Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Classics Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Kung Fu Hustle	Action	R	$17,104,669	2,668,435	$21,053,952
2	Capote	Drama	R	$12,032,633	1,877,166	$14,810,840
3	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$6,884,029	1,073,951	$8,473,473
4	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$3,649,465	569,339	$4,492,085
5	La mala educación	Drama	NC-17	$3,452,654	538,636	$4,249,838
6	Junebug	Drama	R	$2,678,010	417,786	$3,296,332
7	Layer Cake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,338,695	364,851	$2,878,674
8	Comme une image	Drama	PG-13	$1,736,499	270,905	$2,137,440
9	2046	Drama	R	$1,442,337	225,014	$1,775,360
10	Thumbsucker	Comedy	R	$1,325,073	206,720	$1,631,021
11	Saving Face	Comedy	R	$1,186,323	185,074	$1,460,234
12	Heights	Drama	R	$1,158,405	180,718	$1,425,865
13	Saraband	Drama	R	$645,634	100,723	$794,704
14	The Beautiful Country	Drama	R	$442,646	69,056	$544,852
15	Breakfast on Pluto	Drama	R	$397,228	61,970	$488,943
16	Yes	Drama	R	$396,035	61,784	$487,476
17	De Zaak Alzheimer	Action	R	$332,015	51,796	$408,670
18	Up & Down	Comedy	R	$244,105	38,082	$300,467
19	Bin-jip	Drama	R	$238,507	37,209	$293,579
20	Caché	Drama	R	$230,572	35,971	$283,811
21	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$223,828	34,919	$275,511
22	The White Countess	Drama	PG-13	$197,815	30,860	$243,485
23	November	Drama	R	$191,862	29,932	$236,163
24	In My Country	Drama	R	$163,536	25,513	$201,298
25	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$65,207	10,173	$80,265
26	Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada	Drama	R	$31,644	4,937	$38,953
Total Gross of All Movies				$58,789,426
Total Tickets Sold					9,171,520
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$72,363,293

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.