Box Office History for Source - Based on Play
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2008, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Heaven Can Wait
|
Paramount Pictures
|
6/28/1978 |
$98,800,000 |
$290,488,887 |
| 2 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
|
IFC Films
|
4/19/2002 |
$241,437,427 |
$285,782,176 |
| 3 |
On Golden Pond
|
Universal
|
12/4/1981 |
$119,285,432 |
$279,254,501 |
| 4 |
A Few Good Men
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/11/1992 |
$141,340,178 |
$234,575,169 |
| 5 |
Driving Miss Daisy
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/13/1989 |
$106,593,296 |
$173,842,540 |
| 6 |
You've Got Mail
|
Warner Bros.
|
12/18/1998 |
$115,821,495 |
$165,840,866 |
| 7 |
Steel Magnolias
|
Sony Pictures
|
11/15/1989 |
$83,759,091 |
$140,746,417 |
| 8 |
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
|
Buena Vista
|
1/31/1986 |
$62,134,225 |
$115,224,658 |
| 9 |
Amadeus
|
Warner Bros.
|
9/19/1984 |
$51,973,029 |
$102,457,682 |
| 10 |
Biloxi Blues
|
Universal
|
3/25/1988 |
$43,184,798 |
$72,289,880 |
| 11 |
Romeo & Juliet
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/1/1996 |
$46,338,728 |
$72,040,274 |
| 12 |
About Last Night...
|
Columbia
|
7/1/1986 |
$38,702,310 |
$71,771,396 |
| 13 |
Roxanne
|
Sony Pictures
|
6/19/1987 |
$39,148,164 |
$68,884,748 |
| 14 |
Other People's Money
|
Warner Bros.
|
10/18/1991 |
$35,682,000 |
$58,311,674 |
| 15 |
Children of a Lesser God
|
Paramount Pictures
|
10/3/1986 |
$31,853,080 |
$57,692,887 |
| 16 |
Finding Neverland
|
Miramax
|
11/12/2004 |
$51,676,606 |
$56,274,733 |
| 17 |
Why Did I Get Married?
|
Lionsgate
|
10/12/2007 |
$55,204,525 |
$55,204,528 |
| 18 |
Nell
|
20th Century Fox
|
12/14/1994 |
$33,592,700 |
$54,443,642 |
| 19 |
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
|
Lionsgate
|
2/25/2005 |
$50,406,346 |
$54,102,290 |
| 20 |
Ten Things I Hate About You
|
Buena Vista
|
3/31/1999 |
$38,177,966 |
$51,909,965 |
| 21 |
Nuts
|
Warner Bros.
|
11/20/1987 |
$28,866,028 |
$50,454,982 |
| 22 |
Agnes of God
|
Columbia
|
9/13/1985 |
$25,627,836 |
$49,667,470 |
| 23 |
Deathtrap
|
Warner Bros.
|
3/19/1982 |
$19,282,000 |
$45,122,501 |
| 24 |
A Soldier's Story
|
Columbia
|
9/14/1984 |
$22,100,000 |
$45,028,382 |
| 25 |
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
|
Buena Vista
|
4/25/1997 |
$29,235,353 |
$43,821,183 |
| 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 |
| 1995 |
17 |
.98% |
$51,776,945 |
11,902,744 |
$81,890,879 |
Nell
|
$21,046,826 |
| 1996 |
12 |
1.13% |
$65,078,392 |
14,723,618 |
$101,298,492 |
Romeo & Juliet
|
$44,798,596 |
| 1997 |
12 |
.94% |
$58,417,126 |
12,727,044 |
$87,562,063 |
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
|
$29,235,353 |
| 1998 |
7 |
1.21% |
$81,510,371 |
17,379,609 |
$119,571,710 |
You've Got Mail
|
$77,938,617 |
| 1999 |
14 |
1.74% |
$128,251,056 |
25,346,059 |
$174,380,886 |
Ten Things I Hate About You
|
$38,177,966 |
| 2000 |
8 |
.20% |
$15,149,537 |
2,810,674 |
$19,337,437 |
East is East
|
$4,170,647 |
| 2001 |
6 |
.56% |
$45,689,122 |
8,086,571 |
$55,635,608 |
Kingdom Come
|
$23,247,539 |
| 2002 |
12 |
2.79% |
$260,502,213 |
44,914,176 |
$309,009,531 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
|
$227,898,505 |
| 2003 |
7 |
.26% |
$24,493,565 |
4,061,951 |
$27,946,223 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
|
$13,538,922 |
| 2004 |
7 |
.57% |
$52,970,075 |
8,516,089 |
$58,590,692 |
Closer
|
$27,460,754 |
| 2005 |
9 |
1.05% |
$93,175,884 |
14,536,021 |
$100,007,824 |
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
|
$50,406,346 |
| 2006 |
8 |
.47% |
$43,766,502 |
6,681,910 |
$45,971,541 |
She's the Man
|
$33,889,159 |
| 2007 |
10 |
.73% |
$69,730,645 |
10,135,269 |
$69,730,651 |
Why Did I Get Married?
|
$55,204,525 |
| 2008 |
1 |
1.35% |
$41,975,388 |
6,101,074 |
$41,975,389 |
Meet the Browns
|
$41,975,388 |
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