Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Wedding Crashers	Comedy	R	$209,218,368	32,639,371	$234,350,684
2	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	Action	PG-13	$186,336,103	29,069,595	$208,719,692
3	Hitch	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$177,575,142	27,702,830	$198,906,319
4	The Longest Yard	Comedy	PG-13	$158,115,031	24,666,932	$177,108,572
5	Meet the Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$116,706,205	18,206,896	$130,725,513
6	The Pacifier	Comedy	PG	$113,006,880	17,629,778	$126,581,806
7	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Comedy	R	$109,243,478	17,042,664	$122,366,328
8	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$99,378,637	15,503,688	$111,316,480
9	Flightplan	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$89,160,336	13,909,569	$99,870,705
10	Saw II	Horror	R	$87,025,093	13,576,458	$97,478,968
11	Monster-in-Law	Comedy	PG-13	$82,931,301	12,937,800	$92,893,404
12	The Dukes of Hazzard	Comedy	PG-13	$80,270,227	12,522,656	$89,912,670
13	The Ring Two	Horror	PG-13	$75,888,270	11,839,044	$85,004,336
14	Constantine	Action	R	$75,500,759	11,778,590	$84,570,276
15	Four Brothers	Drama	R	$74,484,168	11,619,995	$83,431,564
16	The Interpreter	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$72,515,360	11,312,849	$81,226,256
17	Sahara	Adventure	PG-13	$68,642,452	10,708,651	$76,888,114
18	Guess Who	Comedy	PG-13	$67,962,333	10,602,548	$76,126,295
19	Coach Carter	Drama	PG-13	$67,253,092	10,491,902	$75,331,856
20	Fun With Dick And Jane	Comedy	PG-13	$64,607,789	10,079,218	$72,368,785
21	Red-Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$57,867,903	9,027,754	$64,819,274
22	White Noise	Drama	PG-13	$55,865,715	8,715,400	$62,576,572
23	Be Cool	Comedy	PG-13	$55,808,744	8,706,512	$62,512,756
24	Crash	Drama	R	$55,334,418	8,632,515	$61,981,458
25	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Comedy	PG	$54,684,215	8,531,079	$61,253,147
26	Kicking and Screaming	Comedy	PG	$52,580,895	8,202,948	$58,897,167
27	Yours, Mine and Ours	Comedy	PG	$51,173,331	7,983,359	$57,320,518
28	Hide and Seek	Thriller/Suspense	R	$51,097,664	7,971,554	$57,235,758
29	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Drama	PG-13	$50,382,128	7,859,926	$56,434,269
30	Sideways	Drama	R	$49,098,097	7,659,610	$54,996,000
31	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Comedy	PG-13	$48,472,213	7,561,968	$54,294,930
32	Just Like Heaven	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$48,291,624	7,533,795	$54,092,648
33	The Skeleton Key	Horror	PG-13	$47,806,295	7,458,080	$53,549,014
34	Boogeyman	Horror	PG-13	$46,363,118	7,232,936	$51,932,480
35	The Family Stone	Comedy	PG-13	$46,334,354	7,228,448	$51,900,257
36	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$45,264,721	7,061,579	$50,702,137
37	Must Love Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,894,863	6,847,873	$49,167,728
38	The Transporter 2	Action	PG-13	$43,095,600	6,723,183	$48,272,454
39	Fever Pitch	Comedy	PG-13	$42,071,069	6,563,349	$47,124,846
40	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Drama	PG	$39,008,741	6,085,607	$43,694,658
41	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$38,913,027	6,070,675	$43,587,447
42	Beauty Shop	Comedy	PG-13	$36,310,118	5,664,605	$40,671,864
43	Derailed	Action	R	$35,689,188	5,567,736	$39,976,344
44	Hostage	Action	R	$34,636,443	5,403,501	$38,797,137
45	The Bad News Bears	Comedy	PG-13	$32,865,161	5,127,170	$36,813,081
46	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$32,835,470	5,122,538	$36,779,823
47	Because of Winn-Dixie	Comedy	PG	$32,645,546	5,092,909	$36,567,087
48	House of Wax	Horror	R	$32,048,809	4,999,814	$35,898,665
49	The Wedding Date	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,585,300	4,927,504	$35,379,479
50	Just Friends	Comedy	PG-13	$31,576,761	4,926,172	$35,369,915
51	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$31,213,114	4,869,441	$34,962,586
52	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$30,818,483	4,807,876	$34,520,550
53	The Fog	Horror	PG-13	$29,511,112	4,603,918	$33,056,131
54	Rumor Has It	Comedy	PG-13	$26,865,647	4,191,209	$30,092,881
55	Elizabethtown	Drama	PG-13	$26,838,389	4,186,956	$30,062,344
56	XXX: State of the Union	Action	PG-13	$26,082,914	4,069,097	$29,216,116
57	Danny the Dog	Action	R	$24,520,892	3,825,412	$27,466,458
58	Ice Princess	Comedy	G	$24,381,334	3,803,640	$27,310,135
59	Lord of War	Action	R	$24,127,895	3,764,102	$27,026,252
60	2 For the Money	Drama	R	$22,862,049	3,566,622	$25,608,346
61	Prime	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$22,728,025	3,545,714	$25,458,227
62	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Comedy	R	$22,264,487	3,473,399	$24,939,005
63	Hustle & Flow	Drama	R	$22,201,798	3,463,619	$24,868,784
64	A Lot Like Love	Comedy	PG-13	$21,835,784	3,406,519	$24,458,806
65	The Ringer	Comedy	PG-13	$21,652,504	3,377,926	$24,253,509
66	Assault On Precinct 13	Action	R	$19,976,073	3,116,392	$22,375,695
67	Man of the House	Comedy	PG-13	$19,118,247	2,982,566	$21,414,824
68	The Upside of Anger	Drama	R	$18,761,993	2,926,988	$21,015,774
69	Ocean's Twelve	Adventure	PG-13	$18,525,290	2,890,061	$20,750,638
70	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$18,482,697	2,883,416	$20,702,927
71	Into the Blue	Adventure	PG-13	$18,472,363	2,881,804	$20,691,353
72	Roll Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$17,378,977	2,711,229	$19,466,624
73	The Devil's Rejects	Horror	R	$16,901,126	2,636,681	$18,931,370
74	Rebound	Comedy	PG	$16,808,336	2,622,205	$18,827,432
75	The Perfect Man	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,247,775	2,534,754	$18,199,534
76	Waiting...	Comedy	R	$16,101,109	2,511,873	$18,035,248
77	The Gospel	Drama	PG	$15,778,152	2,461,490	$17,673,498
78	Fat Albert	Comedy	PG	$14,788,934	2,307,166	$16,565,452
79	Broken Flowers	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,736,078	2,142,914	$15,386,123
80	The Honeymooners	Comedy	PG-13	$12,834,056	2,002,193	$14,375,746
81	The Weather Man	Drama	R	$12,469,811	1,945,368	$13,967,742
82	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$11,042,733	1,722,735	$12,369,237
83	In the Mix	Comedy	PG-13	$10,105,281	1,576,487	$11,319,177
84	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$10,082,747	1,572,971	$11,293,932
85	Cry Wolf	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,042,266	1,566,656	$11,248,590
86	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$9,211,898	1,437,114	$10,318,479
87	The Ice Harvest	Black Comedy	R	$8,819,059	1,375,828	$9,878,445
88	An Unfinished Life	Drama	PG-13	$8,535,575	1,331,603	$9,560,910
89	The Man	Comedy	PG-13	$8,328,000	1,299,220	$9,328,400
90	Proof	Drama	PG-13	$7,524,766	1,173,910	$8,428,674
91	Bride & Prejudice	Musical	PG-13	$6,601,079	1,029,810	$7,394,036
92	Millions	Comedy	PG	$6,583,149	1,027,012	$7,373,946
93	Closer	Drama	R	$6,527,003	1,018,253	$7,311,057
94	Underclassman	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,654,777	882,180	$6,334,052
95	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$5,533,265	863,224	$6,197,948
96	Ong-Bak	Action	R	$4,560,061	711,398	$5,107,838
97	Mindhunters	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,476,235	698,321	$5,013,945
98	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$4,212,631	657,197	$4,718,674
99	King's Ransom	Comedy	PG-13	$4,006,906	625,102	$4,488,232
100	Me and You and Everyone We Know	Drama	R	$3,885,134	606,105	$4,351,834
101	Melinda and Melinda	Comedy	PG-13	$3,825,351	596,779	$4,284,873
102	High Tension	Horror	R	$3,645,438	568,711	$4,083,345
103	Stay	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,626,883	565,816	$4,062,559
104	Supercross	Action	PG-13	$3,101,301	483,822	$3,473,842
105	G	Drama	R	$3,020,784	471,261	$3,383,654
106	Walk on Water	Drama	Not Rated	$2,712,736	423,204	$3,038,605
107	Junebug	Drama	R	$2,678,010	417,786	$2,999,703
108	Layer Cake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,338,695	364,851	$2,619,630
109	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$2,187,392	341,247	$2,450,153
110	Look at Me	Drama	PG-13	$1,736,499	270,905	$1,945,098
111	Everything is Illuminated	Drama	PG-13	$1,705,595	266,083	$1,910,476
112	El Vacil�n: The Movie	Comedy	R	$1,693,256	264,159	$1,896,662
113	State Property 2	Action	R	$1,677,733	261,737	$1,879,272
114	Salaam Namaste	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,411,065	220,135	$1,580,569
115	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$1,369,189	213,602	$1,533,662
116	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$1,354,006	211,233	$1,516,653
117	Dear Frankie	Drama	PG-13	$1,340,891	209,187	$1,501,963
118	Thumbsucker	Comedy	R	$1,325,073	206,720	$1,484,250
119	Happy Endings	Drama	R	$1,311,633	204,623	$1,469,193
120	Off the Map	Drama	PG-13	$1,310,368	204,426	$1,467,779
121	Indigo	Drama	Not Rated	$1,190,000	185,647	$1,332,945
122	Saving Face	Comedy	R	$1,186,323	185,074	$1,328,831
123	Heights	Drama	R	$1,158,405	180,718	$1,297,555
124	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$1,150,398	179,469	$1,288,587
125	Undiscovered	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,046,166	163,208	$1,171,833
126	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$1,040,446	162,316	$1,165,429
127	The Beat My Heart Skipped	Drama	Not Rated	$1,023,424	159,661	$1,146,366
128	Bunty Aur Babli	Adventure	Not Rated	$932,509	145,477	$1,044,525
129	Separate Lies	Drama	R	$923,347	144,048	$1,034,265
130	Venom	Horror	R	$881,745	137,558	$987,666
131	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$738,014	115,135	$826,669
132	Match Point	Thriller/Suspense	R	$731,383	114,100	$819,238
133	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$669,921	104,512	$750,396
134	WAQT	Drama	Not Rated	$665,680	103,850	$745,643
135	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$624,893	97,487	$699,957
136	Bluff Master	Comedy	Not Rated	$578,732	90,286	$648,253
137	A Wake in Providence	Comedy	R	$394,647	61,567	$442,051
138	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$325,075	50,714	$364,127
139	Caterina in the Big City	Drama	Not Rated	$295,466	46,095	$330,962
140	Transamerica	Drama	R	$290,715	45,353	$325,635
141	Taxi	Action	PG-13	$247,679	38,639	$277,428
142	Birth	Drama	R	$242,358	37,809	$271,469
143	Hidden	Drama	R	$230,572	35,971	$258,272
144	Christmas in the Clouds	Comedy	PG	$223,335	34,842	$250,166
145	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$214,207	33,418	$239,941
146	Eros	Drama	R	$188,248	29,368	$210,862
147	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$187,738	29,288	$210,288
148	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$162,691	25,381	$182,236
149	Napoleon Dynamite	Comedy	PG	$129,906	20,266	$145,510
150	Pure	Drama	R	$93,329	14,560	$104,541
151	The Matador	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,312	14,401	$103,399
152	Chrystal	Drama	R	$80,701	12,590	$90,396
153	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,533	12,096	$86,849
154	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$70,945	11,068	$79,468
155	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$64,107	10,001	$71,807
156	Juarez: Stages of Fear	Drama	R	$50,707	7,911	$56,801
157	The Chumscrubber	Drama	R	$49,526	7,726	$55,473
158	Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$49,000	7,644	$54,884
159	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$48,453	7,559	$54,274
160	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$40,948	6,388	$45,866
161	Classe Tous Risques	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$37,285	5,817	$41,766
162	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$33,165	5,174	$37,149
163	Campfire	Drama	Not Rated	$32,058	5,001	$35,907
164	Garden State	Drama	R	$27,472	4,286	$30,773
165	National Lampoon's Barely Legal	Comedy	R	$26,300	4,103	$29,460
166	Cape of Good Hope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,325	3,951	$28,368
167	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$25,006	3,901	$28,009
168	Rory O'Shea Was Here	Drama	R	$21,864	3,411	$24,491
169	3 Dancing Slaves	Drama	Not Rated	$21,567	3,365	$24,161
170	Alfie	Comedy	R	$9,627	1,502	$10,784
171	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$6,232	972	$6,979
172	My Big Fat Independent Movie	Comedy	R	$4,655	726	$5,213
173	The Californians	Drama	PG	$4,134	645	$4,631
174	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$567	88	$632
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,241,479,303
Total Tickets Sold					661,697,239
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,750,986,176

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.