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	$72,649,057
2	Kingdom of Heaven	Adventure	R	$47,396,698	7,394,181	$53,090,220
3	The Legend of Zorro	Adventure	PG	$45,356,386	7,075,879	$50,804,811
4	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	PG-13	$35,047,365	5,467,608	$39,257,425
5	Pride and Prejudice	Drama	PG	$34,118,092	5,322,635	$38,216,519
6	The Constant Gardener	Drama	R	$33,565,375	5,236,408	$37,597,409
7	Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	PG-13	$30,633,403	4,779,002	$34,313,234
8	Rent	Musical	PG-13	$29,077,547	4,536,279	$32,570,483
9	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$27,000,234	4,212,205	$30,243,632
10	Kung Fu Hustle	Action	R	$17,104,669	2,668,435	$19,159,363
11	Brokeback Mountain	Drama	R	$15,102,697	2,356,115	$16,916,906
12	The Producers: The Movie Musical	Musical	PG-13	$11,723,457	1,828,932	$13,131,732
13	The Great Raid	Action	R	$10,166,502	1,586,038	$11,387,753
14	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$6,884,029	1,073,951	$7,710,968
15	Ladies in Lavender	Drama	PG-13	$6,759,422	1,054,512	$7,571,396
16	Flight of the Phoenix	Adventure	PG-13	$4,288,938	669,101	$4,804,145
17	Being Julia	Drama	R	$4,183,429	652,641	$4,685,962
18	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,649,465	569,339	$4,087,854
19	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$3,514,688	548,313	$3,936,887
20	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$3,452,654	538,636	$3,867,406
21	Oliver Twist	Drama	PG-13	$1,987,287	310,029	$2,226,008
22	The Work and the Glory: American Zion	Drama	PG-13	$1,922,259	299,884	$2,153,167
23	The Chorus	Drama	PG-13	$1,807,807	282,029	$2,024,968
24	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$1,631,163	254,472	$1,827,109
25	Casanova	Drama	R	$1,037,872	161,915	$1,162,550
26	My Summer of Love	Drama	R	$992,238	154,795	$1,111,428
27	Saint Ralph	Comedy	PG-13	$795,126	124,045	$890,643
28	Mrs. Henderson Presents	Comedy	R	$461,112	71,936	$516,500
29	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$397,228	61,970	$444,945
30	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$197,815	30,860	$221,575
31	The New World	Adventure	PG-13	$177,715	27,725	$199,066
32	God's Sandbox	Drama	Not Rated	$49,927	7,789	$55,925
33	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$31,644	4,937	$35,448
34	The Libertine	Drama	R	$27,804	4,338	$31,147
35	Good Morning, Night	Drama	Not Rated	$6,622	1,033	$7,417
Total Gross of All Movies				$445,406,669
Total Tickets Sold					69,486,220
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$498,911,060

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.