Box Office History for Source - Traditional/Legend/Fairytale
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
|
Buena Vista
|
12/21/1937 |
$184,925,485 |
$5,772,891,229 |
| 2 |
Cinderella
|
Buena Vista
|
2/15/1950 |
$85,000,000 |
$1,155,871,209 |
| 3 |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
|
Warner Bros.
|
6/14/1991 |
$165,493,908 |
$282,015,573 |
| 4 |
Mulan
|
Buena Vista
|
6/19/1998 |
$120,620,254 |
$184,656,748 |
| 5 |
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
|
20th Century Fox
|
7/31/1998 |
$65,705,772 |
$100,583,076 |
| 6 |
Clash of Titans
|
MGM
|
6/12/1981 |
$29,000,000 |
$74,899,283 |
| 7 |
First Knight
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/7/1995 |
$37,361,412 |
$61,116,383 |
| 8 |
King Arthur
|
Buena Vista
|
7/7/2004 |
$51,877,963 |
$59,981,282 |
| 9 |
The Corpse Bride
|
Warner Bros.
|
9/16/2005 |
$53,359,111 |
$59,744,780 |
| 10 |
A Cinderella Story
|
Warner Bros.
|
7/16/2004 |
$51,438,175 |
$59,464,688 |
| 11 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou
|
Buena Vista
|
12/22/2000 |
$45,506,619 |
$57,850,545 |
| 12 |
Hoodwinked
|
Weinstein Co.
|
12/16/2005 |
$51,386,611 |
$57,559,418 |
| 13 |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/25/2007 |
$40,412,817 |
$41,358,236 |
| 14 |
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
7/2/2003 |
$26,483,452 |
$31,513,752 |
| 15 |
Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)
|
Buena Vista
|
1/1/2002 |
$25,487,028 |
$31,496,879 |
| 16 |
Hercules
|
Cannon
|
8/26/1983 |
$9,466,655 |
$21,577,961 |
| 17 |
Tristan & Isolde
|
20th Century Fox
|
1/13/2006 |
$14,734,633 |
$16,149,651 |
| 18 |
Casanova
|
Buena Vista
|
12/25/2005 |
$11,304,403 |
$12,406,056 |
| 19 |
Sydney White
|
Universal
|
9/21/2007 |
$11,892,415 |
$12,212,354 |
| 20 |
Dragon Wars
|
Freestyle Releasing
|
9/14/2007 |
$10,977,721 |
$11,456,401 |
| 21 |
The Fast Runner
|
Lot 47 Films
|
5/10/2002 |
$3,786,801 |
$4,678,711 |
| 22 |
Rumpelstiltskin
|
Spelling Films
|
12/1/1995 |
$185,170 |
$305,638 |
| 23 |
Beowulf & Grendel
|
Truly Indie
|
6/16/2006 |
$68,820 |
$75,440 |
| 24 |
The Cry
|
Monterey Media
|
4/25/2008 |
$21,427 |
$21,425 |
| 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 |
2 |
.70% |
$37,212,505 |
8,554,599 |
$58,855,641 |
First Knight
|
$37,027,335 |
| 1998 |
2 |
2.75% |
$186,293,008 |
39,721,324 |
$273,282,709 |
Mulan
|
$120,618,403 |
| 1999 |
1 |
.00% |
$28,807 |
5,671 |
$39,016 |
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
|
$28,807 |
| 2000 |
1 |
.03% |
$1,936,631 |
359,301 |
$2,471,991 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou
|
$1,936,631 |
| 2001 |
1 |
.54% |
$43,569,988 |
7,697,878 |
$52,961,401 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou
|
$43,569,988 |
| 2002 |
2 |
.32% |
$29,251,115 |
5,034,616 |
$34,638,158 |
Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)
|
$25,487,028 |
| 2003 |
2 |
.28% |
$26,489,000 |
4,392,869 |
$30,222,939 |
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
|
$26,466,286 |
| 2004 |
2 |
1.12% |
$103,309,123 |
16,635,929 |
$114,455,192 |
King Arthur
|
$51,877,963 |
| 2005 |
3 |
1.18% |
$105,762,091 |
16,499,547 |
$113,516,883 |
The Corpse Bride
|
$53,337,608 |
| 2006 |
3 |
.27% |
$25,058,403 |
3,825,710 |
$26,320,885 |
Tristan & Isolde
|
$14,732,623 |
| 2007 |
3 |
.46% |
$44,361,491 |
6,447,891 |
$44,361,490 |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
|
$21,681,680 |
| 2008 |
2 |
.19% |
$18,752,564 |
2,611,777 |
$17,969,026 |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
|
$18,731,137 |
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