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	2010	2011	2012

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, 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	$1,284,600,464
2	Peter Pan	RKO Radio Pictures	2/5/1953	$87,400,000	$1,149,310,003
3	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$1,060,155,772
4	Jaws	Universal	6/20/1975	$260,000,000	$1,000,682,925
5	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	5/21/1980	$290,271,960	$761,835,156
6	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	5/25/1983	$309,205,079	$733,586,163
7	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	5/19/1999	$474,359,882	$712,529,607
8	Around the World in 80 Days	United Artists	10/17/1956	$42,000,000	$666,760,561
9	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$645,342,265
10	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,813,770	$564,379,961
11	Shrek 2	Dreamworks SKG	5/19/2004	$441,226,247	$554,550,157
12	Love Story	Paramount Pictures	1/1/1970	$106,397,186	$541,596,000
13	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$519,397,359
14	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$518,616,036
15	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Warner Bros.	11/16/2001	$317,575,550	$441,739,040
16	Superman	Warner Bros.	12/15/1978	$134,218,018	$431,250,492
17	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	5/16/2002	$310,676,740	$410,363,011
18	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	11/17/2000	$260,044,825	$380,173,811
19	Shrek	Dreamworks SKG	5/18/2001	$267,655,011	$373,105,018
20	Shrek the Third	Paramount Pictures	5/18/2007	$322,719,944	$368,137,719
21	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Walt Disney Pictures	12/9/2005	$291,710,957	$357,325,934
22	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	11/15/2002	$261,987,880	$354,988,111
23	Alice in Wonderland	Walt Disney Pictures	3/5/2010	$334,191,110	$334,191,112
24	The Incredibles	Walt Disney Pictures	11/5/2004	$261,441,092	$331,776,930
25	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	4/19/2002	$241,438,208	$326,935,453

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	53	17.95%	$1,168,226,190	254,515,510	$1,751,066,709	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$138,133,173
1998	44	13.18%	$892,839,618	190,370,920	$1,309,751,930	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	13.97%	$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	86	23.08%	$2,222,308,679	323,009,981	$2,222,308,669	Shrek the Third	$321,012,359
2008	57	15.57%	$1,533,687,765	213,605,541	$1,469,606,122	Kung Fu Panda	$215,434,591
2009	65	25.52%	$2,717,469,054	362,329,208	$2,492,824,951	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$301,959,197
2010	67	27.24%	$2,852,660,997	361,553,994	$2,487,491,479	Alice in Wonderland	$334,191,110
2011	73	18.62%	$1,899,140,924	239,488,140	$1,647,678,403	Kung Fu Panda 2	$165,249,063
2012	23	17.38%	$445,581,510	56,189,346	$386,582,700	Doctor Suess' The Lorax	$189,332,445

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