Box Office History for Action Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2013, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Distributor	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Avatar	Dec 18, 2009	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$760,507,625	$778,817,600
2	The Dark Knight	Jul 18, 2008	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$533,345,358	$585,975,751
3	The Dark Knight Rises	Jul 20, 2012	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$448,139,099	$448,139,099
4	Twister	May 10, 1996	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$241,888,385	$431,430,171
5	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Jun 24, 2009	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$402,111,870	$423,021,687
6	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	May 22, 1997	Universal	PG-13	$229,086,679	$393,768,629
7	The Matrix Reloaded	May 15, 2003	Warner Bros.	R	$281,553,689	$368,401,095
8	Transformers	Jul 2, 2007	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$319,246,193	$365,912,289
9	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Jun 29, 2011	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$352,390,543	$352,390,543
10	Iron Man	May 2, 2008	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$318,604,126	$350,090,559
11	Iron Man 3	May 3, 2013	Walt Disney	PG-13	$345,876,981	$345,876,981
12	Batman Forever	Jun 16, 1995	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$184,031,112	$333,734,131
13	Mission: Impossible	May 21, 1996	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$180,981,886	$322,902,724
14	Mission: Impossible 2	May 24, 2000	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$215,409,889	$315,303,297
15	Rush Hour 2	Aug 3, 2001	New Line	PG-13	$226,164,286	$315,235,403
16	Skyfall	Nov 8, 2012	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$304,360,277	$304,360,277
17	Air Force One	Jul 25, 1997	Sony Pictures	R	$172,956,409	$296,709,675
18	The War of the Worlds	Jun 29, 2005	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$234,280,354	$288,369,109
19	X-Men: The Last Stand	May 26, 2006	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$234,362,462	$282,308,374
20	X2	May 2, 2003	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$214,949,694	$281,251,390
21	Pearl Harbor	May 25, 2001	Walt Disney	PG-13	$198,539,855	$276,763,156
22	Gladiator	May 5, 2000	Sony Pictures	R	$187,683,805	$274,642,647
23	The Matrix	Mar 31, 1999	Warner Bros.	R	$171,479,930	$266,183,833
24	Men in Black 2	Jul 3, 2002	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$190,418,803	$258,589,393
25	Batman Begins	Jun 15, 2005	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$205,343,774	$252,755,440
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	29	19.81%	$1,048,365,444	241,003,551	$1,908,748,124	Batman Forever	$183,997,904
1996	35	22.04%	$1,232,397,345	278,822,927	$2,208,277,582	Twister	$241,688,385
1997	34	22.50%	$1,464,454,446	319,053,259	$2,526,901,811	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$229,074,524
1998	31	14.67%	$994,536,914	212,054,778	$1,679,473,842	Rush Hour	$137,534,276
1999	23	12.46%	$909,822,820	179,098,980	$1,418,463,922	The Matrix	$171,383,253
2000	28	15.11%	$1,130,271,062	209,697,785	$1,660,806,457	Mission: Impossible 2	$215,397,307
2001	28	15.62%	$1,269,922,233	224,367,885	$1,776,993,649	Rush Hour 2	$226,138,454
2002	27	15.16%	$1,392,842,445	239,731,916	$1,898,676,775	Men in Black 2	$190,418,803
2003	30	22.59%	$2,112,312,409	350,300,567	$2,774,380,491	The Matrix Reloaded	$281,553,689
2004	27	11.35%	$1,033,945,024	166,496,784	$1,318,654,529	I, Robot	$144,795,350
2005	42	15.34%	$1,370,217,034	213,762,406	$1,692,998,256	The War of the Worlds	$234,277,056
2006	31	10.89%	$1,007,423,747	153,805,154	$1,218,136,820	X-Men: The Last Stand	$234,362,462
2007	38	15.34%	$1,477,432,837	214,743,146	$1,700,765,716	Transformers	$319,071,806
2008	37	19.76%	$1,965,640,846	273,766,135	$2,168,227,789	The Dark Knight	$531,001,578
2009	31	19.17%	$2,041,423,203	272,189,759	$2,155,742,891	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$402,111,870
2010	30	14.23%	$1,491,832,495	189,078,898	$1,497,504,872	Avatar	$408,392,727
2011	45	20.76%	$2,118,192,368	267,111,271	$2,115,521,266	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$352,390,543
2012	45	14.81%	$1,587,086,337	202,466,410	$1,603,533,967	The Dark Knight Rises	$448,139,099
2013	20	19.80%	$733,290,030	92,354,764	$731,449,731	Iron Man 3	$345,876,981

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