Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$92,436,258	14,420,633	$113,778,794
2	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,072,454	11,711,771	$92,405,873
3	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$87,476,146
4	Jarhead	Drama	R	$62,479,010	9,747,115	$76,904,737
5	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,308	9,617,677	$75,883,472
6	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,701,088	5,101,574	$40,251,419
7	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,684,743	3,694,968	$29,153,298
8	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$23,092,325	3,602,547	$28,424,096
9	North Country	Drama	R	$18,274,861	2,850,992	$22,494,327
10	Munich	Drama	R	$15,949,005	2,488,144	$19,631,456
11	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Drama	PG	$15,331,289	2,391,777	$18,871,121
12	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$13,159,405	2,052,949	$16,197,768
13	Capote	Drama	R	$12,032,633	1,877,166	$14,810,840
14	The Lords of Dogtown	Action	PG-13	$11,008,432	1,717,384	$13,550,160
15	Domino	Action	R	$10,137,232	1,581,471	$12,477,806
16	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,034,219	941,376	$7,427,457
17	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$6,772,279
18	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,226,413	815,353	$6,433,135
19	The World's Fastest Indian	Drama	PG-13	$5,128,124	800,019	$6,312,150
20	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$5,203,029
21	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$4,548,048
22	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$4,283,899
23	Mar adentro	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,392,690
24	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,269,627
25	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,156,248
26	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$1,046,893
27	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$642,504	100,235	$790,854
28	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Drama	PG-13	$626,310	97,708	$770,916
29	Madison	Drama	PG	$508,867	79,386	$626,356
30	Alexander	Adventure	R	$293,467	45,783	$361,228
31	Modigliani	Drama	R	$204,297	31,872	$251,470
32	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,049	26,373	$208,083
33	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$198,710
34	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$164,293
35	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$148,466
36	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$141,846
37	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$99,651
38	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$89,717
39	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,008	7,178	$56,634
40	Raging Bull	Drama	Not Rated	$45,250	7,059	$55,696
41	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$49,952
42	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,104	5,788	$45,667
43	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$42,480
44	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$13,179	2,056	$16,222
45	The President's Last Bang	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$5,932	925	$7,298
46	The Comedians of Comedy	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$354	55	$434
Total Gross of All Movies				$579,485,734
Total Tickets Sold					90,403,389
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$713,282,739

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.