Box Office History for MPAA Rating - R

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	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	12/26/1973	$204,632,868	$830,092,652
2	Notorious		1/1/1946	$24,464,742	$435,873,072
3	Notorious		1/1/1946	$24,464,742	$435,873,072
4	National Lampoon's Animal House	Universal	7/28/1978	$141,600,000	$434,482,055
5	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	2/25/2004	$370,782,930	$428,670,484
6	M*A*S*H		1/1/1970	$81,600,000	$377,992,256
7	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Sony Pictures	7/3/1991	$204,859,496	$344,262,662
8	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	5/15/2003	$281,553,689	$335,249,666
9	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	7/24/1998	$216,335,085	$327,834,980
10	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sony/TriStar	5/22/1985	$150,415,432	$304,220,506
11	Bonnie and Clyde	Warner Bros.	8/13/1967	$50,700,000	$303,355,000
12	House of Wax		4/10/1953	$23,800,000	$284,806,669
13	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount Pictures	5/20/1987	$153,665,036	$280,833,307
14	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	6/5/2009	$276,784,444	$276,771,409
15	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	7/25/1997	$172,956,409	$270,009,565
16	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	7/15/1998	$176,484,651	$269,973,687
17	True Lies	20th Century Fox	7/15/1994	$146,282,411	$257,413,468
18	Gladiator	Dreamworks SKG	5/5/2000	$187,683,805	$249,928,290
19	The Firm	Paramount Pictures	6/30/1993	$158,340,892	$249,292,307
20	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	12/13/1996	$153,952,592	$243,935,445
21	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	3/31/1999	$171,479,930	$242,230,662
22	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	7/15/2005	$209,218,368	$234,350,684
23	Lethal Weapon 3	Warner Bros.	5/15/1992	$144,731,527	$227,464,188
24	Midnight Cowboy	MGM	5/25/1969	$44,785,053	$226,448,369
25	Ransom	Buena Vista	11/8/1996	$136,492,681	$220,941,804

Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	167	39.21%	$2,074,629,824	476,926,394	$3,281,253,591	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	$99,941,764
1996	187	40.64%	$2,272,155,768	514,062,386	$3,536,749,216	The Rock	$133,955,936
1997	185	39.81%	$2,591,094,820	564,508,678	$3,883,819,705	Air Force One	$172,144,501
1998	201	34.75%	$2,353,792,114	501,874,645	$3,452,897,558	Saving Private Ryan	$190,373,184
1999	221	40.95%	$2,989,078,932	588,401,361	$4,048,201,364	The Matrix	$171,383,253
2000	223	34.48%	$2,578,827,989	478,446,748	$3,291,713,626	Gladiator	$186,610,052
2001	209	27.90%	$2,267,967,426	400,700,956	$2,756,822,577	Hannibal	$165,091,986
2002	229	23.80%	$2,186,182,000	376,279,168	$2,588,800,676	8 Mile	$114,707,095
2003	213	28.74%	$2,687,220,537	445,641,881	$3,066,016,141	The Matrix Reloaded	$281,553,689
2004	191	22.64%	$2,097,974,172	337,838,024	$2,324,325,605	The Passion of the Christ	$370,270,943
2005	193	19.25%	$1,722,762,850	268,761,757	$1,849,080,888	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	222	21.30%	$1,971,390,631	300,975,665	$2,070,712,575	Borat	$125,789,589
2007	241	25.60%	$2,469,486,742	358,937,027	$2,469,486,746	300	$210,592,590
2008	231	20.12%	$1,981,746,873	276,009,315	$1,898,944,087	Sex and the City	$152,647,258
2009	142	27.17%	$2,279,361,780	317,459,863	$2,184,123,857	The Hangover	$276,771,408

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