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	$103,540,145
2	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,072,454	11,711,771	$84,090,516
3	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$79,604,402
4	Jarhead	Drama	R	$62,479,010	9,747,115	$69,984,286
5	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,308	9,617,677	$69,054,921
6	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,701,088	5,101,574	$36,629,301
7	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,684,743	3,694,968	$26,529,870
8	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$23,092,325	3,602,547	$25,866,287
9	North Country	Drama	R	$18,274,861	2,850,992	$20,470,123
10	Munich	Drama	R	$15,949,005	2,488,144	$17,864,874
11	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Drama	PG	$15,331,289	2,391,777	$17,172,959
12	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$13,159,405	2,052,949	$14,740,174
13	Capote	Drama	R	$12,032,633	1,877,166	$13,478,052
14	The Lords of Dogtown	Action	PG-13	$11,008,432	1,717,384	$12,330,817
15	Domino	Action	R	$10,137,232	1,581,471	$11,354,962
16	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,034,219	941,376	$6,759,080
17	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$6,162,860
18	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,226,413	815,353	$5,854,235
19	The World's Fastest Indian	Drama	PG-13	$5,128,124	800,019	$5,744,136
20	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$4,734,822
21	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$4,138,782
22	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$3,898,403
23	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,177,378
24	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,155,377
25	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,052,200
26	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$952,685
27	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$642,504	100,235	$719,687
28	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Drama	PG-13	$626,310	97,708	$701,543
29	Madison	Drama	PG	$508,867	79,386	$569,991
30	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$502,924	78,459	$563,336
31	Alexander	Adventure	R	$293,467	45,783	$328,722
32	Modigliani	Drama	R	$204,297	31,872	$228,841
33	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,049	26,373	$189,358
34	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$180,828
35	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$149,509
36	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$135,106
37	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$129,082
38	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$90,683
39	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$81,644
40	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,008	7,178	$51,538
41	Raging Bull	Drama	Not Rated	$45,250	7,059	$50,684
42	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$45,457
43	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,104	5,788	$41,558
44	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$38,657
45	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$13,179	2,056	$14,762
46	The President's Last Bang	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$5,932	925	$6,642
47	The Comedians of Comedy	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$354	55	$395
Total Gross of All Movies				$579,988,658
Total Tickets Sold					90,481,848
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$649,659,669

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.