Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Amityville Horror	Horror	R	$65,233,369	10,176,813	$70,016,473
2	Kingdom of Heaven	Adventure	R	$47,398,413	7,394,448	$50,873,802
3	The Legend of Zorro	Adventure	PG	$45,575,336	7,110,037	$48,917,055
4	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	PG-13	$35,047,365	5,467,608	$37,617,143
5	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$33,782,660	5,270,306	$36,259,705
6	The Constant Gardener	Drama	R	$33,579,798	5,238,658	$36,041,967
7	Rent	Musical	PG-13	$29,077,547	4,536,279	$31,209,600
8	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$28,163,907	4,393,745	$30,228,966
9	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$27,000,234	4,212,205	$28,979,970
10	Kung Fu Hustle	Action	R	$17,104,669	2,668,435	$18,358,833
11	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$13,874,751	2,164,548	$14,892,090
12	Capote	Drama	R	$11,923,513	1,860,142	$12,797,777
13	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Musical	PG-13	$10,628,097	1,658,049	$11,407,377
14	The Great Raid	Action	R	$10,166,502	1,586,038	$10,911,941
15	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$6,892,895	1,075,335	$7,398,305
16	Ladies in Lavender	Drama	PG-13	$6,759,422	1,054,512	$7,255,043
17	Flight of the Phoenix	Adventure	PG-13	$4,288,938	669,101	$4,603,415
18	Being Julia	Drama	R	$4,183,429	652,641	$4,490,170
19	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,662,325	571,346	$3,930,860
20	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$3,514,688	548,313	$3,772,393
21	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$3,452,654	538,636	$3,705,816
22	Oliver Twist	Drama	PG-13	$2,070,920	323,076	$2,222,763
23	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,246	299,102	$2,057,822
24	The Chorus	Drama	PG-13	$1,807,807	282,029	$1,940,360
25	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$1,631,163	254,472	$1,750,767
26	My Summer of Love	Drama	R	$1,000,915	156,149	$1,074,305
27	Casanova	Drama	R	$891,814	139,129	$957,208
28	Saint Ralph	Comedy	PG-13	$795,126	124,045	$853,430
29	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$422,094	65,849	$453,041
30	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$371,912	58,021	$399,184
31	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$179,577	28,015	$192,743
32	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$156,471	24,410	$167,941
33	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$49,365	7,701	$52,983
34	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$31,644	4,937	$33,967
35	The Libertine	Drama	R	$27,804	4,338	$29,845
36	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$6,622	1,033	$7,107
Total Gross of All Movies				$452,670,992
Total Tickets Sold					70,619,501
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$485,862,167

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.