Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Incredibles	Adventure	PG	$251,657,004	40,459,325	$278,360,156
2	The Day After Tomorrow	Adventure	PG-13	$186,740,799	30,022,636	$206,555,736
3	Shark Tale	Adventure	PG	$160,762,022	25,845,984	$177,820,370
4	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$154,522,305	24,842,814	$170,918,560
5	50 First Dates	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,776,832	19,417,497	$133,592,379
6	Van Helsing	Action	PG-13	$120,150,546	19,316,808	$132,899,639
7	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,326,736	18,380,504	$126,457,868
8	The Village	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$114,197,520	18,359,730	$126,314,942
9	Collateral	Action	R	$100,170,152	16,104,526	$110,799,139
10	Along Came Polly	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$88,073,507	14,159,728	$97,418,929
11	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,526,834	$93,064,618
12	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$73,870,841	11,876,341	$81,709,226
13	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,117,202	$76,486,350
14	Hidalgo	Western	PG-13	$67,286,731	10,817,802	$74,426,478
15	The Forgotton	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$66,711,892	10,725,385	$73,790,649
16	The Butterfly Effect	Drama	R	$57,924,679	9,312,649	$64,071,025
17	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,186,451	$63,202,783
18	Saw	Horror	R	$55,185,045	8,872,194	$61,040,695
19	Jet Li's Hero	Action	PG-13	$53,652,140	8,625,746	$59,345,132
20	Home on the Range	Comedy	PG	$50,026,353	8,042,822	$55,334,615
21	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,473,566	6,989,319	$48,086,515
22	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,441,559	$44,317,926
23	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Adventure	PG	$37,760,080	6,070,752	$41,766,774
24	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,026,612	$41,463,091
25	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,265,246	$36,224,892
26	Cellular	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,003,620	5,145,277	$35,399,506
27	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,203,964	5,016,714	$34,514,992
28	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,984,178	$34,291,145
29	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,903,679	$33,737,312
30	The Prince & Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$28,165,882	4,528,277	$31,154,546
31	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$28,113,925	4,519,924	$31,097,077
32	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,301,327	$29,593,130
33	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,062,079	$27,947,104
34	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,050,651	$27,868,479
35	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,867,914	$26,611,248
36	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,504,872	$24,113,519
37	Torque	Action	PG-13	$21,176,322	3,404,553	$23,423,325
38	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,391,196	$23,331,428
39	Little Black Book	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,422,207	3,283,313	$22,589,193
40	The Life of Brian	Comedy		$19,868,659	3,194,318	$21,976,908
41	Two Brothers	Drama	PG	$18,947,630	3,046,243	$20,958,152
42	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,930,091	$20,159,026
43	Laws of Attraction	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,848,322	2,869,505	$19,742,194
44	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,848,589	$19,598,292
45	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,784,819	$19,159,555
46	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,980,098	2,729,919	$18,781,843
47	Wimbledon	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,862,585	2,711,027	$18,651,866
48	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$16,626,820	2,673,122	$18,391,079
49	Paparazzi	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,712,072	2,526,057	$17,379,272
50	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,378,590	$16,364,699
51	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,345,570	$16,137,522
52	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,326,275	$16,004,772
53	Godsend	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,334,645	2,304,605	$15,855,682
54	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,253,756	$15,505,841
55	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,238,298	$15,399,490
56	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,218,060	$15,260,253
57	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,178,187	$14,985,927
58	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,542,874	2,177,311	$14,979,900
59	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,998,892	2,089,854	$14,378,196
60	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,025,237	$13,933,631
61	Breakin' All the Rules	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,232,382	1,966,621	$13,530,352
62	Chasing Liberty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,189,514	1,959,729	$13,482,936
63	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,855,323	$12,764,622
64	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,800,377	$12,386,594
65	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,673,952	$11,516,790
66	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,670,049	$11,489,937
67	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,765	1,645,300	$11,319,664
68	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,512,570	$10,406,482
69	First Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,055,010	1,455,789	$10,015,828
70	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,443,173	$9,929,030
71	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,428,643	$9,829,064
72	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,400,734	$9,637,050
73	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,293,814	$8,901,440
74	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,529,624	1,049,779	$7,222,480
75	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,455,348	1,037,837	$7,140,319
76	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$6,204,235	997,465	$6,862,559
77	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	926,668	$6,375,476
78	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	804,125	$5,532,380
79	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	765,840	$5,268,979
80	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	700,602	$4,820,142
81	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	672,166	$4,624,502
82	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$4,157,199	668,360	$4,598,317
83	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	653,354	$4,495,076
84	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	562,919	$3,872,883
85	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	559,373	$3,848,486
86	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,150,732	506,549	$3,485,057
87	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,111,335	500,215	$3,441,479
88	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,126	$3,179,427
89	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,830,964	455,139	$3,131,356
90	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,130	$2,979,934
91	Elf	Comedy	PG	$2,543,761	408,965	$2,813,679
92	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	406,987	$2,800,071
93	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	382,763	$2,633,409
94	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	378,413	$2,603,481
95	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,177,670	350,108	$2,408,743
96	Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - Le film	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,164,047	347,918	$2,393,676
97	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,261	$2,347,876
98	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	338,694	$2,330,215
99	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,354	$2,259,076
100	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$2,038,979	327,810	$2,255,333
101	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	316,903	$2,180,293
102	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,008	$2,174,135
103	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	282,828	$1,945,857
104	The Story of the Weeping Camel	Documentary	PG	$1,751,698	281,623	$1,937,566
105	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	276,922	$1,905,223
106	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	258,874	$1,781,053
107	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,043	$1,692,776
108	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,094	$1,610,567
109	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,250	$1,508,440
110	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	215,703	$1,484,037
111	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,381	$1,481,821
112	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,050	$1,286,904
113	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,159,947	186,487	$1,283,031
114	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,243	$1,246,952
115	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,486	$1,227,984
116	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,312	$1,226,787
117	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	170,780	$1,174,966
118	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,506	$1,173,081
119	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,029,147	165,458	$1,138,351
120	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,565	$1,125,327
121	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,497	$1,111,099
122	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,289	$1,075,268
123	Criminal	Drama	R	$929,233	149,394	$1,027,831
124	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,129	$1,019,128
125	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$833,648	134,027	$922,106
126	The Battle of Algiers	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,084	$901,858
127	Hum Tum	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$796,641	128,077	$881,170
128	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$753,647	121,165	$833,615
129	Lakshya	Adventure	Not Rated	$752,344	120,956	$832,177
130	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$727,467	116,956	$804,657
131	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$699,304	112,428	$773,505
132	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,514	$650,256
133	Love Me If You Dare	Romantic Comedy		$548,707	88,217	$606,933
134	Final Cut	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$548,039	88,109	$606,190
135	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	78,899	$542,825
136	Shaolin Soccer	Comedy		$488,872	78,597	$540,747
137	Seducing Doctor Lewis	Comedy		$469,551	75,491	$519,378
138	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,234	$490,090
139	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,618	$472,092
140	Primer	Drama	PG-13	$424,760	68,289	$469,828
141	Broken Wings	Drama	R	$405,818	65,244	$448,879
142	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,016	$440,430
143	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,023	$433,598
144	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$383,357	61,633	$424,035
145	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,800	$404,544
146	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,703	$403,877
147	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$326,706	52,525	$361,372
148	Hair Show	Comedy	PG-13	$302,990	48,712	$335,139
149	Dhoom	Action	Not Rated	$245,756	39,511	$271,836
150	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,179	$248,912
151	Remember Me, My Love	Comedy	Not Rated	$223,878	35,993	$247,632
152	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,398	$236,658
153	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,772	$218,591
154	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,121	$214,112
155	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,025	$192,812
156	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,632	$176,348
157	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$152,512	24,520	$168,698
158	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,963	$137,345
159	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama		$117,656	18,916	$130,142
160	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$109,790	17,651	$121,439
161	Hulchul	Comedy	Not Rated	$108,952	17,516	$120,510
162	Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi	Comedy		$107,063	17,213	$118,425
163	Phir Milenge	Drama	Not Rated	$89,868	14,448	$99,402
164	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,404	$99,100
165	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy		$82,516	13,266	$91,270
166	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Action	R	$82,382	13,245	$91,126
167	Malevolence	Horror	R	$81,250	13,063	$89,873
168	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,544	$86,303
169	Reconstruction	Drama	Not Rated	$73,287	11,782	$81,060
170	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$71,044	11,422	$78,583
171	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,339	$78,012
172	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$70,282	11,299	$77,737
173	Hollywood Buddha	Comedy	Not Rated	$67,862	10,910	$75,061
174	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,626	$73,107
175	On the Run	Thriller/Suspense		$64,796	10,417	$71,669
176	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,055	$69,178
177	Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star	Drama		$41,703	6,705	$46,130
178	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$41,099	6,608	$45,463
179	Grand Champion	Drama	G	$40,874	6,571	$45,208
180	Sex is Comedy	Comedy	Not Rated	$37,212	5,983	$41,163
181	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$36,553	5,877	$40,434
182	A Tale of Two Sisters	Horror	R	$35,710	5,741	$39,498
183	After Freedom	Drama		$35,639	5,730	$39,422
184	Cowboys and Angels	Comedy	PG	$33,700	5,418	$37,276
185	Blind Shaft	Drama		$33,272	5,349	$36,801
186	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,380	5,045	$34,710
187	Vodka Lemon	Comedy	Not Rated	$31,173	5,012	$34,483
188	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,950	$34,056
189	The Raspberry Reich	Comedy	Not Rated	$28,883	4,644	$31,951
190	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,957	4,495	$30,926
191	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,446	$30,588
192	A Foreign Affair	Comedy	PG-13	$27,516	4,424	$30,437
193	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,283	$29,467
194	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$26,316	4,231	$29,109
195	Incantato	Drama	Not Rated	$22,758	3,659	$25,174
196	Easy	Romantic Comedy	R	$21,589	3,471	$23,880
197	After Midnight	Comedy	Not Rated	$20,881	3,357	$23,096
198	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,309	$22,766
199	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$20,444	3,287	$22,615
200	Merci Docteur Rey	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,590	3,150	$21,672
201	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,142	$21,617
202	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,136	$21,576
203	Fabled	Horror	R	$18,224	2,930	$20,158
204	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,456	2,646	$18,204
205	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$16,104	2,589	$17,812
206	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,581	$17,757
207	It's Easier for a Camel	Drama	Not Rated	$15,787	2,538	$17,461
208	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$14,295	2,298	$15,810
209	Yes Nurse! No Nurse!	Musical	Not Rated	$12,517	2,012	$13,843
210	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$12,366	1,988	$13,677
211	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,976	$13,595
212	The Manson Family	Horror	Not Rated	$11,657	1,874	$12,893
213	Intoxicating	Drama	Not Rated	$11,560	1,859	$12,790
214	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$10,645	1,711	$11,772
215	Who Killed Bambi?	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$9,675	1,555	$10,698
216	Virgin	Drama	Not Rated	$9,501	1,527	$10,506
217	Mind the Gap	Drama	Not Rated	$9,496	1,527	$10,506
218	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$9,129	1,468	$10,100
219	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,454	$10,004
220	Evil Remains	Horror	R	$8,396	1,350	$9,288
221	The Dust Factory		PG	$8,000	1,286	$8,848
222	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,278	$8,793
223	Carnage	Drama		$7,455	1,199	$8,249
224	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	883	$6,075
225	Bright Future	Drama	Not Rated	$4,762	766	$5,270
226	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	755	$5,194
227	Dolls	Drama	Not Rated	$4,067	654	$4,500
228	September 11	Drama		$3,962	637	$4,383
229	Open My Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$3,771	606	$4,169
230	Big Animal	Drama		$3,733	600	$4,128
231	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,058	492	$3,385
232	Sky Blue	Action	Not Rated	$3,022	486	$3,344
233	Conspiracy of Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$2,598	418	$2,876
234	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$2,848
235	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	399	$2,745
236	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	379	$2,608
237	Abouna	Drama		$2,350	378	$2,601
238	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$2,187	352	$2,422
239	Artworks	Drama	R	$2,187	352	$2,422
240	Blue Gate Crossing	Romantic Comedy		$2,104	338	$2,325
241	On the Down Low	Drama		$1,987	319	$2,195
242	800 Bullets	Comedy	R	$866	139	$956
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,209,030,181
Total Tickets Sold					515,921,255
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,549,538,234

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.