Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2005
| Rank | Movie | Genre | MPAA | 2005 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$380,270,577 |
59,324,583 |
$408,153,131 |
| 2 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$275,132,632 |
42,922,407 |
$295,306,160 |
| 3 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$217,677,877 |
33,959,107 |
$233,638,656 |
| 4 |
Madagascar
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$193,202,933 |
30,140,863 |
$207,369,137 |
| 5 |
King Kong
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$168,505,310 |
26,287,880 |
$180,860,614 |
| 6 |
Chicken Little
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$131,944,653 |
20,584,189 |
$141,619,220 |
| 7 |
Robots
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$128,200,012 |
20,000,002 |
$137,600,014 |
| 8 |
Sahara
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$68,671,925 |
10,713,249 |
$73,707,153 |
| 9 |
Sky High
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$63,939,454 |
9,974,954 |
$68,627,684 |
| 10 |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$56,068,547 |
8,747,043 |
$60,179,656 |
| 11 |
The Corpse Bride
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$53,359,111 |
8,324,354 |
$57,271,556 |
| 12 |
The Polar Express (IMAX)
|
Adventure
|
Not Rated
|
$51,814,032 |
8,083,312 |
$55,613,187 |
| 13 |
Kingdom of Heaven
|
Adventure
|
R
|
$47,398,413 |
7,394,448 |
$50,873,802 |
| 14 |
The Legend of Zorro
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$45,575,336 |
7,110,037 |
$48,917,055 |
| 15 |
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$39,177,684 |
6,111,963 |
$42,050,305 |
| 16 |
The Brothers Grimm
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$37,899,638 |
5,912,580 |
$40,678,550 |
| 17 |
Zathura
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$28,045,540 |
4,375,279 |
$30,101,920 |
| 18 |
Valiant
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$19,471,912 |
3,037,740 |
$20,899,651 |
| 19 |
Into the Blue
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$18,782,227 |
2,930,145 |
$20,159,398 |
| 20 |
Ocean's Twelve
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$18,525,290 |
2,890,061 |
$19,883,620 |
| 21 |
National Treasure
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$18,482,697 |
2,883,416 |
$19,837,902 |
| 22 |
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$18,098,433 |
2,823,468 |
$19,425,460 |
| 23 |
The Polar Express
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$17,683,602 |
2,758,752 |
$18,980,214 |
| 24 |
The Incredibles
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$9,780,574 |
1,525,831 |
$10,497,717 |
| 25 |
Howl's Moving Castle
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$4,710,455 |
734,860 |
$5,055,837 |
| 26 |
Flight of the Phoenix
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$4,288,938 |
669,101 |
$4,603,415 |
| 27 |
SpongeBob SquarePants
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$3,516,534 |
548,601 |
$3,774,375 |
| 28 |
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous
|
Adventure
|
Not Rated
|
$2,697,461 |
420,821 |
$2,895,248 |
| 29 |
Haunted Castle
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$2,205,203 |
344,025 |
$2,366,892 |
| 30 |
Bunty Aur Babli
|
Adventure
|
Not Rated
|
$932,509 |
145,477 |
$1,000,882 |
| 31 |
Duma
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$870,067 |
135,736 |
$933,864 |
| 32 |
Shark Tale
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$429,978 |
67,079 |
$461,504 |
| 33 |
Alexander
|
Adventure
|
R
|
$296,887 |
46,316 |
$318,654 |
| 34 |
Alien Adventure
|
Adventure
|
Not Rated
|
$265,765 |
41,461 |
$285,252 |
| 35 |
The New World
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$156,471 |
24,410 |
$167,941 |
| 36 |
Young Black Stallion
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$136,972 |
21,368 |
$147,012 |
| 37 |
The Warrior
|
Adventure
|
R
|
$48,160 |
7,513 |
$51,689 |
| 38 |
Santa vs. The Snowman
|
Adventure
|
Not Rated
|
$38,124 |
5,948 |
$40,922 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $2,128,301,933 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 332,028,379 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $2,284,355,248 |
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.
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