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Monday, February 13, 2012

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

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-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 $564,379,937
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

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross 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% $4,907 616 $4,238 Grease $4,907