Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$370,270,943	59,624,951	$470,440,863
2	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,465,149	$169,360,026
3	Fahrenheit 9/11	Documentary	R	$119,078,393	19,175,265	$151,292,841
4	Collateral	Action	R	$100,003,492	16,103,622	$127,057,578
5	Man on Fire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,906,816	12,545,381	$98,983,056
6	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Action	R	$66,207,920	10,661,501	$84,119,243
7	The Manchurian Candidate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$65,948,711	10,619,760	$83,789,906
8	Dawn of the Dead	Horror	R	$58,971,471	9,496,211	$74,925,105
9	The Butterfly Effect	Thriller/Suspense	R	$57,924,679	9,327,646	$73,595,127
10	Saw	Horror	R	$55,153,403	8,881,385	$70,074,128
11	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,356,746	$65,934,726
12	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Horror	R	$50,740,078	8,170,705	$64,466,862
13	Blade: Trinity	Action	R	$48,079,939	7,742,341	$61,087,070
14	Exorcist: The Beginning	Horror	R	$41,814,863	6,733,472	$53,127,094
15	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,421,569	$50,666,179
16	The Ladykillers	Comedy	R	$39,692,139	6,391,649	$50,430,111
17	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,770,500	$45,529,245
18	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Comedy	R	$34,366,518	5,534,061	$43,663,741
19	Monster	Drama	R	$34,011,553	5,476,901	$43,212,749
20	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,475,089	$43,198,452
21	The Punisher	Action	R	$33,571,379	5,406,019	$42,653,490
22	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,273,724	$41,609,682
23	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,677,158	5,262,022	$41,517,354
24	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,911,575	$38,752,327
25	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,422,022	$34,889,754
26	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,308,253	$33,992,116
27	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,057,174	$32,011,103
28	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,607,763	$28,465,250
29	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,396,657	$26,799,624
30	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,934,809	$23,155,643
31	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,853,176	$22,511,559
32	Seed of Chucky	Horror	R	$17,016,190	2,740,127	$21,619,602
33	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,532,190	$19,978,979
34	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,382,420	$18,797,294
35	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,349,347	$18,536,348
36	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,241,902	$17,688,607
37	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,464,388	2,168,178	$17,106,924
38	Alfie	Comedy	R	$13,386,312	2,155,606	$17,007,731
39	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,979,443	2,090,087	$16,490,786
40	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,028,498	$16,004,849
41	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,445,497	$11,404,971
42	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,402,989	$11,069,583
43	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,227,347	$9,683,768
44	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,107,847	$8,740,913
45	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,084,432	$8,556,168
46	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,517,198	1,049,468	$8,280,303
47	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,407,656	1,031,829	$8,141,131
48	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	932,822	$7,359,966
49	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	928,160	$7,323,182
50	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	908,949	$7,171,608
51	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	805,419	$6,354,756
52	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	767,073	$6,052,206
53	Touching the Void	Documentary	R	$4,581,222	737,717	$5,820,587
54	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	701,730	$5,536,650
55	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	673,248	$5,311,927
56	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	654,406	$5,163,263
57	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	617,641	$4,873,187
58	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	572,564	$4,517,530
59	Les invasions barbares	Drama	R	$3,501,357	563,826	$4,448,587
60	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,148,043	506,931	$3,999,686
61	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,809	$3,588,443
62	Cidade de Deus	Drama	R	$2,770,844	446,191	$3,520,447
63	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	427,235	$3,370,884
64	Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom	Drama	R	$2,380,788	383,380	$3,024,868
65	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,810	$2,696,881
66	Confidences trop intimes	Drama	R	$2,106,677	339,239	$2,676,596
67	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,883	$2,594,887
68	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	328,107	$2,588,764
69	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	317,413	$2,504,389
70	Io non ho paura	Drama	R	$1,615,118	260,083	$2,052,055
71	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,439	$1,944,404
72	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,603	$1,732,668
73	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,172,345	188,783	$1,489,498
74	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,774	$1,410,527
75	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,599	$1,409,146
76	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,097,765	176,774	$1,394,747
77	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	171,055	$1,349,624
78	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,703	$1,307,397
79	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,829	$1,292,611
80	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,757	$1,276,263
81	The Matrix Revolutions	Action	R	$965,331	155,448	$1,226,485
82	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$931,755	150,041	$1,183,823
83	Criminal	Drama	R	$923,426	148,700	$1,173,243
84	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,294	$1,130,590
85	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,475	$1,084,678
86	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	134,157	$1,058,499
87	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,367	$989,146
88	Stage Beauty	Drama	R	$776,691	125,071	$986,810
89	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$748,132	120,472	$950,524
90	Fade to Black	Documentary	R	$728,802	117,359	$925,963
91	The Saddest Music in the World	Drama	R	$669,128	107,750	$850,148
92	Japanese Story	Drama	R	$614,355	98,930	$780,558
93	Mean Creek	Drama	R	$603,943	97,253	$767,326
94	Touch of Pink	Romantic Comedy	R	$564,535	90,907	$717,256
95	Love Me If You Dare	Romantic Comedy	R	$548,707	88,359	$697,153
96	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,227	$688,221
97	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,675	$589,186
98	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,349	$562,944
99	The Statement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$441,963	71,170	$561,531
100	Knafayim Shvurot	Drama	R	$405,818	65,349	$515,604
101	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,119	$505,899
102	Highwaymen		R	$367,027	59,103	$466,323
103	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Comedy	R	$365,248	58,816	$464,058
104	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,798	$463,916
105	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Thriller/Suspense	R	$358,804	57,778	$455,868
106	Enduring Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$349,117	56,219	$443,568
107	The United States of Leland	Drama	R	$343,816	55,365	$436,830
108	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,095	$418,920
109	Ju-On: The Grudge	Horror	R	$325,661	52,441	$413,759
110	Bukowski: Born Into This	Documentary	R	$311,431	50,150	$395,684
111	The Reckoning	Drama	R	$256,620	41,324	$326,046
112	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Comedy	R	$233,053	37,529	$296,104
113	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,453	$271,834
114	Yes Men	Documentary	R	$198,975	32,041	$252,803
115	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,823	$251,083
116	Code 46		R	$197,148	31,747	$250,484
117	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,171	$245,939
118	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,246	$222,861
119	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,071	$221,480
120	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,673	$202,560
121	The Gatekeeper		R	$137,225	22,097	$174,345
122	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,995	$157,761
123	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones		R	$116,869	18,819	$148,482
124	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,628	$131,195
125	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$101,910	16,411	$129,483
126	Riding the Bullet	Horror	R	$101,107	16,281	$128,457
127	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,368	$121,254
128	Mou gaan dou	Drama	R	$89,594	14,427	$113,829
129	Seeing Other People	Romantic Comedy	R	$87,923	14,158	$111,707
130	Ned Kelly		R	$86,959	14,003	$110,484
131	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Documentary	R	$85,992	13,847	$109,253
132	Decoys		R	$84,733	13,645	$107,659
133	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Action	R	$82,382	13,266	$104,669
134	Malevolence	Horror	R	$81,250	13,084	$103,233
135	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,565	$99,138
136	Yossi & Jagger		R	$75,378	12,138	$95,769
137	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,357	$89,607
138	Cachorro	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,643	$83,973
139	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,071	$79,460
140	Proteus	Documentary	R	$61,858	9,961	$78,592
141	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,898	$70,205
142	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$55,045	8,864	$69,937
143	Twist	Drama	R	$50,968	8,207	$64,753
144	Ônibus 174	Documentary	R	$48,818	7,861	$62,023
145	Lana's Rain	Drama	R	$44,287	7,132	$56,271
146	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,726	$53,068
147	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$38,798	6,248	$49,297
148	The Animation Show	Multiple Genres	R	$36,709	5,911	$46,638
149	A Tale of Two Sisters	Horror	R	$35,710	5,750	$45,368
150	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$35,499	5,716	$45,099
151	Last Life in the Universe	Comedy	R	$31,747	5,112	$40,334
152	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,958	$39,119
153	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$29,865	4,809	$37,943
154	Gypsy 83	Drama	R	$29,367	4,729	$37,312
155	Emerald Cowboy		R	$28,048	4,517	$35,639
156	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,453	$35,134
157	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,290	$33,848
158	Shade		R	$22,183	3,572	$28,183
159	Easy	Romantic Comedy	R	$21,589	3,476	$27,426
160	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,314	$26,147
161	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,185	$25,130
162	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,142	$24,790
163	Stander	Drama	R	$19,067	3,070	$24,222
164	Fabled	Horror	R	$18,224	2,935	$23,157
165	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,585	$20,396
166	The Hebrew Hammer		R	$14,942	2,406	$18,983
167	Off the Lip	Comedy	R	$14,773	2,379	$18,770
168	Reeseville	Thriller/Suspense	R	$14,496	2,334	$18,415
169	The 24th Day	Drama	R	$14,107	2,272	$17,926
170	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,979	$15,614
171	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,837	$14,494
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	Evil Remains	Horror	R	$8,396	1,352	$10,667
175	Imagining Argentina	Drama	R	$7,951	1,280	$10,099
176	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,280	$10,099
177	The Intended	Drama	R	$7,522	1,211	$9,555
178	Love Object		R	$6,028	971	$7,661
179	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	885	$6,983
180	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	756	$5,965
181	Demonlover		R	$4,391	707	$5,578
182	Bandido	Western	R	$4,064	654	$5,160
183	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$3,266
184	Swing	Drama	R	$2,509	404	$3,188
185	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	400	$3,156
186	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	380	$2,998
187	The Flower of Evil		R	$1,749	282	$2,225
188	Artworks	Drama	R	$1,348	217	$1,712
189	What Boys Like		R	$955	154	$1,215
190	800 balas	Comedy	R	$866	139	$1,097
191	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$387
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,097,974,172
Total Tickets Sold					337,838,024
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,665,542,009

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.