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	$91,742,439	14,312,393	$98,469,264
2	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,072,454	11,711,771	$80,576,984
3	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$76,278,312
4	Jarhead	Drama	R	$62,454,785	9,743,336	$67,034,152
5	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,911	9,617,771	$66,170,264
6	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,849,677	5,124,755	$35,258,314
7	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,577,034	3,678,164	$25,305,768
8	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$23,092,325	3,602,547	$24,785,523
9	North Country	Drama	R	$18,262,201	2,849,017	$19,601,237
10	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Drama	PG	$15,331,289	2,391,777	$16,455,426
11	Munich	Drama	R	$14,270,545	2,226,294	$15,316,903
12	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$12,156,570	1,896,501	$13,047,927
13	The Lords of Dogtown	Action	PG-13	$11,273,517	1,758,739	$12,100,124
14	Domino	Action	R	$10,169,202	1,586,459	$10,914,838
15	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,006,150	936,997	$6,446,539
16	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$5,905,359
17	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,136,777	801,369	$5,513,419
18	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$4,536,988
19	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$3,965,852
20	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$3,735,517
21	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,086,401
22	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,107,102
23	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,008,236
24	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$912,880
25	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$653,521	101,953	$701,437
26	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Drama	PG-13	$627,844	97,948	$673,882
27	Madison	Drama	PG	$517,262	80,696	$555,188
28	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$511,987	79,873	$549,526
29	Alexander	Adventure	R	$296,887	46,316	$318,654
30	Modigliani	Drama	R	$208,507	32,528	$223,793
31	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,249	26,404	$181,660
32	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$173,273
33	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$143,262
34	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$129,461
35	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$123,689
36	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$86,894
37	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$78,232
38	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,296	7,222	$49,687
39	Raging Bull	Drama		$45,250	7,059	$48,566
40	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$43,557
41	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,757	5,890	$40,523
42	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$37,042
43	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$13,179	2,056	$14,145
44	The President's Last Bang	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$9,724	1,517	$10,437
45	The Comedians of Comedy	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$354	55	$378
Total Gross of All Movies				$559,679,307
Total Tickets Sold					87,313,462
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$600,716,619

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.