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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Saw II Horror R $87,025,093 13,576,458 $93,406,031
2 The Ring Two Horror PG-13 $75,941,727 11,847,383 $81,509,995
3 The Amityville Horror Horror R $65,233,369 10,176,813 $70,016,473
4 The Skeleton Key Horror PG-13 $47,907,715 7,473,902 $51,420,446
5 Boogeyman Horror PG-13 $46,752,382 7,293,663 $50,180,401
6 House of Wax Horror R $32,064,800 5,002,309 $34,415,886
7 The Fog Horror PG-13 $29,511,112 4,603,918 $31,674,956
8 Doom Horror R $28,212,337 4,401,301 $30,280,951
9 George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Horror R $20,700,082 3,229,342 $22,217,873
10 Cursed Horror PG-13 $19,294,901 3,010,125 $20,709,660
11 The Devil's Rejects Horror R $17,044,981 2,659,123 $18,294,766
12 The Cave Horror PG-13 $15,007,991 2,341,340 $16,108,419
13 Wolf Creek Horror R $12,156,570 1,896,501 $13,047,927
14 Darkness Horror PG-13 $5,536,622 863,748 $5,942,586
15 Alone in the Dark Horror R $5,178,569 807,889 $5,558,276
16 High Tension Horror R $3,681,066 574,269 $3,950,971
17 Venom Horror R $881,745 137,558 $946,399
18 Dominion: A Prequel to the Exorcist Horror R $251,495 39,235 $269,937
19 Hellbent Horror R $179,747 28,042 $192,929
20 Three... Extremes Horror R $77,532 12,095 $83,214
21 Pulse Horror R $49,046 7,651 $52,639
22 Malevolence Horror R $44,771 6,985 $48,057
23 Undead Horror R $41,196 6,427 $44,218
24 A Tale of Two Sisters Horror R $36,352 5,671 $39,016
25 Fabled Horror R $13,201 2,059 $14,166
26 Chaos Horror R $10,289 1,605 $11,042
27 Marebito Horror Not Rated $6,232 972 $6,687
28 The Roost Horror Not Rated $5,642 880 $6,054
29 The Dark Hours Horror R $423 66 $454
Total Gross of All Movies$512,846,988
Total Tickets Sold80,007,330
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$550,450,430

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.