Box Office History for R-Rated Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

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

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Genre	Creative Type	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	The Passion of the Christ	Feb 25, 2004	Drama	Historical Fiction	$370,782,930	$471,059,905
2	The Matrix Reloaded	May 15, 2003	Action	Science Fiction	$281,553,689	$368,401,095
3	Saving Private Ryan	Jul 24, 1998	Drama	Historical Fiction	$216,335,085	$360,253,203
4	Air Force One	Jul 25, 1997	Action	Contemporary Fiction	$172,956,409	$296,709,675
5	There's Something About Mary	Jul 15, 1998	Romantic Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$176,484,651	$296,670,249
6	The Hangover	Jun 5, 2009	Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$277,322,503	$291,743,275
7	Gladiator	May 5, 2000	Action	Historical Fiction	$187,683,805	$274,642,647
8	Jerry Maguire	Dec 13, 1996	Romantic Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$153,952,592	$268,057,195
9	The Matrix	Mar 31, 1999	Action	Science Fiction	$171,479,930	$266,183,833
10	The Wedding Crashers	Jul 15, 2005	Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$209,218,368	$257,524,637
11	The Hangover Part II	May 26, 2011	Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$254,464,305	$254,464,305
12	Ransom	Nov 8, 1996	Action	Contemporary Fiction	$136,492,681	$242,789,810
13	300	Mar 9, 2007	Action	Historical Fiction	$210,614,939	$241,508,071
14	The Rock	Jun 7, 1996	Action	Contemporary Fiction	$134,069,511	$239,120,439
15	Good Will Hunting	Dec 5, 1997	Drama	Contemporary Fiction	$138,433,435	$233,004,048
16	Hannibal	Feb 9, 2001	Horror	Contemporary Fiction	$165,092,266	$230,137,059
17	Scary Movie	Jul 7, 2000	Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$157,019,771	$229,815,770
18	The Birdcage	Mar 8, 1996	Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$124,060,553	$221,241,028
19	Ted	Jun 29, 2012	Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$218,665,740	$218,665,740
20	The Blair Witch Project	Jul 14, 1999	Horror	Contemporary Fiction	$140,539,099	$218,264,289
21	Lethal Weapon 4	Jul 10, 1998	Action	Contemporary Fiction	$130,444,603	$218,253,219
22	The Green Mile	Dec 10, 1999	Drama	Fantasy	$136,801,374	$207,102,677
23	American Pie 2	Aug 10, 2001	Comedy	Contemporary Fiction	$145,096,820	$202,263,945
24	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Jul 1, 2003	Action	Science Fiction	$150,358,296	$196,726,869
25	American Beauty	Sep 15, 1999	Drama	Contemporary Fiction	$130,058,047	$196,725,678
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	168	39.21%	$2,074,654,244	476,932,008	$3,777,301,503	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	$99,941,764
1996	188	41.24%	$2,329,025,548	526,928,853	$4,173,276,516	The Rock	$133,955,936
1997	185	39.81%	$2,591,178,807	564,526,976	$4,471,053,650	Air Force One	$172,144,501
1998	203	35.13%	$2,382,197,090	507,931,143	$4,022,814,653	Saving Private Ryan	$190,373,184
1999	222	40.95%	$2,989,087,312	588,403,011	$4,660,151,847	The Matrix	$171,383,253
2000	224	34.32%	$2,567,009,545	476,254,086	$3,771,932,361	Gladiator	$186,610,052
2001	211	27.90%	$2,267,997,252	400,706,226	$3,173,593,310	Hannibal	$165,091,986
2002	229	23.80%	$2,186,183,413	376,279,412	$2,980,132,943	8 Mile	$114,707,095
2003	214	27.73%	$2,687,317,581	445,657,975	$3,529,611,162	The Matrix Reloaded	$281,553,689
2004	191	23.03%	$2,097,974,172	337,838,024	$2,675,677,150	The Passion of the Christ	$370,270,943
2005	194	19.29%	$1,722,829,950	268,772,225	$2,128,676,022	The Wedding Crashers	$209,218,368
2006	224	21.31%	$1,971,666,917	301,017,846	$2,384,061,340	Borat	$125,789,589
2007	242	25.65%	$2,469,490,357	358,937,552	$2,842,785,412	300	$210,592,590
2008	237	19.93%	$1,982,041,181	276,050,306	$2,186,318,424	Sex and the City	$152,647,258
2009	186	25.30%	$2,735,084,078	364,677,882	$2,888,248,825	The Hangover	$277,322,503
2010	199	23.72%	$2,547,359,663	322,859,278	$2,557,045,482	Shutter Island	$128,012,934
2011	222	22.30%	$2,417,563,966	304,858,706	$2,414,480,952	The Hangover Part II	$254,464,305
2012	219	26.65%	$2,927,440,605	373,422,560	$2,957,506,675	Ted	$218,665,740
2013	99	33.64%	$1,222,286,771	153,958,253	$1,219,349,364	Identity Thief	$133,967,450

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