Box Office History for Source - Based on Musical/Opera

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	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,508,510	$513,248,076
2	Fiddler on the Roof	United Artists	1/1/1971	$80,500,000	$350,296,971
3	Chicago	Miramax	12/27/2002	$170,687,518	$203,326,026
4	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Universal	7/23/1982	$69,701,637	$170,223,727
5	Mamma Mia!	Universal	7/18/2008	$144,130,063	$144,130,064
6	Annie	Sony Pictures	5/21/1982	$57,059,003	$139,348,176
7	Dreamgirls	Paramount Pictures	12/15/2006	$103,365,956	$110,047,243
8	Babes in Toyland	Buena Vista	12/14/1961	$10,218,316	$106,329,726
9	Evita	Buena Vista	12/25/1996	$50,047,179	$78,225,497
10	Call Me Mister	20th Century Fox	1/1/1951	$5,000,000	$67,992,424
11	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	12/22/2004	$51,225,796	$57,962,919
12	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Paramount Pictures	12/21/2007	$52,898,073	$54,232,802
13	Rent	Sony Pictures	11/23/2005	$29,077,547	$32,570,483
14	A Chorus Line	Columbia	12/10/1985	$14,202,899	$28,007,816
15	Les Miserables	Sony Pictures	5/1/1998	$13,887,945	$21,236,746
16	The Pirate Movie	20th Century Fox	8/6/1982	$7,983,086	$19,496,105
17	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Fine Line	7/20/2001	$3,067,312	$3,842,542
18	The Pirates of Penzance	Universal	2/18/1983	$694,497	$1,583,011
19	U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha	Koch Lorber Films	3/28/2007	$494,152	$515,696
20	Aida at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	12/7/2007	$222,927	$228,080
21	La Traviata at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	2/15/2008	$195,494	$195,497
22	Maria Stuarda at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	3/14/2008	$83,214	$83,216
23	La Forza del Destino	Emerging Pictures	4/3/2008	$52,577	$52,579
24	Tristan und Isolde at La Scala	The Bigger Picture	1/18/2008	$50,172	$50,174
25	La Rondine	The Bigger Picture	3/8/2008	$49,088	$49,090
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
1996	1	.01%	$334,440	75,665	$520,575	Evita	$334,440
1997	1	.76%	$49,660,364	10,819,251	$74,436,447	Evita	$49,660,364
1998	2	.62%	$42,278,025	9,014,504	$62,019,788	Grease	$28,406,111
2001	1	.04%	$3,029,081	535,173	$3,681,990	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	$3,029,081
2002	1	.02%	$2,074,929	357,131	$2,457,061	Chicago	$2,074,929
2003	1	1.80%	$168,606,379	27,961,257	$192,373,448	Chicago	$168,606,379
2004	1	.17%	$16,178,431	2,605,222	$17,923,927	The Phantom of the Opera	$16,178,431
2005	2	.72%	$64,124,912	10,003,887	$68,826,743	The Phantom of the Opera	$35,047,365
2006	1	.45%	$41,348,556	6,312,757	$43,431,768	Dreamgirls	$41,348,556
2007	5	.97%	$93,265,044	13,555,965	$93,265,039	Dreamgirls	$62,017,400
2008	9	1.69%	$166,981,476	23,256,475	$160,004,548	Mamma Mia!	$144,130,063

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