Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 1995

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1995 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$104,355,781	23,989,835	$172,247,015
2	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	Action	R	$99,941,764	22,975,118	$164,961,347
3	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$93,211,105	21,427,840	$153,851,891
4	Crimson Tide	Action	R	$91,381,194	21,007,171	$150,831,488
5	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$87,046,142	20,010,607	$143,676,158
6	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$84,268,691	19,372,113	$139,091,771
7	While You Were Sleeping	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,052,361	18,632,727	$133,782,980
8	Congo	Adventure	PG-13	$80,998,938	18,620,446	$133,694,802
9	Nine Months	Comedy	PG-13	$69,590,987	15,997,928	$114,865,123
10	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$68,798,612	15,815,773	$113,557,250
11	Outbreak	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,598,303	15,539,840	$111,576,051
12	Bad Boys	Action	R	$65,637,842	15,089,159	$108,340,162
13	Dumb & Dumber	Comedy	PG-13	$60,671,411	13,947,451	$100,142,698
14	Babe	Adventure	G	$56,780,755	13,053,047	$93,720,877
15	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$56,461,210	12,979,589	$93,193,449
16	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$52,265,735	12,015,111	$86,268,497
17	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$51,055,287	11,736,848	$84,270,569
18	Something to Talk About	Comedy	R	$50,835,801	11,686,391	$83,908,287
19	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	Action	R	$50,002,097	11,494,735	$82,532,197
20	Pulp Fiction	Drama	R	$44,268,548	10,176,678	$73,068,548
21	Man of the House	Comedy	PG	$40,029,009	9,202,071	$66,070,870
22	Nobody's Fool	Drama	R	$39,007,303	8,967,196	$64,384,467
23	French Kiss	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,843,026	8,929,431	$64,113,315
24	Higher Learning	Drama	R	$38,023,585	8,741,054	$62,760,768
25	Just Cause	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,830,090	8,466,687	$60,790,813
26	Heat	Drama	R	$36,493,095	8,389,217	$60,234,578
27	To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	Comedy	PG-13	$36,422,690	8,373,032	$60,118,370
28	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$36,024,320	8,281,453	$59,460,833
29	Money Train	Action	R	$34,659,375	7,967,672	$57,207,885
30	Forget Paris	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,177,694	7,627,056	$54,762,262
31	Tommy Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$32,637,949	7,502,977	$53,871,375
32	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,310,128	7,197,731	$51,679,709
33	Disclosure	Drama	R	$31,301,740	7,195,802	$51,665,858
34	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$30,788,670	7,077,855	$50,818,999
35	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$30,748,841	7,068,699	$50,753,259
36	Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home	Drama	PG	$30,066,400	6,911,816	$49,626,839
37	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$29,876,995	6,868,275	$49,314,215
38	Assassins	Action	R	$29,454,844	6,771,229	$48,617,424
39	Major Payne	Comedy	PG-13	$29,386,820	6,755,591	$48,505,143
40	Friday	Comedy	R	$27,409,510	6,301,037	$45,241,446
41	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$26,402,222	6,069,476	$43,578,838
42	Houseguest	Comedy	PG	$26,313,748	6,049,137	$43,432,804
43	Billy Madison	Comedy	PG-13	$25,441,250	5,848,563	$41,992,682
44	Desperado	Action	R	$25,405,445	5,840,332	$41,933,584
45	Dolores Claiborne	Drama	R	$24,205,071	5,564,384	$39,952,277
46	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$24,045,877	5,527,788	$39,689,518
47	How to Make an American Quilt	Drama	PG-13	$23,586,725	5,422,236	$38,931,654
48	Boys on the Side	Drama	R	$23,394,062	5,377,945	$38,613,645
49	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$22,890,494	5,262,183	$37,782,474
50	Don Juan DeMarco	Drama	PG-13	$22,011,141	5,060,032	$36,331,030
51	Nell	Drama	PG-13	$20,914,085	4,807,836	$34,520,262
52	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$20,887,407	4,801,703	$34,476,228
53	Showgirls	Drama	NC-17	$20,170,437	4,636,882	$33,292,813
54	Heavy Weights	Comedy	PG	$17,662,142	4,060,263	$29,152,688
55	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$17,468,169	4,015,671	$28,832,518
56	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$17,244,975	3,964,362	$28,464,119
57	Jury Duty	Comedy	PG-13	$16,927,407	3,891,358	$27,939,950
58	Mad Love	Drama	PG-13	$15,429,108	3,546,921	$25,466,893
59	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers	Horror	R	$15,106,362	3,472,727	$24,934,180
60	Muriel's Wedding	Comedy	R	$15,103,199	3,472,000	$24,928,960
61	Kiss of Death	Drama	R	$14,924,355	3,430,886	$24,633,761
62	Ri¢hie Ri¢h	Comedy	PG	$14,709,190	3,381,423	$24,278,617
63	Sudden Death	Action	R	$13,467,140	3,095,894	$22,228,519
64	Clockers	Drama	R	$12,963,125	2,980,029	$21,396,608
65	Bye Bye Love	Comedy	PG-13	$11,959,497	2,749,310	$19,740,046
66	Roommates	Comedy	PG	$11,933,937	2,743,434	$19,697,856
67	Street Fighter	Action	PG-13	$11,920,295	2,740,298	$19,675,340
68	Tales from the Hood	Horror	R	$11,784,569	2,709,096	$19,451,309
69	Fair Game	Action	R	$11,184,039	2,571,043	$18,460,089
70	The Brothers McMullen	Drama	R	$10,202,068	2,345,303	$16,839,276
71	Jade	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,812,870	2,255,832	$16,196,874
72	The Baby-Sitters Club	Comedy	PG	$9,574,155	2,200,955	$15,802,857
73	Smoke	Drama	R	$8,353,284	1,920,295	$13,787,718
74	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,880,033	1,811,502	$13,006,584
75	The Jerky Boys	Comedy	R	$7,555,256	1,736,840	$12,470,511
76	Losing Isaiah	Drama	R	$7,551,247	1,735,919	$12,463,898
77	Hackers	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$7,479,498	1,719,425	$12,345,472
78	Bushwhacked	Comedy	PG-13	$7,357,794	1,691,447	$12,144,589
79	Kids	Drama	Not Rated	$7,269,578	1,671,167	$11,998,979
80	Never Talk to Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,826,471	1,569,304	$11,267,603
81	The Hunted	Action	R	$6,373,305	1,465,128	$10,519,619
82	Junior	Comedy	PG-13	$5,911,390	1,358,940	$9,757,189
83	The Tie That Binds	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,739,486	1,319,422	$9,473,450
84	Beyond Rangoon	Drama	R	$5,656,641	1,300,377	$9,336,707
85	Drop Zone	Action	R	$5,465,044	1,256,332	$9,020,464
86	Speechless	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,361,348	1,232,494	$8,849,307
87	Before Sunrise	Drama	R	$5,184,616	1,191,866	$8,557,598
88	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$5,037,971	1,158,154	$8,315,546
89	Top Dog	Action	PG-13	$4,992,085	1,147,606	$8,239,811
90	Miami Rhapsody	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,982,279	1,145,351	$8,223,620
91	Angus	Comedy	PG-13	$4,791,125	1,101,408	$7,908,109
92	National Lampoon's Senior Trip	Comedy	R	$4,671,358	1,073,875	$7,710,423
93	Ready to Wear	Comedy	R	$4,469,411	1,027,451	$7,377,098
94	Priest	Drama	R	$4,106,277	943,972	$6,777,719
95	White Man's Burden	Drama	R	$3,622,433	832,743	$5,979,095
96	New Jersey Drive	Drama	R	$3,540,207	813,841	$5,843,378
97	Exotica	Drama	R	$3,504,510	805,634	$5,784,452
98	Bad Company	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,504,008	805,519	$5,783,626
99	The Glass Shield	Drama	PG-13	$3,262,024	749,891	$5,384,217
100	Jeffrey	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,222,819	740,878	$5,319,504
101	The Last Seduction	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,172,270	729,257	$5,236,065
102	Steal Big, Steal Little	Comedy	PG-13	$3,087,268	709,717	$5,095,768
103	Death and the Maiden	Drama	R	$2,705,259	621,899	$4,465,235
104	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$2,702,762	621,325	$4,461,114
105	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$2,521,975	579,764	$4,162,706
106	The Cure	Drama	PG-13	$2,485,520	571,384	$4,102,537
107	Moonlight and Valentino	Drama	R	$2,418,013	555,865	$3,991,111
108	Red	Drama	R	$2,359,574	542,431	$3,894,655
109	Mallrats	Comedy	R	$2,028,211	466,255	$3,347,711
110	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Action	R	$1,980,559	455,301	$3,269,061
111	Shallow Grave	Black Comedy	R	$1,952,130	448,766	$3,222,140
112	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Drama	R	$1,927,091	443,009	$3,180,805
113	Strawberry and Chocolate	Comedy	R	$1,918,424	441,017	$3,166,502
114	Once Were Warriors	Drama	R	$1,295,787	297,882	$2,138,793
115	Blue in the Face	Drama	R	$1,260,496	289,769	$2,080,541
116	The Professional	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,231,340	283,067	$2,032,421
117	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,209,198	277,977	$1,995,875
118	The Specialist	Action	R	$1,205,413	277,106	$1,989,621
119	Mute Witness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,086,723	249,821	$1,793,715
120	The River Wild	Action	PG-13	$1,082,410	248,830	$1,786,599
121	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Comedy	R	$1,076,567	247,487	$1,776,957
122	Living in Oblivion	Comedy	R	$1,043,576	239,903	$1,722,504
123	Little Odessa	Drama	R	$932,752	214,426	$1,539,579
124	Separate Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$862,365	198,245	$1,423,399
125	The Crossing Guard	Drama	R	$847,704	194,874	$1,399,195
126	Stuart Saves His Family	Comedy	PG-13	$810,781	186,386	$1,338,251
127	Mixed Nuts	Comedy	PG-13	$664,788	152,825	$1,097,284
128	Amateur	Drama	R	$635,711	146,140	$1,049,285
129	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$621,073	142,775	$1,025,125
130	The Sum of Us	Drama	R	$576,182	132,456	$951,034
131	Kicking and Screaming	Drama	R	$513,956	118,151	$848,324
132	Underneath	Drama	R	$498,844	114,677	$823,381
133	Funny Bones	Comedy	R	$487,481	112,065	$804,627
134	Clerks	Comedy	R	$481,383	110,663	$794,560
135	Love & Human Remains	Comedy	R	$469,268	107,878	$774,564
136	Double Happiness	Comedy	PG-13	$439,196	100,965	$724,929
137	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$435,480	100,110	$718,790
138	Before the Rain	Drama		$431,105	99,105	$711,574
139	Vanya on 42nd Street	Drama	PG	$418,805	96,277	$691,269
140	The Run of the Country	Drama	R	$414,683	95,329	$684,462
141	3 Ninjas Knuckle Up	Action	PG-13	$407,618	93,705	$672,802
142	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Comedy	R	$402,962	92,635	$665,119
143	Bar Girls	Romantic Comedy	R	$397,566	91,394	$656,209
144	Party Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$387,302	89,035	$639,271
145	Search and Destroy	Drama	R	$314,751	72,357	$519,523
146	Swimming with Sharks	Comedy	R	$311,156	71,530	$513,585
147	Empire Records	Comedy	PG-13	$293,879	67,558	$485,066
148	Georgia	Drama	R	$215,009	49,427	$354,886
149	Lie Down with Dogs	Comedy	R	$212,535	48,859	$350,808
150	Miracle on 34th Street	Drama	PG	$156,966	36,084	$259,083
151	Canadian Bacon	Comedy		$149,532	34,375	$246,813
152	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$144,961	33,324	$239,266
153	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$138,528	31,846	$228,654
154	Dead Tired	Drama		$138,179	31,765	$228,073
155	Jason's Lyric	Drama	R	$133,815	30,762	$220,871
156	Milk Money	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$125,013	28,739	$206,346
157	Roosters	Drama	R	$104,443	24,010	$172,392
158	Gospa	Drama	PG	$85,377	19,627	$140,922
159	Clear and Present Danger	Action	PG-13	$74,720	17,177	$123,331
160	World and Time Enough	Drama		$60,301	13,862	$99,529
161	Erotique	Drama	R	$57,595	13,240	$95,063
162	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$44,108	10,140	$72,805
163	The Convent	Drama	R	$41,100	9,448	$67,837
164	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$14,466	3,326	$23,881
165	Coldblooded	Comedy	R	$8,423	1,936	$13,900
166	Augustin	Comedy		$5,490	1,262	$9,061
167	A Business Affair	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,149	$8,250
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,864,153,630
Total Tickets Sold					658,426,122
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,727,499,556

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1995. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1995. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1994 will most likely earn money in 1994 and 1995. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.