Box Office History for MPAA Rating - R
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Saturday Night Fever
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/16/1977 |
$139,486,124 |
$430,342,837 |
| 2 |
The Passion of the Christ
|
Newmarket Films
|
2/25/2004 |
$370,782,930 |
$410,109,672 |
| 3 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/3/1991 |
$204,859,496 |
$334,782,265 |
| 4 |
The Matrix Reloaded
|
Warner Bros.
|
5/15/2003 |
$281,553,689 |
$321,242,020 |
| 5 |
Saving Private Ryan
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
7/24/1998 |
$216,335,085 |
$314,568,096 |
| 6 |
Rambo: First Blood Part II
|
Sony/TriStar
|
5/22/1985 |
$150,415,432 |
$291,509,343 |
| 7 |
Beverly Hills Cop II
|
Paramount Pictures
|
5/20/1987 |
$153,665,036 |
$270,387,584 |
| 8 |
The Firm
|
Paramount Pictures
|
6/30/1993 |
$158,340,892 |
$263,136,553 |
| 9 |
Air Force One
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/25/1997 |
$172,956,409 |
$259,220,264 |
| 10 |
There's Something About Mary
|
20th Century Fox
|
7/15/1998 |
$176,484,651 |
$258,704,085 |
| 11 |
True Lies
|
20th Century Fox
|
7/15/1994 |
$146,282,411 |
$246,672,300 |
| 12 |
Lethal Weapon 3
|
Warner Bros.
|
5/15/1992 |
$144,731,527 |
$239,940,461 |
| 13 |
Gladiator
|
Sony Pictures
|
5/5/2000 |
$187,683,805 |
$239,503,643 |
| 14 |
The Amityville Horror
|
American International Pictures
|
7/27/1979 |
$86,432,520 |
$236,914,637 |
| 15 |
Jerry Maguire
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/13/1996 |
$153,952,592 |
$235,546,535 |
| 16 |
The Matrix
|
Warner Bros.
|
3/31/1999 |
$171,479,930 |
$233,158,480 |
| 17 |
The Wedding Crashers
|
New Line
|
7/15/2005 |
$209,218,368 |
$224,558,872 |
| 18 |
Apocalypse Now
|
MGM
|
8/15/1979 |
$78,800,000 |
$215,993,623 |
| 19 |
Ransom
|
Buena Vista
|
11/8/1996 |
$136,492,681 |
$212,035,181 |
| 20 |
Stripes
|
Sony Pictures
|
6/26/1981 |
$85,300,000 |
$211,102,157 |
| 21 |
300
|
Warner Bros.
|
3/9/2007 |
$210,614,939 |
$210,614,936 |
| 22 |
The Rock
|
Buena Vista
|
6/7/1996 |
$134,069,511 |
$208,687,387 |
| 23 |
Speed
|
20th Century Fox
|
6/10/1994 |
$121,248,145 |
$204,457,659 |
| 24 |
Good Will Hunting
|
Miramax
|
12/5/1997 |
$138,433,435 |
$203,315,097 |
| 25 |
Hannibal
|
MGM
|
2/9/2001 |
$165,092,266 |
$201,032,706 |
Year by Year Market Share
| Year | Movies in Release | Market Share | Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross | Top-Grossing Movie | Gross that Year |
| 1995 |
163 |
39.65% |
$2,086,297,930 |
479,608,712 |
$3,299,707,939 |
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
|
$100,012,499 |
| 1996 |
159 |
40.06% |
$2,311,076,890 |
522,868,070 |
$3,597,332,322 |
The Rock
|
$134,069,511 |
| 1997 |
169 |
41.17% |
$2,562,915,173 |
558,369,322 |
$3,841,580,935 |
Air Force One
|
$172,144,501 |
| 1998 |
186 |
35.42% |
$2,386,940,643 |
508,942,562 |
$3,501,524,827 |
Saving Private Ryan
|
$190,373,184 |
| 1999 |
221 |
40.66% |
$2,994,138,592 |
591,726,993 |
$4,071,081,712 |
The Matrix
|
$171,479,930 |
| 2000 |
211 |
34.40% |
$2,565,228,006 |
475,923,559 |
$3,274,354,086 |
Gladiator
|
$186,610,052 |
| 2001 |
193 |
27.88% |
$2,265,539,511 |
400,980,444 |
$2,758,745,455 |
Hannibal
|
$165,092,266 |
| 2002 |
218 |
23.67% |
$2,211,747,149 |
381,335,716 |
$2,623,589,726 |
8 Mile
|
$115,270,265 |
| 2003 |
202 |
29.08% |
$2,689,949,180 |
446,094,391 |
$3,069,129,410 |
The Matrix Reloaded
|
$281,553,689 |
| 2004 |
188 |
22.60% |
$2,098,099,995 |
337,315,117 |
$2,320,728,005 |
The Passion of the Christ
|
$370,270,943 |
| 2005 |
189 |
19.41% |
$1,719,464,161 |
268,247,143 |
$1,845,540,344 |
The Wedding Crashers
|
$209,218,368 |
| 2006 |
200 |
21.23% |
$1,968,464,379 |
300,528,915 |
$2,067,638,935 |
Borat
|
$125,601,414 |
| 2007 |
225 |
25.63% |
$2,461,089,125 |
357,716,445 |
$2,461,089,142 |
300
|
$210,614,939 |
| 2008 |
87 |
18.83% |
$557,562,796 |
81,041,102 |
$557,562,782 |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
|
$44,732,340 |
|