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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

 MovieDistributorRelease DateTotal GrossInflation-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

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross 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