Box Office History for Source - Based on Book/Short Story

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	Bambi	Buena Vista	8/13/1942	$102,797,000	$2,703,598,758
3	Pinocchio	Buena Vista	2/9/1940	$84,300,000	$2,511,510,373
4	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	1/25/1961	$153,000,000	$1,592,086,953
5	Lady and the Tramp	Buena Vista	6/22/1955	$93,600,000	$1,349,493,974
6	The Sound of Music	20th Century Fox	4/1/1965	$163,214,286	$1,160,275,816
7	Song of the South	Buena Vista	11/12/1946	$65,000,000	$1,158,064,519
8	Peter Pan	Buena Vista	2/5/1953	$87,400,000	$1,045,886,669
9	Ben-Hur	MGM	11/18/1959	$73,000,000	$1,027,725,491
10	Jaws	Universal	6/20/1975	$260,000,000	$910,634,144
11	The Jungle Book	Buena Vista	10/18/1967	$141,843,000	$848,693,950
12	The Wizard of Oz	MGM	1/1/1939	$27,062,232	$844,812,284
13	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	12/26/1973	$204,632,868	$830,092,652
14	Doctor Zhivago	MGM	12/22/1965	$111,721,000	$794,214,630
15	Jurassic Park	Universal	6/11/1993	$357,067,947	$607,908,342
16	Around the World in 80 Days	United Artists	10/17/1956	$42,000,000	$606,760,562
17	Forrest Gump	Paramount Pictures	7/6/1994	$329,694,499	$576,655,367
18	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Columbia	12/18/1957	$33,300,000	$473,453,465
19	Airport	Universal	1/1/1970	$100,489,150	$465,491,678
20	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Buena Vista	12/23/1954	$28,200,000	$452,966,441
21	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	12/17/2003	$377,027,325	$445,925,474
22	Rear Window	USA Films	9/1/1954	$27,559,601	$442,679,942
23	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	2/25/2004	$370,782,930	$428,670,484
24	The Best Years of Our Lives	RKO Radio Pictures	11/21/1946	$23,600,000	$420,466,501
25	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	12/18/2002	$341,784,377	$415,809,503
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	67	22.91%	$1,212,211,913	278,669,407	$1,917,245,520	Apollo 13	$172,036,360
1996	72	27.00%	$1,509,688,982	341,558,595	$2,349,923,134	Twister	$241,688,385
1997	55	19.73%	$1,284,328,437	279,810,120	$1,925,093,626	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$229,074,524
1998	76	13.19%	$893,651,817	190,544,097	$1,310,943,387	The Horse Whisperer	$75,370,763
1999	66	21.04%	$1,535,744,290	302,311,864	$2,079,905,624	Tarzan	$170,904,824
2000	58	15.21%	$1,138,004,011	211,132,469	$1,452,591,387	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$253,367,455
2001	67	24.90%	$2,023,857,144	357,571,931	$2,460,094,885	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$291,594,218
2002	77	26.34%	$2,419,876,136	416,501,921	$2,865,533,216	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$245,996,000
2003	62	18.43%	$1,723,418,440	285,807,370	$1,966,354,706	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$290,410,961
2004	81	24.65%	$2,283,789,489	367,759,979	$2,530,188,656	The Passion of the Christ	$370,270,943
2005	90	17.24%	$1,542,184,260	240,590,366	$1,655,261,718	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$277,083,157
2006	90	16.03%	$1,483,107,947	226,428,698	$1,557,829,442	The Da Vinci Code	$217,536,138
2007	93	19.94%	$1,923,586,275	279,591,023	$1,923,586,238	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$292,004,738
2008	102	18.34%	$1,806,888,309	251,655,753	$1,731,391,581	Twilight	$176,922,850
2009	60	19.36%	$1,689,811,662	235,349,813	$1,619,206,713	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$301,809,058

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