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Friday, July 25, 2008

Box Office Performance for Super Hero Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Batman Begins Action PG-13 $205,343,774 32,034,910 $220,400,181
2 Fantastic Four Action PG-13 $154,695,569 24,133,474 $166,038,301
3 Sky High Adventure PG $63,939,454 9,974,954 $68,627,684
4 Elektra Action PG-13 $24,409,722 3,808,069 $26,199,515
5 The Incredibles Adventure PG $9,780,574 1,525,831 $10,497,717
6 Blade: Trinity Action R $4,317,450 673,549 $4,634,017
Total Gross of All Movies$462,486,543
Total Tickets Sold72,150,787
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$496,397,415

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.