Box Office History for Source - Based on Real Life Events
Ticket Sales and Market Share History
Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
| | Movie | Distributor | Release Date | Total Gross | Inflation-Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Titanic
|
Paramount Pictures
|
12/19/1997 |
$600,788,188 |
$925,007,090 |
| 2 |
Cleopatra
|
20th Century Fox
|
6/12/1963 |
$48,000,000 |
$405,458,822 |
| 3 |
The Longest Day
|
20th Century Fox
|
10/4/1962 |
$39,100,000 |
$401,054,287 |
| 4 |
Bonnie and Clyde
|
Warner Bros.
|
8/13/1967 |
$50,700,000 |
$303,355,000 |
| 5 |
Pearl Harbor
|
Buena Vista
|
5/25/2001 |
$198,539,855 |
$251,857,979 |
| 6 |
Pocahontas
|
Buena Vista
|
6/10/1995 |
$141,579,773 |
$233,667,284 |
| 7 |
Patch Adams
|
Universal
|
12/25/1998 |
$135,041,968 |
$198,525,937 |
| 8 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/15/2006 |
$162,586,036 |
$175,170,553 |
| 9 |
Schindler's List
|
Universal
|
12/15/1993 |
$96,067,179 |
$167,894,119 |
| 10 |
Erin Brockovich
|
Universal
|
3/17/2000 |
$125,548,685 |
$167,242,957 |
| 11 |
Remember the Titans
|
Buena Vista
|
9/29/2000 |
$115,654,751 |
$153,934,174 |
| 12 |
Dangerous Minds
|
Buena Vista
|
8/11/1995 |
$84,919,401 |
$139,919,353 |
| 13 |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
Lionsgate
|
6/23/2004 |
$119,114,517 |
$137,678,403 |
| 14 |
American Gangster
|
Universal
|
11/2/2007 |
$130,164,645 |
$135,796,216 |
| 15 |
Chariots of Fire
|
Sony Pictures
|
9/25/1981 |
$57,159,946 |
$135,194,037 |
| 16 |
Walk the Line
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/18/2005 |
$119,519,402 |
$133,227,083 |
| 17 |
Braveheart
|
Paramount Pictures
|
5/24/1995 |
$75,545,647 |
$124,470,850 |
| 18 |
Gandhi
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/8/1982 |
$52,767,889 |
$120,492,872 |
| 19 |
The Aviator
|
Miramax
|
12/17/2004 |
$102,608,827 |
$116,072,548 |
| 20 |
Everest
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
3/6/1998 |
$87,178,599 |
$114,466,734 |
| 21 |
Cool Runnings
|
Buena Vista
|
10/1/1993 |
$68,856,263 |
$111,022,337 |
| 22 |
The Living Sea
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
12/31/1995 |
$64,800,000 |
$106,957,243 |
| 23 |
La Bamba
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/24/1987 |
$54,215,416 |
$96,735,020 |
| 24 |
Space Station
|
IMAX Films
|
4/19/2002 |
$80,016,039 |
$92,806,081 |
| 25 |
The Terminal
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
6/18/2004 |
$77,073,959 |
$89,064,698 |
| 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 |
21 |
8.10% |
$428,731,144 |
98,558,884 |
$678,085,122 |
Pocahontas
|
$141,539,152 |
| 1996 |
24 |
3.31% |
$184,841,997 |
41,819,456 |
$287,717,857 |
Dead Man Walking
|
$39,261,491 |
| 1997 |
24 |
6.83% |
$444,610,119 |
96,864,950 |
$666,430,856 |
Titanic
|
$157,467,971 |
| 1998 |
24 |
10.16% |
$688,290,075 |
146,756,945 |
$1,009,687,782 |
Titanic
|
$443,319,081 |
| 1999 |
33 |
3.55% |
$259,114,438 |
51,006,777 |
$350,926,626 |
Patch Adams
|
$69,519,968 |
| 2000 |
53 |
8.02% |
$599,793,918 |
111,279,022 |
$765,599,671 |
Erin Brockovich
|
$125,548,685 |
| 2001 |
34 |
4.88% |
$396,561,645 |
70,063,895 |
$482,039,598 |
Pearl Harbor
|
$198,539,855 |
| 2002 |
36 |
1.77% |
$162,330,737 |
27,939,885 |
$192,226,409 |
Space Station
|
$29,820,971 |
| 2003 |
56 |
2.20% |
$205,626,452 |
34,100,573 |
$234,611,942 |
Radio
|
$51,801,566 |
| 2004 |
105 |
6.47% |
$599,372,201 |
96,517,262 |
$664,038,763 |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
$119,078,393 |
| 2005 |
122 |
6.89% |
$616,018,219 |
96,102,687 |
$661,186,487 |
Walk the Line
|
$92,436,258 |
| 2006 |
140 |
8.09% |
$748,424,351 |
114,263,263 |
$786,131,249 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
|
$104,510,417 |
| 2007 |
154 |
5.71% |
$550,709,483 |
80,044,985 |
$550,709,497 |
American Gangster
|
$129,150,735 |
| 2008 |
166 |
3.76% |
$370,499,354 |
51,601,579 |
$355,018,864 |
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
|
$65,281,781 |
| 2009 |
86 |
3.42% |
$287,162,913 |
39,994,836 |
$275,164,472 |
The Haunting in Connecticut
|
$55,325,526 |
|