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	$64,858,000	10,118,253	$79,833,016
2	Kingdom of Heaven	Adventure	R	$47,396,698	7,394,181	$58,340,088
3	The Legend of Zorro	Adventure	PG	$45,356,386	7,075,879	$55,828,685
4	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	PG-13	$35,047,365	5,467,608	$43,139,427
5	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$34,118,092	5,322,635	$41,995,590
6	The Constant Gardener	Drama	R	$33,565,375	5,236,408	$41,315,259
7	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$30,633,403	4,779,002	$37,706,326
8	Rent	Musical	PG-13	$29,077,547	4,536,279	$35,791,241
9	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$27,000,234	4,212,205	$33,234,297
10	Kung Fu Hustle	Action	R	$17,104,669	2,668,435	$21,053,952
11	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$15,102,697	2,356,115	$18,589,747
12	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Musical	PG-13	$11,723,457	1,828,932	$14,430,273
13	The Great Raid	Action	R	$10,166,502	1,586,038	$12,513,840
14	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$6,884,029	1,073,951	$8,473,473
15	Ladies in Lavender	Drama	PG-13	$6,759,422	1,054,512	$8,320,100
16	Flight of the Phoenix	Adventure	PG-13	$4,288,938	669,101	$5,279,207
17	Being Julia	Drama	R	$4,183,429	652,641	$5,149,337
18	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,649,465	569,339	$4,492,085
19	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$3,514,688	548,313	$4,326,190
20	La mala educaci�n	Drama	NC-17	$3,452,654	538,636	$4,249,838
21	Oliver Twist	Drama	PG-13	$1,987,287	310,029	$2,446,129
22	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$1,922,259	299,884	$2,366,085
23	Les Choristes	Drama	PG-13	$1,807,807	282,029	$2,225,209
24	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$1,631,163	254,472	$2,007,784
25	Casanova	Drama	R	$1,037,872	161,915	$1,277,509
26	My Summer of Love	Drama	R	$992,238	154,795	$1,221,333
27	Saint Ralph	Comedy	PG-13	$795,126	124,045	$978,715
28	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$502,924	78,459	$619,042
29	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$461,112	71,936	$567,575
30	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$397,228	61,970	$488,943
31	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$197,815	30,860	$243,485
32	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$177,715	27,725	$218,750
33	Tahara	Drama	Not Rated	$49,927	7,789	$61,455
34	Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$31,644	4,937	$38,953
35	The Libertine	Drama	R	$27,804	4,338	$34,227
36	Buongiorno, notte	Drama	Not Rated	$6,622	1,033	$8,150
Total Gross of All Movies				$445,909,593
Total Tickets Sold					69,564,679
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$548,865,317

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.