Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The War of the Worlds	Action	PG-13	$234,277,056	36,548,683	$262,419,544
2	Batman Begins	Action	PG-13	$205,343,774	32,034,910	$230,010,654
3	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	Action	PG-13	$186,336,103	29,069,595	$208,719,692
4	Fantastic Four	Action	PG-13	$154,695,569	24,133,474	$173,278,343
5	Constantine	Action	R	$75,500,759	11,778,590	$84,570,276
6	Sin City	Action	R	$74,098,862	11,559,885	$82,999,974
7	The Transporter 2	Action	PG-13	$43,095,600	6,723,183	$48,272,454
8	The Island	Action	PG-13	$35,799,026	5,584,871	$40,099,374
9	Derailed	Action	R	$35,689,188	5,567,736	$39,976,344
10	Hostage	Action	R	$34,636,443	5,403,501	$38,797,137
11	Stealth	Action	PG-13	$31,704,416	4,946,087	$35,512,905
12	XXX: State of the Union	Action	PG-13	$26,082,914	4,069,097	$29,216,116
13	Serenity	Action	PG-13	$25,335,935	3,952,564	$28,379,410
14	Aeon Flux	Action	PG-13	$25,014,475	3,902,414	$28,019,333
15	Danny the Dog	Action	R	$24,520,892	3,825,412	$27,466,458
16	Elektra	Action	PG-13	$24,407,944	3,807,792	$27,339,947
17	Lord of War	Action	R	$24,127,895	3,764,102	$27,026,252
18	Assault On Precinct 13	Action	R	$19,976,073	3,116,392	$22,375,695
19	Kung Fu Hustle	Action	R	$17,104,669	2,668,435	$19,159,363
20	Batman Begins (IMAX)	Action	PG-13	$15,900,000	2,480,499	$17,809,983
21	The Lords of Dogtown	Action	PG-13	$11,008,432	1,717,384	$12,330,817
22	The Great Raid	Action	R	$10,166,502	1,586,038	$11,387,753
23	Domino	Action	R	$10,137,232	1,581,471	$11,354,962
24	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$6,884,029	1,073,951	$7,710,968
25	Ong-Bak	Action	R	$4,560,061	711,398	$5,107,838
26	Blade: Trinity	Action	R	$4,317,450	673,549	$4,836,082
27	Supercross	Action	PG-13	$3,101,301	483,822	$3,473,842
28	A Sound of Thunder	Action	PG-13	$1,891,821	295,136	$2,119,076
29	State Property 2	Action	R	$1,677,733	261,737	$1,879,272
30	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$669,921	104,512	$750,396
31	Steamboy	Action	PG-13	$410,388	64,023	$459,685
32	De Zaak Alzheimer	Action	R	$332,015	51,796	$371,895
33	Secuestro Express	Action	R	$302,256	47,154	$338,566
34	Taxi	Action	PG-13	$247,679	38,639	$277,428
35	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$214,207	33,418	$239,941
36	Ek Ajnabee	Action	Not Rated	$181,247	28,276	$203,022
37	Matando Cabos	Action	R	$138,555	21,615	$155,196
38	Appleseed	Action	R	$126,863	19,791	$142,099
39	D.E.B.S.	Action	PG-13	$96,793	15,100	$108,418
40	Sky Blue	Action	Not Rated	$70,631	11,019	$79,116
41	Kamikaze Girls	Action	Not Rated	$29,500	4,602	$33,042
42	Streets of Legend	Action	R	$4,825	753	$5,407
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,370,217,034
Total Tickets Sold					213,762,406
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,534,814,075

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2005. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2005. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2004 will most likely earn money in 2004 and 2005. 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.