Box Office History for Source - Based on Real Life Events
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 |
Cleopatra
|
20th Century Fox
|
6/12/1963 |
$48,000,000 |
$445,552,939 |
| 2 |
The Longest Day
|
20th Century Fox
|
10/4/1962 |
$39,100,000 |
$440,712,858 |
| 3 |
Bonnie and Clyde
|
Warner Bros.
|
8/13/1967 |
$50,700,000 |
$333,352,500 |
| 4 |
The Dream is Alive
|
IMAX Films
|
12/31/1985 |
$125,900,000 |
$279,817,185 |
| 5 |
Pearl Harbor
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
5/25/2001 |
$198,539,855 |
$276,763,156 |
| 6 |
Pocahontas
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
6/10/1995 |
$141,579,773 |
$256,773,659 |
| 7 |
Patch Adams
|
Universal
|
12/25/1998 |
$135,041,968 |
$218,157,332 |
| 8 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/15/2006 |
$162,586,036 |
$192,492,433 |
| 9 |
Schindler's List
|
Universal
|
12/15/1993 |
$96,067,179 |
$184,496,462 |
| 10 |
Erin Brockovich
|
Universal
|
3/17/2000 |
$125,548,685 |
$183,780,910 |
| 11 |
Remember the Titans
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
9/29/2000 |
$115,654,751 |
$169,156,077 |
| 12 |
Dangerous Minds
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
8/11/1995 |
$84,919,401 |
$153,755,389 |
| 13 |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
Lionsgate
|
6/23/2004 |
$119,114,517 |
$151,292,841 |
| 14 |
American Gangster
|
Universal
|
11/2/2007 |
$130,164,645 |
$149,224,533 |
| 15 |
Chariots of Fire
|
Warner Bros.
|
9/25/1981 |
$57,159,946 |
$148,562,806 |
| 16 |
Walk the Line
|
20th Century Fox
|
11/18/2005 |
$119,519,402 |
$146,401,349 |
| 17 |
Braveheart
|
Paramount Pictures
|
5/24/1995 |
$75,545,647 |
$136,779,249 |
| 18 |
Gandhi
|
Sony Pictures
|
12/8/1982 |
$52,767,889 |
$132,407,905 |
| 19 |
The Aviator
|
Miramax
|
12/17/2004 |
$102,608,827 |
$127,550,474 |
| 20 |
Everest
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
3/6/1998 |
$87,178,599 |
$125,785,867 |
| 21 |
The Vow
|
Sony Pictures
|
2/10/2012 |
$123,473,456 |
$122,850,637 |
| 22 |
Cool Runnings
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
10/1/1993 |
$68,856,263 |
$122,000,869 |
| 23 |
The Living Sea
|
MacGillivray Freeman Films
|
12/31/1995 |
$64,800,000 |
$117,533,795 |
| 24 |
Space Station
|
IMAX Films
|
4/19/2002 |
$85,176,561 |
$107,031,361 |
| 25 |
La Bamba
|
Sony Pictures
|
7/24/1987 |
$54,215,416 |
$106,300,739 |
| 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 |
4.41% |
$287,171,126 |
62,564,516 |
$430,443,870 |
Donnie Brasco
|
$41,954,997 |
| 1998 |
23 |
3.62% |
$244,970,994 |
52,232,621 |
$359,360,432 |
Patch Adams
|
$65,495,000 |
| 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 |
57 |
2.22% |
$207,881,452 |
34,474,537 |
$237,184,815 |
Radio
|
$51,801,566 |
| 2004 |
105 |
6.47% |
$599,372,201 |
96,517,262 |
$664,038,763 |
Fahrenheit 9/11
|
$119,078,393 |
| 2005 |
123 |
6.96% |
$622,379,811 |
97,095,135 |
$668,014,529 |
Walk the Line
|
$92,436,258 |
| 2006 |
143 |
8.09% |
$748,476,543 |
114,271,231 |
$786,186,069 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
|
$104,510,417 |
| 2007 |
156 |
5.90% |
$567,899,753 |
82,543,572 |
$567,899,775 |
American Gangster
|
$129,150,735 |
| 2008 |
166 |
3.76% |
$370,589,621 |
51,614,149 |
$355,105,345 |
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
|
$65,281,781 |
| 2009 |
103 |
3.40% |
$362,203,185 |
48,293,759 |
$332,261,062 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It
|
$72,091,016 |
| 2010 |
138 |
4.14% |
$433,984,711 |
55,004,402 |
$378,430,286 |
The Social Network
|
$93,222,026 |
| 2011 |
180 |
4.10% |
$418,095,932 |
52,723,321 |
$362,736,448 |
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
|
$73,013,910 |
| 2012 |
61 |
9.40% |
$241,134,004 |
30,407,819 |
$209,205,795 |
The Vow
|
$123,473,456 |
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