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	$99,378,637	15,503,688	$111,316,480
2	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$92,436,258	14,420,633	$103,540,145
3	Four Brothers	Drama	R	$74,484,168	11,619,995	$83,431,564
4	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$79,604,402
5	Coach Carter	Drama	PG-13	$67,253,092	10,491,902	$75,331,856
6	Jarhead	Drama	R	$62,479,010	9,747,115	$69,984,286
7	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,308	9,617,677	$69,054,921
8	White Noise	Drama	PG-13	$55,865,715	8,715,400	$62,576,572
9	Crash	Drama	R	$55,334,418	8,632,515	$61,981,458
10	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Drama	PG-13	$50,382,128	7,859,926	$56,434,269
11	Sideways	Drama	R	$49,098,097	7,659,610	$54,996,000
12	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Drama	PG	$39,008,741	6,085,607	$43,694,658
13	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$34,118,092	5,322,635	$38,216,519
14	The Constant Gardener	Drama	R	$33,565,375	5,236,408	$37,597,409
15	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$32,835,470	5,122,538	$36,779,823
16	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,701,088	5,101,574	$36,629,301
17	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$31,213,114	4,869,441	$34,962,586
18	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$30,818,483	4,807,876	$34,520,550
19	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$30,633,403	4,779,002	$34,313,234
20	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$27,000,234	4,212,205	$30,243,632
21	Elizabethtown	Drama	PG-13	$26,838,389	4,186,956	$30,062,344
22	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,684,743	3,694,968	$26,529,870
23	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$23,092,325	3,602,547	$25,866,287
24	2 For the Money	Drama	R	$22,862,049	3,566,622	$25,608,346
25	Hustle & Flow	Drama	R	$22,201,798	3,463,619	$24,868,784
26	The Upside of Anger	Drama	R	$18,761,993	2,926,988	$21,015,774
27	North Country	Drama	R	$18,274,861	2,850,992	$20,470,123
28	Munich	Drama	R	$15,949,005	2,488,144	$17,864,874
29	The Gospel	Drama	PG	$15,778,152	2,461,490	$17,673,498
30	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Drama	PG	$15,331,289	2,391,777	$17,172,959
31	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$15,102,697	2,356,115	$16,916,906
32	The Weather Man	Drama	R	$12,469,811	1,945,368	$13,967,742
33	Capote	Drama	R	$12,032,633	1,877,166	$13,478,052
34	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$10,082,747	1,572,971	$11,293,932
35	An Unfinished Life	Drama	PG-13	$8,535,575	1,331,603	$9,560,910
36	Proof	Drama	PG-13	$7,524,766	1,173,910	$8,428,674
37	Ladies in Lavender	Drama	PG-13	$6,759,422	1,054,512	$7,571,396
38	Closer	Drama	R	$6,527,003	1,018,253	$7,311,057
39	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$6,162,860
40	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,226,413	815,353	$5,854,235
41	The World's Fastest Indian	Drama	PG-13	$5,128,124	800,019	$5,744,136
42	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$4,734,822
43	Being Julia	Drama	R	$4,183,429	652,641	$4,685,962
44	Me and You and Everyone We Know	Drama	R	$3,885,134	606,105	$4,351,834
45	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$4,138,782
46	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,649,465	569,339	$4,087,854
47	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$3,514,688	548,313	$3,936,887
48	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$3,898,403
49	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$3,452,654	538,636	$3,867,406
50	G	Drama	R	$3,020,784	471,261	$3,383,654
51	Walk on Water	Drama	Not Rated	$2,712,736	423,204	$3,038,605
52	Junebug	Drama	R	$2,678,010	417,786	$2,999,703
53	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$2,187,392	341,247	$2,450,153
54	Oliver Twist	Drama	PG-13	$1,987,287	310,029	$2,226,008
55	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,177,378
56	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$1,922,259	299,884	$2,153,167
57	The Chorus	Drama	PG-13	$1,807,807	282,029	$2,024,968
58	Look at Me	Drama	PG-13	$1,736,499	270,905	$1,945,098
59	Everything is Illuminated	Drama	PG-13	$1,705,595	266,083	$1,910,476
60	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$1,631,163	254,472	$1,827,109
61	2046	Drama	R	$1,442,337	225,014	$1,615,601
62	Paheli (Puzzle)	Drama	Not Rated	$1,409,498	219,890	$1,578,810
63	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$1,369,189	213,602	$1,533,662
64	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$1,354,006	211,233	$1,516,653
65	Dear Frankie	Drama	PG-13	$1,340,891	209,187	$1,501,963
66	Happy Endings	Drama	R	$1,311,633	204,623	$1,469,193
67	Off the Map	Drama	PG-13	$1,310,368	204,426	$1,467,779
68	Indigo	Drama	Not Rated	$1,190,000	185,647	$1,332,945
69	Heights	Drama	R	$1,158,405	180,718	$1,297,555
70	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$1,150,398	179,469	$1,288,587
71	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$1,040,446	162,316	$1,165,429
72	Casanova	Drama	R	$1,037,872	161,915	$1,162,550
73	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,155,377
74	The Beat My Heart Skipped	Drama	Not Rated	$1,023,424	159,661	$1,146,366
75	My Summer of Love	Drama	R	$992,238	154,795	$1,111,428
76	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,052,200
77	Separate Lies	Drama	R	$923,347	144,048	$1,034,265
78	Where the Truth Lies	Drama	Not Rated	$871,527	135,964	$976,222
79	MirrorMask	Drama	PG	$864,959	134,939	$968,862
80	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$952,685
81	Innocent Voices	Drama	R	$837,878	130,714	$938,527
82	Parineeta	Drama	Not Rated	$802,758	125,235	$899,187
83	Black	Drama	Not Rated	$754,819	117,756	$845,488
84	The Ballad of Jack and Rose	Drama	R	$712,294	111,122	$797,856
85	Mysterious Skin	Drama	Open	$697,181	108,765	$780,933
86	Nobody Knows	Drama	PG-13	$683,575	106,642	$765,690
87	WAQT	Drama	Not Rated	$665,680	103,850	$745,643
88	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress	Drama	Not Rated	$654,604	102,122	$733,236
89	Saraband	Drama	R	$645,634	100,723	$723,191
90	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$642,504	100,235	$719,687
91	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Drama	PG-13	$626,310	97,708	$701,543
92	Palindromes	Drama	Not Rated	$553,368	86,329	$619,842
93	Madison	Drama	PG	$508,867	79,386	$569,991
94	Travellers and Magicians	Drama	Not Rated	$505,295	78,829	$565,992
95	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$502,924	78,459	$563,336
96	Bewafaa	Drama	Not Rated	$479,076	74,739	$536,626
97	Last Days (2005)	Drama	R	$454,711	70,938	$509,335
98	The Beautiful Country	Drama	R	$442,646	69,056	$495,822
99	Kids in America	Drama	PG-13	$440,228	68,678	$493,108
100	Gegen die Wand (Head-On)	Drama	Not Rated	$434,984	67,860	$487,235
101	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$397,228	61,970	$444,945
102	Yes	Drama	R	$396,035	61,784	$443,609
103	Brothers	Drama	R	$384,982	60,060	$431,231
104	The Game of Their Lives	Drama	PG	$375,474	58,576	$420,576
105	House of D	Drama	PG-13	$371,081	57,891	$415,657
106	Nine Lives	Drama	R	$358,351	55,905	$401,398
107	Green Street Hooligans	Drama	R	$345,821	53,950	$387,361
108	Kaal	Drama	Not Rated	$340,091	53,056	$380,942
109	The Dying Gaul	Drama	R	$327,431	51,081	$366,762
110	Viruddh	Drama	Not Rated	$322,753	50,351	$361,520
111	Winter Solstice	Drama	R	$319,228	49,802	$357,578
112	Dot the I	Drama	R	$306,224	47,773	$343,010
113	Holy Girl	Drama	R	$304,124	47,445	$340,655
114	Cronicas	Drama	R	$299,261	46,687	$335,213
115	Caterina in the Big City	Drama	Not Rated	$295,466	46,095	$330,962
116	Transamerica	Drama	R	$290,715	45,353	$325,635
117	The Aryan Couple	Drama	PG-13	$290,211	45,275	$325,075
118	Kings and Queens	Drama	Not Rated	$289,592	45,178	$324,378
119	Turtles Can Fly	Drama	Not Rated	$256,822	40,066	$287,674
120	The Best of Youth	Drama	R	$254,224	39,661	$284,766
121	...And They Lived Happily Ever After	Drama	Not Rated	$252,341	39,367	$282,655
122	A Tout de Suite	Drama	Not Rated	$248,565	38,778	$278,426
123	Birth	Drama	R	$242,358	37,809	$271,469
124	3-Iron	Drama	R	$238,507	37,209	$267,161
125	Hidden	Drama	R	$230,572	35,971	$258,272
126	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$223,828	34,919	$250,718
127	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Drama	PG	$205,903	32,122	$230,636
128	Modigliani	Drama	R	$204,297	31,872	$228,841
129	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$197,815	30,860	$221,575
130	November	Drama	R	$191,862	29,932	$214,912
131	Eros	Drama	R	$188,248	29,368	$210,862
132	The Baxter	Drama	PG-13	$181,872	28,373	$203,718
133	The Edukators	Drama	R	$175,493	27,378	$196,574
134	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,049	26,373	$189,358
135	In My Country	Drama	R	$163,536	25,513	$183,183
136	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$162,691	25,381	$182,236
137	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$180,828
138	Kisna	Drama	Not Rated	$147,000	22,933	$164,659
139	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$149,509
140	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...	Drama	Not Rated	$129,319	20,175	$144,857
141	Tony Takitani	Drama	Not Rated	$127,644	19,913	$142,975
142	Lila Says	Drama	R	$121,166	18,903	$135,724
143	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$135,106
144	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$117,400	18,315	$131,502
145	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$129,082
146	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$127,402
147	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$104,815	16,352	$117,407
148	Intimate Stories	Drama	Not Rated	$102,714	16,024	$115,052
149	Neal n' Nikki	Drama	Not Rated	$100,358	15,656	$112,410
150	Don't Move	Drama	Not Rated	$97,197	15,163	$108,870
151	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$94,573	14,754	$105,934
152	Pure	Drama	R	$93,329	14,560	$104,541
153	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$87,990	13,727	$98,560
154	First Morning	Drama	PG-13	$87,264	13,614	$97,749
155	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$86,319	13,466	$96,686
156	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$90,683
157	Chrystal	Drama	R	$80,701	12,590	$90,396
158	Forty Shades of Blue	Drama	R	$75,180	11,729	$84,214
159	The War Within	Drama	Not Rated	$73,789	11,512	$82,656
160	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$81,644
161	Come Away Home	Drama	PG	$72,702	11,342	$81,436
162	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$70,945	11,068	$79,468
163	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$70,820	11,048	$79,325
164	Before the Fall	Drama	Not Rated	$70,654	11,022	$79,138
165	Ma m�re	Drama	NC-17	$70,395	10,982	$78,851
166	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$69,640	10,864	$78,004
167	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$64,107	10,001	$71,807
168	The World	Drama	Not Rated	$63,662	9,932	$71,312
169	Deserted Station	Drama	Not Rated	$62,954	9,821	$70,515
170	Schizo	Drama	Not Rated	$54,285	8,469	$60,807
171	Juarez: Stages of Fear	Drama	R	$50,707	7,911	$56,801
172	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Drama	PG	$49,981	7,797	$55,982
173	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$49,927	7,789	$55,925
174	9 Songs	Drama	Not Rated	$49,835	7,775	$55,825
175	The Chumscrubber	Drama	R	$49,526	7,726	$55,473
176	Assisted Living	Drama	Not Rated	$48,600	7,582	$54,439
177	Swimming Upstream	Drama	PG-13	$47,171	7,359	$52,838
178	Tropical Malady	Drama	Not Rated	$46,690	7,284	$52,299
179	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,008	7,178	$51,538
180	Raging Bull	Drama	Not Rated	$45,250	7,059	$50,684
181	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Drama	R	$45,009	7,022	$50,418
182	Apaharan	Drama	Not Rated	$44,133	6,885	$49,434
183	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$40,948	6,388	$45,866
184	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$45,457
185	My Mother's Smile	Drama	Not Rated	$40,246	6,279	$45,083
186	On the Outs	Drama	R	$38,384	5,988	$42,994
187	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$38,041	5,935	$42,613
188	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$38,031	5,933	$42,599
189	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,104	5,788	$41,558
190	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$38,657
191	Smile	Drama	PG-13	$32,833	5,122	$36,776
192	Campfire	Drama	Not Rated	$32,058	5,001	$35,907
193	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$31,644	4,937	$35,448
194	Going Shopping	Drama	PG-13	$31,439	4,905	$35,218
195	Keane	Drama	R	$30,303	4,727	$33,940
196	Or (My Treasure)	Drama	Not Rated	$28,894	4,508	$32,367
197	Eternal	Drama	R	$28,089	4,382	$31,463
198	The Libertine	Drama	R	$27,804	4,338	$31,147
199	Garden State	Drama	R	$27,472	4,286	$30,773
200	Machuca	Drama	Not Rated	$26,676	4,162	$29,883
201	The Man Who Copied	Drama	R	$23,989	3,742	$26,868
202	Down to the Bone	Drama	Not Rated	$23,630	3,686	$26,465
203	Rory O'Shea Was Here	Drama	R	$21,864	3,411	$24,491
204	3 Dancing Slaves	Drama	Not Rated	$21,567	3,365	$24,161
205	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Drama	Not Rated	$20,210	3,153	$22,639
206	Dear Wendy	Drama	Not Rated	$19,480	3,039	$21,820
207	Dallas 362	Drama	R	$18,928	2,953	$21,203
208	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$18,733	2,922	$20,980
209	Mr. Ya Miss	Drama	Not Rated	$18,516	2,889	$20,743
210	Slutty Summer	Drama	Not Rated	$18,220	2,842	$20,406
211	Milwaukee, Minnesota	Drama	R	$17,350	2,707	$19,436
212	The Great Water	Drama	Not Rated	$17,116	2,670	$19,171
213	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$15,986	2,494	$17,907
214	Wild Side	Drama	Not Rated	$15,355	2,395	$17,196
215	At Last	Drama	PG-13	$15,026	2,344	$16,830
216	Harry and Max	Drama	Not Rated	$14,923	2,328	$16,715
217	Bomb the System	Drama	R	$14,865	2,319	$16,650
218	The Oyster Farmer	Drama	Not Rated	$14,470	2,257	$16,205
219	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$13,179	2,056	$14,762
220	The Intruder	Drama	Not Rated	$12,493	1,949	$13,994
221	Petite Lili, La	Drama	Not Rated	$12,415	1,937	$13,908
222	Gilles' Wife	Drama	Not Rated	$11,139	1,738	$12,479
223	Fighting Tommy Riley	Drama	R	$10,240	1,598	$11,474
224	Finding Home	Drama	PG-13	$9,736	1,519	$10,906
225	Private	Drama	Not Rated	$9,623	1,501	$10,777
226	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$9,592	1,496	$10,741
227	Primo Amore	Drama	Not Rated	$9,392	1,465	$10,519
228	Ethan Mao	Drama	Not Rated	$9,265	1,445	$10,375
229	Milk and Honey	Drama	Not Rated	$9,231	1,440	$10,339
230	Living Life	Drama	Not Rated	$9,016	1,407	$10,102
231	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$8,853	1,381	$9,916
232	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$8,783	1,370	$9,837
233	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$8,404	1,311	$9,413
234	Sixteen Years of Alcohol	Drama	Not Rated	$7,777	1,213	$8,709
235	Games of Love and Chance	Drama	Not Rated	$7,557	1,179	$8,465
236	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$7,398	1,154	$8,286
237	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$6,622	1,033	$7,417
238	Magdalena, The Unholy Saint	Drama	Not Rated	$6,470	1,009	$7,245
239	Daybreak	Drama	R	$6,355	991	$7,115
240	Solitude	Drama	Not Rated	$5,882	918	$6,591
241	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$5,260	821	$5,895
242	Emile	Drama	R	$4,626	722	$5,184
243	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$4,569	713	$5,119
244	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$4,326	675	$4,847
245	Perlasca	Drama	Not Rated	$4,216	658	$4,724
246	Sue�o	Drama	PG-13	$4,181	652	$4,681
247	The Californians	Drama	PG	$4,134	645	$4,631
248	The Inheritance	Drama	Not Rated	$3,934	614	$4,409
249	The Painting	Drama	PG-13	$3,362	524	$3,762
250	L.A. Twister	Drama	Not Rated	$3,040	474	$3,403
251	Unveiled	Drama	Not Rated	$3,025	472	$3,389
252	3 Days of Rain	Drama	Not Rated	$2,841	443	$3,181
253	15	Drama	Not Rated	$2,651	414	$2,973
254	Happy Here and Now	Drama	R	$2,443	381	$2,736
255	The Rider Named Death	Drama	Not Rated	$2,438	380	$2,728
256	Nowhere Man	Drama	Not Rated	$2,348	366	$2,628
257	Anatomy of Hell	Drama	Not Rated	$2,136	333	$2,391
258	The Overture	Drama	Not Rated	$2,054	320	$2,298
259	Steal Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,600	250	$1,795
260	The Tracker	Drama	Not Rated	$1,557	243	$1,745
261	Kalyug	Drama	Not Rated	$1,435	224	$1,608
262	Twin Sisters	Drama	R	$1,207	188	$1,350
263	Distant	Drama	Not Rated	$1,111	173	$1,242
264	She's One of Us	Drama	Not Rated	$996	155	$1,113
265	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$567	88	$632
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,431,841,239
Total Tickets Sold					223,376,165
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,603,840,865

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.