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Box Office History for Production Method - Live Action

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

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 Gone with the Wind MGM 12/15/1939 $198,680,470 $3,665,355,125
2 Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope 20th Century Fox 5/25/1977 $460,998,007 $1,284,600,464
3 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox 4/1/1965 $163,214,286 $1,275,010,611
4 The Ten Commandments   10/5/1956 $80,000,000 $1,270,020,123
5 Ben-Hur Warner Bros. 11/18/1959 $73,000,000 $1,129,352,942
6 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial Universal 6/11/1982 $435,110,554 $1,060,155,772
7 Titanic Paramount Pictures 12/19/1997 $600,788,188 $1,016,477,150
8 Jaws Universal 6/20/1975 $260,000,000 $1,000,682,925
9 The Wizard of Oz Warner Bros. 1/1/1939 $28,202,232 $967,459,176
10 The Exorcist Warner Bros. 12/26/1973 $204,868,002 $913,225,162
11 Doctor Zhivago MGM 12/22/1965 $111,721,000 $872,751,174
12 Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox 5/21/1980 $290,271,960 $761,835,156
13 Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi 20th Century Fox 5/25/1983 $309,205,079 $733,586,163
14 The Graduate Embassy 12/21/1967 $104,397,102 $686,410,946
15 Around the World in 80 Days United Artists 10/17/1956 $42,000,000 $666,760,561
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark Paramount Pictures 6/12/1981 $245,034,358 $645,342,265
17 Forrest Gump Paramount Pictures 7/6/1994 $329,694,499 $633,678,391
18 My Fair Lady   10/22/1964 $72,000,000 $610,838,711
19 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Sony/Columbia 11/16/1977 $166,000,000 $587,327,355
20 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. 7/18/2008 $533,345,358 $585,975,751
21 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century Fox 10/24/1969 $102,308,900 $568,462,831
22 Grease Paramount Pictures 6/16/1978 $181,813,770 $564,379,961
23 Spider-Man Sony Pictures 5/3/2002 $403,706,375 $548,234,646
24 Independence Day 20th Century Fox 7/3/1996 $306,169,255 $546,452,224
25 White Christmas Paramount Pictures 4/27/1954 $30,000,000 $529,530,202
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 303 93.35% $4,939,629,435 1,135,547,001 $7,812,563,367 Batman Forever $183,997,904
1996 307 93.21% $5,211,837,502 1,179,148,753 $8,112,543,421 Independence Day $306,124,059
1997 294 90.17% $5,868,607,487 1,278,563,728 $8,796,518,449 Men in Black $250,107,128
1998 318 91.98% $6,229,785,514 1,328,312,471 $9,138,789,800 Titanic $443,319,081
1999 328 85.89% $6,269,603,965 1,234,174,009 $8,491,117,182 The Sixth Sense $276,386,495
2000 381 91.43% $6,839,116,142 1,268,852,718 $8,729,706,700 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $253,367,455
2001 361 81.67% $6,638,008,166 1,172,792,959 $8,068,815,558 Rush Hour 2 $226,138,454
2002 385 80.12% $7,360,445,641 1,266,858,108 $8,715,983,783 Spider-Man $403,706,375
2003 393 84.40% $7,890,683,209 1,308,571,014 $9,002,968,576 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305,411,224
2004 574 80.87% $7,492,524,169 1,206,525,615 $8,300,896,231 Spider-Man 2 $373,524,485
2005 621 76.12% $6,810,989,153 1,062,556,809 $7,310,390,846 The Wedding Crashers $209,218,368
2006 600 84.20% $7,790,528,557 1,189,393,682 $8,183,028,532 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812
2007 666 77.83% $7,494,239,473 1,089,278,999 $7,494,239,513 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
2008 698 87.14% $8,584,942,925 1,195,674,503 $8,226,240,581 The Dark Knight $531,001,578
2009 462 72.62% $7,732,292,671 1,030,972,362 $7,093,089,851 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $287,954,655
2010 474 68.62% $7,187,643,306 910,981,417 $6,267,552,149 Iron Man 2 $312,433,331
2011 646 71.25% $7,265,893,029 916,253,844 $6,303,826,447 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 $276,125,476
2012 221 83.24% $2,134,557,673 269,174,995 $1,851,923,966 The Hunger Games $248,483,901