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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   2010   2011   2012 

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-Adjusted Gross
1 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. 7/18/2008 $533,345,358 $585,975,751
2 Spider-Man Sony Pictures 5/3/2002 $403,706,375 $548,234,646
3 Batman Warner Bros. 6/23/1989 $251,188,924 $492,329,625
4 Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures 6/30/2004 $373,524,485 $474,574,584
5 Superman Warner Bros. 12/15/1978 $134,218,018 $431,250,492
6 Men in Black Sony Pictures 7/2/1997 $250,690,539 $429,990,822
7 Spider-Man 3 Sony Pictures 5/4/2007 $336,530,303 $385,933,732
8 Iron Man Paramount Pictures 5/2/2008 $318,604,126 $350,090,559
9 Iron Man 2 Paramount Pictures 5/7/2010 $312,433,331 $312,433,333
10 Superman II Warner Bros. 6/19/1981 $108,185,706 $287,637,698
11 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox 5/26/2006 $234,362,462 $282,308,374
12 X2 20th Century Fox 5/2/2003 $214,949,694 $281,251,390
13 Men in Black 2 Sony Pictures 7/3/2002 $190,418,803 $258,589,393
14 Batman Begins Warner Bros. 6/15/2005 $205,343,774 $252,755,440
15 300 Warner Bros. 3/9/2007 $210,614,939 $241,508,071
16 Superman Returns Warner Bros. 6/28/2006 $200,120,000 $241,060,582
17 The Mask New Line 7/29/1994 $119,920,129 $231,688,943
18 X-Men 20th Century Fox 7/14/2000 $157,299,717 $230,258,770
19 Monsters vs. Aliens Paramount Pictures 3/27/2009 $198,351,526 $208,665,804
20 Fantastic Four 20th Century Fox 7/8/2005 $154,696,080 $190,413,110
21 Over the Hedge Paramount Pictures 5/19/2006 $155,019,340 $186,733,222
22 Dick Tracy Walt Disney Pictures 6/15/1990 $103,738,726 $185,281,272
23 Thor Paramount Pictures 5/6/2011 $181,030,624 $180,117,480
24 Captain America: The First Avenger Paramount Pictures 7/22/2011 $176,654,505 $175,763,439
25 Hulk Universal 6/20/2003 $132,177,234 $172,925,832
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 3 .75% $39,559,009 9,094,026 $62,566,899 Judge Dredd $34,687,912
1996 5 .71% $39,494,255 8,935,352 $61,475,222 The Crow: City of Angels $17,883,659
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 8 8.54% $784,659,737 135,053,312 $929,166,787 Spider-Man $403,706,375
2003 6 5.83% $545,129,139 90,402,843 $621,971,560 X2 $214,948,780
2004 7 6.81% $630,770,589 101,573,363 $698,824,737 Spider-Man 2 $373,524,485
2005 8 6.28% $562,307,037 87,723,407 $603,537,040 Batman Begins $205,343,774
2006 10 7.82% $723,874,294 110,515,160 $760,344,301 X-Men: The Last Stand $234,362,462
2007 7 9.23% $888,710,786 129,173,080 $888,710,790 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
2008 11 12.44% $1,225,800,860 170,724,353 $1,174,583,549 The Dark Knight $531,001,578
2009 7 3.56% $378,553,324 50,473,776 $347,259,579 Monsters vs. Aliens $198,351,526
2010 10 5.25% $550,221,846 69,736,610 $479,787,877 Iron Man 2 $312,433,331
2011 12 7.88% $803,765,553 101,357,573 $697,340,102 Thor $181,030,624
2012 2 1.02% $26,193,714 3,303,116 $22,725,438 The Adventures of Tintin $26,191,381