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	$290,965,745
2	The Day After Tomorrow	Adventure	PG-13	$186,739,919	30,070,840	$215,908,631
3	Shark Tale	Adventure	PG	$160,762,022	25,887,604	$185,872,997
4	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$154,522,305	24,882,819	$178,658,640
5	50 First Dates	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,776,832	19,448,765	$139,642,133
6	Van Helsing	Action	PG-13	$120,150,546	19,347,914	$138,918,023
7	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,324,072	18,409,673	$132,181,452
8	The Village	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$114,195,633	18,388,991	$132,032,955
9	Collateral	Action	R	$100,003,492	16,103,622	$115,624,006
10	Along Came Polly	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$88,073,507	14,182,529	$101,830,558
11	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,548,617	$97,279,070
12	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$73,870,841	11,895,466	$85,409,446
13	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,135,104	$79,950,047
14	Hidalgo	Western	PG-13	$67,286,731	10,835,222	$77,796,894
15	The Forgotton	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$66,711,892	10,742,656	$77,132,270
16	The Butterfly Effect	Thriller/Suspense	R	$57,924,679	9,327,646	$66,972,498
17	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,201,244	$66,064,932
18	Saw	Horror	R	$55,153,403	8,881,385	$63,768,344
19	Jet Li's Hero	Action	PG-13	$53,652,140	8,639,636	$62,032,586
20	Home on the Range	Comedy	PG	$50,026,353	8,055,773	$57,840,450
21	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,473,566	7,000,574	$50,264,121
22	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,451,932	$46,324,872
23	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Adventure	PG	$37,760,080	6,080,528	$43,658,191
24	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,036,317	$43,340,756
25	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,273,724	$37,865,338
26	Cellular	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,003,620	5,153,562	$37,002,575
27	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,200,725	5,024,271	$36,074,266
28	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,992,204	$35,844,025
29	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,911,575	$35,265,109
30	The Prince & Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$28,165,882	4,535,569	$32,565,385
31	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$28,113,925	4,527,202	$32,505,310
32	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,308,253	$30,933,257
33	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,068,620	$29,212,692
34	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,057,174	$29,130,509
35	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,874,142	$27,816,340
36	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,510,516	$25,205,505
37	Torque	Action	PG-13	$21,176,322	3,410,036	$24,484,058
38	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,396,657	$24,387,997
39	Little Black Book	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,422,207	3,288,600	$23,612,148
40	The Life of Brian	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,868,659	3,199,462	$22,972,137
41	Two Brothers	Drama	PG	$18,947,630	3,051,148	$21,907,243
42	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,934,809	$21,071,929
43	Laws of Attraction	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,848,322	2,874,126	$20,636,225
44	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,853,176	$20,485,804
45	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,789,303	$20,027,196
46	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,980,098	2,734,315	$19,632,382
47	Wimbledon	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,831,505	2,710,387	$19,460,579
48	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$16,626,820	2,677,427	$19,223,926
49	Paparazzi	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,712,072	2,530,124	$18,166,290
50	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,382,420	$17,105,776
51	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,349,347	$16,868,311
52	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,330,021	$16,729,551
53	Godsend	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,334,645	2,308,316	$16,573,709
54	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,257,386	$16,208,031
55	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,241,902	$16,096,856
56	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,221,632	$15,951,318
57	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,181,694	$15,664,563
58	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,464,388	2,168,178	$15,567,518
59	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,979,443	2,090,087	$15,006,825
60	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,028,498	$14,564,616
61	Breakin' All the Rules	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,232,382	1,969,788	$14,143,078
62	Chasing Liberty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,189,514	1,962,885	$14,093,514
63	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,858,311	$13,342,673
64	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,803,276	$12,947,522
65	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,676,647	$12,038,325
66	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,672,738	$12,010,259
67	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,375	1,647,886	$11,831,821
68	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,515,005	$10,877,736
69	First Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,055,010	1,458,134	$10,469,402
70	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,445,497	$10,378,668
71	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,430,944	$10,274,178
72	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,402,989	$10,073,461
73	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,295,898	$9,304,548
74	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,517,198	1,049,468	$7,535,180
75	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,407,656	1,031,829	$7,408,532
76	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$5,901,590	950,337	$6,823,420
77	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	928,160	$6,664,189
78	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	805,419	$5,782,908
79	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	767,073	$5,507,584
80	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	701,730	$5,038,421
81	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	673,248	$4,833,921
82	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$4,157,199	669,436	$4,806,550
83	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	654,406	$4,698,635
84	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	563,826	$4,048,271
85	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	560,274	$4,022,767
86	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,148,043	506,931	$3,639,765
87	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,106,912	500,308	$3,592,211
88	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,870	$3,323,407
89	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,830,964	455,872	$3,273,161
90	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,828	$3,114,885
91	Elf	Comedy	PG	$2,543,761	409,623	$2,941,093
92	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	407,643	$2,926,877
93	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	383,380	$2,752,668
94	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	379,022	$2,721,378
95	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,177,670	350,671	$2,517,818
96	Dans une galaxie pr�s de chez vous - Le film	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,164,047	348,478	$2,502,072
97	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,810	$2,454,196
98	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	339,239	$2,435,736
99	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,883	$2,361,380
100	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$2,031,950	327,206	$2,349,339
101	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	317,413	$2,279,025
102	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,517	$2,272,592
103	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	283,283	$2,033,972
104	The Story of the Weeping Camel	Documentary	PG	$1,742,832	280,649	$2,015,060
105	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	277,368	$1,991,502
106	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	259,290	$1,861,702
107	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,439	$1,769,432
108	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,471	$1,683,502
109	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,603	$1,576,750
110	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	216,050	$1,551,239
111	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,728	$1,548,927
112	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,351	$1,345,180
113	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,535	$1,303,421
114	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,774	$1,283,597
115	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,599	$1,282,341
116	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,097,765	176,774	$1,269,237
117	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	171,055	$1,228,175
118	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,781	$1,226,208
119	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,025,815	165,188	$1,186,050
120	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,829	$1,176,292
121	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,757	$1,161,415
122	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,540	$1,123,957
123	Criminal	Drama	R	$923,426	148,700	$1,067,666
124	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,368	$1,065,282
125	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,294	$1,028,851
126	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$833,648	134,243	$963,865
127	The Battle of Algiers	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,295	$942,698
128	Hum Tum	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$796,641	128,284	$921,079
129	Lakshya	Adventure	Not Rated	$752,344	121,150	$869,857
130	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$748,132	120,472	$864,989
131	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$727,467	117,144	$841,094
132	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$699,304	112,609	$808,533
133	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,666	$679,702
134	Love Me If You Dare	Romantic Comedy	R	$548,707	88,359	$634,418
135	Final Cut	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$548,039	88,251	$633,642
136	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,227	$626,290
137	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	79,026	$567,407
138	Shaolin Soccer	Comedy	PG-13	$488,872	78,723	$565,231
139	Seducing Doctor Lewis	Comedy	Not Rated	$469,551	75,612	$542,894
140	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,349	$512,286
141	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,728	$493,467
142	Primer	Drama	PG-13	$424,760	68,399	$491,105
143	Broken Wings	Drama	R	$405,818	65,349	$469,206
144	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,119	$460,374
145	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,124	$453,230
146	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$383,357	61,732	$443,236
147	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,894	$422,859
148	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,798	$422,170
149	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$326,706	52,610	$377,740
150	Hair Show	Comedy	PG-13	$302,990	48,791	$350,319
151	Dhoom	Action	Not Rated	$245,756	39,574	$284,141
152	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,237	$260,182
153	Remember Me, My Love	Comedy	Not Rated	$223,878	36,051	$258,846
154	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,453	$247,373
155	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,823	$228,489
156	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,171	$223,808
157	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,071	$201,550
158	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,673	$184,332
159	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,995	$143,564
160	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$121,992	19,644	$141,044
161	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$109,790	17,680	$126,942
162	Hulchul	Comedy	Not Rated	$108,952	17,545	$125,973
163	Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi	Comedy	Not Rated	$107,063	17,240	$123,783
164	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$105,349	16,964	$121,802
165	Phir Milenge	Drama	Not Rated	$89,868	14,471	$103,902
166	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,427	$103,586
167	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy	Not Rated	$82,516	13,288	$95,408
168	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Action	R	$82,382	13,266	$95,250
169	Malevolence	Horror	R	$81,250	13,084	$93,943
170	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,565	$90,217
171	Reconstruction	Drama	Not Rated	$73,287	11,801	$84,731
172	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$71,044	11,440	$82,139
173	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,357	$81,543
174	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$70,282	11,318	$81,263
175	Hollywood Buddha	Comedy	Not Rated	$67,862	10,928	$78,463
176	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,643	$76,417
177	On the Run	Thriller/Suspense		$64,796	10,434	$74,916
178	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,071	$72,310
179	Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star	Drama	Not Rated	$41,703	6,715	$48,214
180	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$41,099	6,618	$47,517
181	Grand Champion	Drama	G	$40,874	6,582	$47,259
182	Sex is Comedy	Comedy	Not Rated	$37,212	5,992	$43,023
183	A Tale of Two Sisters	Horror	R	$35,710	5,750	$41,285
184	After Freedom	Drama	Not Rated	$35,639	5,739	$41,206
185	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$35,499	5,716	$41,041
186	Cowboys and Angels	Comedy	PG	$33,700	5,427	$38,966
187	Blind Shaft	Drama	Not Rated	$33,272	5,358	$38,470
188	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,380	5,053	$36,281
189	Vodka Lemon	Comedy	Not Rated	$31,173	5,020	$36,044
190	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,958	$35,598
191	The Raspberry Reich	Comedy	Not Rated	$28,883	4,651	$33,394
192	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,957	4,502	$32,324
193	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,453	$31,973
194	A Foreign Affair	Comedy	PG-13	$27,516	4,431	$31,815
195	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,290	$30,802
196	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$26,316	4,238	$30,429
197	Incantato	Drama	Not Rated	$22,758	3,665	$26,315
198	Easy	Romantic Comedy	R	$21,589	3,476	$24,958
199	After Midnight	Comedy	Not Rated	$20,881	3,362	$24,139
200	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,314	$23,795
201	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$20,444	3,292	$23,637
202	Merci Docteur Rey	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,590	3,155	$22,653
203	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,147	$22,595
204	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,142	$22,560
205	Fabled	Horror	R	$18,224	2,935	$21,073
206	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,456	2,650	$19,027
207	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$16,104	2,593	$18,618
208	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,585	$18,560
209	It's Easier for a Camel	Drama	Not Rated	$15,787	2,542	$18,252
210	Yes Nurse! No Nurse!	Musical	Not Rated	$12,517	2,016	$14,475
211	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$12,366	1,991	$14,295
212	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,979	$14,209
213	The Manson Family	Horror	Not Rated	$11,647	1,876	$13,470
214	Intoxicating	Drama	Not Rated	$11,560	1,862	$13,369
215	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$10,645	1,714	$12,307
216	Who Killed Bambi?	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$9,675	1,558	$11,186
217	Virgin	Drama	Not Rated	$9,501	1,530	$10,985
218	Mind the Gap	Drama	Not Rated	$9,496	1,529	$10,978
219	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$9,129	1,470	$10,555
220	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,457	$10,461
221	Evil Remains	Horror	R	$8,396	1,352	$9,707
222	The Dust Factory		PG	$8,000	1,288	$9,248
223	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,280	$9,190
224	Carnage	Drama	Not Rated	$7,455	1,200	$8,616
225	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	885	$6,354
226	Bright Future	Drama	Not Rated	$4,762	767	$5,507
227	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	756	$5,428
228	Dolls	Drama	Not Rated	$4,067	655	$4,703
229	September 11	Drama	Not Rated	$3,962	638	$4,581
230	Open My Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$3,771	607	$4,358
231	Big Animal	Drama	Not Rated	$3,733	601	$4,315
232	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,058	492	$3,533
233	Sky Blue	Action	Not Rated	$3,022	487	$3,497
234	Conspiracy of Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$2,598	418	$3,001
235	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$2,973
236	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	400	$2,872
237	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	380	$2,728
238	Abouna	Drama	Not Rated	$2,350	378	$2,714
239	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$2,187	352	$2,527
240	Blue Gate Crossing	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,104	339	$2,434
241	On the Down Low	Drama	Not Rated	$1,987	320	$2,298
242	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,965	316	$2,269
243	Artworks	Drama	R	$1,348	217	$1,558
244	The Mongol King	Drama	Not Rated	$900	145	$1,041
245	800 Bullets	Comedy	R	$866	139	$998
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,209,606,577
Total Tickets Sold					516,844,848
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,710,946,009

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.