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	$189,279,798
2	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	Action	R	$99,941,764	22,975,118	$181,273,681
3	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$93,211,105	21,427,840	$169,065,658
4	Crimson Tide	Action	R	$91,381,194	21,007,171	$165,746,579
5	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$87,046,142	20,010,607	$157,883,689
6	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$84,268,691	19,372,113	$152,845,972
7	While You Were Sleeping	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,052,361	18,632,727	$147,012,216
8	Congo	Adventure	PG-13	$80,998,938	18,620,446	$146,915,319
9	Nine Months	Comedy	PG-13	$69,590,987	15,997,928	$126,223,652
10	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$68,798,612	15,815,773	$124,786,449
11	Outbreak	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,598,303	15,539,840	$122,609,338
12	Bad Boys	Action	R	$65,637,842	15,089,159	$119,053,465
13	Dumb & Dumber	Comedy	PG-13	$60,671,411	13,947,451	$110,045,388
14	Babe	Adventure	G	$56,780,755	13,053,047	$102,988,541
15	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$56,461,210	12,979,589	$102,408,957
16	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$52,265,735	12,015,111	$94,799,226
17	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$51,055,287	11,736,848	$92,603,731
18	Something to Talk About	Comedy	R	$50,835,801	11,686,391	$92,205,625
19	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	Action	R	$50,002,097	11,494,735	$90,693,459
20	Pulp Fiction	Drama	R	$44,268,548	10,176,678	$80,293,989
21	Man of the House	Comedy	PG	$40,029,009	9,202,071	$72,604,340
22	Nobody's Fool	Drama	R	$39,007,303	8,967,196	$70,751,176
23	French Kiss	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,843,026	8,929,431	$70,453,211
24	Higher Learning	Drama	R	$38,023,585	8,741,054	$68,966,916
25	Just Cause	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,830,090	8,466,687	$66,802,160
26	Heat	Drama	R	$36,493,095	8,389,217	$66,190,922
27	To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	Comedy	PG-13	$36,422,690	8,373,032	$66,063,222
28	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$36,024,320	8,281,453	$65,340,664
29	Money Train	Action	R	$34,659,375	7,967,672	$62,864,932
30	Forget Paris	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,177,694	7,627,056	$60,177,472
31	Tommy Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$32,637,949	7,502,977	$59,198,489
32	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,310,128	7,197,731	$56,790,098
33	Disclosure	Drama	R	$31,301,740	7,195,802	$56,774,878
34	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$30,788,670	7,077,855	$55,844,276
35	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$30,748,841	7,068,699	$55,772,035
36	Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home	Drama	PG	$30,066,400	6,911,816	$54,534,228
37	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$29,876,995	6,868,275	$54,190,690
38	Assassins	Action	R	$29,454,844	6,771,229	$53,424,997
39	Major Payne	Comedy	PG-13	$29,386,820	6,755,591	$53,301,613
40	Friday	Comedy	R	$27,409,510	6,301,037	$49,715,182
41	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$26,402,222	6,069,476	$47,888,166
42	Houseguest	Comedy	PG	$26,313,748	6,049,137	$47,727,691
43	Billy Madison	Comedy	PG-13	$25,441,250	5,848,563	$46,145,162
44	Desperado	Action	R	$25,405,445	5,840,332	$46,080,219
45	Dolores Claiborne	Drama	R	$24,205,071	5,564,384	$43,902,990
46	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$24,045,877	5,527,788	$43,614,247
47	How to Make an American Quilt	Drama	PG-13	$23,586,725	5,422,236	$42,781,442
48	Boys on the Side	Drama	R	$23,394,062	5,377,945	$42,431,986
49	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$22,890,494	5,262,183	$41,518,624
50	Don Juan DeMarco	Drama	PG-13	$22,011,141	5,060,032	$39,923,652
51	Nell	Drama	PG-13	$20,914,085	4,807,836	$37,933,826
52	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$20,887,407	4,801,703	$37,885,437
53	Showgirls	Drama	NC-17	$20,170,437	4,636,882	$36,584,999
54	Heavy Weights	Comedy	PG	$17,662,142	4,060,263	$32,035,475
55	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$17,468,169	4,015,671	$31,683,644
56	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$17,244,975	3,964,362	$31,278,816
57	Jury Duty	Comedy	PG-13	$16,927,407	3,891,358	$30,702,815
58	Mad Love	Drama	PG-13	$15,429,108	3,546,921	$27,985,207
59	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers	Horror	R	$15,106,362	3,472,727	$27,399,816
60	Muriel's Wedding	Comedy	R	$15,103,199	3,472,000	$27,394,080
61	Kiss of Death	Drama	R	$14,924,355	3,430,886	$27,069,691
62	Ri¢hie Ri¢h	Comedy	PG	$14,709,190	3,381,423	$26,679,427
63	Sudden Death	Action	R	$13,467,140	3,095,894	$24,426,604
64	Clockers	Drama	R	$12,963,125	2,980,029	$23,512,429
65	Bye Bye Love	Comedy	PG-13	$11,959,497	2,749,310	$21,692,056
66	Roommates	Comedy	PG	$11,933,937	2,743,434	$21,645,694
67	Street Fighter	Action	PG-13	$11,920,295	2,740,298	$21,620,951
68	Tales from the Hood	Horror	R	$11,784,569	2,709,096	$21,374,767
69	Fair Game	Action	R	$11,184,039	2,571,043	$20,285,529
70	The Brothers McMullen	Drama	R	$10,202,068	2,345,303	$18,504,441
71	Jade	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,812,870	2,255,832	$17,798,514
72	The Baby-Sitters Club	Comedy	PG	$9,574,155	2,200,955	$17,365,535
73	Smoke	Drama	R	$8,353,284	1,920,295	$15,151,128
74	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,880,033	1,811,502	$14,292,751
75	The Jerky Boys	Comedy	R	$7,555,256	1,736,840	$13,703,668
76	Losing Isaiah	Drama	R	$7,551,247	1,735,919	$13,696,401
77	Hackers	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$7,479,498	1,719,425	$13,566,263
78	Bushwhacked	Comedy	PG-13	$7,357,794	1,691,447	$13,345,517
79	Kids	Drama	Not Rated	$7,269,578	1,671,167	$13,185,508
80	Never Talk to Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,826,471	1,569,304	$12,381,809
81	The Hunted	Action	R	$6,373,305	1,465,128	$11,559,860
82	Junior	Comedy	PG-13	$5,911,390	1,358,940	$10,722,037
83	The Tie That Binds	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,739,486	1,319,422	$10,410,240
84	Beyond Rangoon	Drama	R	$5,656,641	1,300,377	$10,259,975
85	Drop Zone	Action	R	$5,465,044	1,256,332	$9,912,459
86	Speechless	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,361,348	1,232,494	$9,724,378
87	Before Sunrise	Drama	R	$5,184,616	1,191,866	$9,403,823
88	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$5,037,971	1,158,154	$9,137,835
89	Top Dog	Action	PG-13	$4,992,085	1,147,606	$9,054,611
90	Miami Rhapsody	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,982,279	1,145,351	$9,036,819
91	Angus	Comedy	PG-13	$4,791,125	1,101,408	$8,690,109
92	National Lampoon's Senior Trip	Comedy	R	$4,671,358	1,073,875	$8,472,874
93	Pr�t-�-Porter	Comedy	R	$4,469,411	1,027,451	$8,106,588
94	Priest	Drama	R	$4,106,277	943,972	$7,447,939
95	White Man's Burden	Drama	R	$3,622,433	832,743	$6,570,342
96	New Jersey Drive	Drama	R	$3,540,207	813,841	$6,421,205
97	Exotica	Drama	R	$3,504,510	805,634	$6,356,452
98	Bad Company	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,504,008	805,519	$6,355,545
99	The Glass Shield	Drama	PG-13	$3,262,024	749,891	$5,916,640
100	Jeffrey	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,222,819	740,878	$5,845,527
101	The Last Seduction	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,172,270	729,257	$5,753,838
102	Steal Big, Steal Little	Comedy	PG-13	$3,087,268	709,717	$5,599,667
103	Death and the Maiden	Drama	R	$2,705,259	621,899	$4,906,783
104	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$2,702,762	621,325	$4,902,254
105	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$2,521,975	579,764	$4,574,338
106	The Cure	Drama	PG-13	$2,485,520	571,384	$4,508,220
107	Moonlight and Valentino	Drama	R	$2,418,013	555,865	$4,385,775
108	Trois couleurs: Rouge	Drama	R	$2,359,574	542,431	$4,279,781
109	Mallrats	Comedy	R	$2,028,211	466,255	$3,678,752
110	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Action	R	$1,980,559	455,301	$3,592,325
111	Shallow Grave	Black Comedy	R	$1,952,130	448,766	$3,540,764
112	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Drama	R	$1,927,091	443,009	$3,495,341
113	Fresa y chocolate	Comedy	R	$1,918,424	441,017	$3,479,624
114	Once Were Warriors	Drama	R	$1,295,787	297,882	$2,350,289
115	Blue in the Face	Drama	R	$1,260,496	289,769	$2,286,277
116	L�on	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,231,340	283,067	$2,233,399
117	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,209,198	277,977	$2,193,239
118	The Specialist	Action	R	$1,205,413	277,106	$2,186,366
119	Mute Witness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,086,723	249,821	$1,971,088
120	The River Wild	Action	PG-13	$1,082,410	248,830	$1,963,269
121	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Comedy	R	$1,076,567	247,487	$1,952,672
122	Living in Oblivion	Comedy	R	$1,043,576	239,903	$1,892,835
123	Little Odessa	Drama	R	$932,752	214,426	$1,691,821
124	Separate Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$862,365	198,245	$1,564,153
125	The Crossing Guard	Drama	R	$847,704	194,874	$1,537,556
126	Stuart Saves His Family	Comedy	PG-13	$810,781	186,386	$1,470,586
127	Mixed Nuts	Comedy	PG-13	$664,788	152,825	$1,205,789
128	Amateur	Drama	R	$635,711	146,140	$1,153,045
129	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$621,073	142,775	$1,126,495
130	The Sum of Us	Drama	R	$576,182	132,456	$1,045,078
131	Kicking and Screaming	Drama	R	$513,956	118,151	$932,211
132	Underneath	Drama	R	$498,844	114,677	$904,802
133	Funny Bones	Comedy	R	$487,481	112,065	$884,193
134	Clerks	Comedy	R	$481,383	110,663	$873,131
135	Love & Human Remains	Comedy	R	$469,268	107,878	$851,157
136	Double Happiness	Comedy	PG-13	$439,196	100,965	$796,614
137	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$435,480	100,110	$789,868
138	Before the Rain	Drama		$431,105	99,105	$781,938
139	Vanya on 42nd Street	Drama	PG	$418,805	96,277	$759,626
140	The Run of the Country	Drama	R	$414,683	95,329	$752,146
141	3 Ninjas Knuckle Up	Action	PG-13	$407,618	93,705	$739,332
142	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Comedy	R	$402,962	92,635	$730,890
143	Bar Girls	Romantic Comedy	R	$397,566	91,394	$721,099
144	Party Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$387,302	89,035	$702,486
145	Search and Destroy	Drama	R	$314,751	72,357	$570,897
146	Swimming with Sharks	Comedy	R	$311,156	71,530	$564,372
147	Empire Records	Comedy	PG-13	$293,879	67,558	$533,033
148	Georgia	Drama	R	$215,009	49,427	$389,979
149	Lie Down with Dogs	Comedy	R	$212,535	48,859	$385,498
150	Miracle on 34th Street	Drama	PG	$156,966	36,084	$284,703
151	Canadian Bacon	Comedy		$149,532	34,375	$271,219
152	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$144,961	33,324	$262,926
153	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$138,528	31,846	$251,265
154	Grosse Fatigue	Drama		$138,179	31,765	$250,626
155	Jason's Lyric	Drama	R	$133,815	30,762	$242,712
156	Milk Money	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$125,013	28,739	$226,751
157	Roosters	Drama	R	$104,443	24,010	$189,439
158	Gospa	Drama	PG	$85,377	19,627	$154,857
159	Clear and Present Danger	Action	PG-13	$74,720	17,177	$135,527
160	World and Time Enough	Drama		$60,301	13,862	$109,371
161	Erotique	Drama	R	$57,595	13,240	$104,464
162	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$44,108	10,140	$80,005
163	O Convento	Drama	R	$41,100	9,448	$74,545
164	Color of Night	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,420	5,614	$44,294
165	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$14,466	3,326	$26,242
166	Coldblooded	Comedy	R	$8,423	1,936	$15,275
167	Augustin	Comedy		$5,490	1,262	$9,957
168	A Business Affair	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,149	$9,066
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,864,178,050
Total Tickets Sold					658,431,736
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,195,026,397

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.