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Monday, November 23, 2009

Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Saw II Horror R $87,025,093 13,576,458 $97,478,968
2 The Ring Two Horror PG-13 $75,888,270 11,839,044 $85,004,336
3 The Amityville Horror Horror R $64,858,000 10,118,253 $72,649,057
4 The Skeleton Key Horror PG-13 $47,806,295 7,458,080 $53,549,014
5 Boogeyman Horror PG-13 $46,363,118 7,232,936 $51,932,480
6 House of Wax Horror R $32,048,809 4,999,814 $35,898,665
7 The Fog Horror PG-13 $29,511,112 4,603,918 $33,056,131
8 Doom Horror R $28,031,250 4,373,050 $31,398,499
9 George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Horror R $20,433,940 3,187,822 $22,888,562
10 Cursed Horror PG-13 $19,294,901 3,010,125 $21,612,698
11 The Devil's Rejects Horror R $16,901,126 2,636,681 $18,931,370
12 The Cave Horror PG-13 $14,888,028 2,322,625 $16,676,448
13 Wolf Creek Horror R $13,159,405 2,052,949 $14,740,174
14 Darkness Horror PG-13 $5,533,265 863,224 $6,197,948
15 Alone in the Dark Horror R $5,132,655 800,726 $5,749,213
16 High Tension Horror R $3,645,438 568,711 $4,083,345
17 Venom Horror R $881,745 137,558 $987,666
18 Dominion: A Prequel to the Exorcist Horror R $236,901 36,958 $265,358
19 Hellbent Horror R $179,747 28,042 $201,342
20 Three... Extremes Horror R $75,829 11,830 $84,939
21 Pulse Horror R $49,046 7,651 $54,934
22 Malevolence Horror R $44,771 6,985 $50,152
23 A Tale of Two Sisters Horror R $36,352 5,671 $40,718
24 Undead Horror R $30,291 4,726 $33,933
25 Fabled Horror R $12,993 2,027 $14,554
26 Chaos Horror R $10,289 1,605 $11,524
27 Marebito Horror Not Rated $6,232 972 $6,979
28 The Roost Horror Not Rated $5,350 835 $5,995
29 The Dark Hours Horror R $423 66 $474
Total Gross of All Movies$512,090,674
Total Tickets Sold79,889,342
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$573,605,476

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.