Box Office History for Based on Real Life Events Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

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

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Genre	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Pearl Harbor	May 25, 2001	Action	PG-13	$198,539,855	$276,763,156
2	Pocahontas	Jun 10, 1995	Adventure	G	$141,579,773	$256,773,659
3	Patch Adams	Dec 25, 1998	Comedy	PG-13	$135,041,968	$218,157,332
4	The Pursuit of Happyness	Dec 15, 2006	Drama	PG-13	$162,586,036	$192,492,433
5	Erin Brockovich	Mar 17, 2000	Drama	R	$125,548,685	$183,780,910
6	Remember the Titans	Sep 29, 2000	Drama	PG	$115,654,751	$169,156,077
7	Dangerous Minds	Aug 11, 1995	Drama	R	$84,919,401	$153,755,389
8	Fahrenheit 9/11	Jun 23, 2004	Documentary	R	$119,114,517	$151,292,841
9	Walk the Line	Nov 18, 2005	Drama	PG-13	$119,519,402	$146,401,349
10	Braveheart	May 24, 1995	Drama	R	$75,545,647	$136,779,249
11	The Aviator	Dec 17, 2004	Drama	PG-13	$102,608,827	$127,550,474
12	Everest	Mar 6, 1998	Documentary	PG-13	$87,178,599	$125,785,867
13	The Vow	Feb 10, 2012	Drama	PG-13	$125,014,030	$125,014,030
14	Space Station	Apr 19, 2002	Documentary	Not Rated	$87,829,093	$107,031,361
15	The Terminal	Jun 18, 2004	Drama	PG-13	$77,073,959	$97,871,931
16	The Social Network	Oct 1, 2010	Drama	PG-13	$96,962,694	$96,962,694
17	Zero Dark Thirty	Dec 19, 2012	Drama	R	$95,720,716	$95,720,716
18	Ray	Oct 29, 2004	Drama	PG-13	$75,305,995	$95,532,152
19	La marche de l'empereur	Jun 24, 2005	Documentary	G	$77,437,223	$95,286,851
20	The Fighter	Dec 10, 2010	Drama	R	$93,617,009	$93,617,009
21	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Sep 9, 2005	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,072,454	$92,405,873
22	Valkyrie	Dec 25, 2008	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$83,077,762	$90,276,993
23	42	Apr 12, 2013	Drama	PG-13	$89,804,450	$89,804,450
24	Coyote Ugly	Aug 4, 2000	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	$88,980,272
25	World Trade Center	Aug 9, 2006	Drama	PG-13	$70,278,893	$84,656,560
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	21	8.10%	$428,731,144	98,558,884	$780,586,361	Pocahontas	$141,539,152
1996	24	3.31%	$184,841,997	41,819,456	$331,210,092	Dead Man Walking	$39,261,491
1997	24	4.41%	$287,171,126	62,564,516	$495,510,967	Donnie Brasco	$41,954,997
1998	23	3.61%	$244,970,994	52,232,621	$413,682,358	Patch Adams	$65,495,000
1999	33	3.55%	$259,114,438	51,006,777	$403,973,674	Patch Adams	$69,519,968
2000	53	8.02%	$599,793,918	111,279,022	$881,329,854	Erin Brockovich	$125,548,685
2001	34	4.88%	$396,561,645	70,063,895	$554,906,048	Pearl Harbor	$198,539,855
2002	36	1.77%	$162,330,737	27,939,885	$221,283,889	Space Station	$29,820,971
2003	58	2.23%	$208,061,551	34,504,404	$273,274,880	Radio	$51,801,566
2004	105	6.58%	$599,372,201	96,517,262	$764,416,715	Fahrenheit 9/11	$119,078,393
2005	123	6.97%	$622,379,811	97,095,135	$768,993,469	Walk the Line	$92,436,258
2006	143	8.09%	$748,476,543	114,271,231	$905,028,150	The Pursuit of Happyness	$104,510,417
2007	155	4.56%	$438,749,018	63,771,663	$505,071,571	The Pursuit of Happyness	$58,075,619
2008	165	3.72%	$369,575,711	51,472,936	$407,665,653	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	$65,281,781
2009	105	3.40%	$362,297,255	48,306,302	$382,585,912	Michael Jackson's This Is It	$72,091,016
2010	138	4.14%	$433,984,711	55,004,402	$435,634,864	The Social Network	$93,222,026
2011	180	4.10%	$418,095,932	52,723,321	$417,568,702	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	$73,013,910
2012	169	3.47%	$371,602,531	47,447,478	$375,784,026	The Vow	$125,014,030
2013	87	8.05%	$306,491,235	38,602,128	$305,728,854	Zero Dark Thirty	$94,352,716

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