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Box Office History for Historical Fiction
Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year
Note: Figures for 2026 are at an annualized rate.
Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2026, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
Year by Year Market Share
| Year | Movies in Release | Market Share | Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross | Top-Grossing Movie | Gross that Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 54 | 14.20% | $754,677,236 | 173,488,993 | $1,962,160,511 | Pocahontas | $141,551,246 |
| 1996 | 45 | 7.30% | $421,302,334 | 95,317,246 | $1,078,038,052 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $100,138,851 |
| 1997 | 37 | 7.22% | $447,291,760 | 97,449,168 | $1,102,150,090 | Titanic | $112,594,173 |
| 1998 | 44 | 17.22% | $1,166,940,903 | 248,814,691 | $2,814,094,155 | Titanic | $488,192,879 |
| 1999 | 51 | 11.13% | $821,098,572 | 161,633,572 | $1,828,075,699 | Tarzan | $170,904,824 |
| 2000 | 52 | 10.05% | $759,382,427 | 140,887,275 | $1,593,435,080 | Gladiator | $186,610,052 |
| 2001 | 55 | 7.75% | $630,464,226 | 111,389,438 | $1,259,814,544 | The Others | $96,522,687 |
| 2002 | 46 | 5.49% | $501,150,378 | 86,256,524 | $975,561,286 | Road to Perdition | $104,054,514 |
| 2003 | 47 | 9.93% | $915,380,694 | 151,804,426 | $1,716,908,058 | Chicago | $168,612,589 |
| 2004 | 56 | 11.05% | $1,037,921,889 | 167,137,174 | $1,890,321,438 | Troy | $133,298,577 |
| 2005 | 43 | 4.99% | $440,685,227 | 68,749,648 | $777,558,519 | The Amityville Horror | $64,858,000 |
| 2006 | 65 | 11.51% | $1,060,054,060 | 161,840,317 | $1,830,413,985 | Pirates of the Caribbean: D… | $423,315,812 |
| 2007 | 67 | 11.56% | $1,118,424,051 | 162,561,635 | $1,838,572,092 | Pirates of the Caribbean: A… | $309,420,425 |
| 2008 | 64 | 9.73% | $950,022,348 | 132,315,090 | $1,496,483,668 | Indiana Jones and the Kingd… | $317,101,119 |
| 2009 | 48 | 5.22% | $555,628,506 | 74,083,799 | $837,887,767 | Sherlock Holmes | $138,715,437 |
| 2010 | 52 | 5.37% | $561,036,176 | 71,233,596 | $805,651,971 | Shutter Island | $128,012,934 |
| 2011 | 71 | 8.35% | $850,414,440 | 107,240,153 | $1,212,886,130 | Pirates of the Caribbean: O… | $241,071,802 |
| 2012 | 78 | 8.74% | $941,607,603 | 118,292,412 | $1,337,887,180 | The Vow | $125,014,030 |
| 2013 | 61 | 5.61% | $613,568,065 | 75,469,625 | $853,561,459 | The Great Gatsby | $144,840,419 |
| 2014 | 61 | 7.10% | $742,555,383 | 90,888,053 | $1,027,943,879 | 300: Rise of an Empire | $106,580,051 |
| 2015 | 85 | 2.49% | $279,830,480 | 33,194,599 | $375,430,915 | Bridge of Spies | $70,447,776 |
| 2016 | 92 | 6.42% | $730,798,808 | 84,485,412 | $955,530,010 | The Legend of Tarzan | $126,643,061 |
| 2017 | 75 | 8.55% | $943,786,141 | 105,215,849 | $1,189,991,252 | It | $327,481,748 |
| 2018 | 66 | 3.46% | $410,336,465 | 45,042,417 | $509,429,736 | The House with a Clock in i… | $68,536,400 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2.70% | $303,976,574 | 33,185,216 | $375,324,793 | Downton Abbey | $96,853,865 |
| 2020 | 38 | 16.37% | $348,060,212 | 37,915,056 | $428,819,283 | 1917 | $157,901,466 |
| 2021 | 30 | 8.07% | $364,274,770 | 35,818,560 | $405,107,914 | Jungle Cruise | $116,987,516 |
| 2022 | 48 | 4.29% | $317,395,173 | 30,141,989 | $340,905,896 | Death on the Nile | $45,630,104 |
| 2023 | 57 | 5.92% | $530,054,178 | 48,451,025 | $547,981,093 | Indiana Jones and the Dial … | $174,480,468 |
| 2024 | 69 | 4.77% | $410,716,569 | 36,314,461 | $410,716,554 | Gladiator II | $164,554,921 |
| 2025 | 65 | 7.06% | $614,222,700 | 54,307,930 | $614,222,688 | Sinners | $279,989,632 |
| 2026 | 7 | 0.70% | $2,315,518 | 204,733 | $2,315,530 | Hamnet | $2,088,255 |
Upcoming Releases
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Domestic Box Office to Date | Trailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | ||||
| December 25 | The Choral (Limited) | Drama | $110,194 | |
| January 2026 | ||||
| January 9 | All That’s Left Of You (Limited) | Drama | $56,074 | |
| My Neighbor Adolf (Limited) | Drama | |||
| January 16 | Queen Kelly (Limited) | Drama | ||
| The Choral (Expands Wide) | Drama | $110,194 | ||
| January 23 | Border 2 (Limited) | Action | ||
| Conversation Piece (Limited) | Drama | |||
| February 2026 | ||||
| February 6 | Dracula (Wide) | Horror | ||
| Kokuho (Limited) | Drama | |||
| My Father’s Shadow (Limited) | Drama | |||
| The President’s Cake (Limited) | Drama | |||
| February 13 | Wuthering Heights (Wide) | Drama | ||
| March 2026 | ||||
| March 6 | Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (Limited) | Drama | ||
| March 19 | Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups (Limited) | Action | ||
| April 2026 | ||||
| April 3 | Living the Land (Limited) | Drama | ||
| April 17 | 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (Wide) | Black Comedy | ||
| May 2026 | ||||
| May 2 | Met Opera: Eugene Onegin (Special Engagement) | Concert/Perfor… | ||
| July 2026 | ||||
| July 17 | The Odyssey (Wide) | Action | Play | |
| The Odyssey (IMAX) | Action | Play | ||
| September 2026 | ||||
| September 11 | Sense and Sensibility (Wide) | Drama | ||
| October 2026 | ||||
| October 16 | Street Fighter (Wide) | Action | ||
| December 2026 | ||||
| December 25 | Werwulf (Wide) | Horror | ||
| During 2026 | The Haunting in Wicker Park (Wide) | Horror | ||
| Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 (Wide) | Western | |||
| Amrum (Limited) | Drama | |||
| February 2027 | ||||
| February 12 | The Nightingale (Wide) | Drama | ||
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.