Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	Adventure	PG-13	$380,262,555	59,323,332	$468,061,089
2	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Comedy	PG	$51,019,112	7,959,300	$62,798,877
3	The Island	Action	PG-13	$35,799,026	5,584,871	$44,064,632
4	Stealth	Action	PG-13	$31,704,416	4,946,087	$39,024,626
5	Doom	Horror	R	$28,031,250	4,373,050	$34,503,365
6	Serenity	Action	PG-13	$25,335,935	3,952,564	$31,185,730
7	Aeon Flux	Action	PG-13	$25,014,475	3,902,414	$30,790,046
8	George A. Romero's Land of the Dead	Horror	R	$20,433,940	3,187,822	$25,151,916
9	The Cave	Horror	PG-13	$14,888,028	2,322,625	$18,325,511
10	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,698,007	420,906	$3,320,948
11	A Sound of Thunder	Action	PG-13	$1,891,821	295,136	$2,328,623
12	2046	Drama	R	$1,442,337	225,014	$1,775,360
13	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$265,765	41,461	$327,127
14	CSA: The Confederate States of America	Comedy	PG-13	$14,661	2,287	$18,044
15	Jigureul Jikyeora! (Save the Green Planet!)		Not Rated	$14,624	2,281	$17,997
16	Happy Here and Now	Drama	R	$2,443	381	$3,006
17	Frog-g-g!		Not Rated	$1,262	197	$1,554
Total Gross of All Movies				$618,819,657
Total Tickets Sold					96,539,728
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$761,698,454

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.