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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Box Office Performance for Fantasy Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Adventure PG-13 $275,132,632 42,922,407 $295,306,160
2 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Adventure PG $217,677,877 33,959,107 $233,638,656
3 King Kong Adventure PG-13 $168,505,310 26,287,880 $180,860,614
4 Sin City Action R $74,098,862 11,559,885 $79,532,009
5 Bewitched Comedy PG-13 $63,313,159 9,877,248 $67,955,466
6 The Corpse Bride Adventure PG $53,359,111 8,324,354 $57,271,556
7 The Brothers Grimm Adventure PG-13 $37,899,638 5,912,580 $40,678,550
8 Zathura Adventure PG $28,045,540 4,375,279 $30,101,920
9 Dark Water Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $25,473,093 3,973,961 $27,340,852
10 Cursed Horror PG-13 $19,294,901 3,010,125 $20,709,660
11 The Jacket Thriller/Suspense R $6,301,131 983,016 $6,763,150
12 Alone in the Dark Horror R $5,178,569 807,889 $5,558,276
13 Blade: Trinity Action R $4,317,450 673,549 $4,634,017
14 Haunted Castle Adventure PG $2,205,203 344,025 $2,366,892
15 Paheli (Puzzle) Drama Not Rated $1,409,499 219,891 $1,512,850
16 MirrorMask Drama PG $864,959 134,939 $928,380
17 Tropical Malady Drama Not Rated $46,750 7,293 $50,176
18 Santa vs. The Snowman Adventure Not Rated $38,124 5,948 $40,922
19 Chaos Horror R $10,289 1,605 $11,042
Total Gross of All Movies$983,172,097
Total Tickets Sold153,380,981
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,055,261,149

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.