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Genre Summary for 2005

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	$122,324,098
2	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$92,436,258	14,420,633	$113,778,794
3	Four Brothers	Drama	R	$74,484,168	11,619,995	$91,681,761
4	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$87,476,146
5	Coach Carter	Drama	PG-13	$67,253,092	10,491,902	$82,781,107
6	Jarhead	Drama	R	$62,479,010	9,747,115	$76,904,737
7	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,308	9,617,677	$75,883,472
8	White Noise	Drama	PG-13	$55,865,715	8,715,400	$68,764,506
9	Crash	Drama	R	$55,334,418	8,632,515	$68,110,543
10	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Drama	PG-13	$50,382,128	7,859,926	$62,014,816
11	Sideways	Drama	R	$49,098,097	7,659,610	$60,434,323
12	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Drama	PG	$39,008,741	6,085,607	$48,015,439
13	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$34,118,092	5,322,635	$41,995,590
14	The Constant Gardener	Drama	R	$33,565,375	5,236,408	$41,315,259
15	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$32,835,470	5,122,538	$40,416,825
16	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,701,088	5,101,574	$40,251,419
17	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$31,213,114	4,869,441	$38,419,889
18	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$30,818,483	4,807,876	$37,934,142
19	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$30,633,403	4,779,002	$37,706,326
20	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$27,000,234	4,212,205	$33,234,297
21	Elizabethtown	Drama	PG-13	$26,838,389	4,186,956	$33,035,083
22	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,684,743	3,694,968	$29,153,298
23	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$23,092,325	3,602,547	$28,424,096
24	2 For the Money	Drama	R	$22,862,049	3,566,622	$28,140,648
25	Hustle & Flow	Drama	R	$22,201,798	3,463,619	$27,327,954
26	The Upside of Anger	Drama	R	$18,761,993	2,926,988	$23,093,935
27	North Country	Drama	R	$18,274,861	2,850,992	$22,494,327
28	Munich	Drama	R	$15,949,005	2,488,144	$19,631,456
29	The Gospel	Drama	PG	$15,778,152	2,461,490	$19,421,156
30	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Drama	PG	$15,331,289	2,391,777	$18,871,121
31	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$15,102,697	2,356,115	$18,589,747
32	The Weather Man	Drama	R	$12,469,811	1,945,368	$15,348,954
33	Capote	Drama	R	$12,032,633	1,877,166	$14,810,840
34	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$10,082,747	1,572,971	$12,410,741
35	An Unfinished Life	Drama	PG-13	$8,535,575	1,331,603	$10,506,348
36	Proof	Drama	PG-13	$7,524,766	1,173,910	$9,262,150
37	Ladies in Lavender	Drama	PG-13	$6,759,422	1,054,512	$8,320,100
38	Closer	Drama	R	$6,527,003	1,018,253	$8,034,016
39	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$6,772,279
40	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,226,413	815,353	$6,433,135
41	The World's Fastest Indian	Drama	PG-13	$5,128,124	800,019	$6,312,150
42	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$5,203,029
43	Being Julia	Drama	R	$4,183,429	652,641	$5,149,337
44	Me and You and Everyone We Know	Drama	R	$3,885,134	606,105	$4,782,168
45	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$4,548,048
46	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,649,465	569,339	$4,492,085
47	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$3,514,688	548,313	$4,326,190
48	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$4,283,899
49	La mala educación	Drama	NC-17	$3,452,654	538,636	$4,249,838
50	G	Drama	R	$3,020,784	471,261	$3,718,249
51	Walk on Water	Drama	Not Rated	$2,712,736	423,204	$3,339,080
52	Junebug	Drama	R	$2,678,010	417,786	$3,296,332
53	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$2,187,392	341,247	$2,692,439
54	Oliver Twist	Drama	PG-13	$1,987,287	310,029	$2,446,129
55	Mar adentro	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,392,690
56	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$1,922,259	299,884	$2,366,085
57	Les Choristes	Drama	PG-13	$1,807,807	282,029	$2,225,209
58	Comme une image	Drama	PG-13	$1,736,499	270,905	$2,137,440
59	Everything is Illuminated	Drama	PG-13	$1,705,595	266,083	$2,099,395
60	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$1,631,163	254,472	$2,007,784
61	2046	Drama	R	$1,442,337	225,014	$1,775,360
62	Paheli (Puzzle)	Drama	Not Rated	$1,409,498	219,890	$1,734,932
63	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$1,369,189	213,602	$1,685,320
64	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$1,354,006	211,233	$1,666,628
65	Dear Frankie	Drama	PG-13	$1,340,891	209,187	$1,650,485
66	Happy Endings	Drama	R	$1,311,633	204,623	$1,614,475
67	Off the Map	Drama	PG-13	$1,310,368	204,426	$1,612,921
68	Indigo	Drama	Not Rated	$1,190,000	185,647	$1,464,755
69	Heights	Drama	R	$1,158,405	180,718	$1,425,865
70	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$1,150,398	179,469	$1,416,010
71	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$1,040,446	162,316	$1,280,673
72	Casanova	Drama	R	$1,037,872	161,915	$1,277,509
73	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,269,627
74	De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté	Drama	Not Rated	$1,023,424	159,661	$1,259,725
75	My Summer of Love	Drama	R	$992,238	154,795	$1,221,333
76	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,156,248
77	Separate Lies	Drama	R	$923,347	144,048	$1,136,539
78	Where the Truth Lies	Drama	Not Rated	$871,527	135,964	$1,072,756
79	MirrorMask	Drama	PG	$864,959	134,939	$1,064,669
80	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$1,046,893
81	Innocent Voices	Drama	R	$837,878	130,714	$1,031,333
82	Parineeta	Drama	Not Rated	$802,758	125,235	$988,104
83	Black	Drama	Not Rated	$754,819	117,756	$929,095
84	The Ballad of Jack and Rose	Drama	R	$712,294	111,122	$876,753
85	Mysterious Skin	Drama	Open	$697,181	108,765	$858,156
86	Nobody Knows	Drama	PG-13	$683,575	106,642	$841,405
87	WAQT	Drama	Not Rated	$665,680	103,850	$819,377
88	Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise	Drama	Not Rated	$654,604	102,122	$805,743
89	Saraband	Drama	R	$645,634	100,723	$794,704
90	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$642,504	100,235	$790,854
91	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Drama	PG-13	$626,310	97,708	$770,916
92	Palindromes	Drama	Not Rated	$553,368	86,329	$681,136
93	Madison	Drama	PG	$508,867	79,386	$626,356
94	Travellers and Magicians	Drama	Not Rated	$505,295	78,829	$621,961
95	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$502,924	78,459	$619,042
96	Bewafaa	Drama	Not Rated	$479,076	74,739	$589,691
97	Last Days (2005)	Drama	R	$454,711	70,938	$559,701
98	The Beautiful Country	Drama	R	$442,646	69,056	$544,852
99	Kids in America	Drama	PG-13	$440,228	68,678	$541,869
100	Gegen die Wand (Head-On)	Drama	Not Rated	$434,984	67,860	$535,415
101	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$397,228	61,970	$488,943
102	Yes	Drama	R	$396,035	61,784	$487,476
103	Brødre	Drama	R	$384,982	60,060	$473,873
104	The Game of Their Lives	Drama	PG	$375,474	58,576	$462,165
105	House of D	Drama	PG-13	$371,081	57,891	$456,760
106	Nine Lives	Drama	R	$358,351	55,905	$441,090
107	Green Street Hooligans	Drama	R	$345,821	53,950	$425,666
108	Kaal	Drama	Not Rated	$340,091	53,056	$418,612
109	The Dying Gaul	Drama	R	$327,431	51,081	$403,029
110	Viruddh	Drama	Not Rated	$322,753	50,351	$397,269
111	Winter Solstice	Drama	R	$319,228	49,802	$392,938
112	Dot the I	Drama	R	$306,224	47,773	$376,929
113	Holy Girl	Drama	R	$304,124	47,445	$374,341
114	Cronicas	Drama	R	$299,261	46,687	$368,360
115	Caterina va in città	Drama	Not Rated	$295,466	46,095	$363,690
116	Transamerica	Drama	R	$290,715	45,353	$357,835
117	The Aryan Couple	Drama	PG-13	$290,211	45,275	$357,220
118	Rois & Reine (Kings and Queens)	Drama	Not Rated	$289,592	45,178	$356,454
119	Turtles Can Fly	Drama	Not Rated	$256,822	40,066	$316,121
120	La meglio gioventù	Drama	R	$254,224	39,661	$312,925
121	Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (Happily Ever After)	Drama	Not Rated	$252,341	39,367	$310,606
122	A Tout de Suite	Drama	Not Rated	$248,565	38,778	$305,958
123	Birth	Drama	R	$242,358	37,809	$298,313
124	Bin-jip	Drama	R	$238,507	37,209	$293,579
125	Caché	Drama	R	$230,572	35,971	$283,811
126	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$223,828	34,919	$275,511
127	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Drama	PG	$205,903	32,122	$253,443
128	Modigliani	Drama	R	$204,297	31,872	$251,470
129	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$197,815	30,860	$243,485
130	November	Drama	R	$191,862	29,932	$236,163
131	Eros	Drama	R	$188,248	29,368	$231,714
132	The Baxter	Drama	PG-13	$181,872	28,373	$223,863
133	The Edukators	Drama	R	$175,493	27,378	$216,012
134	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,049	26,373	$208,083
135	In My Country	Drama	R	$163,536	25,513	$201,298
136	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$162,691	25,381	$200,256
137	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$198,710
138	Kisna	Drama	Not Rated	$147,000	22,933	$180,941
139	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$164,293
140	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...	Drama	Not Rated	$129,319	20,175	$159,181
141	Tony Takitani	Drama	Not Rated	$127,644	19,913	$157,114
142	Lila dit ça	Drama	R	$121,166	18,903	$149,145
143	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$148,466
144	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$117,400	18,315	$144,505
145	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$141,846
146	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$140,000
147	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$104,815	16,352	$129,017
148	Intimate Stories	Drama	Not Rated	$102,714	16,024	$126,429
149	Neal n' Nikki	Drama	Not Rated	$100,358	15,656	$123,526
150	Don't Move	Drama	Not Rated	$97,197	15,163	$119,636
151	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$94,573	14,754	$116,409
152	Pure	Drama	R	$93,329	14,560	$114,878
153	Brooklyn Lobster	Drama	R	$87,990	13,727	$108,306
154	First Morning	Drama	PG-13	$87,264	13,614	$107,414
155	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$86,319	13,466	$106,247
156	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$99,651
157	Chrystal	Drama	R	$80,701	12,590	$99,335
158	Forty Shades of Blue	Drama	R	$75,180	11,729	$92,542
159	The War Within	Drama	Not Rated	$73,789	11,512	$90,830
160	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$89,717
161	Come Away Home	Drama	PG	$72,702	11,342	$89,488
162	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$70,945	11,068	$87,327
163	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$70,820	11,048	$87,169
164	Before the Fall	Drama	Not Rated	$70,654	11,022	$86,964
165	Ma mère	Drama	NC-17	$70,395	10,982	$86,648
166	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$69,640	10,864	$85,717
167	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$64,107	10,001	$78,908
168	The World	Drama	Not Rated	$63,662	9,932	$78,363
169	Deserted Station	Drama	Not Rated	$62,954	9,821	$77,488
170	Schizo	Drama	Not Rated	$54,285	8,469	$66,820
171	Juarez: Stages of Fear	Drama	R	$50,707	7,911	$62,418
172	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Drama	PG	$49,981	7,797	$61,518
173	Tahara	Drama	Not Rated	$49,927	7,789	$61,455
174	9 Songs	Drama	Not Rated	$49,835	7,775	$61,345
175	The Chumscrubber	Drama	R	$49,526	7,726	$60,958
176	Assisted Living	Drama	Not Rated	$48,600	7,582	$59,822
177	Swimming Upstream	Drama	PG-13	$47,171	7,359	$58,063
178	Tropical Malady	Drama	Not Rated	$46,690	7,284	$57,471
179	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,008	7,178	$56,634
180	Raging Bull	Drama	Not Rated	$45,250	7,059	$55,696
181	Boksuneun naui geot	Drama	R	$45,009	7,022	$55,404
182	Apaharan	Drama	Not Rated	$44,133	6,885	$54,323
183	Shôjo	Drama	Not Rated	$40,948	6,388	$50,401
184	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$49,952
185	My Mother's Smile	Drama	Not Rated	$40,246	6,279	$49,541
186	On the Outs	Drama	R	$38,384	5,988	$47,245
187	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$38,041	5,935	$46,827
188	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$38,031	5,933	$46,811
189	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,104	5,788	$45,667
190	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$42,480
191	Smile	Drama	PG-13	$32,833	5,122	$40,413
192	Medurat Hashevet	Drama	Not Rated	$32,058	5,001	$39,458
193	Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$31,644	4,937	$38,953
194	Going Shopping	Drama	PG-13	$31,439	4,905	$38,700
195	Keane	Drama	R	$30,303	4,727	$37,296
196	Or (My Treasure)	Drama	Not Rated	$28,894	4,508	$35,568
197	Eternal	Drama	R	$28,089	4,382	$34,574
198	The Libertine	Drama	R	$27,804	4,338	$34,227
199	Garden State	Drama	R	$27,472	4,286	$33,817
200	Machuca	Drama	Not Rated	$26,676	4,162	$32,838
201	The Man Who Copied	Drama	R	$23,989	3,742	$29,524
202	Down to the Bone	Drama	Not Rated	$23,630	3,686	$29,083
203	Rory O'Shea Was Here	Drama	R	$21,864	3,411	$26,913
204	Le Clan	Drama	Not Rated	$21,567	3,365	$26,550
205	Trilogia I: To Livadi pou dakryzei	Drama	Not Rated	$20,210	3,153	$24,877
206	Dear Wendy	Drama	Not Rated	$19,480	3,039	$23,978
207	Dallas 362	Drama	R	$18,928	2,953	$23,299
208	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$18,733	2,922	$23,055
209	Mr. Ya Miss	Drama	Not Rated	$18,516	2,889	$22,794
210	Slutty Summer	Drama	Not Rated	$18,220	2,842	$22,423
211	Milwaukee, Minnesota	Drama	R	$17,350	2,707	$21,358
212	The Great Water	Drama	Not Rated	$17,116	2,670	$21,066
213	Un monde presque paisible	Drama	Not Rated	$15,986	2,494	$19,678
214	Wild Side	Drama	Not Rated	$15,355	2,395	$18,897
215	At Last	Drama	PG-13	$15,026	2,344	$18,494
216	Harry and Max	Drama	Not Rated	$14,923	2,328	$18,368
217	Bomb the System	Drama	R	$14,865	2,319	$18,297
218	The Oyster Farmer	Drama	Not Rated	$14,470	2,257	$17,808
219	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$13,179	2,056	$16,222
220	The Intruder	Drama	Not Rated	$12,493	1,949	$15,378
221	La petite Lili	Drama	Not Rated	$12,415	1,937	$15,283
222	Femme de Gilles, La	Drama	Not Rated	$11,139	1,738	$13,713
223	Fighting Tommy Riley	Drama	R	$10,240	1,598	$12,608
224	Finding Home	Drama	PG-13	$9,736	1,519	$11,985
225	Private	Drama	Not Rated	$9,623	1,501	$11,843
226	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$9,592	1,496	$11,803
227	Primo Amore	Drama	Not Rated	$9,392	1,465	$11,559
228	Ethan Mao	Drama	Not Rated	$9,265	1,445	$11,401
229	Milk and Honey	Drama	Not Rated	$9,231	1,440	$11,362
230	Living Life	Drama	Not Rated	$9,016	1,407	$11,101
231	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$8,853	1,381	$10,896
232	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$8,783	1,370	$10,809
233	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$8,404	1,311	$10,344
234	Sixteen Years of Alcohol	Drama	Not Rated	$7,777	1,213	$9,571
235	Games of Love and Chance	Drama	Not Rated	$7,557	1,179	$9,302
236	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$7,398	1,154	$9,105
237	Buongiorno, notte	Drama	Not Rated	$6,622	1,033	$8,150
238	Magdalena, The Unholy Saint	Drama	Not Rated	$6,470	1,009	$7,961
239	Daybreak	Drama	R	$6,355	991	$7,819
240	Solitude	Drama	Not Rated	$5,882	918	$7,243
241	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$5,260	821	$6,478
242	Emile	Drama	R	$4,626	722	$5,697
243	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$4,569	713	$5,626
244	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$4,326	675	$5,326
245	Perlasca	Drama	Not Rated	$4,216	658	$5,192
246	Sueño	Drama	PG-13	$4,181	652	$5,144
247	The Californians	Drama	PG	$4,134	645	$5,089
248	The Inheritance	Drama	Not Rated	$3,934	614	$4,844
249	The Painting	Drama	PG-13	$3,362	524	$4,134
250	L.A. Twister	Drama	Not Rated	$3,040	474	$3,740
251	Unveiled	Drama	Not Rated	$3,025	472	$3,724
252	3 Days of Rain	Drama	Not Rated	$2,841	443	$3,495
253	15	Drama	Not Rated	$2,651	414	$3,266
254	Happy Here and Now	Drama	R	$2,443	381	$3,006
255	The Rider Named Death	Drama	Not Rated	$2,438	380	$2,998
256	Nowhere Man	Drama	Not Rated	$2,348	366	$2,888
257	Anatomie de l'enfer	Drama	Not Rated	$2,136	333	$2,627
258	The Overture	Drama	Not Rated	$2,054	320	$2,525
259	Steal Me	Drama	Not Rated	$1,600	250	$1,973
260	The Tracker	Drama	Not Rated	$1,557	243	$1,917
261	Kalyug	Drama	Not Rated	$1,435	224	$1,767
262	Twin Sisters	Drama	R	$1,207	188	$1,483
263	Distant	Drama	Not Rated	$1,111	173	$1,365
264	She's One of Us	Drama	Not Rated	$996	155	$1,223
265	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$567	88	$694
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,431,841,239
Total Tickets Sold					223,376,165
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,762,437,942

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.

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