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	$275,132,632	42,922,407	$295,306,160
2	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Adventure	PG	$217,677,877	33,959,107	$233,638,656
3	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$99,448,054	15,514,517	$106,739,877
4	Sahara	Adventure	PG-13	$68,671,925	10,713,249	$73,707,153
5	Jarhead	Drama	R	$62,454,785	9,743,336	$67,034,152
6	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$51,814,032	8,083,312	$55,613,187
7	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Comedy	PG	$51,019,112	7,959,300	$54,759,984
8	Sideways	Drama	R	$49,098,097	7,659,610	$52,698,117
9	Just Like Heaven	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$48,318,130	7,537,930	$51,860,958
10	Must Love Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,894,863	6,847,873	$47,113,366
11	Fever Pitch	Comedy	PG-13	$42,071,069	6,563,349	$45,155,841
12	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Drama	PG	$39,053,061	6,092,521	$41,916,544
13	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$37,725,004	5,885,336	$40,491,112
14	Derailed	Action	R	$35,679,977	5,566,299	$38,296,137
15	Hostage	Action	R	$34,636,443	5,403,501	$37,176,087
16	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$33,782,660	5,270,306	$36,259,705
17	The Constant Gardener	Drama	R	$33,579,798	5,238,658	$36,041,967
18	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$32,832,249	5,122,036	$35,239,608
19	Because of Winn-Dixie	Comedy	PG	$32,647,042	5,093,142	$35,040,817
20	The Wedding Date	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,726,995	4,949,609	$34,053,310
21	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$28,163,907	4,393,745	$30,228,966
22	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Comedy	PG	$24,010,372	3,745,768	$25,770,884
23	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	Adventure	G	$18,098,433	2,823,468	$19,425,460
24	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$17,683,602	2,758,752	$18,980,214
25	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Drama	PG	$15,331,289	2,391,777	$16,455,426
26	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (IMAX)	Comedy	PG	$14,000,000	2,184,087	$15,026,519
27	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$13,874,751	2,164,548	$14,892,090
28	Capote	Drama	R	$11,923,513	1,860,142	$12,797,777
29	The Great Raid	Action	R	$10,166,502	1,586,038	$10,911,941
30	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$10,075,314	1,571,812	$10,814,067
31	The Ice Harvest	Black Comedy	R	$9,016,782	1,406,674	$9,677,917
32	Ladies in Lavender	Drama	PG-13	$6,759,422	1,054,512	$7,255,043
33	Bride & Prejudice	Musical	PG-13	$6,601,079	1,029,810	$7,085,093
34	Howl's Moving Castle	Adventure	PG	$4,710,455	734,860	$5,055,837
35	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$4,210,358	656,842	$4,519,073
36	Being Julia	Drama	R	$4,183,429	652,641	$4,490,170
37	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,662,325	571,346	$3,930,860
38	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$3,514,688	548,313	$3,772,393
39	Layer Cake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,339,957	365,048	$2,511,530
40	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$2,187,600	341,279	$2,348,000
41	Oliver Twist	Drama	PG-13	$2,070,920	323,076	$2,222,763
42	A Sound of Thunder	Action	PG-13	$1,900,451	296,482	$2,039,796
43	Everything is Illuminated	Drama	PG-13	$1,705,595	266,083	$1,830,651
44	Paheli (Puzzle)	Drama	Not Rated	$1,409,499	219,891	$1,512,850
45	Thumbsucker	Comedy	R	$1,328,679	207,282	$1,426,100
46	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$1,149,335	179,303	$1,233,605
47	My Summer of Love	Drama	R	$1,000,915	156,149	$1,074,305
48	Separate Lies	Drama	R	$924,260	144,190	$992,027
49	Where the Truth Lies	Drama	Not Rated	$872,142	136,060	$936,093
50	Duma	Adventure	PG	$870,067	135,736	$933,864
51	Mysterious Skin	Drama	Open	$697,181	108,765	$748,303
52	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Drama	Not Rated	$654,604	102,122	$702,599
53	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Drama	PG-13	$627,844	97,948	$673,882
54	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$624,893	97,487	$670,711
55	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$511,987	79,873	$549,526
56	The Game of Their Lives	Drama	PG	$375,474	58,576	$403,003
57	Asylum	Thriller/Suspense	R	$375,403	58,565	$402,927
58	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$371,912	58,021	$399,184
59	De Zaak Alzheimer	Action	R	$332,015	51,796	$356,356
60	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$325,075	50,714	$348,912
61	In My Country	Drama	R	$163,536	25,513	$175,529
62	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$136,972	21,368	$147,012
63	Lila Says	Drama	R	$121,166	18,903	$130,053
64	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$117,400	18,315	$126,007
65	Don't Move	Drama	Not Rated	$103,280	16,112	$110,851
66	Fear and Trembling	Comedy	Not Rated	$102,106	15,929	$109,592
67	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$70,945	11,068	$76,148
68	Ma Mere	Drama	NC-17	$70,395	10,982	$75,556
69	The Other Side of the Street	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$55,459	8,652	$59,526
70	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Drama	PG	$49,981	7,797	$53,643
71	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$48,453	7,559	$52,006
72	Swimming Upstream	Drama	PG-13	$47,171	7,359	$50,630
73	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$40,948	6,388	$43,949
74	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Comedy	PG	$39,978	6,237	$42,911
75	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$38,041	5,935	$40,833
76	Classe Tous Risques	Thriller/Suspense		$37,285	5,817	$40,021
77	Grand Role, Le	Comedy	Not Rated	$36,407	5,680	$39,078
78	Screen Door Jesus	Comedy	R	$21,445	3,346	$23,020
79	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$18,733	2,922	$20,103
80	The Great Water	Drama	Not Rated	$17,257	2,692	$18,521
81	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$15,986	2,494	$17,159
82	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$13,179	2,056	$14,145
83	Gilles' Wife	Drama	Not Rated	$11,139	1,738	$11,957
84	Enduring Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,145	1,427	$9,818
85	Living Life	Drama	Not Rated	$9,064	1,414	$9,728
86	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$8,853	1,381	$9,501
87	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$6,622	1,033	$7,107
88	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$6,232	972	$6,687
89	Anatomy of Hell	Drama	Not Rated	$3,025	472	$3,247
90	The Rider Named Death	Drama	Not Rated	$2,438	380	$2,614
91	Twin Sisters	Drama	R	$1,207	188	$1,293
92	The Boat is Full	Drama		$1,016	159	$1,094
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,551,330,698
Total Tickets Sold					242,017,267
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,665,078,797

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.