Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$99,448,054	15,514,517	$106,739,877
2	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$91,742,439	14,312,393	$98,469,264
3	Four Brothers	Drama	R	$74,494,381	11,621,588	$79,956,525
4	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$76,278,312
5	Coach Carter	Drama	PG-13	$67,264,877	10,493,741	$72,196,938
6	Jarhead	Drama	R	$62,454,785	9,743,336	$67,034,152
7	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,911	9,617,771	$66,170,264
8	White Noise	Drama	PG-13	$56,094,360	8,751,070	$60,207,362
9	Crash	Drama	R	$55,382,847	8,640,070	$59,443,682
10	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Drama	PG-13	$50,406,346	7,863,705	$54,102,290
11	Sideways	Drama	R	$49,098,097	7,659,610	$52,698,117
12	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Drama	PG	$39,053,061	6,092,521	$41,916,544
13	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$33,782,660	5,270,306	$36,259,705
14	The Constant Gardener	Drama	R	$33,579,798	5,238,658	$36,041,967
15	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,849,677	5,124,755	$35,258,314
16	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$32,832,249	5,122,036	$35,239,608
17	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$31,198,508	4,867,162	$33,486,075
18	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$30,805,240	4,805,810	$33,063,973
19	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$28,163,907	4,393,745	$30,228,966
20	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$27,000,234	4,212,205	$28,979,970
21	Elizabethtown	Drama	PG-13	$26,850,426	4,188,834	$28,819,178
22	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,577,034	3,678,164	$25,305,768
23	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$23,092,325	3,602,547	$24,785,523
24	2 For the Money	Drama	R	$22,991,379	3,586,799	$24,677,177
25	Hustle & Flow	Drama	R	$22,202,809	3,463,777	$23,830,786
26	The Upside of Anger	Drama	R	$18,761,993	2,926,988	$20,137,677
27	North Country	Drama	R	$18,262,201	2,849,017	$19,601,237
28	The Gospel	Drama	PG	$15,778,152	2,461,490	$16,935,051
29	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Drama	PG	$15,331,289	2,391,777	$16,455,426
30	Munich	Drama	R	$14,270,545	2,226,294	$15,316,903
31	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$13,874,751	2,164,548	$14,892,090
32	The Weather Man	Drama	R	$12,482,775	1,947,391	$13,398,050
33	Capote	Drama	R	$11,923,513	1,860,142	$12,797,777
34	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$10,075,314	1,571,812	$10,814,067
35	An Unfinished Life	Drama	PG-13	$8,535,575	1,331,603	$9,161,429
36	Proof	Drama	PG-13	$7,535,331	1,175,559	$8,087,846
37	Ladies in Lavender	Drama	PG-13	$6,759,422	1,054,512	$7,255,043
38	Closer	Drama	R	$6,527,003	1,018,253	$7,005,581
39	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$5,905,359
40	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,136,777	801,369	$5,513,419
41	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$4,536,988
42	Being Julia	Drama	R	$4,183,429	652,641	$4,490,170
43	Me and You and Everyone We Know	Drama	R	$3,885,134	606,105	$4,170,002
44	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$3,965,852
45	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,662,325	571,346	$3,930,860
46	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$3,514,688	548,313	$3,772,393
47	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$3,735,517
48	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$3,452,654	538,636	$3,705,816
49	G	Drama	R	$3,020,784	471,261	$3,242,276
50	Walk on Water	Drama	Not Rated	$2,712,736	423,204	$2,911,644
51	Junebug	Drama	R	$2,678,010	417,786	$2,874,368
52	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$2,187,600	341,279	$2,348,000
53	Oliver Twist	Drama	PG-13	$2,070,920	323,076	$2,222,763
54	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,086,401
55	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,246	299,102	$2,057,822
56	The Chorus	Drama	PG-13	$1,807,807	282,029	$1,940,360
57	Look at Me	Drama	PG-13	$1,736,499	270,905	$1,863,826
58	Everything is Illuminated	Drama	PG-13	$1,705,595	266,083	$1,830,651
59	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$1,631,163	254,472	$1,750,767
60	2046	Drama	R	$1,442,338	225,014	$1,548,096
61	Paheli (Puzzle)	Drama	Not Rated	$1,409,499	219,891	$1,512,850
62	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$1,369,189	213,602	$1,469,582
63	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$1,344,334	209,724	$1,442,901
64	Dear Frankie	Drama	PG-13	$1,340,891	209,187	$1,439,207
65	Happy Endings	Drama	R	$1,315,701	205,258	$1,412,175
66	Off the Map	Drama	PG-13	$1,310,368	204,426	$1,406,451
67	Indigo	Drama	Not Rated	$1,190,000	185,647	$1,277,251
68	Heights	Drama	R	$1,158,405	180,718	$1,243,340
69	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$1,149,335	179,303	$1,233,605
70	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$1,032,202	161,030	$1,107,886
71	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,107,102
72	The Beat My Heart Skipped	Drama	Not Rated	$1,023,424	159,661	$1,098,468
73	My Summer of Love	Drama	R	$1,000,915	156,149	$1,074,305
74	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,008,236
75	Separate Lies	Drama	R	$924,260	144,190	$992,027
76	Casanova	Drama	R	$891,814	139,129	$957,208
77	Where the Truth Lies	Drama	Not Rated	$872,142	136,060	$936,093
78	MirrorMask	Drama	PG	$864,959	134,939	$928,380
79	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$912,880
80	Innocent Voices	Drama	R	$837,878	130,714	$899,312
81	WAQT	Drama	Not Rated	$815,064	127,155	$874,826
82	Parineeta	Drama	Not Rated	$802,758	125,235	$861,617
83	Black	Drama	Not Rated	$754,819	117,756	$810,161
84	The Ballad of Jack and Rose	Drama	R	$712,294	111,122	$764,519
85	Mysterious Skin	Drama	Open	$697,181	108,765	$748,303
86	Nobody Knows	Drama	PG-13	$683,575	106,642	$733,697
87	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Drama	Not Rated	$654,604	102,122	$702,599
88	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$653,521	101,953	$701,437
89	Saraband	Drama	R	$645,634	100,723	$692,974
90	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Drama	PG-13	$627,844	97,948	$673,882
91	Palindromes	Drama	Not Rated	$553,368	86,329	$593,944
92	Kids in America	Drama	PG-13	$537,667	83,879	$577,088
93	Madison	Drama	PG	$517,262	80,696	$555,188
94	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$511,987	79,873	$549,526
95	Travellers and Magicians	Drama	Not Rated	$506,793	79,063	$543,953
96	Bewafaa	Drama	Not Rated	$479,076	74,739	$514,204
97	Last Days (2005)	Drama	R	$454,711	70,938	$488,053
98	The Beautiful Country	Drama	R	$442,646	69,056	$475,105
99	Gegen die Wand (Head-On)	Drama	Not Rated	$435,395	67,924	$467,317
100	Yes	Drama	R	$396,035	61,784	$425,074
101	House of D	Drama	PG-13	$388,532	60,613	$417,017
102	Brothers	Drama	R	$384,982	60,060	$413,213
103	The Game of Their Lives	Drama	PG	$375,474	58,576	$403,003
104	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$371,912	58,021	$399,184
105	Nine Lives	Drama	R	$358,351	55,905	$384,626
106	Green Street Hooligans	Drama	R	$345,821	53,950	$371,176
107	Kaal	Drama	Not Rated	$340,091	53,056	$365,025
108	The Dying Gaul	Drama	R	$327,431	51,081	$351,437
109	Viruddh	Drama	Not Rated	$322,753	50,351	$346,415
110	Winter Solstice	Drama	R	$319,355	49,821	$342,768
111	Dot the I	Drama	R	$306,224	47,773	$328,678
112	Holy Girl	Drama	R	$304,124	47,445	$326,422
113	Cronicas	Drama	R	$299,261	46,687	$321,207
114	Caterina in the Big City	Drama	Not Rated	$295,466	46,095	$317,134
115	Kings and Queens	Drama	Not Rated	$289,592	45,178	$310,825
116	The Best of Youth	Drama	R	$270,810	42,248	$290,666
117	Transamerica	Drama	R	$269,187	41,995	$288,926
118	Turtles Can Fly	Drama	Not Rated	$256,822	40,066	$275,654
119	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Drama	Not Rated	$252,341	39,367	$270,845
120	A Tout de Suite	Drama	Not Rated	$248,565	38,778	$266,793
121	Birth	Drama	R	$242,374	37,812	$260,147
122	3-Iron	Drama	R	$238,507	37,209	$255,998
123	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$223,828	34,919	$240,243
124	Modigliani	Drama	R	$208,507	32,528	$223,793
125	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Drama	PG	$204,997	31,981	$220,029
126	Hidden	Drama	R	$204,027	31,829	$218,984
127	November	Drama	R	$191,862	29,932	$205,932
128	Eros	Drama	R	$188,248	29,368	$202,052
129	The Baxter	Drama	PG-13	$181,872	28,373	$195,206
130	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$179,577	28,015	$192,743
131	The Edukators	Drama	R	$175,493	27,378	$188,361
132	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,249	26,404	$181,660
133	In My Country	Drama	R	$163,536	25,513	$175,529
134	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$162,691	25,381	$174,621
135	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$173,273
136	Kisna	Drama	Not Rated	$147,000	22,933	$157,779
137	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$143,262
138	Tony Takitani	Drama	Not Rated	$129,783	20,247	$139,299
139	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...	Drama	Not Rated	$129,319	20,175	$138,804
140	Lila Says	Drama	R	$121,166	18,903	$130,053
141	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$129,461
142	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$117,400	18,315	$126,007
143	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$123,689
144	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$122,079
145	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$104,815	16,352	$112,502
146	Don't Move	Drama	Not Rated	$103,280	16,112	$110,851
147	Intimate Stories	Drama	Not Rated	$102,714	16,024	$110,245
148	Neal n' Nikki	Drama	Not Rated	$100,358	15,656	$107,713
149	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$95,785	14,943	$102,808
150	Pure	Drama	R	$93,329	14,560	$100,173
151	Almost Peaceful	Drama		$91,110	14,214	$97,792
152	First Morning	Drama	PG-13	$87,264	13,614	$93,664
153	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama		$86,319	13,466	$92,646
154	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$84,423	13,171	$90,616
155	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$86,894
156	Chrystal	Drama	R	$80,701	12,590	$86,619
157	Forty Shades of Blue	Drama	R	$75,828	11,830	$81,390
158	The War Within	Drama	Not Rated	$73,789	11,512	$79,203
159	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$78,232
160	Come Away Home	Drama	PG	$72,702	11,342	$78,033
161	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$70,945	11,068	$76,148
162	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$70,820	11,048	$76,010
163	Before the Fall	Drama	Not Rated	$70,654	11,022	$75,831
164	Ma Mere	Drama	NC-17	$70,395	10,982	$75,556
165	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$69,640	10,864	$74,744
166	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$64,107	10,001	$68,807
167	The World	Drama	Not Rated	$63,663	9,932	$68,332
168	Finding Home	Drama	PG-13	$63,301	9,875	$67,940
169	Deserted Station	Drama		$62,954	9,821	$67,568
170	Schizo	Drama	Not Rated	$54,357	8,480	$58,342
171	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Drama	PG	$49,981	7,797	$53,643
172	9 Songs	Drama	Not Rated	$49,835	7,775	$53,492
173	The Chumscrubber	Drama	R	$49,526	7,726	$53,155
174	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$49,365	7,701	$52,983
175	Assisted Living	Drama	Not Rated	$49,048	7,652	$52,646
176	Swimming Upstream	Drama	PG-13	$47,171	7,359	$50,630
177	Tropical Malady	Drama	Not Rated	$46,750	7,293	$50,176
178	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,296	7,222	$49,687
179	Raging Bull	Drama		$45,250	7,059	$48,566
180	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Drama	R	$45,009	7,022	$48,311
181	Apaharan	Drama		$44,133	6,885	$47,369
182	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$40,948	6,388	$43,949
183	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$43,557
184	My Mother's Smile	Drama	Not Rated	$40,246	6,279	$43,200
185	On the Outs	Drama	R	$38,384	5,988	$41,197
186	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$38,216	5,962	$41,019
187	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$38,041	5,935	$40,833
188	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,757	5,890	$40,523
189	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$37,042
190	Smile	Drama	PG-13	$32,833	5,122	$35,239
191	Campfire	Drama	Not Rated	$32,058	5,001	$34,407
192	Going Shopping	Drama	PG-13	$31,908	4,978	$34,249
193	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$31,644	4,937	$33,967
194	Keane	Drama	R	$30,303	4,727	$32,522
195	Or (My Treasure)	Drama	Not Rated	$28,894	4,508	$31,015
196	Eternal	Drama	R	$28,089	4,382	$30,148
197	Garden State	Drama	R	$28,065	4,378	$30,121
198	The Libertine	Drama	R	$27,804	4,338	$29,845
199	Machuca	Drama	Not Rated	$26,676	4,162	$28,635
200	The Man Who Copied	Drama	R	$23,989	3,742	$25,745
201	Rory O'Shea Was Here	Drama	R	$23,844	3,720	$25,594
202	Down to the Bone	Drama	Not Rated	$23,630	3,686	$25,360
203	3 Dancing Slaves	Drama	Not Rated	$21,567	3,365	$23,151
204	Slutty Summer	Drama	Not Rated	$21,515	3,356	$23,089
205	Dallas 362	Drama	R	$21,108	3,293	$22,656
206	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Drama	Not Rated	$20,210	3,153	$21,693
207	Dear Wendy	Drama	Not Rated	$19,462	3,036	$20,888
208	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$18,733	2,922	$20,103
209	Mr. Ya Miss	Drama		$18,516	2,889	$19,876
210	Milwaukee, Minnesota	Drama	R	$17,528	2,734	$18,810
211	The Great Water	Drama	Not Rated	$17,257	2,692	$18,521
212	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$15,986	2,494	$17,159
213	Wild Side	Drama	Not Rated	$15,355	2,395	$16,478
214	At Last	Drama	PG-13	$15,026	2,344	$16,127
215	Harry and Max	Drama	Not Rated	$14,923	2,328	$16,017
216	Bomb the System	Drama	R	$14,865	2,319	$15,955
217	The Oyster Farmer	Drama	Not Rated	$14,470	2,257	$15,528
218	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$13,179	2,056	$14,145
219	Petite Lili, La	Drama	Not Rated	$12,415	1,937	$13,327
220	The Intruder	Drama	Not Rated	$11,212	1,749	$12,033
221	Gilles' Wife	Drama	Not Rated	$11,139	1,738	$11,957
222	Fighting Tommy Riley	Drama	R	$10,514	1,640	$11,283
223	Ethan Mao	Drama	Not Rated	$10,178	1,588	$10,925
224	Private	Drama		$9,623	1,501	$10,327
225	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$9,592	1,496	$10,292
226	Primo Amore	Drama	Not Rated	$9,392	1,465	$10,079
227	Milk and Honey	Drama	Not Rated	$9,231	1,440	$9,907
228	Living Life	Drama	Not Rated	$9,064	1,414	$9,728
229	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$8,853	1,381	$9,501
230	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$8,783	1,370	$9,426
231	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$8,404	1,311	$9,020
232	Games of Love and Chance	Drama	Not Rated	$8,085	1,261	$8,676
233	Sixteen Years of Alcohol	Drama	Not Rated	$8,046	1,255	$8,634
234	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$7,398	1,154	$7,940
235	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$6,622	1,033	$7,107
236	Magdalena, The Unholy Saint	Drama	Not Rated	$6,470	1,009	$6,942
237	Daybreak	Drama	R	$6,355	991	$6,818
238	Solitude	Drama	Not Rated	$6,260	977	$6,722
239	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$5,260	821	$5,648
240	Emile	Drama	R	$4,626	722	$4,967
241	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$4,569	713	$4,905
242	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$4,326	675	$4,644
243	Perlasca	Drama	Not Rated	$4,216	658	$4,527
244	Sueño	Drama	PG-13	$4,181	652	$4,486
245	The Californians	Drama	PG	$4,134	645	$4,438
246	The Inheritance	Drama		$3,934	614	$4,224
247	L.A. Twister	Drama	Not Rated	$3,464	540	$3,715
248	The Painting	Drama	PG-13	$3,362	524	$3,605
249	Anatomy of Hell	Drama	Not Rated	$3,025	472	$3,247
250	Unveiled	Drama	Not Rated	$3,025	472	$3,247
251	15	Drama	Not Rated	$3,013	470	$3,234
252	3 Days of Rain	Drama	Not Rated	$2,841	443	$3,048
253	Happy Here and Now	Drama		$2,443	381	$2,621
254	The Rider Named Death	Drama	Not Rated	$2,438	380	$2,614
255	Nowhere Man	Drama	Not Rated	$2,348	366	$2,518
256	The Overture	Drama	Not Rated	$2,254	352	$2,422
257	Steal Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,600	250	$1,720
258	The Tracker	Drama		$1,557	243	$1,672
259	Kalyug	Drama		$1,435	224	$1,541
260	Twin Sisters	Drama	R	$1,207	188	$1,293
261	Distant	Drama		$1,111	173	$1,190
262	The Boat is Full	Drama		$1,016	159	$1,094
263	She's One of Us	Drama	Not Rated	$996	155	$1,066
264	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$567	88	$605
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,420,682,637
Total Tickets Sold					221,635,353
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,524,851,229

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.