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	2010	2011	2012

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

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	My Fair Lady		10/22/1964	$72,000,000	$610,838,711
2	Grease	Paramount Pictures	6/16/1978	$181,813,770	$564,379,961
3	Fiddler on the Roof	United Artists	1/1/1971	$80,500,000	$384,936,365
4	Chicago	Miramax	12/27/2002	$170,687,518	$223,432,081
5	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Universal	7/23/1982	$69,701,637	$187,056,436
6	Mamma Mia!	Universal	7/18/2008	$144,130,063	$158,382,479
7	Annie	Sony Pictures	5/21/1982	$57,059,003	$153,127,731
8	Dreamgirls	Paramount Pictures	12/15/2006	$103,365,956	$120,929,351
9	Babes in Toyland	Walt Disney Pictures	12/14/1961	$10,218,316	$116,844,225
10	Evita	Walt Disney Pictures	12/25/1996	$50,047,179	$85,960,887
11	Call Me Mister	20th Century Fox	1/1/1951	$5,000,000	$74,715,909
12	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	12/22/2004	$51,225,796	$63,694,629
13	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Paramount Pictures	12/21/2007	$52,898,073	$59,595,655
14	Grease 2	Paramount Pictures	6/11/1982	$14,297,083	$38,368,699
15	Rent	Sony Pictures	11/23/2005	$29,077,547	$35,791,241
16	A Chorus Line	Sony Pictures	12/10/1985	$14,202,899	$30,777,391
17	Les Miserables	Sony Pictures	5/1/1998	$13,887,945	$23,336,758
18	The Pirate Movie	20th Century Fox	8/6/1982	$7,983,086	$21,423,993
19	Nine	Weinstein Co.	12/18/2009	$19,676,965	$20,391,760
20	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Fine Line	7/20/2001	$3,067,312	$4,222,515
21	The Pirates of Penzance	Universal	2/18/1983	$694,497	$1,739,548
22	U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha	Koch Lorber Films	3/28/2007	$494,152	$566,691
23	Aida at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	12/7/2007	$222,927	$250,634
24	La Traviata at La Scala	Emerging Pictures	2/15/2008	$195,494	$214,829
25	Bran Nue Dae	Freestyle Releasing	9/10/2010	$113,568	$113,569
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%	$42,282,932	9,015,550	$62,026,984	Grease	$28,411,018
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
2009	1	.13%	$13,745,976	1,832,797	$12,609,643	Nine	$13,745,976
2010	3	.06%	$6,410,359	812,467	$5,589,773	Nine	$5,930,989
2011	1	.00%	$4,907	619	$4,259	Grease	$4,907

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