Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Bourne Supremacy	Action	PG-13	$176,049,130	28,349,296	$203,547,945
2	Meet the Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$162,461,370	26,161,251	$187,837,782
3	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$154,522,305	24,882,819	$178,658,640
4	50 First Dates	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,776,832	19,448,765	$139,642,133
5	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,324,072	18,409,673	$132,181,452
6	The Village	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$114,195,633	18,388,991	$132,032,955
7	The Grudge	Horror	PG-13	$110,175,871	17,741,686	$127,385,305
8	Ocean's Twelve	Adventure	PG-13	$107,006,344	17,231,295	$123,720,698
9	Collateral	Action	R	$100,003,492	16,103,622	$115,624,006
10	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Romantic Comedy	G	$95,149,435	15,321,970	$110,011,745
11	Along Came Polly	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$88,073,507	14,182,529	$101,830,558
12	Mean Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$86,047,227	13,856,236	$99,487,774
13	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,043,766	$93,654,240
14	Man on Fire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,906,816	12,545,381	$90,075,836
15	Garfield	Comedy	PG	$75,367,693	12,136,505	$87,140,106
16	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$73,870,841	11,895,466	$85,409,446
17	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$73,077,009	11,767,634	$84,491,612
18	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,135,104	$79,950,047
19	The Forgotton	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$66,711,892	10,742,656	$77,132,270
20	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Action	R	$66,207,920	10,661,501	$76,549,577
21	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Comedy	PG-13	$65,070,412	10,478,327	$75,234,388
22	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,188,085	9,853,154	$70,745,646
23	The Stepford Wives	Comedy	PG-13	$59,475,623	9,577,395	$68,765,696
24	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$58,107,982	9,357,163	$67,184,430
25	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$57,149,868	9,202,877	$66,076,657
26	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,201,244	$66,064,932
27	Saw	Horror	R	$55,153,403	8,881,385	$63,768,344
28	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$52,994,449	8,533,728	$61,272,167
29	A Cinderella Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$51,431,160	8,281,990	$59,464,688
30	Walking Tall	Action	PG-13	$46,213,824	7,441,840	$53,432,411
31	Napoleon Dynamite	Comedy	PG	$44,411,050	7,151,538	$51,348,043
32	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,473,566	7,000,574	$50,264,121
33	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,451,932	$46,324,872
34	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,421,569	$46,106,865
35	The Ladykillers	Comedy	R	$39,692,139	6,391,649	$45,892,040
36	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,036,317	$43,340,756
37	Taxi	Action	PG-13	$36,362,287	5,855,441	$42,042,066
38	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,770,500	$41,432,190
39	Fat Albert	Comedy	PG	$33,325,622	5,366,445	$38,531,075
40	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,273,724	$37,865,338
41	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,677,158	5,262,022	$37,781,318
42	Cellular	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,003,620	5,153,562	$37,002,575
43	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Horror	PG-13	$31,526,393	5,076,714	$36,450,807
44	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,200,725	5,024,271	$36,074,266
45	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,992,204	$35,844,025
46	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,911,575	$35,265,109
47	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Comedy	PG	$29,302,097	4,718,534	$33,879,074
48	The Prince & Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$28,165,882	4,535,569	$32,565,385
49	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$28,113,925	4,527,202	$32,505,310
50	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,422,022	$31,750,118
51	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,308,253	$30,933,257
52	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,068,620	$29,212,692
53	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,057,174	$29,130,509
54	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,874,142	$27,816,340
55	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,607,763	$25,903,738
56	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,510,516	$25,205,505
57	Torque	Action	PG-13	$21,176,322	3,410,036	$24,484,058
58	Little Black Book	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,422,207	3,288,600	$23,612,148
59	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,934,809	$21,071,929
60	Laws of Attraction	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,848,322	2,874,126	$20,636,225
61	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,853,176	$20,485,804
62	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,789,303	$20,027,196
63	Seed of Chucky	Horror	R	$17,016,190	2,740,127	$19,674,112
64	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,980,098	2,734,315	$19,632,382
65	Wimbledon	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,831,505	2,710,387	$19,460,579
66	Catch That Kid	Adventure	PG	$16,702,864	2,689,672	$19,311,845
67	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$16,626,820	2,677,427	$19,223,926
68	The Whole Ten Yards	Comedy	PG-13	$16,323,969	2,628,658	$18,873,764
69	Paparazzi	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,712,072	2,530,124	$18,166,290
70	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,382,420	$17,105,776
71	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,349,347	$16,868,311
72	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,330,021	$16,729,551
73	Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2	Drama	PG-13	$14,140,215	2,277,007	$16,348,910
74	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,257,386	$16,208,031
75	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,241,902	$16,096,856
76	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,181,694	$15,664,563
77	Alfie	Comedy	R	$13,386,312	2,155,606	$15,477,251
78	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,979,443	2,090,087	$15,006,825
79	Wicker Park	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$12,831,121	2,066,203	$14,835,338
80	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,028,498	$14,564,616
81	Breakin' All the Rules	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,232,382	1,969,788	$14,143,078
82	Chasing Liberty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,189,514	1,962,885	$14,093,514
83	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,858,311	$13,342,673
84	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,803,276	$12,947,522
85	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,676,647	$12,038,325
86	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,672,738	$12,010,259
87	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,375	1,647,886	$11,831,821
88	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,515,005	$10,877,736
89	First Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,055,010	1,458,134	$10,469,402
90	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,445,497	$10,378,668
91	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,430,944	$10,274,178
92	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,402,989	$10,073,461
93	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,295,898	$9,304,548
94	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,227,347	$8,812,351
95	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,107,847	$7,954,341
96	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,517,198	1,049,468	$7,535,180
97	The Big Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$6,471,394	1,042,092	$7,482,221
98	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,407,656	1,031,829	$7,408,532
99	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	932,822	$6,697,662
100	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	928,160	$6,664,189
101	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	908,949	$6,526,254
102	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	805,419	$5,782,908
103	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	767,073	$5,507,584
104	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	701,730	$5,038,421
105	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	673,248	$4,833,921
106	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	654,406	$4,698,635
107	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	617,641	$4,434,662
108	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	563,826	$4,048,271
109	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	560,274	$4,022,767
110	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,148,043	506,931	$3,639,765
111	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,106,912	500,308	$3,592,211
112	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,870	$3,323,407
113	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,809	$3,265,529
114	City of God	Drama	R	$2,770,844	446,191	$3,203,651
115	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	383,380	$2,752,668
116	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	339,239	$2,435,736
117	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,883	$2,361,380
118	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	328,107	$2,355,808
119	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	317,413	$2,279,025
120	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,517	$2,272,592
121	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	277,368	$1,991,502
122	I'm not Scared	Drama	R	$1,615,118	260,083	$1,867,396
123	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	259,290	$1,861,702
124	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,471	$1,683,502
125	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,603	$1,576,750
126	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	216,050	$1,551,239
127	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,728	$1,548,927
128	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,398	$1,367,058
129	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,351	$1,345,180
130	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,803	$1,341,246
131	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,535	$1,303,421
132	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,599	$1,282,341
133	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,097,765	176,774	$1,269,237
134	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	171,055	$1,228,175
135	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,781	$1,226,208
136	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,306	$1,222,797
137	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	168,140	$1,207,245
138	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,025,815	165,188	$1,186,050
139	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,829	$1,176,292
140	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,757	$1,161,415
141	Criminal	Drama	R	$923,426	148,700	$1,067,666
142	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,294	$1,028,851
143	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	134,157	$963,247
144	Hum Tum	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$796,641	128,284	$921,079
145	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$699,304	112,609	$808,533
146	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,666	$679,702
147	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,227	$626,290
148	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	79,026	$567,407
149	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,349	$512,286
150	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$436,687	70,320	$504,898
151	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$418,399	67,375	$483,753
152	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,124	$453,230
153	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,894	$422,859
154	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$326,706	52,610	$377,740
155	Ju-On: The Grudge	Horror	R	$325,661	52,441	$376,526
156	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$278,502	44,847	$322,001
157	The Bulgarian Lovers	Comedy	Not Rated	$249,530	40,182	$288,507
158	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,237	$260,182
159	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,823	$228,489
160	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$121,992	19,644	$141,044
161	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,427	$103,586
162	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,565	$90,217
163	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,643	$76,417
164	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$41,933	6,752	$48,479
165	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$35,499	5,716	$41,041
166	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,380	5,053	$36,281
167	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,958	$35,598
168	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,957	4,502	$32,324
169	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,314	$23,795
170	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,185	$22,868
171	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,147	$22,595
172	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$16,104	2,593	$18,618
173	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$9,142	1,472	$10,569
174	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,457	$10,461
175	Carnage	Drama	Not Rated	$7,455	1,200	$8,616
176	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,965	316	$2,269
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,064,296,050
Total Tickets Sold					654,476,007
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,699,137,730

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.