Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$370,270,943	59,624,951	$428,107,148
2	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Adventure	PG	$249,509,413	40,178,649	$288,482,700
3	The Bourne Supremacy	Action	PG-13	$176,049,130	28,349,296	$203,547,945
4	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$155,112,441	24,977,849	$179,340,956
5	I, Robot	Action	PG-13	$144,795,350	23,316,481	$167,412,334
6	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,465,149	$154,119,770
7	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Comedy	PG	$94,616,745	15,236,191	$109,395,851
8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$86,602,112	13,945,590	$100,129,336
9	Mean Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$86,047,227	13,856,236	$99,487,774
10	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,043,766	$93,654,240
11	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$73,077,009	11,767,634	$84,491,612
12	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,188,085	9,853,154	$70,745,646
13	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$58,107,982	9,357,163	$67,184,430
14	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$57,978,659	9,336,338	$67,034,907
15	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,356,746	$60,001,436
16	Secret Window	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$47,958,031	7,722,710	$55,449,058
17	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,421,569	$46,106,865
18	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,770,500	$41,432,190
19	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Comedy	R	$34,366,518	5,534,061	$39,734,558
20	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,677,158	5,262,022	$37,781,318
21	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Comedy	PG	$29,302,097	4,718,534	$33,879,074
22	Ella Enchanted	Comedy	PG	$22,913,677	3,689,803	$26,492,786
23	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,607,763	$25,903,738
24	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,596,433	$18,642,389
25	Paycheck	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,144,861	2,438,786	$17,510,483
26	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$14,238,615	2,292,853	$16,462,685
27	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$10,920,242	1,758,493	$12,625,980
28	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,734,158	$12,451,254
29	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,227,347	$8,812,351
30	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,107,847	$7,954,341
31	The Big Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$6,471,394	1,042,092	$7,482,221
32	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	908,949	$6,526,254
33	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$4,264,441	686,705	$4,930,542
34	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	617,641	$4,434,662
35	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	572,564	$4,111,010
36	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,000,000	483,092	$3,468,601
37	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Adventure	G	$2,831,130	455,899	$3,273,355
38	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,809	$3,265,529
39	City of God	Drama	R	$2,770,844	446,191	$3,203,651
40	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	427,235	$3,067,547
41	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	328,107	$2,355,808
42	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$1,634,788	263,251	$1,890,142
43	I'm not Scared	Drama	R	$1,615,118	260,083	$1,867,396
44	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,398	$1,367,058
45	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,803	$1,341,246
46	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,306	$1,222,797
47	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	168,140	$1,207,245
48	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,703	$1,189,748
49	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$931,755	150,041	$1,077,294
50	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,475	$987,071
51	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,367	$900,135
52	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$634,064	102,104	$733,107
53	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,371	$620,144
54	The Twilight Samurai	Drama	Not Rated	$529,212	85,219	$611,872
55	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$418,399	67,375	$483,753
56	The Hunting of the President	Documentary	Not Rated	$376,552	60,636	$435,366
57	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$367,501	59,179	$424,905
58	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Comedy	R	$365,248	58,816	$422,299
59	Enduring Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$349,117	56,219	$403,652
60	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,095	$381,222
61	I Am David	Drama	PG	$284,002	45,733	$328,363
62	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$278,502	44,847	$322,001
63	The Bulgarian Lovers	Comedy	Not Rated	$249,530	40,182	$288,507
64	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$175,972	28,337	$203,460
65	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,246	$202,806
66	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,270	$188,619
67	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Comedy	PG	$133,128	21,438	$153,925
68	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,628	$119,389
69	Riding the Bullet	Horror	R	$101,107	16,281	$116,898
70	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,368	$110,342
71	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$89,931	14,482	$103,981
72	Alila	Drama	Not Rated	$48,493	7,809	$56,069
73	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$44,599	7,182	$51,567
74	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,726	$48,293
75	Anatomy of Hell	Drama	Not Rated	$31,131	5,013	$35,993
76	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$29,865	4,809	$34,529
77	Fear and Trembling	Comedy	Not Rated	$23,965	3,859	$27,708
78	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,822	$27,442
79	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,185	$22,868
80	Spin	Drama	PG-13	$9,858	1,587	$11,395
81	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$1,480	238	$1,709
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,283,789,489
Total Tickets Sold					367,759,979
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,640,516,649

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.