Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story 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	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Adventure	PG	$249,509,413	40,178,649	$317,009,541
3	The Bourne Supremacy	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$176,049,130	28,349,296	$223,675,945
4	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$155,112,441	24,977,849	$197,075,229
5	I, Robot	Action	PG-13	$144,795,350	23,316,481	$183,967,035
6	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,465,149	$169,360,026
7	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Romantic Comedy	G	$95,149,435	15,321,970	$120,890,343
8	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Comedy	PG	$94,616,745	15,236,191	$120,213,547
9	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$86,602,112	13,945,590	$110,030,705
10	Mean Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$86,047,227	13,856,236	$109,325,702
11	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,043,766	$102,915,314
12	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$73,077,009	11,767,634	$92,846,632
13	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,188,085	9,853,154	$77,741,385
14	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$58,107,982	9,357,163	$73,828,016
15	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$57,978,659	9,336,338	$73,663,707
16	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,356,746	$65,934,726
17	Secret Window	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$47,958,031	7,722,710	$60,932,182
18	Exorcist: The Beginning	Horror	R	$41,814,863	6,733,472	$53,127,094
19	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,421,569	$50,666,179
20	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,770,500	$45,529,245
21	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Comedy	R	$34,366,518	5,534,061	$43,663,741
22	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,677,158	5,262,022	$41,517,354
23	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Comedy	PG	$29,302,097	4,718,534	$37,229,233
24	Ella Enchanted	Comedy	PG	$22,913,677	3,689,803	$29,112,546
25	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,607,763	$28,465,250
26	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,596,433	$20,485,856
27	Paycheck	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,144,861	2,438,786	$19,242,022
28	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$14,238,615	2,292,853	$18,090,610
29	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$10,920,242	1,758,493	$13,874,510
30	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,734,158	$13,682,507
31	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,227,347	$9,683,768
32	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,107,847	$8,740,913
33	The Big Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$6,471,394	1,042,092	$8,222,106
34	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	908,949	$7,171,608
35	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$4,264,441	686,705	$5,418,102
36	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	617,641	$4,873,187
37	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	572,564	$4,517,530
38	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,000,000	483,092	$3,811,596
39	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Adventure	G	$2,831,130	455,899	$3,597,043
40	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,809	$3,588,443
41	Cidade de Deus	Drama	R	$2,770,844	446,191	$3,520,447
42	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	427,235	$3,370,884
43	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	328,107	$2,588,764
44	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$1,634,788	263,251	$2,077,050
45	Io non ho paura	Drama	R	$1,615,118	260,083	$2,052,055
46	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,398	$1,502,240
47	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,803	$1,473,876
48	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,306	$1,343,714
49	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	168,140	$1,326,625
50	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,703	$1,307,397
51	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$931,755	150,041	$1,183,823
52	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,475	$1,084,678
53	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,367	$989,146
54	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$634,064	102,104	$805,601
55	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,371	$681,467
56	The Twilight Samurai	Drama	Not Rated	$529,212	85,219	$672,378
57	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$418,399	67,375	$531,589
58	The Hunting of the President	Documentary	Not Rated	$376,552	60,636	$478,418
59	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$367,501	59,179	$466,922
60	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Comedy	R	$365,248	58,816	$464,058
61	Enduring Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$349,117	56,219	$443,568
62	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,095	$418,920
63	I Am David	Drama	PG	$284,002	45,733	$360,833
64	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$278,502	44,847	$353,843
65	Los novios b�lgaros	Comedy	Not Rated	$249,530	40,182	$317,036
66	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$175,972	28,337	$223,579
67	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,246	$222,861
68	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,270	$207,270
69	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Comedy	PG	$133,128	21,438	$169,146
70	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,628	$131,195
71	Riding the Bullet	Horror	R	$101,107	16,281	$128,457
72	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,368	$121,254
73	Un monde presque paisible	Drama	Not Rated	$89,931	14,482	$114,263
74	Alila	Drama	Not Rated	$48,493	7,809	$61,613
75	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$44,599	7,182	$56,666
76	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,726	$53,068
77	Anatomie de l'enfer	Drama	Not Rated	$31,131	5,013	$39,553
78	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$29,865	4,809	$37,943
79	Fear and Trembling	Comedy	Not Rated	$23,965	3,859	$30,448
80	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,822	$30,156
81	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,185	$25,130
82	Spin	Drama	PG-13	$9,858	1,587	$12,521
83	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$1,480	238	$1,878
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,486,953,880
Total Tickets Sold					400,475,661
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,159,752,965

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.