Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Saw II	Horror	R	$87,025,093	13,576,458	$107,118,254
2	The Ring Two	Horror	PG-13	$75,888,270	11,839,044	$93,410,057
3	The Amityville Horror	Horror	R	$64,858,000	10,118,253	$79,833,016
4	The Skeleton Key	Horror	PG-13	$47,806,295	7,458,080	$58,844,251
5	Boogeyman	Horror	PG-13	$46,363,118	7,232,936	$57,067,865
6	House of Wax	Horror	R	$32,048,809	4,999,814	$39,448,532
7	The Fog	Horror	PG-13	$29,511,112	4,603,918	$36,324,913
8	Doom	Horror	R	$28,031,250	4,373,050	$34,503,365
9	George A. Romero's Land of the Dead	Horror	R	$20,433,940	3,187,822	$25,151,916
10	Cursed	Horror	PG-13	$19,294,901	3,010,125	$23,749,886
11	The Devil's Rejects	Horror	R	$16,901,126	2,636,681	$20,803,413
12	The Cave	Horror	PG-13	$14,888,028	2,322,625	$18,325,511
13	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$13,159,405	2,052,949	$16,197,768
14	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$5,533,265	863,224	$6,810,837
15	Alone in the Dark	Horror	R	$5,132,655	800,726	$6,317,728
16	High Tension	Horror	R	$3,645,438	568,711	$4,487,130
17	Venom	Horror	R	$881,745	137,558	$1,085,333
18	Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist	Horror	R	$236,901	36,958	$291,599
19	Hellbent	Horror	R	$179,747	28,042	$221,251
20	Three... Extremes	Horror	R	$75,829	11,830	$93,339
21	Kairo	Horror	R	$49,046	7,651	$60,366
22	Malevolence	Horror	R	$44,771	6,985	$55,112
23	A Tale of Two Sisters	Horror	R	$36,352	5,671	$44,744
24	Undead	Horror	R	$30,291	4,726	$37,288
25	Fabled	Horror	R	$12,993	2,027	$15,993
26	Chaos	Horror	R	$10,289	1,605	$12,663
27	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$6,232	972	$7,669
28	The Roost	Horror	Not Rated	$5,350	835	$6,588
29	The Dark Hours	Horror	R	$423	66	$521
Total Gross of All Movies				$512,090,674
Total Tickets Sold					79,889,342
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$630,326,908

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.