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	$428,107,148
2	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,465,149	$154,119,770
3	Fahrenheit 9/11	Documentary	R	$119,078,393	19,175,265	$137,678,403
4	Collateral	Action	R	$100,003,492	16,103,622	$115,624,006
5	Man on Fire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,906,816	12,545,381	$90,075,836
6	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Action	R	$66,207,920	10,661,501	$76,549,577
7	The Manchurian Candidate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$65,948,711	10,619,760	$76,249,877
8	Dawn of the Dead	Horror	R	$58,971,471	9,496,211	$68,182,795
9	The Butterfly Effect	Thriller/Suspense	R	$57,924,679	9,327,646	$66,972,498
10	Saw	Horror	R	$55,153,403	8,881,385	$63,768,344
11	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,356,746	$60,001,436
12	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Horror	R	$50,740,078	8,170,705	$58,665,662
13	Blade: Trinity	Action	R	$48,079,939	7,742,341	$55,590,008
14	Exorcist: The Beginning	Horror	R	$41,814,863	6,733,472	$48,346,329
15	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,421,569	$46,106,865
16	The Ladykillers	Comedy	R	$39,692,139	6,391,649	$45,892,040
17	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,770,500	$41,432,190
18	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Comedy	R	$34,366,518	5,534,061	$39,734,558
19	Monster	Drama	R	$34,011,553	5,476,901	$39,324,149
20	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,475,089	$39,311,139
21	The Punisher	Action	R	$33,571,379	5,406,019	$38,815,216
22	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,273,724	$37,865,338
23	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,677,158	5,262,022	$37,781,318
24	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,911,575	$35,265,109
25	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,422,022	$31,750,118
26	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,308,253	$30,933,257
27	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,057,174	$29,130,509
28	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,607,763	$25,903,738
29	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,396,657	$24,387,997
30	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,934,809	$21,071,929
31	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,853,176	$20,485,804
32	Seed of Chucky	Horror	R	$17,016,190	2,740,127	$19,674,112
33	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,532,190	$18,181,124
34	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,382,420	$17,105,776
35	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,349,347	$16,868,311
36	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,241,902	$16,096,856
37	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,464,388	2,168,178	$15,567,518
38	Alfie	Comedy	R	$13,386,312	2,155,606	$15,477,251
39	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,979,443	2,090,087	$15,006,825
40	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,028,498	$14,564,616
41	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,445,497	$10,378,668
42	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,402,989	$10,073,461
43	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,227,347	$8,812,351
44	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,107,847	$7,954,341
45	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,084,432	$7,786,222
46	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,517,198	1,049,468	$7,535,180
47	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,407,656	1,031,829	$7,408,532
48	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	932,822	$6,697,662
49	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	928,160	$6,664,189
50	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	908,949	$6,526,254
51	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	805,419	$5,782,908
52	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	767,073	$5,507,584
53	Touching the Void	Documentary	R	$4,581,222	737,717	$5,296,808
54	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	701,730	$5,038,421
55	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	673,248	$4,833,921
56	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	654,406	$4,698,635
57	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	617,641	$4,434,662
58	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	572,564	$4,111,010
59	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	563,826	$4,048,271
60	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,148,043	506,931	$3,639,765
61	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,809	$3,265,529
62	City of God	Drama	R	$2,770,844	446,191	$3,203,651
63	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	427,235	$3,067,547
64	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	383,380	$2,752,668
65	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,810	$2,454,196
66	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	339,239	$2,435,736
67	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,883	$2,361,380
68	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	328,107	$2,355,808
69	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	317,413	$2,279,025
70	I'm not Scared	Drama	R	$1,615,118	260,083	$1,867,396
71	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,439	$1,769,432
72	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,603	$1,576,750
73	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,172,345	188,783	$1,355,462
74	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,774	$1,283,597
75	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,599	$1,282,341
76	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,097,765	176,774	$1,269,237
77	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	171,055	$1,228,175
78	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,703	$1,189,748
79	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,829	$1,176,292
80	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,757	$1,161,415
81	The Matrix Revolutions	Action	R	$965,331	155,448	$1,116,117
82	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$931,755	150,041	$1,077,294
83	Criminal	Drama	R	$923,426	148,700	$1,067,666
84	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,294	$1,028,851
85	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,475	$987,071
86	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	134,157	$963,247
87	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,367	$900,135
88	Stage Beauty	Drama	R	$776,691	125,071	$898,010
89	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$748,132	120,472	$864,989
90	Fade to Black	Documentary	R	$728,802	117,359	$842,638
91	The Saddest Music in the World	Drama	R	$669,128	107,750	$773,645
92	Japanese Story	Drama	R	$614,355	98,930	$710,317
93	Mean Creek	Drama	R	$603,943	97,253	$698,277
94	Touch of Pink	Romantic Comedy	R	$564,535	90,907	$652,712
95	Love Me If You Dare	Romantic Comedy	R	$548,707	88,359	$634,418
96	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,227	$626,290
97	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,675	$536,167
98	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,349	$512,286
99	The Statement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$441,963	71,170	$511,001
100	Broken Wings	Drama	R	$405,818	65,349	$469,206
101	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,119	$460,374
102	Highwaymen		R	$367,027	59,103	$424,360
103	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Comedy	R	$365,248	58,816	$422,299
104	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,798	$422,170
105	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Thriller/Suspense	R	$358,804	57,778	$414,846
106	Enduring Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$349,117	56,219	$403,652
107	The United States of Leland	Drama	R	$343,816	55,365	$397,521
108	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,095	$381,222
109	Ju-On: The Grudge	Horror	R	$325,661	52,441	$376,526
110	Bukowski: Born Into This	Documentary	R	$311,431	50,150	$360,077
111	The Reckoning	Drama	R	$256,620	41,324	$296,706
112	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Comedy	R	$233,053	37,529	$269,458
113	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,453	$247,373
114	Yes Men	Documentary	R	$198,975	32,041	$230,054
115	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,823	$228,489
116	Code 46		R	$197,148	31,747	$227,943
117	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,171	$223,808
118	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,246	$202,806
119	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,071	$201,550
120	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,673	$184,332
121	The Gatekeeper		R	$137,225	22,097	$158,656
122	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,995	$143,564
123	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones		R	$116,869	18,819	$135,120
124	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,628	$119,389
125	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$101,910	16,411	$117,831
126	Riding the Bullet	Horror	R	$101,107	16,281	$116,898
127	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,368	$110,342
128	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,427	$103,586
129	Seeing Other People	Romantic Comedy	R	$87,923	14,158	$101,654
130	Ned Kelly		R	$86,959	14,003	$100,542
131	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Documentary	R	$85,992	13,847	$99,421
132	Decoys		R	$84,733	13,645	$97,971
133	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Action	R	$82,382	13,266	$95,250
134	Malevolence	Horror	R	$81,250	13,084	$93,943
135	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,565	$90,217
136	Yossi & Jagger		R	$75,378	12,138	$87,151
137	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,357	$81,543
138	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,643	$76,417
139	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,071	$72,310
140	Proteus	Documentary	R	$61,858	9,961	$71,520
141	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,898	$63,888
142	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$55,045	8,864	$63,644
143	Twist	Drama	R	$50,968	8,207	$58,926
144	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$48,818	7,861	$56,442
145	Lana's Rain	Drama	R	$44,287	7,132	$51,208
146	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,726	$48,293
147	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$38,798	6,248	$44,861
148	The Animation Show	Multiple Genres	R	$36,709	5,911	$42,441
149	A Tale of Two Sisters	Horror	R	$35,710	5,750	$41,285
150	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$35,499	5,716	$41,041
151	Last Life in the Universe	Comedy	R	$31,747	5,112	$36,704
152	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,958	$35,598
153	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$29,865	4,809	$34,529
154	Gypsy 83	Drama	R	$29,367	4,729	$33,954
155	Emerald Cowboy		R	$28,048	4,517	$32,432
156	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,453	$31,973
157	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,290	$30,802
158	Shade		R	$22,183	3,572	$25,647
159	Easy	Romantic Comedy	R	$21,589	3,476	$24,958
160	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,314	$23,795
161	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,185	$22,868
162	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,142	$22,560
163	Stander	Drama	R	$19,067	3,070	$22,043
164	Fabled	Horror	R	$18,224	2,935	$21,073
165	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,585	$18,560
166	The Hebrew Hammer		R	$14,942	2,406	$17,275
167	Off the Lip	Comedy	R	$14,773	2,379	$17,081
168	Reeseville	Thriller/Suspense	R	$14,496	2,334	$16,758
169	The 24th Day	Drama	R	$14,107	2,272	$16,313
170	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,979	$14,209
171	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,837	$13,190
172	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$9,142	1,472	$10,569
173	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,457	$10,461
174	Evil Remains	Horror	R	$8,396	1,352	$9,707
175	Imagining Argentina	Drama	R	$7,951	1,280	$9,190
176	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,280	$9,190
177	The Intended	Drama	R	$7,522	1,211	$8,695
178	Love Object		R	$6,028	971	$6,972
179	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	885	$6,354
180	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	756	$5,428
181	Demonlover		R	$4,391	707	$5,076
182	Bandido	Western	R	$4,064	654	$4,696
183	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$2,973
184	Swing	Drama	R	$2,509	404	$2,901
185	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	400	$2,872
186	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	380	$2,728
187	The Flower of Evil		R	$1,749	282	$2,025
188	Artworks	Drama	R	$1,348	217	$1,558
189	What Boys Like		R	$955	154	$1,106
190	800 Bullets	Comedy	R	$866	139	$998
191	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$352
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,097,974,172
Total Tickets Sold					337,838,024
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,425,677,012

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.