Box Office History for MPAA Rating - PG-13
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 |
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 |
$490,832,553 |
| 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 |
$457,685,037 |
| 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 |
$433,197,341 |
| 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 |
$377,660,618 |
| 25 |
Transformers
|
Paramount Pictures
|
7/3/2007 |
$319,246,193 |
$365,912,289 |
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% |
$2,373,120,250 |
517,019,662 |
$3,557,095,275 |
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 |
141 |
50.94% |
$5,193,368,018 |
652,433,168 |
$4,488,740,196 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
|
$381,011,219 |
| 2012 |
28 |
40.46% |
$377,818,156 |
47,464,593 |
$326,556,400 |
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
|
$64,014,130 |
|
Monday, February 13, 2012
