Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Adventure	PG-13	$277,083,157	43,226,702	$310,367,720
2	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	PG	$225,703,346	35,211,130	$252,815,913
3	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$99,378,637	15,503,688	$111,316,480
4	Sahara	Adventure	PG-13	$68,642,452	10,708,651	$76,888,114
5	Jarhead	Drama	R	$62,479,010	9,747,115	$69,984,286
6	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$51,814,032	8,083,312	$58,038,180
7	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Comedy	PG	$51,019,112	7,959,300	$57,147,774
8	Sideways	Drama	R	$49,098,097	7,659,610	$54,996,000
9	Just Like Heaven	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$48,291,624	7,533,795	$54,092,648
10	Must Love Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,894,863	6,847,873	$49,167,728
11	Fever Pitch	Comedy	PG-13	$42,071,069	6,563,349	$47,124,846
12	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Drama	PG	$39,008,741	6,085,607	$43,694,658
13	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$38,913,027	6,070,675	$43,587,447
14	Derailed	Action	R	$35,689,188	5,567,736	$39,976,344
15	Hostage	Action	R	$34,636,443	5,403,501	$38,797,137
16	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$34,118,092	5,322,635	$38,216,519
17	The Constant Gardener	Drama	R	$33,565,375	5,236,408	$37,597,409
18	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$32,835,470	5,122,538	$36,779,823
19	Because of Winn-Dixie	Comedy	PG	$32,645,546	5,092,909	$36,567,087
20	The Wedding Date	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,585,300	4,927,504	$35,379,479
21	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$30,633,403	4,779,002	$34,313,234
22	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Comedy	PG	$24,010,372	3,745,768	$26,894,614
23	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	Adventure	G	$18,081,626	2,820,846	$20,253,674
24	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$17,683,602	2,758,752	$19,807,839
25	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Drama	PG	$15,331,289	2,391,777	$17,172,959
26	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$15,102,697	2,356,115	$16,916,906
27	The Great Raid	Action	R	$10,166,502	1,586,038	$11,387,753
28	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$10,082,747	1,572,971	$11,293,932
29	The Ice Harvest	Black Comedy	R	$8,819,059	1,375,828	$9,878,445
30	Ladies in Lavender	Drama	PG-13	$6,759,422	1,054,512	$7,571,396
31	Bride & Prejudice	Musical	PG-13	$6,601,079	1,029,810	$7,394,036
32	Howl's Moving Castle	Adventure	PG	$4,710,455	734,860	$5,276,295
33	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$4,212,631	657,197	$4,718,674
34	Being Julia	Drama	R	$4,183,429	652,641	$4,685,962
35	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,649,465	569,339	$4,087,854
36	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$3,514,688	548,313	$3,936,887
37	Layer Cake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,338,695	364,851	$2,619,630
38	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (IMAX)	Comedy	PG	$2,200,000	343,214	$2,464,277
39	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$2,187,392	341,247	$2,450,153
40	Oliver Twist	Drama	PG-13	$1,987,287	310,029	$2,226,008
41	A Sound of Thunder	Action	PG-13	$1,891,821	295,136	$2,119,076
42	Everything is Illuminated	Drama	PG-13	$1,705,595	266,083	$1,910,476
43	Paheli (Puzzle)	Drama	Not Rated	$1,409,498	219,890	$1,578,810
44	Thumbsucker	Comedy	R	$1,325,073	206,720	$1,484,250
45	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$1,150,398	179,469	$1,288,587
46	My Summer of Love	Drama	R	$992,238	154,795	$1,111,428
47	Separate Lies	Drama	R	$923,347	144,048	$1,034,265
48	Where the Truth Lies	Drama	Not Rated	$871,527	135,964	$976,222
49	Duma	Adventure	PG	$860,002	134,166	$963,312
50	Mysterious Skin	Drama	Open	$697,181	108,765	$780,933
51	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Drama	Not Rated	$654,604	102,122	$733,236
52	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Drama	PG-13	$626,310	97,708	$701,543
53	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$624,893	97,487	$699,957
54	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$502,924	78,459	$563,336
55	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$397,228	61,970	$444,945
56	The Game of Their Lives	Drama	PG	$375,474	58,576	$420,576
57	Asylum	Thriller/Suspense	R	$374,903	58,487	$419,937
58	De Zaak Alzheimer	Action	R	$332,015	51,796	$371,895
59	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$325,075	50,714	$364,127
60	In My Country	Drama	R	$163,536	25,513	$183,183
61	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$136,972	21,368	$153,422
62	Lila Says	Drama	R	$121,166	18,903	$135,724
63	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$117,400	18,315	$131,502
64	Fear and Trembling	Comedy	Not Rated	$102,106	15,929	$114,370
65	Don't Move	Drama	Not Rated	$97,197	15,163	$108,870
66	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$70,945	11,068	$79,468
67	Ma m�re	Drama	NC-17	$70,395	10,982	$78,851
68	The Other Side of the Street	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$54,995	8,580	$61,604
69	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Drama	PG	$49,981	7,797	$55,982
70	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$48,453	7,559	$54,274
71	Swimming Upstream	Drama	PG-13	$47,171	7,359	$52,838
72	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$40,948	6,388	$45,866
73	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Comedy	PG	$39,978	6,237	$44,782
74	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$38,041	5,935	$42,613
75	Classe Tous Risques	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$37,285	5,817	$41,766
76	Grand Role, Le	Comedy	Not Rated	$35,555	5,547	$39,827
77	Screen Door Jesus	Comedy	R	$21,807	3,402	$24,426
78	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$18,733	2,922	$20,980
79	The Great Water	Drama	Not Rated	$17,116	2,670	$19,171
80	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$15,986	2,494	$17,907
81	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$13,179	2,056	$14,762
82	Gilles' Wife	Drama	Not Rated	$11,139	1,738	$12,479
83	Enduring Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,145	1,427	$10,246
84	Living Life	Drama	Not Rated	$9,016	1,407	$10,102
85	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$8,853	1,381	$9,916
86	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$6,622	1,033	$7,417
87	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$6,232	972	$6,979
88	The Rider Named Death	Drama	Not Rated	$2,438	380	$2,728
89	Anatomy of Hell	Drama	Not Rated	$2,136	333	$2,391
90	Twin Sisters	Drama	R	$1,207	188	$1,350
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,542,184,260
Total Tickets Sold					240,590,366
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,727,438,828

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.