Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1995

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1995 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Batman Forever	Action	PG-13	$183,997,904	42,298,369	$333,734,131
2	Toy Story	Adventure	G	$150,004,917	34,483,889	$272,077,884
3	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$104,355,781	23,989,835	$189,279,798
4	Crimson Tide	Action	R	$91,381,194	21,007,171	$165,746,579
5	Waterworld	Action	PG-13	$88,214,660	20,279,232	$160,003,140
6	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$87,046,142	20,010,607	$157,883,689
7	While You Were Sleeping	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,052,361	18,632,727	$147,012,216
8	Outbreak	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,598,303	15,539,840	$122,609,338
9	Bad Boys	Action	R	$65,637,842	15,089,159	$119,053,465
10	Dumb & Dumber	Comedy	PG-13	$60,671,411	13,947,451	$110,045,388
11	Species	Action	R	$60,000,401	13,793,196	$108,828,316
12	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$51,055,287	11,736,848	$92,603,731
13	Something to Talk About	Comedy	R	$50,835,801	11,686,391	$92,205,625
14	The Net	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$50,620,117	11,636,809	$91,814,423
15	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	Action	R	$50,002,097	11,494,735	$90,693,459
16	Pulp Fiction	Drama	R	$44,268,548	10,176,678	$80,293,989
17	Man of the House	Comedy	PG	$40,029,009	9,202,071	$72,604,340
18	French Kiss	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,843,026	8,929,431	$70,453,211
19	Higher Learning	Drama	R	$38,023,585	8,741,054	$68,966,916
20	Just Cause	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,830,090	8,466,687	$66,802,160
21	Heat	Drama	R	$36,493,095	8,389,217	$66,190,922
22	To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	Comedy	PG-13	$36,422,690	8,373,032	$66,063,222
23	Money Train	Action	R	$34,659,375	7,967,672	$62,864,932
24	Forget Paris	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,177,694	7,627,056	$60,177,472
25	Tommy Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$32,637,949	7,502,977	$59,198,489
26	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,310,128	7,197,731	$56,790,098
27	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$30,748,841	7,068,699	$55,772,035
28	Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home	Drama	PG	$30,066,400	6,911,816	$54,534,228
29	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$29,876,995	6,868,275	$54,190,690
30	Assassins	Action	R	$29,454,844	6,771,229	$53,424,997
31	Major Payne	Comedy	PG-13	$29,386,820	6,755,591	$53,301,613
32	Friday	Comedy	R	$27,409,510	6,301,037	$49,715,182
33	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$26,402,222	6,069,476	$47,888,166
34	Houseguest	Comedy	PG	$26,313,748	6,049,137	$47,727,691
35	Billy Madison	Comedy	PG-13	$25,441,250	5,848,563	$46,145,162
36	Desperado	Action	R	$25,405,445	5,840,332	$46,080,219
37	Operation Dumbo Drop	Adventure	PG	$24,670,346	5,671,344	$44,746,904
38	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$24,045,877	5,527,788	$43,614,247
39	Virtuosity	Action	R	$23,980,766	5,512,820	$43,496,150
40	Boys on the Side	Drama	R	$23,394,062	5,377,945	$42,431,986
41	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$22,890,494	5,262,183	$41,518,624
42	Don Juan DeMarco	Drama	PG-13	$22,011,141	5,060,032	$39,923,652
43	Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight	Horror	R	$20,943,520	4,814,602	$37,987,210
44	Showgirls	Drama	NC-17	$20,170,437	4,636,882	$36,584,999
45	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$19,034,124	4,375,661	$34,523,965
46	The Quick and the Dead	Action	R	$18,543,650	4,262,908	$33,634,344
47	The Big Green	Comedy	PG	$17,736,619	4,077,384	$32,170,560
48	Heavy Weights	Comedy	PG	$17,662,142	4,060,263	$32,035,475
49	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$17,468,169	4,015,671	$31,683,644
50	Murder in the First	Drama	R	$17,300,238	3,977,066	$31,379,051
51	Jury Duty	Comedy	PG-13	$16,927,407	3,891,358	$30,702,815
52	The Prophecy	Horror	R	$16,091,660	3,699,232	$29,186,940
53	Mad Love	Drama	PG-13	$15,429,108	3,546,921	$27,985,207
54	Muriel's Wedding	Comedy	R	$15,103,199	3,472,000	$27,394,080
55	Ri¢hie Ri¢h	Comedy	PG	$14,709,190	3,381,423	$26,679,427
56	Candyman: Farewell to Flesh	Horror	R	$13,899,536	3,195,296	$25,210,885
57	Highlander III: The Sorcerer	Action	PG-13	$13,738,574	3,158,293	$24,918,932
58	Sudden Death	Action	R	$13,467,140	3,095,894	$24,426,604
59	A Kid in King Arthur's Court	Adventure	PG	$13,378,668	3,075,556	$24,266,137
60	Lord of Illusions	Horror	R	$13,229,129	3,041,179	$23,994,902
61	I.Q.	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,201,318	3,034,786	$23,944,462
62	The Lion King	Adventure	G	$12,472,984	2,867,353	$22,623,415
63	Bye Bye Love	Comedy	PG-13	$11,959,497	2,749,310	$21,692,056
64	Tales from the Hood	Horror	R	$11,784,569	2,709,096	$21,374,767
65	Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog	Adventure	PG	$11,301,050	2,597,943	$20,497,770
66	My Family	Drama	R	$11,075,827	2,546,167	$20,089,258
67	The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain	Comedy	PG	$10,882,631	2,501,754	$19,738,839
68	The Brothers McMullen	Drama	R	$10,202,068	2,345,303	$18,504,441
69	Jade	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,812,870	2,255,832	$17,798,514
70	Il Postino	Drama	PG	$9,026,521	2,075,062	$16,372,239
71	In the Mouth of Madness	Horror	R	$8,671,748	1,993,505	$15,728,754
72	Smoke	Drama	R	$8,353,284	1,920,295	$15,151,128
73	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$8,244,193	1,895,217	$14,953,262
74	Tall Tale	Western	PG	$8,236,432	1,893,433	$14,939,186
75	Strange Days	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,907,619	1,817,843	$14,342,781
76	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,880,033	1,811,502	$14,292,751
77	The Jerky Boys	Comedy	R	$7,555,256	1,736,840	$13,703,668
78	The Amazing Panda Adventure	Adventure	PG	$7,491,904	1,722,277	$13,588,766
79	Hackers	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$7,479,498	1,719,425	$13,566,263
80	Bushwhacked	Comedy	PG-13	$7,357,794	1,691,447	$13,345,517
81	Kids	Drama	Not Rated	$7,269,578	1,671,167	$13,185,508
82	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$7,215,860	1,658,818	$13,088,074
83	Last of the Dogmen	Adventure	PG	$6,983,547	1,605,413	$12,666,709
84	Three Wishes	Drama	PG	$6,913,141	1,589,228	$12,539,009
85	The Santa Clause	Comedy	PG	$6,873,909	1,580,209	$12,467,849
86	Never Talk to Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,826,471	1,569,304	$12,381,809
87	Balto	Adventure	G	$6,627,045	1,523,459	$12,020,092
88	The Hunted	Action	R	$6,373,305	1,465,128	$11,559,860
89	The Walking Dead	Drama	R	$5,975,209	1,373,611	$10,837,791
90	Junior	Comedy	PG-13	$5,911,390	1,358,940	$10,722,037
91	The Tie That Binds	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,739,486	1,319,422	$10,410,240
92	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Adventure	PG	$5,673,570	1,304,269	$10,290,682
93	Beyond Rangoon	Drama	R	$5,656,641	1,300,377	$10,259,975
94	Drop Zone	Action	R	$5,465,044	1,256,332	$9,912,459
95	Speechless	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,361,348	1,232,494	$9,724,378
96	Before Sunrise	Drama	R	$5,184,616	1,191,866	$9,403,823
97	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$5,037,971	1,158,154	$9,137,835
98	Top Dog	Action	PG-13	$4,992,085	1,147,606	$9,054,611
99	Miami Rhapsody	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,982,279	1,145,351	$9,036,819
100	National Lampoon's Senior Trip	Comedy	R	$4,671,358	1,073,875	$8,472,874
101	Bullets Over Broadway	Comedy	R	$4,597,373	1,056,867	$8,338,681
102	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$4,570,769	1,050,751	$8,290,425
103	Pr�t-�-Porter	Comedy	R	$4,469,411	1,027,451	$8,106,588
104	Priest	Drama	R	$4,106,277	943,972	$7,447,939
105	The Pebble and the Penguin	Adventure	G	$3,918,029	900,696	$7,106,491
106	Gordy	Comedy	G	$3,901,856	896,978	$7,077,156
107	Born to be Wild	Adventure	PG	$3,649,496	838,965	$6,619,434
108	White Man's Burden	Drama	R	$3,622,433	832,743	$6,570,342
109	New Jersey Drive	Drama	R	$3,540,207	813,841	$6,421,205
110	Exotica	Drama	R	$3,504,510	805,634	$6,356,452
111	Bad Company	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,504,008	805,519	$6,355,545
112	The Glass Shield	Drama	PG-13	$3,262,024	749,891	$5,916,640
113	The Last Seduction	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,172,270	729,257	$5,753,838
114	Steal Big, Steal Little	Comedy	PG-13	$3,087,268	709,717	$5,599,667
115	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Comedy	PG-13	$2,721,955	625,737	$4,937,065
116	Stargate	Action	PG-13	$2,701,752	621,092	$4,900,416
117	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$2,521,975	579,764	$4,574,338
118	Magic in the Water	Adventure	PG	$2,518,372	578,936	$4,567,805
119	The Cure	Drama	PG-13	$2,485,520	571,384	$4,508,220
120	Blue Sky	Drama	PG-13	$2,471,351	568,127	$4,482,522
121	Trois couleurs: Rouge	Drama	R	$2,359,574	542,431	$4,279,781
122	Utomlyonnye solntsem	Drama	R	$2,265,414	520,785	$4,108,994
123	Mallrats	Comedy	R	$2,028,211	466,255	$3,678,752
124	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Action	R	$1,980,559	455,301	$3,592,325
125	Shallow Grave	Black Comedy	R	$1,952,130	448,766	$3,540,764
126	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Drama	R	$1,927,091	443,009	$3,495,341
127	Fresa y chocolate	Comedy	R	$1,918,424	441,017	$3,479,624
128	Blue in the Face	Drama	R	$1,260,496	289,769	$2,286,277
129	L�on	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,231,340	283,067	$2,233,399
130	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,209,198	277,977	$2,193,239
131	Mute Witness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,086,723	249,821	$1,971,088
132	The River Wild	Action	PG-13	$1,082,410	248,830	$1,963,269
133	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Comedy	R	$1,076,567	247,487	$1,952,672
134	Living in Oblivion	Comedy	R	$1,043,576	239,903	$1,892,835
135	Little Odessa	Drama	R	$932,752	214,426	$1,691,821
136	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	Horror	R	$869,118	199,797	$1,576,398
137	Separate Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$862,365	198,245	$1,564,153
138	Picture Bride	Drama	PG-13	$848,722	195,109	$1,539,410
139	The Crossing Guard	Drama	R	$847,704	194,874	$1,537,556
140	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Drama	R	$802,544	184,493	$1,455,650
141	Les roseaux sauvages	Drama	Not Rated	$759,196	174,528	$1,377,026
142	Mixed Nuts	Comedy	PG-13	$664,788	152,825	$1,205,789
143	The Swan Princess	Romantic Comedy	G	$642,192	147,630	$1,164,801
144	Amateur	Drama	R	$635,711	146,140	$1,153,045
145	The Princess and the Cobbler	Adventure	G	$635,381	146,065	$1,152,453
146	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$621,073	142,775	$1,126,495
147	Confessional, Le	Drama		$575,001	132,184	$1,042,932
148	The Pagemaster	Adventure	G	$519,284	119,376	$941,877
149	Kicking and Screaming	Drama	R	$513,956	118,151	$932,211
150	Funny Bones	Comedy	R	$487,481	112,065	$884,193
151	Clerks	Comedy	R	$481,383	110,663	$873,131
152	Double Happiness	Comedy	PG-13	$439,196	100,965	$796,614
153	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$435,480	100,110	$789,868
154	Before the Rain	Drama		$431,105	99,105	$781,938
155	A Man of No Importance	Drama	R	$427,308	98,232	$775,050
156	3 Ninjas Knuckle Up	Action	PG-13	$407,618	93,705	$739,332
157	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Comedy	R	$402,962	92,635	$730,890
158	Party Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$387,302	89,035	$702,486
159	Nadja	Horror	R	$348,378	80,087	$631,886
160	Safe	Drama	R	$333,312	76,623	$604,555
161	Swimming with Sharks	Comedy	R	$311,156	71,530	$564,372
162	The Addiction	Horror		$303,300	69,724	$550,122
163	Empire Records	Comedy	PG-13	$293,879	67,558	$533,033
164	La cit� des enfants perdus	Adventure	R	$279,590	64,274	$507,122
165	Georgia	Drama	R	$215,009	49,427	$389,979
166	Lie Down with Dogs	Comedy	R	$212,535	48,859	$385,498
167	Canadian Bacon	Comedy		$149,532	34,375	$271,219
168	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$144,961	33,324	$262,926
169	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$138,528	31,846	$251,265
170	Grosse Fatigue	Drama		$138,179	31,765	$250,626
171	Jason's Lyric	Drama	R	$133,815	30,762	$242,712
172	Milk Money	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$125,013	28,739	$226,751
173	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$93,987	21,606	$170,471
174	The Stars Fell on Henrietta	Drama	PG	$93,726	21,546	$169,998
175	Gospa	Drama	PG	$85,377	19,627	$154,857
176	World and Time Enough	Drama		$60,301	13,862	$109,371
177	Erotique	Drama	R	$57,595	13,240	$104,464
178	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$44,108	10,140	$80,005
179	Color of Night	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,420	5,614	$44,294
180	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$14,466	3,326	$26,242
181	Coldblooded	Comedy	R	$8,423	1,936	$15,275
182	Augustin	Comedy		$5,490	1,262	$9,957
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,781,124,898
Total Tickets Sold					639,339,059
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,044,385,176

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.