The Numbers - Box Office Performance History for Thriller/Suspense Movies

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

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Distributor	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Titanic	Dec 19, 1997	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$658,672,302	$1,016,477,150
2	The Sixth Sense	Aug 6, 1999	Walt Disney	PG-13	$293,506,292	$454,323,148
3	The Hunger Games	Mar 23, 2012	Lionsgate	PG-13	$408,010,692	$408,010,692
4	Signs	Aug 2, 2002	Walt Disney	PG-13	$227,965,690	$309,556,860
5	Inception	Jul 16, 2010	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$292,576,195	$292,576,195
6	The Da Vinci Code	May 19, 2006	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$217,536,138	$262,039,713
7	The Bourne Ultimatum	Aug 3, 2007	Universal	PG-13	$227,471,070	$260,864,356
8	Ocean's Eleven	Dec 7, 2001	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$183,417,150	$253,996,087
9	What Lies Beneath	Jul 21, 2000	Dreamworks SKG	PG-13	$155,464,351	$227,434,536
10	The Bourne Supremacy	Jul 23, 2004	Universal	PG-13	$176,087,450	$223,675,945
11	Se7en	Sep 22, 1995	New Line	R	$100,125,643	$181,110,760
12	The Bourne Identity	Jun 14, 2002	Universal	PG-13	$121,468,960	$164,955,267
13	Taken	Jan 30, 2009	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$145,000,989	$152,541,039
14	The Village	Jul 30, 2004	Walt Disney	PG-13	$114,197,520	$145,089,139
15	Angels & Demons	May 15, 2009	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$133,375,846	$140,311,389
16	Taken 2	Oct 5, 2012	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$139,854,287	$139,854,287
17	Vanilla Sky	Dec 14, 2001	Paramount Pictures	R	$100,614,858	$139,204,816
18	Unbreakable	Nov 22, 2000	Walt Disney	PG-13	$94,999,143	$138,715,100
19	Entrapment	Apr 30, 1999	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$87,707,396	$136,218,049
20	Argo	Oct 12, 2012	Warner Bros.	R	$136,025,503	$136,025,503
21	Conspiracy Theory	Aug 8, 1997	Warner Bros.	R	$76,118,990	$130,780,616
22	Panic Room	Mar 29, 2002	Sony Pictures	R	$95,308,367	$129,429,091
23	Shutter Island	Feb 19, 2010	Paramount Pictures	R	$128,012,934	$128,012,934
24	Super 8	Jun 9, 2011	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$127,004,179	$127,004,179
25	Red Dragon	Oct 4, 2002	Universal	R	$92,955,420	$126,199,264
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Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	18	6.22%	$329,212,569	75,681,051	$599,393,924	Se7en	$87,046,142
1996	19	5.04%	$281,943,466	63,788,114	$505,201,863	Executive Decision	$56,472,312
1997	23	9.92%	$645,507,898	140,633,530	$1,113,817,558	Titanic	$157,467,971
1998	19	11.55%	$782,523,377	166,849,332	$1,321,446,709	Titanic	$443,319,081
1999	15	7.86%	$574,022,658	112,996,584	$894,932,945	The Sixth Sense	$276,386,495
2000	21	7.62%	$569,881,367	105,729,382	$837,376,705	What Lies Beneath	$155,370,362
2001	22	7.64%	$620,909,355	109,701,300	$868,834,296	Ocean's Eleven	$136,996,174
2002	32	10.64%	$977,240,795	168,199,791	$1,332,142,345	Signs	$227,535,166
2003	19	4.09%	$382,824,712	63,486,685	$502,814,545	The Recruit	$52,784,696
2004	29	8.80%	$801,450,475	129,058,046	$1,022,139,724	The Bourne Supremacy	$176,049,130
2005	27	4.98%	$444,985,038	69,420,441	$549,809,893	Flightplan	$89,160,336
2006	35	8.02%	$742,127,938	113,301,974	$897,351,634	The Da Vinci Code	$217,536,138
2007	55	8.56%	$824,393,036	119,824,571	$949,010,602	The Bourne Ultimatum	$227,471,070
2008	51	7.84%	$779,942,619	108,627,100	$860,326,632	Eagle Eye	$101,401,695
2009	51	9.07%	$965,341,597	128,712,216	$1,019,400,751	Taken	$145,000,989
2010	50	9.09%	$952,641,870	120,740,417	$956,264,103	Inception	$292,568,851
2011	59	9.15%	$933,437,302	117,709,618	$932,260,175	Super 8	$127,004,179
2012	61	14.25%	$1,526,540,399	194,797,622	$1,542,797,166	The Hunger Games	$408,010,692
2013	36	13.31%	$468,708,810	59,032,310	$467,535,895	Olympus Has Fallen	$96,902,681

Box Office History for Thriller/Suspense Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

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

Year by Year Market Share