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	40,524,477	$319,738,124
2	The Day After Tomorrow	Adventure	PG-13	$186,739,919	30,070,840	$237,258,928
3	Meet the Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$162,461,370	26,161,251	$206,412,270
4	Shark Tale	Adventure	PG	$160,762,022	25,887,604	$204,253,196
5	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$154,522,305	24,882,819	$196,325,442
6	50 First Dates	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,776,832	19,448,765	$153,450,756
7	Van Helsing	Action	PG-13	$120,150,546	19,347,914	$152,655,041
8	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,324,072	18,409,673	$145,252,320
9	The Village	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$114,195,633	18,388,991	$145,089,139
10	Collateral	Action	R	$100,003,492	16,103,622	$127,057,578
11	Along Came Polly	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$88,073,507	14,182,529	$111,900,154
12	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,548,617	$106,898,588
13	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$73,870,841	11,895,466	$93,855,227
14	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,135,104	$87,855,971
15	Hidalgo	Western	PG-13	$67,286,731	10,835,222	$85,489,902
16	The Forgotten	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$66,711,892	10,742,656	$84,759,556
17	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Action	R	$66,207,920	10,661,501	$84,119,243
18	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Comedy	PG-13	$65,070,412	10,478,327	$82,674,000
19	The Butterfly Effect	Thriller/Suspense	R	$57,924,679	9,327,646	$73,595,127
20	The Chronicles of Riddick	Adventure	PG-13	$57,712,751	9,293,519	$73,325,865
21	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,201,244	$72,597,815
22	Saw	Horror	R	$55,153,403	8,881,385	$70,074,128
23	Jet Li's Hero	Action	PG-13	$53,652,140	8,639,636	$68,166,728
24	Home on the Range	Comedy	PG	$50,026,353	8,055,773	$63,560,049
25	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,473,566	7,000,574	$55,234,529
26	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,451,932	$50,905,743
27	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Adventure	PG	$37,760,080	6,080,528	$47,975,366
28	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,036,317	$47,626,541
29	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,273,724	$41,609,682
30	Cellular	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,003,620	5,153,562	$40,661,604
31	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Horror	PG-13	$31,526,393	5,076,714	$40,055,273
32	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,200,725	5,024,271	$39,641,498
33	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,992,204	$39,388,490
34	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,911,575	$38,752,327
35	The Prince & Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$28,165,882	4,535,569	$35,785,639
36	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$28,113,925	4,527,202	$35,719,624
37	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,308,253	$33,992,116
38	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,068,620	$32,101,412
39	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,057,174	$32,011,103
40	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,874,142	$30,566,980
41	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Comedy	PG	$23,514,247	3,786,513	$29,875,588
42	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,510,516	$27,697,971
43	Torque	Action	PG-13	$21,176,322	3,410,036	$26,905,184
44	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,396,657	$26,799,624
45	Little Black Book	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,422,207	3,288,600	$25,947,054
46	The Life of Brian	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,868,649	3,199,460	$25,243,739
47	Two Brothers	Drama	PG	$18,947,630	3,051,148	$24,073,558
48	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,934,809	$23,155,643
49	Laws of Attraction	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,848,322	2,874,126	$22,676,854
50	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,853,176	$22,511,559
51	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,789,303	$22,007,601
52	Seed of Chucky	Horror	R	$17,016,190	2,740,127	$21,619,602
53	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,980,098	2,734,315	$21,573,745
54	Wimbledon	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,831,505	2,710,387	$21,384,953
55	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$16,626,820	2,677,427	$21,124,899
56	The Whole Ten Yards	Comedy	PG-13	$16,323,969	2,628,658	$20,740,112
57	Paparazzi	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,712,072	2,530,124	$19,962,678
58	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,382,420	$18,797,294
59	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,349,347	$18,536,348
60	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,330,021	$18,383,866
61	Godsend	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,334,645	2,308,316	$18,212,613
62	Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2	Drama	PG-13	$14,140,215	2,277,007	$17,965,585
63	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,257,386	$17,810,776
64	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,241,902	$17,688,607
65	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,221,632	$17,528,676
66	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,181,694	$17,213,566
67	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,464,388	2,168,178	$17,106,924
68	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,979,443	2,090,087	$16,490,786
69	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,028,498	$16,004,849
70	Breakin' All the Rules	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,232,382	1,969,788	$15,541,627
71	Chasing Liberty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,189,514	1,962,885	$15,487,163
72	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,858,311	$14,662,074
73	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,803,276	$14,227,848
74	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,676,647	$13,228,745
75	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,672,738	$13,197,903
76	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,375	1,647,886	$13,001,821
77	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,515,005	$11,953,389
78	Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2	Comedy	PG	$9,109,322	1,466,880	$11,573,683
79	First Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,055,010	1,458,134	$11,504,677
80	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,445,497	$11,404,971
81	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,430,944	$11,290,148
82	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,402,989	$11,069,583
83	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,295,898	$10,224,635
84	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,517,198	1,049,468	$8,280,303
85	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,407,656	1,031,829	$8,141,131
86	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$5,901,590	950,337	$7,498,159
87	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	932,822	$7,359,966
88	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	928,160	$7,323,182
89	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	805,419	$6,354,756
90	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	767,073	$6,052,206
91	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	701,730	$5,536,650
92	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	673,248	$5,311,927
93	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$4,157,199	669,436	$5,281,850
94	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	654,406	$5,163,263
95	Benji: Off the Leash!	Drama	PG	$3,816,912	614,640	$4,849,510
96	Les invasions barbares	Drama	R	$3,501,357	563,826	$4,448,587
97	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	560,274	$4,420,562
98	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,148,043	506,931	$3,999,686
99	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,106,912	500,308	$3,947,430
100	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,870	$3,652,044
101	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,830,964	455,872	$3,596,830
102	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,828	$3,422,903
103	Elf	Comedy	PG	$2,543,761	409,623	$3,231,925
104	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	407,643	$3,216,303
105	Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom	Drama	R	$2,380,788	383,380	$3,024,868
106	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	379,022	$2,990,484
107	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,177,670	350,671	$2,766,794
108	Dans une galaxie pr�s de chez vous - Le film	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,164,047	348,478	$2,749,491
109	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,810	$2,696,881
110	Confidences trop intimes	Drama	R	$2,106,677	339,239	$2,676,596
111	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,883	$2,594,887
112	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$2,031,950	327,206	$2,581,655
113	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	317,413	$2,504,389
114	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,517	$2,497,319
115	La mala educaci�n	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	283,283	$2,235,103
116	The Story of the Weeping Camel	Documentary	PG	$1,742,832	280,649	$2,214,321
117	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	277,368	$2,188,434
118	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	259,290	$2,045,798
119	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,439	$1,944,404
120	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,471	$1,849,976
121	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,603	$1,732,668
122	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	216,050	$1,704,635
123	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,728	$1,702,094
124	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,351	$1,478,199
125	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,535	$1,432,311
126	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,774	$1,410,527
127	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,599	$1,409,146
128	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,097,765	176,774	$1,394,747
129	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	171,055	$1,349,624
130	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,781	$1,347,462
131	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,025,815	165,188	$1,303,333
132	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,829	$1,292,611
133	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,757	$1,276,263
134	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,540	$1,235,101
135	The Matrix Revolutions	Action	R	$965,331	155,448	$1,226,485
136	Criminal	Drama	R	$923,426	148,700	$1,173,243
137	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,368	$1,170,624
138	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,294	$1,130,590
139	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$833,648	134,243	$1,059,177
140	La Battaglia di Algeri	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,295	$1,035,918
141	Hum Tum	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$796,641	128,284	$1,012,161
142	Lakshya	Adventure	Not Rated	$752,344	121,150	$955,874
143	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$748,132	120,472	$950,524
144	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$727,467	117,144	$924,266
145	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$699,304	112,609	$888,485
146	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,666	$746,915
147	Love Me If You Dare	Romantic Comedy	R	$548,707	88,359	$697,153
148	Final Cut	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$548,039	88,251	$696,300
149	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,227	$688,221
150	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	79,026	$623,515
151	Shaolin Soccer	Comedy	PG-13	$488,872	78,723	$621,124
152	Seducing Doctor Lewis	Comedy	Not Rated	$469,551	75,612	$596,579
153	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,349	$562,944
154	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$436,687	70,320	$554,825
155	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,728	$542,264
156	Primer	Drama	PG-13	$424,760	68,399	$539,668
157	Knafayim Shvurot	Drama	R	$405,818	65,349	$515,604
158	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,119	$505,899
159	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,124	$498,048
160	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$383,357	61,732	$487,065
161	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,894	$464,674
162	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,798	$463,916
163	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$326,706	52,610	$415,093
164	Hair Show	Comedy	PG-13	$302,990	48,791	$384,961
165	Dhoom	Action	Not Rated	$245,756	39,574	$312,239
166	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,237	$285,910
167	Remember Me, My Love	Comedy	Not Rated	$223,878	36,051	$284,442
168	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,453	$271,834
169	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,823	$251,083
170	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,171	$245,939
171	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,071	$221,480
172	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,673	$202,560
173	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,995	$157,761
174	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$121,992	19,644	$154,991
175	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$109,790	17,680	$139,495
176	Hulchul	Comedy	Not Rated	$108,952	17,545	$138,430
177	Ha-Kochavim Shel Shlomi	Comedy	Not Rated	$107,063	17,240	$136,024
178	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$105,349	16,964	$133,846
179	Phir Milenge	Drama	Not Rated	$89,868	14,471	$114,176
180	Mou gaan dou	Drama	R	$89,594	14,427	$113,829
181	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy	Not Rated	$82,516	13,288	$104,842
182	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Action	R	$82,382	13,266	$104,669
183	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Adventure	PG	$82,010	13,206	$104,195
184	Malevolence	Horror	R	$81,250	13,084	$103,233
185	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,565	$99,138
186	Reconstruction	Drama	Not Rated	$73,287	11,801	$93,110
187	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$71,044	11,440	$90,262
188	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,357	$89,607
189	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$70,282	11,318	$89,299
190	Hollywood Buddha	Comedy	Not Rated	$67,862	10,928	$86,222
191	Cachorro	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,643	$83,973
192	Cavale	Thriller/Suspense		$64,796	10,434	$82,324
193	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,071	$79,460
194	Poco pi� di un anno fa	Drama	Not Rated	$41,703	6,715	$52,981
195	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$41,099	6,618	$52,216
196	Grand Champion	Drama	G	$40,874	6,582	$51,932
197	Apr�s la vie	Drama	Not Rated	$38,773	6,244	$49,265
198	Sex is Comedy	Comedy	Not Rated	$37,212	5,992	$47,277
199	A Tale of Two Sisters	Horror	R	$35,710	5,750	$45,368
200	After Freedom	Drama	Not Rated	$35,639	5,739	$45,281
201	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$35,499	5,716	$45,099
202	Cowboys and Angels	Comedy	PG	$33,700	5,427	$42,819
203	Mang jing	Drama	Not Rated	$33,272	5,358	$42,275
204	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,380	5,053	$39,868
205	Vodka Lemon	Comedy	Not Rated	$31,173	5,020	$39,608
206	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,958	$39,119
207	The Raspberry Reich	Comedy	Not Rated	$28,883	4,651	$36,696
208	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,957	4,502	$35,521
209	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,453	$35,134
210	A Foreign Affair	Comedy	PG-13	$27,516	4,431	$34,961
211	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,290	$33,848
212	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$26,316	4,238	$33,438
213	Incantato	Drama	Not Rated	$22,758	3,665	$28,917
214	Easy	Romantic Comedy	R	$21,589	3,476	$27,426
215	Dopo mezzanotte	Comedy	Not Rated	$20,881	3,362	$26,526
216	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,314	$26,147
217	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$20,444	3,292	$25,974
218	Merci Docteur Rey	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,590	3,155	$24,893
219	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,147	$24,830
220	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,142	$24,790
221	Fabled	Horror	R	$18,224	2,935	$23,157
222	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,456	2,650	$20,909
223	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$16,104	2,593	$20,459
224	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,585	$20,396
225	It's Easier for a Camel	Drama	Not Rated	$15,787	2,542	$20,056
226	Yes Nurse! No Nurse!	Musical	Not Rated	$12,517	2,016	$15,906
227	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$12,366	1,991	$15,709
228	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,979	$15,614
229	The Manson Family	Horror	Not Rated	$11,647	1,876	$14,802
230	Intoxicating	Drama	Not Rated	$11,560	1,862	$14,691
231	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$10,645	1,714	$13,523
232	Who Killed Bambi?	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$9,675	1,558	$12,293
233	Virgin	Drama	Not Rated	$9,501	1,530	$12,072
234	Mind the Gap	Drama	Not Rated	$9,496	1,529	$12,064
235	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$9,129	1,470	$11,598
236	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,457	$11,496
237	Evil Remains	Horror	R	$8,396	1,352	$10,667
238	The Dust Factory		PG	$8,000	1,288	$10,162
239	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,280	$10,099
240	Carnages	Drama	Not Rated	$7,455	1,200	$9,468
241	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	885	$6,983
242	Akarui mirai	Drama	Not Rated	$4,762	767	$6,052
243	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	756	$5,965
244	Dolls	Drama	Not Rated	$4,067	655	$5,168
245	11'09''01 - September 11	Drama	Not Rated	$3,962	638	$5,034
246	Open My Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$3,771	607	$4,789
247	Duze zwierze	Drama	Not Rated	$3,733	601	$4,742
248	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,058	492	$3,882
249	Sky Blue	Action	Not Rated	$3,022	487	$3,842
250	Conspiracy of Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$2,598	418	$3,298
251	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$3,266
252	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	400	$3,156
253	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	380	$2,998
254	Abouna	Drama	Not Rated	$2,350	378	$2,982
255	Bab� l�to	Comedy	PG-13	$2,187	352	$2,777
256	Lanse da men	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,104	339	$2,675
257	On the Down Low	Drama	Not Rated	$1,987	320	$2,525
258	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,965	316	$2,493
259	Artworks	Drama	R	$1,348	217	$1,712
260	The Mongol King	Drama	Not Rated	$900	145	$1,144
261	800 balas	Comedy	R	$866	139	$1,097
262	Cremaster 3	Drama	Not Rated	$661	106	$836
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,683,822,552
Total Tickets Sold					593,208,129
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,680,412,138

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.