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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Box Office History for Source - Based on Musical/Opera

Ticket Sales and Market Share History



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Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-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

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% $42,278,025 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