Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Shrek 2	Adventure	PG	$436,471,036	70,285,191	$554,550,157
2	Spider-Man 2	Adventure	PG-13	$373,524,485	60,148,870	$474,574,584
3	The Incredibles	Adventure	PG	$251,657,004	40,524,477	$319,738,124
4	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Adventure	PG	$249,509,413	40,178,649	$317,009,541
5	The Day After Tomorrow	Adventure	PG-13	$186,739,919	30,070,840	$237,258,928
6	Shark Tale	Adventure	PG	$160,762,022	25,887,604	$204,253,196
7	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$155,112,441	24,977,849	$197,075,229
8	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$154,522,305	24,882,819	$196,325,442
9	Ocean's Twelve	Adventure	PG-13	$107,006,344	17,231,295	$135,954,918
10	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$86,602,112	13,945,590	$110,030,705
11	SpongeBob SquarePants	Adventure	PG	$81,900,075	13,188,418	$104,056,618
12	The Chronicles of Riddick	Adventure	PG-13	$57,712,751	9,293,519	$73,325,865
13	King Arthur	Adventure	PG-13	$51,877,963	8,353,939	$65,912,579
14	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Adventure	PG	$37,760,080	6,080,528	$47,975,366
15	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,475,089	$43,198,452
16	Around the World in 80 Days	Adventure	PG	$24,004,159	3,865,404	$30,498,038
17	Yu-Gi-Oh	Adventure	PG	$19,762,690	3,182,398	$25,109,120
18	Flight of the Phoenix	Adventure	PG-13	$16,720,242	2,692,471	$21,243,596
19	Catch That Kid	Adventure	PG	$16,702,864	2,689,672	$21,221,512
20	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$14,238,615	2,292,853	$18,090,610
21	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$10,920,242	1,758,493	$13,874,510
22	Thunderbirds	Adventure	PG	$6,768,055	1,089,864	$8,599,027
23	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$4,264,441	686,705	$5,418,102
24	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,000,000	483,092	$3,811,596
25	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Adventure	G	$2,831,130	455,899	$3,597,043
26	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,830,964	455,872	$3,596,830
27	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,818,321	453,836	$3,580,766
28	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,177,670	350,671	$2,766,794
29	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$2,031,950	327,206	$2,581,655
30	Lakshya	Adventure	Not Rated	$752,344	121,150	$955,874
31	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$699,304	112,609	$888,485
32	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$383,357	61,732	$487,065
33	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$367,501	59,179	$466,922
34	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Adventure	PG	$82,010	13,206	$104,195
35	Kaena	Adventure	PG-13	$7,674	1,236	$9,752
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,556,521,787
Total Tickets Sold					411,678,225
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,248,141,195

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.