Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	Action	PG-13	$186,336,103	29,069,595	$229,359,105
2	Hitch	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$177,575,142	27,702,830	$218,575,329
3	The Longest Yard	Comedy	PG-13	$158,115,031	24,666,932	$194,622,093
4	The Pacifier	Comedy	PG	$113,006,880	17,629,778	$139,098,948
5	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Comedy	R	$109,243,478	17,042,664	$134,466,619
6	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$99,378,637	15,503,688	$122,324,098
7	Flightplan	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$89,160,336	13,909,569	$109,746,499
8	Saw II	Horror	R	$87,025,093	13,576,458	$107,118,254
9	Monster-in-Law	Comedy	PG-13	$82,931,301	12,937,800	$102,079,242
10	The Dukes of Hazzard	Comedy	PG-13	$80,270,227	12,522,656	$98,803,756
11	The Ring Two	Horror	PG-13	$75,888,270	11,839,044	$93,410,057
12	Constantine	Action	R	$75,500,759	11,778,590	$92,933,075
13	Four Brothers	Drama	R	$74,484,168	11,619,995	$91,681,761
14	The Interpreter	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$72,515,360	11,312,849	$89,258,379
15	Sahara	Adventure	PG-13	$68,642,452	10,708,651	$84,491,256
16	Guess Who	Comedy	PG-13	$67,962,333	10,602,548	$83,654,104
17	Coach Carter	Drama	PG-13	$67,253,092	10,491,902	$82,781,107
18	Fun With Dick And Jane	Comedy	PG-13	$64,607,789	10,079,218	$79,525,030
19	Red-Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$57,867,903	9,027,754	$71,228,979
20	White Noise	Drama	PG-13	$55,865,715	8,715,400	$68,764,506
21	Be Cool	Comedy	PG-13	$55,808,744	8,706,512	$68,694,380
22	Crash	Drama	R	$55,334,418	8,632,515	$68,110,543
23	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Comedy	PG	$54,684,215	8,531,079	$67,310,213
24	Kicking and Screaming	Comedy	PG	$52,580,895	8,202,948	$64,721,260
25	Yours, Mine and Ours	Comedy	PG	$51,173,331	7,983,359	$62,988,703
26	Hide and Seek	Thriller/Suspense	R	$51,097,664	7,971,554	$62,895,561
27	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Drama	PG-13	$50,382,128	7,859,926	$62,014,816
28	Sideways	Drama	R	$49,098,097	7,659,610	$60,434,323
29	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Comedy	PG-13	$48,472,213	7,561,968	$59,663,928
30	Just Like Heaven	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$48,291,624	7,533,795	$59,441,643
31	The Skeleton Key	Horror	PG-13	$47,806,295	7,458,080	$58,844,251
32	Boogeyman	Horror	PG-13	$46,363,118	7,232,936	$57,067,865
33	The Family Stone	Comedy	PG-13	$46,334,354	7,228,448	$57,032,455
34	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$45,264,721	7,061,579	$55,715,858
35	Must Love Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,894,863	6,847,873	$54,029,718
36	The Transporter 2	Action	PG-13	$43,095,600	6,723,183	$53,045,914
37	Fever Pitch	Comedy	PG-13	$42,071,069	6,563,349	$51,784,824
38	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Drama	PG	$39,008,741	6,085,607	$48,015,439
39	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$38,913,027	6,070,675	$47,897,626
40	Beauty Shop	Comedy	PG-13	$36,310,118	5,664,605	$44,693,733
41	Derailed	Action	R	$35,689,188	5,567,736	$43,929,437
42	Hostage	Action	R	$34,636,443	5,403,501	$42,633,623
43	The Bad News Bears	Comedy	PG-13	$32,865,161	5,127,170	$40,453,371
44	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$32,835,470	5,122,538	$40,416,825
45	Because of Winn-Dixie	Comedy	PG	$32,645,546	5,092,909	$40,183,052
46	House of Wax	Horror	R	$32,048,809	4,999,814	$39,448,532
47	The Wedding Date	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,585,300	4,927,504	$38,878,007
48	Just Friends	Comedy	PG-13	$31,576,761	4,926,172	$38,867,497
49	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$31,213,114	4,869,441	$38,419,889
50	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$30,818,483	4,807,876	$37,934,142
51	The Fog	Horror	PG-13	$29,511,112	4,603,918	$36,324,913
52	Rumor Has It	Comedy	PG-13	$26,865,647	4,191,209	$33,068,639
53	Elizabethtown	Drama	PG-13	$26,838,389	4,186,956	$33,035,083
54	XXX: State of the Union	Action	PG-13	$26,082,914	4,069,097	$32,105,175
55	Danny the Dog	Action	R	$24,520,892	3,825,412	$30,182,501
56	Ice Princess	Comedy	G	$24,381,334	3,803,640	$30,010,720
57	Lord of War	Action	R	$24,127,895	3,764,102	$29,698,765
58	2 For the Money	Drama	R	$22,862,049	3,566,622	$28,140,648
59	Prime	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$22,728,025	3,545,714	$27,975,683
60	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Comedy	R	$22,264,487	3,473,399	$27,405,118
61	Hustle & Flow	Drama	R	$22,201,798	3,463,619	$27,327,954
62	A Lot Like Love	Comedy	PG-13	$21,835,784	3,406,519	$26,877,435
63	The Ringer	Comedy	PG-13	$21,652,504	3,377,926	$26,651,836
64	Assault On Precinct 13	Action	R	$19,976,073	3,116,392	$24,588,333
65	Man of the House	Comedy	PG-13	$19,118,247	2,982,566	$23,532,446
66	The Upside of Anger	Drama	R	$18,761,993	2,926,988	$23,093,935
67	Ocean's Twelve	Adventure	PG-13	$18,525,290	2,890,061	$22,802,581
68	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$18,482,697	2,883,416	$22,750,152
69	Into the Blue	Adventure	PG-13	$18,472,363	2,881,804	$22,737,434
70	Roll Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$17,378,977	2,711,229	$21,391,597
71	The Devil's Rejects	Horror	R	$16,901,126	2,636,681	$20,803,413
72	Rebound	Comedy	PG	$16,808,336	2,622,205	$20,689,197
73	The Perfect Man	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,247,775	2,534,754	$19,999,209
74	Waiting...	Comedy	R	$16,101,109	2,511,873	$19,818,678
75	The Gospel	Drama	PG	$15,778,152	2,461,490	$19,421,156
76	Fat Albert	Comedy	PG	$14,788,934	2,307,166	$18,203,540
77	Broken Flowers	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,736,078	2,142,914	$16,907,591
78	The Honeymooners	Comedy	PG-13	$12,834,056	2,002,193	$15,797,303
79	The Weather Man	Drama	R	$12,469,811	1,945,368	$15,348,954
80	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$11,042,733	1,722,735	$13,592,379
81	In the Mix	Comedy	PG-13	$10,105,281	1,576,487	$12,438,482
82	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$10,082,747	1,572,971	$12,410,741
83	Cry Wolf	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,042,266	1,566,656	$12,360,916
84	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$9,211,898	1,437,114	$11,338,829
85	The Ice Harvest	Black Comedy	R	$8,819,059	1,375,828	$10,855,283
86	An Unfinished Life	Drama	PG-13	$8,535,575	1,331,603	$10,506,348
87	The Man	Comedy	PG-13	$8,328,000	1,299,220	$10,250,846
88	Proof	Drama	PG-13	$7,524,766	1,173,910	$9,262,150
89	Bride & Prejudice	Musical	PG-13	$6,601,079	1,029,810	$8,125,201
90	Millions	Comedy	PG	$6,583,149	1,027,012	$8,103,125
91	Closer	Drama	R	$6,527,003	1,018,253	$8,034,016
92	Underclassman	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,654,777	882,180	$6,960,400
93	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$5,533,265	863,224	$6,810,837
94	Ong-Bak	Action	R	$4,560,061	711,398	$5,612,930
95	Mindhunters	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,476,235	698,321	$5,509,753
96	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$4,212,631	657,197	$5,185,284
97	King's Ransom	Comedy	PG-13	$4,006,906	625,102	$4,932,055
98	Me and You and Everyone We Know	Drama	R	$3,885,134	606,105	$4,782,168
99	Melinda and Melinda	Comedy	PG-13	$3,825,351	596,779	$4,708,586
100	High Tension	Horror	R	$3,645,438	568,711	$4,487,130
101	Stay	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,626,883	565,816	$4,464,288
102	Supercross	Action	PG-13	$3,101,301	483,822	$3,817,356
103	G	Drama	R	$3,020,784	471,261	$3,718,249
104	Walk on Water	Drama	Not Rated	$2,712,736	423,204	$3,339,080
105	Junebug	Drama	R	$2,678,010	417,786	$3,296,332
106	Layer Cake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,338,695	364,851	$2,878,674
107	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$2,187,392	341,247	$2,692,439
108	Comme une image	Drama	PG-13	$1,736,499	270,905	$2,137,440
109	Everything is Illuminated	Drama	PG-13	$1,705,595	266,083	$2,099,395
110	El Vacil�n: The Movie	Comedy	R	$1,693,256	264,159	$2,084,215
111	State Property 2	Action	R	$1,677,733	261,737	$2,065,105
112	Salaam Namaste	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,411,065	220,135	$1,736,865
113	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$1,369,189	213,602	$1,685,320
114	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$1,354,006	211,233	$1,666,628
115	Dear Frankie	Drama	PG-13	$1,340,891	209,187	$1,650,485
116	Thumbsucker	Comedy	R	$1,325,073	206,720	$1,631,021
117	Happy Endings	Drama	R	$1,311,633	204,623	$1,614,475
118	Off the Map	Drama	PG-13	$1,310,368	204,426	$1,612,921
119	Indigo	Drama	Not Rated	$1,190,000	185,647	$1,464,755
120	Saving Face	Comedy	R	$1,186,323	185,074	$1,460,234
121	Heights	Drama	R	$1,158,405	180,718	$1,425,865
122	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$1,150,398	179,469	$1,416,010
123	Undiscovered	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,046,166	163,208	$1,287,711
124	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$1,040,446	162,316	$1,280,673
125	De battre mon coeur s'est arr�t�	Drama	Not Rated	$1,023,424	159,661	$1,259,725
126	Bunty Aur Babli	Adventure	Not Rated	$932,509	145,477	$1,147,814
127	Separate Lies	Drama	R	$923,347	144,048	$1,136,539
128	Venom	Horror	R	$881,745	137,558	$1,085,333
129	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$738,014	115,135	$908,415
130	Match Point	Thriller/Suspense	R	$731,383	114,100	$900,249
131	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$669,921	104,512	$824,600
132	WAQT	Drama	Not Rated	$665,680	103,850	$819,377
133	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$624,893	97,487	$769,172
134	Bluff Master	Comedy	Not Rated	$578,732	90,286	$712,357
135	A Wake in Providence	Comedy	R	$394,647	61,567	$485,764
136	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$325,075	50,714	$400,133
137	Caterina va in citt�	Drama	Not Rated	$295,466	46,095	$363,690
138	Transamerica	Drama	R	$290,715	45,353	$357,835
139	Taxi	Action	PG-13	$247,679	38,639	$304,862
140	Birth	Drama	R	$242,358	37,809	$298,313
141	Cach�	Drama	R	$230,572	35,971	$283,811
142	Christmas in the Clouds	Comedy	PG	$223,335	34,842	$274,903
143	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$214,207	33,418	$263,668
144	Eros	Drama	R	$188,248	29,368	$231,714
145	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$187,738	29,288	$231,082
146	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$162,691	25,381	$200,256
147	Napoleon Dynamite	Comedy	PG	$129,906	20,266	$159,899
148	Pure	Drama	R	$93,329	14,560	$114,878
149	The Matador	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,312	14,401	$113,624
150	Chrystal	Drama	R	$80,701	12,590	$99,335
151	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,533	12,096	$95,437
152	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$70,945	11,068	$87,327
153	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$64,107	10,001	$78,908
154	Juarez: Stages of Fear	Drama	R	$50,707	7,911	$62,418
155	The Chumscrubber	Drama	R	$49,526	7,726	$60,958
156	Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$49,000	7,644	$60,311
157	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$48,453	7,559	$59,641
158	Sh�jo	Drama	Not Rated	$40,948	6,388	$50,401
159	Classe Tous Risques	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$37,285	5,817	$45,896
160	Cachorro	Comedy	R	$33,165	5,174	$40,823
161	Medurat Hashevet	Drama	Not Rated	$32,058	5,001	$39,458
162	Garden State	Drama	R	$27,472	4,286	$33,817
163	National Lampoon's Barely Legal	Comedy	R	$26,300	4,103	$32,373
164	Cape of Good Hope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,325	3,951	$31,173
165	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$25,006	3,901	$30,779
166	Rory O'Shea Was Here	Drama	R	$21,864	3,411	$26,913
167	Le Clan	Drama	Not Rated	$21,567	3,365	$26,550
168	Alfie	Comedy	R	$9,627	1,502	$11,851
169	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$6,232	972	$7,669
170	My Big Fat Independent Movie	Comedy	R	$4,655	726	$5,728
171	The Californians	Drama	PG	$4,134	645	$5,089
172	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$567	88	$694
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,915,554,730
Total Tickets Sold					610,850,972
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,819,614,169

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.