Box Office History for MPAA Rating - PG

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	5/25/1977	$460,998,007	$1,169,002,703
2	Peter Pan	Buena Vista	2/5/1953	$87,400,000	$1,045,886,669
3	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$964,755,189
4	Jaws	Universal	6/20/1975	$260,000,000	$910,634,144
5	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	5/21/1980	$290,271,960	$693,279,648
6	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	5/25/1983	$309,205,079	$667,572,706
7	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	5/19/1999	$431,088,297	$609,211,218
8	Around the World in 80 Days	United Artists	10/17/1956	$42,000,000	$606,760,562
9	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$587,269,640
10	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,508,510	$513,248,076
11	Shrek 2	Dreamworks SKG	5/19/2004	$441,226,247	$504,647,671
12	Love Story	Paramount Pictures	1/1/1970	$106,397,186	$492,859,224
13	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$471,947,166
14	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$470,553,161
15	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	11/16/2001	$317,557,891	$401,988,125
16	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	5/16/2002	$310,676,740	$373,435,541
17	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	11/17/2000	$260,044,825	$345,962,987
18	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	5/18/2001	$267,655,011	$339,530,296
19	Shrek the Third	Paramount Pictures	5/18/2007	$322,719,944	$335,009,990
20	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Buena Vista	12/9/2005	$291,710,957	$325,171,128
21	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	11/15/2002	$261,987,880	$323,043,680
22	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	11/5/2004	$261,441,092	$301,921,211
23	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	7/15/2009	$301,814,491	$301,809,060
24	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	4/19/2002	$241,438,208	$297,515,405
25	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	20th Century Fox	11/20/1992	$173,585,516	$294,228,753

Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	47	18.51%	$979,654,940	225,208,035	$1,549,431,281	Apollo 13	$172,036,360
1996	55	18.72%	$1,046,590,895	236,785,267	$1,629,082,637	Phenomenon	$104,464,977
1997	54	18.10%	$1,178,107,476	256,668,296	$1,765,877,876	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$138,133,173
1998	44	13.18%	$892,834,711	190,369,874	$1,309,744,733	The Truman Show	$125,466,701
1999	34	15.80%	$1,153,349,691	227,037,343	$1,562,016,920	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$430,443,350
2000	34	14.55%	$1,088,366,061	201,923,202	$1,389,231,630	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	31	13.96%	$1,135,100,343	200,547,765	$1,379,768,623	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$291,594,218
2002	57	21.65%	$1,989,292,188	342,391,085	$2,355,650,665	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	$302,181,125
2003	56	15.78%	$1,475,544,044	244,700,508	$1,683,539,495	Elf	$170,837,644
2004	67	25.18%	$2,332,801,850	375,652,470	$2,584,488,994	Shrek 2	$436,471,036
2005	70	20.88%	$1,867,768,666	291,383,566	$2,004,718,934	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	$225,703,346
2006	67	22.75%	$2,104,740,774	321,334,472	$2,210,781,167	Ice Age: The Meltdown	$195,330,621
2007	84	21.44%	$2,068,013,039	300,583,289	$2,068,013,028	Shrek the Third	$321,012,359
2008	55	14.92%	$1,469,472,085	204,661,852	$1,408,073,542	Kung Fu Panda	$215,434,591
2009	54	25.25%	$2,203,946,421	306,956,326	$2,111,859,523	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$301,809,058

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