Box Office History for Source - Based on Comic/Graphic Novel

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	Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	5/3/2002	$403,706,375	$498,900,476
2	Batman	Warner Bros.	6/23/1989	$251,188,924	$448,026,199
3	Men in Black	Sony Pictures	7/2/1997	$250,690,539	$391,297,098
4	Iron Man	Paramount Pictures	5/2/2008	$318,313,199	$318,412,099
5	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	6/15/2005	$205,343,774	$230,010,654
6	300	Warner Bros.	3/9/2007	$210,614,939	$219,775,406
7	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	6/28/2006	$200,120,000	$219,368,185
8	The Mask	New Line	7/29/1994	$119,920,129	$210,839,874
9	X-Men	20th Century Fox	7/14/2000	$157,299,717	$209,538,399
10	Monsters vs. Aliens	Paramount Pictures	3/27/2009	$198,351,526	$198,351,528
11	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	7/8/2005	$154,696,080	$173,278,343
12	Over the Hedge	Paramount Pictures	5/19/2006	$155,019,340	$169,929,599
13	Dick Tracy	Buena Vista	6/15/1990	$103,738,726	$168,608,306
14	Hulk	Universal	6/20/2003	$132,177,234	$157,364,699
15	Wanted	Universal	6/27/2008	$134,508,551	$134,508,548
16	The Road to Perdition	Dreamworks SKG	7/12/2002	$104,054,514	$128,590,605
17	Superman	Warner Bros.	12/15/1978	$134,218,018	$125,574,064
18	Daredevil	20th Century Fox	2/14/2003	$102,543,518	$122,099,914
19	Ghost Rider	Sony Pictures	2/16/2007	$115,802,596	$120,852,130
20	Watchmen	Warner Bros.	3/6/2009	$107,509,799	$107,509,802
21	Blade	New Line	8/21/1998	$70,141,876	$107,165,808
22	Garfield	20th Century Fox	6/11/2004	$75,367,693	$87,140,106
23	Spawn	New Line	7/31/1997	$54,979,992	$85,983,796
24	Constantine	Warner Bros.	2/18/2005	$75,976,178	$84,570,276
25	Sin City	Miramax/Dimension	4/1/2005	$74,103,820	$82,999,974
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	3	.75%	$39,559,009	9,094,026	$62,566,899	Judge Dredd	$34,687,912
1996	4	.39%	$21,610,596	4,889,275	$33,638,212	The Phantom	$17,220,599
1997	3	4.71%	$306,760,916	66,832,443	$459,807,208	Men in Black	$250,107,128
1998	2	1.03%	$70,041,552	14,934,233	$102,747,523	Blade	$70,001,065
1999	3	.62%	$45,374,182	8,931,926	$61,451,651	The Mystery Men	$29,762,011
2000	1	2.10%	$157,299,717	29,183,621	$200,783,312	X-Men	$157,299,717
2001	4	.53%	$43,038,239	7,603,929	$52,315,032	From Hell	$31,507,144
2002	6	5.58%	$512,595,782	88,226,469	$606,998,107	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
2003	5	3.53%	$330,180,359	54,756,279	$376,723,200	Hulk	$132,160,047
2004	4	2.25%	$208,241,683	33,533,282	$230,708,980	Garfield	$75,367,693
2005	6	6.05%	$540,978,941	84,396,091	$580,645,106	Batman Begins	$205,343,774
2006	8	4.98%	$461,085,085	70,394,670	$484,315,330	Superman Returns	$200,120,000
2007	5	4.36%	$420,260,150	61,084,325	$420,260,156	300	$210,592,590
2008	7	4.83%	$475,954,889	66,288,981	$456,068,189	Iron Man	$318,412,101
2009	6	4.29%	$374,425,025	52,148,334	$358,780,538	Monsters vs. Aliens	$198,351,526

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