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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Box Office Performance for Animation/Live Action Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith Adventure PG-13 $380,262,555 59,323,332 $425,941,524
2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Adventure PG-13 $277,083,157 43,226,702 $310,367,720
3 The War of the Worlds Action PG-13 $234,277,056 36,548,683 $262,419,544
4 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Adventure PG $225,703,346 35,211,130 $252,815,913
5 King Kong Adventure PG-13 $174,559,825 27,232,422 $195,528,790
6 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Comedy PG $51,019,112 7,959,300 $57,147,774
7 Racing Stripes Comedy PG $49,186,871 7,673,459 $55,095,436
8 Zathura Adventure PG $28,045,540 4,375,279 $31,414,503
9 Serenity Action PG-13 $25,335,935 3,952,564 $28,379,410
Total Gross of All Movies$1,445,473,397
Total Tickets Sold225,502,871
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,619,110,614

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.