Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Bourne Supremacy	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$176,049,130	28,349,296	$223,675,945
2	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$154,522,305	24,882,819	$196,325,442
3	50 First Dates	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,776,832	19,448,765	$153,450,756
4	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,324,072	18,409,673	$145,252,320
5	The Village	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$114,195,633	18,388,991	$145,089,139
6	The Grudge	Horror	PG-13	$110,175,871	17,741,686	$139,981,903
7	Ocean's Twelve	Adventure	PG-13	$107,006,344	17,231,295	$135,954,918
8	Collateral	Action	R	$100,003,492	16,103,622	$127,057,578
9	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Romantic Comedy	G	$95,149,435	15,321,970	$120,890,343
10	Along Came Polly	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$88,073,507	14,182,529	$111,900,154
11	Mean Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$86,047,227	13,856,236	$109,325,702
12	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,043,766	$102,915,314
13	Man on Fire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,906,816	12,545,381	$98,983,056
14	Garfield	Comedy	PG	$75,367,693	12,136,505	$95,757,024
15	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$73,870,841	11,895,466	$93,855,227
16	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$73,077,009	11,767,634	$92,846,632
17	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,135,104	$87,855,971
18	The Forgotten	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$66,711,892	10,742,656	$84,759,556
19	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Action	R	$66,207,920	10,661,501	$84,119,243
20	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Comedy	PG-13	$65,070,412	10,478,327	$82,674,000
21	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,188,085	9,853,154	$77,741,385
22	The Stepford Wives	Comedy	PG-13	$59,475,623	9,577,395	$75,565,647
23	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$58,107,982	9,357,163	$73,828,016
24	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$57,149,868	9,202,877	$72,610,700
25	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,201,244	$72,597,815
26	Saw	Horror	R	$55,153,403	8,881,385	$70,074,128
27	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$52,994,449	8,533,728	$67,331,114
28	A Cinderella Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$51,431,160	8,281,990	$65,344,901
29	Walking Tall	Action	PG-13	$46,213,824	7,441,840	$58,716,118
30	Napoleon Dynamite	Comedy	PG	$44,411,050	7,151,538	$56,425,635
31	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,473,566	7,000,574	$55,234,529
32	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,451,932	$50,905,743
33	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,421,569	$50,666,179
34	The Ladykillers	Comedy	R	$39,692,139	6,391,649	$50,430,111
35	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,036,317	$47,626,541
36	Taxi	Action	PG-13	$36,362,287	5,855,441	$46,199,429
37	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,770,500	$45,529,245
38	Fat Albert	Comedy	PG	$33,325,622	5,366,445	$42,341,251
39	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,273,724	$41,609,682
40	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,677,158	5,262,022	$41,517,354
41	Cellular	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,003,620	5,153,562	$40,661,604
42	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Horror	PG-13	$31,526,393	5,076,714	$40,055,273
43	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,200,725	5,024,271	$39,641,498
44	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,992,204	$39,388,490
45	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,911,575	$38,752,327
46	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Comedy	PG	$29,302,097	4,718,534	$37,229,233
47	The Prince & Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$28,165,882	4,535,569	$35,785,639
48	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$28,113,925	4,527,202	$35,719,624
49	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,422,022	$34,889,754
50	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,308,253	$33,992,116
51	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,068,620	$32,101,412
52	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,057,174	$32,011,103
53	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,874,142	$30,566,980
54	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,607,763	$28,465,250
55	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,510,516	$27,697,971
56	Torque	Action	PG-13	$21,176,322	3,410,036	$26,905,184
57	Little Black Book	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,422,207	3,288,600	$25,947,054
58	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,934,809	$23,155,643
59	Laws of Attraction	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,848,322	2,874,126	$22,676,854
60	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,853,176	$22,511,559
61	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,789,303	$22,007,601
62	Seed of Chucky	Horror	R	$17,016,190	2,740,127	$21,619,602
63	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,980,098	2,734,315	$21,573,745
64	Wimbledon	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,831,505	2,710,387	$21,384,953
65	Catch That Kid	Adventure	PG	$16,702,864	2,689,672	$21,221,512
66	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$16,626,820	2,677,427	$21,124,899
67	The Whole Ten Yards	Comedy	PG-13	$16,323,969	2,628,658	$20,740,112
68	Paparazzi	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,712,072	2,530,124	$19,962,678
69	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,382,420	$18,797,294
70	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,349,347	$18,536,348
71	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,330,021	$18,383,866
72	Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2	Drama	PG-13	$14,140,215	2,277,007	$17,965,585
73	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,257,386	$17,810,776
74	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,241,902	$17,688,607
75	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,181,694	$17,213,566
76	Alfie	Comedy	R	$13,386,312	2,155,606	$17,007,731
77	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,979,443	2,090,087	$16,490,786
78	Wicker Park	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$12,831,121	2,066,203	$16,302,342
79	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,028,498	$16,004,849
80	Breakin' All the Rules	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,232,382	1,969,788	$15,541,627
81	Chasing Liberty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,189,514	1,962,885	$15,487,163
82	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,858,311	$14,662,074
83	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,803,276	$14,227,848
84	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,676,647	$13,228,745
85	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,672,738	$13,197,903
86	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,375	1,647,886	$13,001,821
87	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,515,005	$11,953,389
88	First Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,055,010	1,458,134	$11,504,677
89	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,445,497	$11,404,971
90	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,430,944	$11,290,148
91	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,402,989	$11,069,583
92	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,295,898	$10,224,635
93	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,227,347	$9,683,768
94	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,107,847	$8,740,913
95	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,517,198	1,049,468	$8,280,303
96	The Big Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$6,471,394	1,042,092	$8,222,106
97	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,407,656	1,031,829	$8,141,131
98	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	932,822	$7,359,966
99	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	928,160	$7,323,182
100	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	908,949	$7,171,608
101	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	805,419	$6,354,756
102	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	767,073	$6,052,206
103	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	701,730	$5,536,650
104	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	673,248	$5,311,927
105	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	654,406	$5,163,263
106	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	617,641	$4,873,187
107	Les invasions barbares	Drama	R	$3,501,357	563,826	$4,448,587
108	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	560,274	$4,420,562
109	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,148,043	506,931	$3,999,686
110	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,106,912	500,308	$3,947,430
111	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,870	$3,652,044
112	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,809	$3,588,443
113	Cidade de Deus	Drama	R	$2,770,844	446,191	$3,520,447
114	Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom	Drama	R	$2,380,788	383,380	$3,024,868
115	Confidences trop intimes	Drama	R	$2,106,677	339,239	$2,676,596
116	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,883	$2,594,887
117	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	328,107	$2,588,764
118	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	317,413	$2,504,389
119	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,517	$2,497,319
120	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	277,368	$2,188,434
121	Io non ho paura	Drama	R	$1,615,118	260,083	$2,052,055
122	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	259,290	$2,045,798
123	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,471	$1,849,976
124	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,603	$1,732,668
125	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	216,050	$1,704,635
126	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,728	$1,702,094
127	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,398	$1,502,240
128	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,351	$1,478,199
129	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,803	$1,473,876
130	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,535	$1,432,311
131	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,599	$1,409,146
132	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,097,765	176,774	$1,394,747
133	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	171,055	$1,349,624
134	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,781	$1,347,462
135	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,306	$1,343,714
136	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	168,140	$1,326,625
137	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,025,815	165,188	$1,303,333
138	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,829	$1,292,611
139	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,757	$1,276,263
140	Criminal	Drama	R	$923,426	148,700	$1,173,243
141	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,294	$1,130,590
142	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	134,157	$1,058,499
143	Hum Tum	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$796,641	128,284	$1,012,161
144	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$699,304	112,609	$888,485
145	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,666	$746,915
146	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,227	$688,221
147	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	79,026	$623,515
148	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,349	$562,944
149	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$436,687	70,320	$554,825
150	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$418,399	67,375	$531,589
151	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,124	$498,048
152	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,894	$464,674
153	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$326,706	52,610	$415,093
154	Ju-On: The Grudge	Horror	R	$325,661	52,441	$413,759
155	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$278,502	44,847	$353,843
156	Los novios b�lgaros	Comedy	Not Rated	$249,530	40,182	$317,036
157	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,237	$285,910
158	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,823	$251,083
159	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$121,992	19,644	$154,991
160	Mou gaan dou	Drama	R	$89,594	14,427	$113,829
161	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,565	$99,138
162	Cachorro	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,643	$83,973
163	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$41,933	6,752	$53,273
164	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$35,499	5,716	$45,099
165	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,380	5,053	$39,868
166	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,958	$39,119
167	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,957	4,502	$35,521
168	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,314	$26,147
169	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,185	$25,130
170	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,147	$24,830
171	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$16,104	2,593	$20,459
172	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$9,142	1,472	$11,614
173	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,457	$11,496
174	Carnages	Drama	Not Rated	$7,455	1,200	$9,468
175	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,965	316	$2,493
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,901,834,680
Total Tickets Sold					628,314,756
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,957,403,425

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.