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	$234,280,354	36,549,197	$251,458,475
2	Batman Begins	Action	PG-13	$205,343,774	32,034,910	$220,400,181
3	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	Action	PG-13	$186,336,279	29,069,622	$199,998,999
4	Fantastic Four	Action	PG-13	$154,695,569	24,133,474	$166,038,301
5	Constantine	Action	R	$75,976,178	11,852,758	$81,546,975
6	Sin City	Action	R	$74,098,862	11,559,885	$79,532,009
7	The Transporter 2	Action	PG-13	$43,095,856	6,723,222	$46,255,767
8	The Island	Action	PG-13	$35,818,913	5,587,974	$38,445,261
9	Derailed	Action	R	$35,679,977	5,566,299	$38,296,137
10	Hostage	Action	R	$34,636,443	5,403,501	$37,176,087
11	Stealth	Action	PG-13	$32,116,746	5,010,413	$34,471,641
12	XXX: State of the Union	Action	PG-13	$26,873,932	4,192,501	$28,844,407
13	Serenity	Action	PG-13	$25,514,517	3,980,424	$27,385,317
14	Aeon Flux	Action	PG-13	$24,943,349	3,891,318	$26,772,268
15	Danny the Dog	Action	R	$24,537,621	3,828,022	$26,336,791
16	Elektra	Action	PG-13	$24,409,722	3,808,069	$26,199,515
17	Lord of War	Action	R	$24,149,632	3,767,493	$25,920,352
18	Assault On Precinct 13	Action	R	$20,040,895	3,126,505	$21,510,354
19	Kung Fu Hustle	Action	R	$17,104,669	2,668,435	$18,358,833
20	The Lords of Dogtown	Action	PG-13	$11,273,517	1,758,739	$12,100,124
21	Domino	Action	R	$10,169,202	1,586,459	$10,914,838
22	The Great Raid	Action	R	$10,166,502	1,586,038	$10,911,941
23	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$6,892,895	1,075,335	$7,398,305
24	Ong-Bak	Action	R	$4,560,061	711,398	$4,894,418
25	Blade: Trinity	Action	R	$4,317,450	673,549	$4,634,017
26	Supercross	Action	PG-13	$3,102,550	484,017	$3,330,037
27	A Sound of Thunder	Action	PG-13	$1,900,451	296,482	$2,039,796
28	State Property 2	Action	R	$1,691,706	263,917	$1,815,749
29	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$670,866	104,659	$720,054
30	Steamboy	Action	PG-13	$468,867	73,146	$503,244
31	De Zaak Alzheimer	Action	R	$332,015	51,796	$356,356
32	Secuestro Express	Action	R	$302,256	47,154	$324,420
33	Taxi	Action	PG-13	$247,679	38,639	$265,836
34	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$214,207	33,418	$229,916
35	Ek Ajnabee	Action	Not Rated	$213,143	33,252	$228,774
36	Matando Cabos	Action	R	$138,555	21,615	$148,711
37	Appleseed	Action	R	$129,135	20,146	$138,604
38	D.E.B.S.	Action	PG-13	$96,793	15,100	$103,888
39	Sky Blue	Action	Not Rated	$70,631	11,019	$75,811
40	Kamikaze Girls	Action	Not Rated	$29,500	4,602	$31,662
41	Streets of Legend	Action	R	$4,825	753	$5,181
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,356,646,094
Total Tickets Sold					211,645,255
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,456,119,354

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.