Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1995

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1995 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Toy Story	Adventure	G	$150,004,917	34,483,889	$247,594,323
2	Crimson Tide	Action	R	$91,381,194	21,007,171	$150,831,488
3	Waterworld	Action	PG-13	$88,214,660	20,279,232	$145,604,886
4	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$87,046,142	20,010,607	$143,676,158
5	While You Were Sleeping	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,052,361	18,632,727	$133,782,980
6	Outbreak	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,598,303	15,539,840	$111,576,051
7	Bad Boys	Action	R	$65,637,842	15,089,159	$108,340,162
8	Dumb & Dumber	Comedy	PG-13	$60,671,411	13,947,451	$100,142,698
9	Species	Action	R	$60,000,401	13,793,196	$99,035,147
10	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$51,055,287	11,736,848	$84,270,569
11	Something to Talk About	Comedy	R	$50,835,801	11,686,391	$83,908,287
12	The Net	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$50,620,117	11,636,809	$83,552,289
13	Pulp Fiction	Drama	R	$44,268,548	10,176,678	$73,068,548
14	Man of the House	Comedy	PG	$40,029,009	9,202,071	$66,070,870
15	French Kiss	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,843,026	8,929,431	$64,113,315
16	Higher Learning	Drama	R	$38,023,585	8,741,054	$62,760,768
17	Just Cause	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,830,090	8,466,687	$60,790,813
18	Heat	Drama	R	$36,493,095	8,389,217	$60,234,578
19	To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	Comedy	PG-13	$36,422,690	8,373,032	$60,118,370
20	Money Train	Action	R	$34,659,375	7,967,672	$57,207,885
21	Forget Paris	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,177,694	7,627,056	$54,762,262
22	Tommy Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$32,637,949	7,502,977	$53,871,375
23	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,310,128	7,197,731	$51,679,709
24	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$29,876,995	6,868,275	$49,314,215
25	Assassins	Action	R	$29,454,844	6,771,229	$48,617,424
26	Major Payne	Comedy	PG-13	$29,386,820	6,755,591	$48,505,143
27	Friday	Comedy	R	$27,409,510	6,301,037	$45,241,446
28	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$26,402,222	6,069,476	$43,578,838
29	Houseguest	Comedy	PG	$26,313,748	6,049,137	$43,432,804
30	Billy Madison	Comedy	PG-13	$25,441,250	5,848,563	$41,992,682
31	Operation Dumbo Drop	Adventure	PG	$24,670,346	5,671,344	$40,720,250
32	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$24,045,877	5,527,788	$39,689,518
33	Virtuosity	Action	R	$23,980,766	5,512,820	$39,582,048
34	Boys on the Side	Drama	R	$23,394,062	5,377,945	$38,613,645
35	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$22,890,494	5,262,183	$37,782,474
36	Don Juan DeMarco	Drama	PG-13	$22,011,141	5,060,032	$36,331,030
37	Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight	Horror	R	$20,943,520	4,814,602	$34,568,842
38	Showgirls	Drama	NC-17	$20,170,437	4,636,882	$33,292,813
39	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$19,034,124	4,375,661	$31,417,246
40	The Quick and the Dead	Western	R	$18,543,650	4,262,908	$30,607,679
41	The Big Green	Comedy	PG	$17,736,619	4,077,384	$29,275,617
42	Heavy Weights	Comedy	PG	$17,662,142	4,060,263	$29,152,688
43	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$17,468,169	4,015,671	$28,832,518
44	Murder in the First	Drama	R	$17,300,238	3,977,066	$28,555,334
45	Jury Duty	Comedy	PG-13	$16,927,407	3,891,358	$27,939,950
46	The Prophecy	Horror	R	$16,091,660	3,699,232	$26,560,486
47	Mad Love	Drama	PG-13	$15,429,108	3,546,921	$25,466,893
48	Muriel's Wedding	Comedy	R	$15,103,199	3,472,000	$24,928,960
49	Ri¢hie Ri¢h	Comedy	PG	$14,709,190	3,381,423	$24,278,617
50	Sudden Death	Action	R	$13,467,140	3,095,894	$22,228,519
51	A Kid in King Arthur's Court	Adventure	PG	$13,378,668	3,075,556	$22,082,492
52	Lord of Illusions	Horror	R	$13,229,129	3,041,179	$21,835,665
53	I.Q.	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,201,318	3,034,786	$21,789,763
54	The Lion King	Adventure	G	$12,472,984	2,867,353	$20,587,595
55	Bye Bye Love	Comedy	PG-13	$11,959,497	2,749,310	$19,740,046
56	Tales from the Hood	Horror	R	$11,784,569	2,709,096	$19,451,309
57	Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog	Adventure	PG	$11,301,050	2,597,943	$18,653,231
58	My Family	Drama	R	$11,075,827	2,546,167	$18,281,479
59	The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain	Comedy	PG	$10,882,631	2,501,754	$17,962,594
60	The Brothers McMullen	Drama	R	$10,202,068	2,345,303	$16,839,276
61	Jade	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,812,870	2,255,832	$16,196,874
62	The Postman	Drama	PG	$9,026,521	2,075,062	$14,898,945
63	In the Mouth of Madness	Horror	R	$8,671,748	1,993,505	$14,313,366
64	Smoke	Drama	R	$8,353,284	1,920,295	$13,787,718
65	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$8,244,193	1,895,217	$13,607,658
66	Tall Tale	Western	PG	$8,236,432	1,893,433	$13,594,849
67	Strange Days	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,907,619	1,817,843	$13,052,113
68	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,880,033	1,811,502	$13,006,584
69	The Jerky Boys	Comedy	R	$7,555,256	1,736,840	$12,470,511
70	The Amazing Panda Adventure	Adventure	PG	$7,491,904	1,722,277	$12,365,949
71	Hackers	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$7,479,498	1,719,425	$12,345,472
72	Bushwhacked	Comedy	PG-13	$7,357,794	1,691,447	$12,144,589
73	Kids	Drama	Not Rated	$7,269,578	1,671,167	$11,998,979
74	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$7,215,860	1,658,818	$11,910,313
75	Last of the Dogmen	Adventure	PG	$6,983,547	1,605,413	$11,526,865
76	Three Wishes	Drama	PG	$6,913,141	1,589,228	$11,410,657
77	The Santa Clause	Comedy	PG	$6,873,909	1,580,209	$11,345,901
78	Never Talk to Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,826,471	1,569,304	$11,267,603
79	Balto	Adventure	G	$6,627,045	1,523,459	$10,938,436
80	The Hunted	Action	R	$6,373,305	1,465,128	$10,519,619
81	The Walking Dead	Drama	R	$5,975,209	1,373,611	$9,862,527
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	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Adventure	PG	$5,673,570	1,304,269	$9,364,651
85	Beyond Rangoon	Drama	R	$5,656,641	1,300,377	$9,336,707
86	Drop Zone	Action	R	$5,465,044	1,256,332	$9,020,464
87	Speechless	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,361,348	1,232,494	$8,849,307
88	Before Sunrise	Drama	R	$5,184,616	1,191,866	$8,557,598
89	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$5,037,971	1,158,154	$8,315,546
90	Top Dog	Action	PG-13	$4,992,085	1,147,606	$8,239,811
91	Miami Rhapsody	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,982,279	1,145,351	$8,223,620
92	National Lampoon's Senior Trip	Comedy	R	$4,671,358	1,073,875	$7,710,423
93	Bullets Over Broadway	Comedy	R	$4,597,373	1,056,867	$7,588,305
94	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$4,570,769	1,050,751	$7,544,392
95	Ready to Wear	Comedy	R	$4,469,411	1,027,451	$7,377,098
96	Priest	Drama	R	$4,106,277	943,972	$6,777,719
97	The Pebble and the Penguin	Adventure	G	$3,918,029	900,696	$6,466,997
98	Gordy	Comedy	G	$3,901,856	896,978	$6,440,302
99	Born to be Wild	Adventure	PG	$3,649,496	838,965	$6,023,769
100	White Man's Burden	Drama	R	$3,622,433	832,743	$5,979,095
101	New Jersey Drive	Drama	R	$3,540,207	813,841	$5,843,378
102	Exotica	Drama	R	$3,504,510	805,634	$5,784,452
103	Bad Company	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,504,008	805,519	$5,783,626
104	The Glass Shield	Drama	PG-13	$3,262,024	749,891	$5,384,217
105	The Last Seduction	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,172,270	729,257	$5,236,065
106	Steal Big, Steal Little	Comedy	PG-13	$3,087,268	709,717	$5,095,768
107	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Comedy	PG-13	$2,721,955	625,737	$4,492,792
108	Stargate	Action	PG-13	$2,701,752	621,092	$4,459,441
109	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$2,521,975	579,764	$4,162,706
110	Magic in the Water	Adventure	PG	$2,518,372	578,936	$4,156,760
111	The Cure	Drama	PG-13	$2,485,520	571,384	$4,102,537
112	Blue Sky	Drama	PG-13	$2,471,351	568,127	$4,079,152
113	Red	Drama	R	$2,359,574	542,431	$3,894,655
114	Burnt by the Sun	Drama	R	$2,265,414	520,785	$3,739,236
115	Mallrats	Comedy	R	$2,028,211	466,255	$3,347,711
116	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Action	R	$1,980,559	455,301	$3,269,061
117	Shallow Grave	Black Comedy	R	$1,952,130	448,766	$3,222,140
118	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Drama	R	$1,927,091	443,009	$3,180,805
119	Strawberry and Chocolate	Comedy	R	$1,918,424	441,017	$3,166,502
120	The Professional	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,231,340	283,067	$2,032,421
121	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,209,198	277,977	$1,995,875
122	Mute Witness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,086,723	249,821	$1,793,715
123	The River Wild	Action	PG-13	$1,082,410	248,830	$1,786,599
124	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Comedy	R	$1,076,567	247,487	$1,776,957
125	Living in Oblivion	Comedy	R	$1,043,576	239,903	$1,722,504
126	Little Odessa	Drama	R	$932,752	214,426	$1,539,579
127	Separate Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$862,365	198,245	$1,423,399
128	Picture Bride	Drama	PG-13	$848,722	195,109	$1,400,883
129	The Crossing Guard	Drama	R	$847,704	194,874	$1,399,195
130	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Drama	R	$802,544	184,493	$1,324,660
131	Wild Reeds	Drama	Not Rated	$759,196	174,528	$1,253,111
132	Mixed Nuts	Comedy	PG-13	$664,788	152,825	$1,097,284
133	The Swan Princess	Romantic Comedy	G	$642,192	147,630	$1,059,983
134	Amateur	Drama	R	$635,711	146,140	$1,049,285
135	The Princess and the Cobbler	Adventure	G	$635,381	146,065	$1,048,747
136	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$621,073	142,775	$1,025,125
137	Confessional, Le	Drama		$575,001	132,184	$949,081
138	The Pagemaster	Adventure	G	$519,284	119,376	$857,120
139	Kicking and Screaming	Drama	R	$513,956	118,151	$848,324
140	Funny Bones	Comedy	R	$487,481	112,065	$804,627
141	Clerks	Comedy	R	$481,383	110,663	$794,560
142	Double Happiness	Comedy	PG-13	$439,196	100,965	$724,929
143	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$435,480	100,110	$718,790
144	Before the Rain	Drama		$431,105	99,105	$711,574
145	A Man of No Importance	Drama	R	$427,308	98,232	$705,306
146	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Comedy	R	$402,962	92,635	$665,119
147	Party Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$387,302	89,035	$639,271
148	Nadja	Horror	R	$348,378	80,087	$575,025
149	Safe	Drama	R	$333,312	76,623	$550,153
150	Swimming with Sharks	Comedy	R	$311,156	71,530	$513,585
151	The Addiction	Horror		$303,300	69,724	$500,618
152	Empire Records	Comedy	PG-13	$293,879	67,558	$485,066
153	The City of Lost Children	Adventure	R	$279,590	64,274	$461,487
154	Georgia	Drama	R	$215,009	49,427	$354,886
155	Lie Down with Dogs	Comedy	R	$212,535	48,859	$350,808
156	Canadian Bacon	Comedy		$149,532	34,375	$246,813
157	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$144,961	33,324	$239,266
158	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$138,528	31,846	$228,654
159	Dead Tired	Drama		$138,179	31,765	$228,073
160	Jason's Lyric	Drama	R	$133,815	30,762	$220,871
161	Milk Money	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$125,013	28,739	$206,346
162	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$93,987	21,606	$155,131
163	The Stars Fell on Henrietta	Drama	PG	$93,726	21,546	$154,700
164	Gospa	Drama	PG	$85,377	19,627	$140,922
165	World and Time Enough	Drama		$60,301	13,862	$99,529
166	Erotique	Drama	R	$57,595	13,240	$95,063
167	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$44,108	10,140	$72,805
168	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$14,466	3,326	$23,881
169	Coldblooded	Comedy	R	$8,423	1,936	$13,900
170	Augustin	Comedy		$5,490	1,262	$9,061
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,326,348,668
Total Tickets Sold					534,792,799
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,839,812,297

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.