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	2010	2011	2012

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	12/26/1973	$204,868,002	$913,225,162
2	National Lampoon's Animal House	Universal	7/28/1978	$141,600,000	$477,446,158
3	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	2/25/2004	$370,782,930	$471,059,905
4	M*A*S*H		1/1/1970	$81,600,000	$415,370,320
5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Sony Pictures	7/3/1991	$204,859,496	$378,305,349
6	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	5/15/2003	$281,553,689	$368,401,095
7	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	7/24/1998	$216,335,085	$360,253,203
8	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sony/TriStar	5/22/1985	$150,415,432	$334,303,592
9	Bonnie and Clyde	Warner Bros.	8/13/1967	$50,700,000	$333,352,500
10	Pretty Woman	Walt Disney Pictures	3/23/1990	$178,406,268	$327,415,693
11	House of Wax		4/10/1953	$23,800,000	$312,970,003
12	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount Pictures	5/20/1987	$153,665,036	$308,603,732
13	Air Force One	Sony Pictures	7/25/1997	$172,956,409	$296,709,675
14	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	7/15/1998	$176,484,651	$296,670,249
15	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	6/5/2009	$277,322,503	$291,743,275
16	True Lies	20th Century Fox	7/15/1994	$146,282,411	$282,868,004
17	Gladiator	Dreamworks SKG	5/5/2000	$187,683,805	$274,642,647
18	The Firm	Paramount Pictures	6/30/1993	$158,340,892	$273,943,775
19	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	12/13/1996	$153,952,592	$268,057,195
20	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	3/31/1999	$171,479,930	$266,183,833
21	Lethal Weapon 3	Warner Bros.	5/15/1992	$144,731,527	$265,787,574
22	The Wedding Crashers	New Line	7/15/2005	$209,218,368	$257,524,637
23	The Hangover 2	Warner Bros.	5/26/2011	$254,464,305	$252,226,557
24	Midnight Cowboy	MGM	5/25/1969	$44,785,053	$248,840,895
25	Ransom	Walt Disney Pictures	11/8/1996	$136,492,681	$242,789,810

Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	168	39.21%	$2,074,654,244	476,932,008	$3,281,292,215	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	$99,941,764
1996	187	40.64%	$2,272,553,236	514,152,312	$3,537,367,907	The Rock	$133,955,936
1997	185	39.81%	$2,591,178,807	564,526,976	$3,883,945,595	Air Force One	$172,144,501
1998	202	35.12%	$2,378,980,120	507,245,222	$3,489,847,127	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	224	34.32%	$2,567,009,545	476,254,086	$3,276,628,112	Gladiator	$186,610,052
2001	210	27.90%	$2,267,978,010	400,702,826	$2,756,835,443	Hannibal	$165,091,986
2002	229	23.80%	$2,186,183,413	376,279,412	$2,588,802,355	8 Mile	$114,707,095
2003	214	28.74%	$2,687,317,581	445,657,975	$3,066,126,868	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	194	19.26%	$1,722,829,950	268,772,225	$1,849,152,908	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	223	21.29%	$1,970,166,411	300,788,761	$2,069,426,676	Borat	$125,789,589
2007	242	25.65%	$2,469,490,357	358,937,552	$2,469,490,358	300	$210,592,590
2008	235	20.12%	$1,981,775,387	276,013,287	$1,898,971,415	Sex and the City	$152,647,258
2009	184	25.68%	$2,733,819,959	364,509,333	$2,507,824,211	The Hangover	$277,322,503
2010	193	23.25%	$2,434,719,793	308,582,996	$2,123,051,012	Shutter Island	$128,012,934
2011	210	22.29%	$2,272,854,289	285,534,456	$1,964,477,057	The Hangover 2	$254,464,305
2012	36	34.68%	$323,811,968	40,679,896	$279,877,684	Contraband	$62,021,555

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