Box Office History for Source - Based on Musical/Opera
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
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 |
$564,379,937 |
| 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
| 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 |
616 |
$4,238 |
Grease
|
$4,907 |
|