Box Office History for Source - Original Screenplay

Ticket Sales and Market Share History

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2012, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

	Movie	Distributor	Release Date	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	5/25/1977	$460,998,007	$1,284,600,464
2	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$1,060,155,772
3	Titanic	Paramount Pictures	12/19/1997	$600,788,188	$1,016,477,150
4	Avatar	20th Century Fox	12/18/2009	$760,507,625	$778,817,600
5	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	5/21/1980	$290,271,960	$761,835,156
6	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	5/25/1983	$309,205,079	$733,586,163
7	The Lion King	Walt Disney Pictures	6/15/1994	$422,780,140	$712,852,561
8	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century Fox	5/19/1999	$474,359,882	$712,529,607
9	The Sting	Universal	12/25/1973	$159,616,327	$711,510,069
10	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$645,342,265
11	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Sony/Columbia	11/16/1977	$166,000,000	$587,327,355
12	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	7/3/1996	$306,169,255	$546,452,224
13	Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount Pictures	12/5/1984	$234,760,478	$521,554,398
14	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$519,397,359
15	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$518,616,036
16	American Graffiti	Universal	8/11/1973	$115,000,000	$512,627,115
17	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	1/1/1974	$119,500,000	$504,200,532
18	Notorious		1/1/1946	$24,464,742	$478,974,727
19	National Lampoon's Animal House	Universal	7/28/1978	$141,600,000	$477,446,158
20	The Bells of St. Mary's	RKO Radio Pictures	12/7/1945	$21,300,000	$477,434,662
21	Billy Jack	Warner Bros.	1/1/1971	$98,000,000	$468,618,179
22	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	5/19/2005	$380,270,577	$468,061,089
23	The Sixth Sense	Walt Disney Pictures	8/6/1999	$293,506,292	$454,323,148
24	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	12/17/1982	$177,200,000	$448,447,094
25	Finding Nemo	Walt Disney Pictures	5/30/2003	$339,714,978	$444,501,881
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	182	52.56%	$2,781,124,898	639,339,059	$4,398,652,726	Batman Forever	$183,997,904
1996	180	52.80%	$2,952,015,639	667,876,834	$4,594,992,618	Independence Day	$306,124,059
1997	184	56.16%	$3,655,410,536	796,385,742	$5,479,133,905	Liar Liar	$181,395,380
1998	174	58.36%	$3,952,908,053	842,837,533	$5,798,722,227	Titanic	$443,319,081
1999	176	59.14%	$4,316,692,786	849,742,679	$5,846,229,632	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$430,443,350
2000	230	59.22%	$4,429,727,418	821,841,821	$5,654,271,728	Gladiator	$186,610,052
2001	226	48.58%	$3,948,726,924	697,654,932	$4,799,865,932	Monsters, Inc.	$239,190,413
2002	226	45.83%	$4,210,349,242	724,672,836	$4,985,749,112	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	$302,181,125
2003	220	53.28%	$4,981,481,962	826,116,408	$5,683,680,887	Finding Nemo	$339,714,367
2004	262	39.76%	$3,683,822,552	593,208,129	$4,081,271,928	The Incredibles	$251,657,004
2005	313	45.86%	$4,103,616,343	640,189,759	$4,404,505,542	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$380,262,555
2006	312	43.47%	$4,021,695,690	613,999,345	$4,224,315,494	Cars	$244,052,771
2007	371	39.41%	$3,795,299,999	551,642,448	$3,795,300,042	Ratatouille	$206,445,654
2008	383	50.01%	$4,926,871,028	686,193,742	$4,721,012,945	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$317,101,119
2009	238	44.83%	$4,773,618,584	636,482,477	$4,378,999,442	Avatar	$352,114,898
2010	225	44.03%	$4,611,540,288	584,479,128	$4,021,216,401	Toy Story 3	$415,004,880
2011	350	41.40%	$4,221,887,659	532,394,405	$3,662,873,506	The Hangover Part II	$254,464,305
2012	114	36.73%	$941,931,584	118,780,780	$817,211,766	Safe House	$123,881,780

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