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

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Gone with the Wind	MGM	12/15/1939	$198,680,470	$3,335,519,619
2	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	5/25/1977	$460,998,007	$1,169,002,703
3	The Sound of Music	20th Century Fox	4/1/1965	$163,214,286	$1,160,275,816
4	Ben-Hur	MGM	11/18/1959	$73,000,000	$1,027,725,491
5	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$964,755,189
6	Titanic	Paramount Pictures	12/19/1997	$600,788,188	$925,007,090
7	Jaws	Universal	6/20/1975	$260,000,000	$910,634,144
8	The Wizard of Oz	MGM	1/1/1939	$27,062,232	$844,812,284
9	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	12/26/1973	$204,632,868	$830,092,652
10	Doctor Zhivago	MGM	12/22/1965	$111,721,000	$794,214,630
11	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	5/21/1980	$290,271,960	$693,279,648
12	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	5/25/1983	$309,205,079	$667,572,706
13	The Graduate	Embassy	12/21/1967	$104,397,102	$624,642,660
14	Around the World in 80 Days	United Artists	10/17/1956	$42,000,000	$606,760,562
15	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$587,269,640
16	Forrest Gump	Paramount Pictures	7/6/1994	$329,694,499	$576,655,367
17	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Sony Pictures	11/16/1977	$166,000,000	$534,475,337
18	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	7/18/2008	$533,345,358	$533,345,363
19	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	20th Century Fox	10/24/1969	$102,308,900	$517,308,381
20	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,508,510	$513,248,076
21	Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	5/3/2002	$403,706,375	$498,900,476
22	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	7/3/1996	$306,169,255	$497,278,450
23	Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount Pictures	12/5/1984	$234,760,478	$474,621,112
24	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Columbia	12/18/1957	$33,300,000	$473,453,465
25	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$471,947,166
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	302	93.35%	$4,939,605,015	1,135,541,387	$7,812,524,743	Batman Forever	$183,997,904
1996	307	93.21%	$5,211,440,034	1,179,058,827	$8,111,924,730	Independence Day	$306,124,059
1997	291	90.16%	$5,868,203,255	1,278,475,661	$8,795,912,548	Men in Black	$250,107,128
1998	317	91.98%	$6,229,747,539	1,328,304,374	$9,138,734,093	Titanic	$443,319,081
1999	327	85.89%	$6,269,596,128	1,234,172,466	$8,491,106,566	The Sixth Sense	$276,386,495
2000	379	91.43%	$6,838,976,900	1,268,826,885	$8,729,528,969	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	358	81.66%	$6,637,858,971	1,172,766,599	$8,068,634,201	Rush Hour 2	$226,138,454
2002	381	80.11%	$7,359,947,875	1,266,772,434	$8,715,394,346	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
2003	392	84.40%	$7,890,680,776	1,308,570,611	$9,002,965,804	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$305,411,224
2004	574	80.87%	$7,492,524,179	1,206,525,617	$8,300,896,245	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	599	85.00%	$7,865,397,496	1,200,824,054	$8,261,669,492	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$423,315,812
2007	666	77.69%	$7,494,236,300	1,089,278,537	$7,494,236,335	Spider-Man 3	$336,530,303
2008	696	87.14%	$8,584,633,047	1,195,631,347	$8,225,943,667	The Dark Knight	$531,001,578
2009	387	74.18%	$6,474,065,702	901,680,469	$6,203,561,627	The Hangover	$277,069,721

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