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

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



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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 Bambi Walt Disney Pictures 8/13/1942 $102,797,000 $2,970,946,267
3 Pinocchio Walt Disney Pictures 2/9/1940 $84,300,000 $2,759,863,070
4 101 Dalmatians Walt Disney Pictures 1/25/1961 $153,000,000 $1,749,521,736
5 Lady and the Tramp Walt Disney Pictures 6/22/1955 $93,600,000 $1,482,939,757
6 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox 4/1/1965 $163,214,286 $1,275,010,611
7 Song of the South Walt Disney Pictures 11/12/1946 $65,000,000 $1,272,580,648
8 Peter Pan RKO Radio Pictures 2/5/1953 $87,400,000 $1,149,310,003
9 Ben-Hur Warner Bros. 11/18/1959 $73,000,000 $1,129,352,942
10 Jaws Universal 6/20/1975 $260,000,000 $1,000,682,925
11 The Wizard of Oz Warner Bros. 1/1/1939 $28,202,232 $967,459,176
12 The Jungle Book Walt Disney Pictures 10/18/1967 $141,843,000 $932,617,725
13 The Exorcist Warner Bros. 12/26/1973 $204,868,002 $913,225,162
14 Doctor Zhivago MGM 12/22/1965 $111,721,000 $872,751,174
15 Jurassic Park Universal 6/11/1993 $357,067,947 $668,021,841
16 Around the World in 80 Days United Artists 10/17/1956 $42,000,000 $666,760,561
17 Forrest Gump Paramount Pictures 7/6/1994 $329,694,499 $633,678,391
18 Shrek 2 Dreamworks SKG 5/19/2004 $441,226,247 $554,550,157
19 The Bridge on the River Kwai Sony Pictures 12/18/1957 $33,300,000 $520,271,287
20 Airport Universal 1/1/1970 $100,489,150 $511,522,192
21 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Walt Disney Pictures 12/23/1954 $28,200,000 $497,758,387
22 Thunderball MGM 12/29/1965 $63,600,000 $496,835,643
23 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Warner Bros. 12/17/2003 $377,845,905 $490,835,622
24 Rear Window USA Films 9/1/1954 $27,559,601 $486,454,699
25 The Best Years of Our Lives RKO Radio Pictures 11/21/1946 $23,600,000 $462,044,665
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 69 26.56% $1,405,364,782 323,072,365 $2,222,737,871 Apollo 13 $172,036,360
1996 76 28.08% $1,569,867,116 355,173,558 $2,443,594,079 Twister $241,688,385
1997 58 21.27% $1,384,429,592 301,618,650 $2,075,136,312 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $229,074,524
1998 79 14.50% $981,823,129 209,343,951 $1,440,286,383 The Horse Whisperer $75,370,763
1999 72 22.95% $1,675,254,298 329,774,465 $2,268,848,319 Tarzan $170,904,824
2000 60 13.68% $1,022,911,024 189,779,411 $1,305,682,348 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $253,367,455
2001 68 27.01% $2,195,069,313 387,821,431 $2,668,211,445 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $291,594,218
2002 78 27.02% $2,482,524,800 427,284,823 $2,939,719,582 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $245,996,000
2003 64 19.06% $1,782,168,418 295,550,318 $2,033,386,188 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $290,410,961
2004 83 26.84% $2,486,953,880 400,475,661 $2,755,272,548 Shrek 2 $436,471,036
2005 93 18.19% $1,627,694,780 253,930,540 $1,747,042,115 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $277,083,157
2006 95 17.70% $1,637,661,502 250,024,661 $1,720,169,668 The Da Vinci Code $217,536,138
2007 97 24.42% $2,351,774,150 341,827,632 $2,351,774,108 Shrek the Third $321,012,359
2008 106 20.67% $2,035,906,582 283,552,449 $1,950,840,849 Twilight $176,922,850
2009 76 23.71% $2,524,558,358 336,607,784 $2,315,861,554 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $301,959,197
2010 69 24.74% $2,591,267,050 328,424,214 $2,259,558,592 Alice in Wonderland $334,191,110
2011 80 21.05% $2,146,638,285 270,698,400 $1,862,404,992 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II $381,011,219
2012 28 40.52% $1,039,022,940 131,024,332 $901,447,404 The Hunger Games $248,483,901