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

Top Grossing Movies 1977 - 2009, 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	$1,169,002,703
2	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	6/11/1982	$435,110,554	$964,755,189
3	The Sting	Universal	12/25/1973	$159,616,327	$647,483,181
4	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	6/12/1981	$245,034,358	$587,269,640
5	The Lion King	Buena Vista	6/15/1994	$328,539,505	$549,149,814
6	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Sony Pictures	11/16/1977	$166,000,000	$534,475,337
7	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	7/3/1996	$306,169,255	$497,278,450
8	Beverly Hills Cop	Paramount Pictures	12/5/1984	$234,760,478	$474,621,112
9	Ghostbusters	Sony Pictures	6/8/1984	$238,632,124	$471,947,166
10	Home Alone	20th Century Fox	11/16/1990	$285,761,243	$470,553,161
11	American Graffiti	Universal	8/11/1973	$115,000,000	$466,497,172
12	Blazing Saddles	Warner Bros.	1/1/1974	$119,500,000	$458,828,875
13	The Bells of St. Mary's	RKO Radio Pictures	12/7/1945	$21,300,000	$434,471,594
14	Billy Jack	Warner Bros.	1/1/1971	$98,000,000	$426,448,482
15	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	8/6/1999	$293,506,292	$413,439,823
16	Tootsie	Sony Pictures	12/17/1982	$177,200,000	$408,092,539
17	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	5/30/2003	$339,714,978	$404,502,345
18	Back to the Future	Universal	7/3/1985	$210,609,762	$403,885,619
19	Aladdin	Buena Vista	11/11/1992	$217,350,219	$361,255,762
20	Ghost	Paramount Pictures	7/13/1990	$217,631,306	$350,737,313
21	Saving Private Ryan	Dreamworks SKG	7/24/1998	$216,335,085	$327,834,980
22	Top Gun	Paramount Pictures	5/16/1986	$176,786,701	$326,018,447
23	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	11/2/2001	$255,870,172	$324,038,146
24	Crocodile Dundee	Paramount Pictures	9/26/1986	$174,803,506	$320,916,505
25	Gremlins	Warner Bros.	6/8/1984	$148,168,459	$316,512,530
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	170	43.97%	$2,326,348,668	534,792,799	$3,679,374,457	Toy Story	$150,004,917
1996	173	50.95%	$2,848,610,652	644,482,040	$4,434,036,435	Independence Day	$306,124,059
1997	169	46.24%	$3,009,288,407	655,618,397	$4,510,654,571	Liar Liar	$181,395,380
1998	160	48.19%	$3,263,630,808	695,870,105	$4,787,586,322	Armageddon	$201,573,391
1999	171	47.42%	$3,461,083,812	681,315,715	$4,687,452,119	The Sixth Sense	$276,386,495
2000	221	55.95%	$4,184,905,489	776,420,314	$5,341,771,760	Gladiator	$186,610,052
2001	220	42.74%	$3,473,683,792	613,725,050	$4,222,428,344	Monsters, Inc.	$239,190,413
2002	215	37.06%	$3,404,980,287	586,055,115	$4,032,059,191	Signs	$227,535,166
2003	199	38.75%	$3,623,270,690	600,874,075	$4,134,013,636	Finding Nemo	$339,714,367
2004	245	34.64%	$3,209,606,577	516,844,848	$3,555,892,554	The Incredibles	$251,657,004
2005	302	37.38%	$3,344,521,026	521,766,152	$3,589,751,126	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	298	36.18%	$3,348,187,599	511,173,680	$3,516,874,918	Cars	$244,052,771
2007	360	34.09%	$3,288,988,640	478,050,681	$3,288,988,685	Ratatouille	$206,445,654
2008	371	41.97%	$4,134,628,314	575,853,531	$3,961,872,293	Hancock	$227,946,274
2009	187	39.62%	$3,457,238,981	481,509,615	$3,312,786,151	Up	$292,979,556

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