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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Box Office History for Source - Based on Play

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 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC Films 4/19/2002 $241,438,208 $297,515,405
2 On Golden Pond Universal 12/4/1981 $119,285,432 $290,027,886
3 Casablanca Warner Bros. 1/1/1942 $10,462,500 $275,167,584
4 A Few Good Men Sony Pictures 12/11/1992 $141,340,178 $243,391,345
5 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof MGM 9/20/1958 $17,570,324 $185,521,952
6 Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. 12/13/1989 $106,593,296 $174,709,009
7 You've Got Mail Warner Bros. 12/18/1998 $115,821,495 $172,733,575
8 Paint Your Wagon Paramount Pictures 10/15/1969 $31,678,778 $160,178,613
9 Steel Magnolias Sony Pictures 11/15/1989 $83,759,091 $136,350,878
10 Cactus Flower Sony Pictures 12/16/1969 $25,889,208 $130,904,590
11 Alfie Paramount Pictures 8/24/1966 $18,871,300 $124,308,194
12 Barefoot in the Park Paramount Pictures 5/25/1967 $19,994,515 $119,633,849
13 Down and Out in Beverly Hills Buena Vista 1/31/1986 $62,134,225 $115,481,476
14 Bye Bye Birdie Sony Pictures 4/4/1963 $13,129,412 $110,904,915
15 A Streetcar Named Desire Warner Bros. 9/18/1951 $8,000,000 $108,787,878
16 Amadeus Warner Bros. 9/19/1984 $51,973,029 $106,419,311
17 Madea Goes To Jail Lionsgate 2/20/2009 $90,485,233 $90,485,232
18 The Philadelphia Story MGM 1/1/1940 $3,000,000 $89,377,595
19 Chapter Two Columbia 1/1/1979 $30,000,000 $85,816,731
20 Midnight Lace Universal 10/31/1960 $7,400,000 $77,002,901
21 Romeo+Juliet 20th Century Fox 11/1/1996 $46,338,728 $75,122,681
22 Roxanne Sony Pictures 6/19/1987 $39,148,164 $71,888,443
23 Biloxi Blues Universal 3/25/1988 $43,184,798 $71,068,638
24 Becket Paramount Pictures 3/11/1964 $9,164,370 $70,752,876
25 About Last Night... Columbia 7/1/1986 $38,702,310 $65,702,428
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 17 .94% $49,899,106 11,471,060 $78,920,893 Nell $20,914,085
1996 14 1.09% $61,210,334 13,848,492 $95,277,625 Romeo+Juliet $43,820,000
1997 14 .94% $61,061,693 13,303,201 $91,526,023 Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion $29,205,077
1998 8 1.20% $81,320,676 17,339,164 $119,293,448 You've Got Mail $77,939,000
1999 15 1.74% $127,106,044 25,020,876 $172,143,627 Ten Things I Hate About You $38,176,108
2000 9 .21% $16,030,953 2,974,202 $20,462,510 East is East $4,170,647
2001 6 .56% $45,689,122 8,072,283 $55,537,307 Kingdom Come $23,247,539
2002 11 2.77% $254,455,166 43,796,071 $301,316,968 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $222,517,469
2003 7 .32% $30,112,765 4,993,825 $34,357,516 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $18,919,958
2004 7 .57% $52,970,075 8,529,804 $58,685,052 Closer $27,460,754
2005 9 1.04% $93,141,101 14,530,593 $99,970,480 Diary of a Mad Black Woman $50,382,128
2006 9 .49% $45,061,257 6,879,583 $47,331,531 She's the Man $33,687,630
2007 9 .71% $68,205,156 9,913,541 $68,205,162 Why Did I Get Married? $55,204,525
2008 7 .68% $67,093,537 9,344,503 $64,290,181 Meet the Browns $41,975,388
2009 8 2.05% $171,941,067 23,947,224 $164,756,901 Madea Goes To Jail $90,485,233