 |
$351,204,588 |
| 24 |
Transformers
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/3/2007 |
$319,246,193 |
$332,984,821 |
| 25 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/18/2005 |
$290,013,036 |
$324,520,807 |
Year by Year Market Share
| Year | Movies in Release | Market Share | Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross | Top-Grossing Movie | Gross 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 |
75 |
36.46% |
$2,373,052,141 |
517,004,824 |
$3,556,993,189 |
Men in Black
|
$250,107,128 |
| 1998 |
81 |
43.42% |
$2,940,986,634 |
627,076,041 |
$4,314,283,162 |
Titanic
|
$443,319,081 |
| 1999 |
82 |
33.78% |
$2,465,576,140 |
485,349,635 |
$3,339,205,489 |
The Sixth Sense
|
$276,386,495 |
| 2000 |
97 |
42.07% |
$3,146,840,419 |
583,829,392 |
$4,016,746,217 |
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 |
119 |
48.50% |
$4,455,679,741 |
766,898,403 |
$5,276,261,013 |
Spider-Man
|
$403,706,375 |
| 2003 |
125 |
48.72% |
$4,555,438,316 |
755,462,407 |
$5,197,581,360 |
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 |
136 |
47.75% |
$4,418,031,339 |
674,508,604 |
$4,640,619,196 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
|
$423,315,812 |
| 2007 |
147 |
46.09% |
$4,445,736,434 |
646,182,621 |
$4,445,736,432 |
Spider-Man 3
|
$336,530,303 |
| 2008 |
166 |
56.03% |
$5,519,829,494 |
768,778,482 |
$5,289,195,956 |
The Dark Knight
|
$531,001,578 |
| 2009 |
118 |
38.55% |
$3,364,365,334 |
468,574,563 |
$3,223,792,993 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
|
$402,111,870 |
|