Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 1995

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1995 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$104,355,781	23,989,835	$165,050,065
2	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	Action	R	$100,012,499	22,991,379	$158,180,688
3	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$93,211,105	21,427,840	$147,423,539
4	Crimson Tide	Action	R	$91,387,195	21,008,551	$144,538,831
5	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$87,046,142	20,010,607	$137,672,976
6	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$84,268,691	19,372,113	$133,280,137
7	While You Were Sleeping	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,057,016	18,633,797	$128,200,523
8	Congo	Adventure	PG-13	$81,022,333	18,625,824	$128,145,669
9	Nine Months	Comedy	PG-13	$69,660,733	16,013,962	$110,176,059
10	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$68,798,612	15,815,773	$108,812,518
11	Outbreak	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,823,573	15,591,626	$107,270,387
12	Bad Boys	Action	R	$65,647,413	15,091,359	$103,828,550
13	Dumb & Dumber	Comedy	PG-13	$60,706,035	13,955,410	$96,013,221
14	Babe	Adventure	G	$56,780,755	13,053,047	$89,804,963
15	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$56,461,210	12,979,589	$89,299,572
16	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$52,265,735	12,015,111	$82,663,964
17	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$51,055,287	11,736,848	$80,749,514
18	Something to Talk About	Comedy	R	$50,865,589	11,693,239	$80,449,484
19	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	Action	R	$50,024,083	11,499,789	$79,118,548
20	Pulp Fiction	Drama	R	$44,311,202	10,186,483	$70,083,003
21	Man of the House	Comedy	PG	$40,029,009	9,202,071	$63,310,248
22	Nobody's Fool	Drama	R	$39,085,048	8,985,069	$61,817,275
23	French Kiss	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,863,798	8,934,206	$61,467,337
24	Higher Learning	Drama	R	$38,023,585	8,741,054	$60,138,452
25	Just Cause	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,853,222	8,472,005	$58,287,394
26	Heat	Drama	R	$36,493,095	8,389,217	$57,717,813
27	To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	Comedy	PG-13	$36,466,570	8,383,120	$57,675,866
28	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$36,024,320	8,281,453	$56,976,397
29	Money Train	Action	R	$34,659,375	7,967,672	$54,817,583
30	Forget Paris	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,194,512	7,630,922	$52,500,743
31	Tommy Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$32,648,673	7,505,442	$51,637,441
32	Disclosure	Drama	R	$31,340,147	7,204,631	$49,567,861
33	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,310,128	7,197,731	$49,520,389
34	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$30,788,670	7,077,855	$48,695,642
35	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$30,748,841	7,068,699	$48,632,649
36	Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home	Drama	PG	$30,077,111	6,914,278	$47,570,233
37	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$29,876,995	6,868,275	$47,253,732
38	Assassins	Action	R	$29,454,844	6,771,229	$46,586,056
39	Major Payne	Comedy	PG-13	$29,412,050	6,761,391	$46,518,370
40	Friday	Comedy	R	$27,467,564	6,314,383	$43,442,955
41	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$26,402,222	6,069,476	$41,757,995
42	Houseguest	Comedy	PG	$26,325,256	6,051,783	$41,636,267
43	Desperado	Action	R	$25,532,388	5,869,514	$40,382,256
44	Billy Madison	Comedy	PG-13	$25,460,475	5,852,983	$40,268,523
45	Dolores Claiborne	Drama	R	$24,262,193	5,577,516	$38,373,310
46	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$24,045,877	5,527,788	$38,031,181
47	How to Make an American Quilt	Drama	PG-13	$23,600,020	5,425,292	$37,326,009
48	Boys on the Side	Drama	R	$23,418,200	5,383,494	$37,038,439
49	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$22,890,494	5,262,183	$36,203,819
50	Don Juan DeMarco	Drama	PG-13	$22,032,635	5,064,974	$34,847,021
51	Nell	Drama	PG-13	$21,046,826	4,838,351	$33,287,855
52	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$20,887,407	4,801,703	$33,035,717
53	Showgirls	Drama	NC-17	$20,254,932	4,656,306	$32,035,385
54	Heavy Weights	Comedy	PG	$17,671,310	4,062,370	$27,949,106
55	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$17,468,169	4,015,671	$27,627,816
56	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$17,244,975	3,964,362	$27,274,811
57	Jury Duty	Comedy	PG-13	$16,941,552	3,894,610	$26,794,917
58	Mad Love	Drama	PG-13	$15,446,532	3,550,927	$24,430,378
59	Muriel's Wedding	Comedy	R	$15,185,000	3,490,805	$24,016,738
60	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers	Horror	R	$15,126,948	3,477,459	$23,924,918
61	Kiss of Death	Drama	R	$14,942,422	3,435,040	$23,633,075
62	Ri¢hie Ri¢h	Comedy	PG	$14,737,371	3,387,901	$23,308,759
63	Sudden Death	Action	R	$13,467,140	3,095,894	$21,299,751
64	Clockers	Drama	R	$12,993,765	2,987,072	$20,551,055
65	Street Fighter	Action	PG-13	$12,132,320	2,789,039	$19,188,588
66	Roommates	Comedy	PG	$12,076,989	2,776,319	$19,101,075
67	Bye Bye Love	Comedy	PG-13	$12,073,560	2,775,531	$19,095,653
68	Tales from the Hood	Horror	R	$11,784,569	2,709,096	$18,638,580
69	Fair Game	Action	R	$11,184,039	2,571,043	$17,688,776
70	The Brothers McMullen	Drama	R	$10,426,506	2,396,898	$16,490,658
71	Jade	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,812,870	2,255,832	$15,520,124
72	The Baby-Sitters Club	Comedy	PG	$9,574,155	2,200,955	$15,142,570
73	Smoke	Drama	R	$8,353,284	1,920,295	$13,211,630
74	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,880,033	1,811,502	$12,463,134
75	Losing Isaiah	Drama	R	$7,564,608	1,738,990	$11,964,251
76	The Jerky Boys	Comedy	R	$7,555,256	1,736,840	$11,949,459
77	Hackers	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$7,487,370	1,721,234	$11,842,090
78	Kids	Drama	Not Rated	$7,412,216	1,703,958	$11,723,231
79	Bushwhacked	Comedy	PG-13	$7,377,107	1,695,887	$11,667,703
80	Never Talk to Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,849,998	1,574,712	$10,834,019
81	The Hunted	Action	R	$6,420,615	1,476,003	$10,154,901
82	Junior	Comedy	PG-13	$5,955,145	1,368,999	$9,418,713
83	The Tie That Binds	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,762,795	1,324,780	$9,114,486
84	Beyond Rangoon	Drama	R	$5,656,641	1,300,377	$8,946,594
85	Drop Zone	Action	R	$5,548,797	1,275,586	$8,776,032
86	Speechless	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,377,880	1,236,294	$8,505,703
87	Before Sunrise	Drama	R	$5,274,005	1,212,415	$8,341,415
88	Miami Rhapsody	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,086,578	1,169,328	$8,044,977
89	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$5,037,971	1,158,154	$7,968,100
90	Top Dog	Action	PG-13	$4,992,085	1,147,606	$7,895,529
91	Angus	Comedy	PG-13	$4,812,891	1,106,412	$7,612,115
92	National Lampoon's Senior Trip	Comedy	R	$4,686,937	1,077,457	$7,412,904
93	Ready to Wear	Comedy	R	$4,593,006	1,055,863	$7,264,337
94	Exotica	Drama	R	$4,381,544	1,007,251	$6,929,887
95	Priest	Drama	R	$4,165,845	957,666	$6,588,742
96	White Man's Burden	Drama	R	$3,622,433	832,743	$5,729,272
97	New Jersey Drive	Drama	R	$3,540,207	813,841	$5,599,226
98	Bad Company	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,523,909	810,094	$5,573,447
99	Jeffrey	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,487,000	801,609	$5,515,070
100	The Glass Shield	Drama	PG-13	$3,270,822	751,913	$5,173,161
101	The Last Seduction	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,241,068	745,073	$5,126,102
102	Steal Big, Steal Little	Comedy	PG-13	$3,150,170	724,177	$4,982,338
103	Red	Drama	R	$2,964,147	681,413	$4,688,121
104	Death and the Maiden	Drama	R	$2,838,112	652,440	$4,488,787
105	Shallow Grave	Black Comedy	R	$2,834,250	651,552	$4,482,678
106	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$2,702,762	621,325	$4,274,716
107	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$2,521,975	579,764	$3,988,776
108	The Cure	Drama	PG-13	$2,513,250	577,759	$3,974,982
109	Moonlight and Valentino	Drama	R	$2,459,766	565,463	$3,890,385
110	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Drama	R	$2,210,408	508,140	$3,496,003
111	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Action	R	$2,201,189	506,020	$3,481,418
112	Once Were Warriors	Drama	R	$2,201,126	506,006	$3,481,321
113	Mallrats	Comedy	R	$2,108,367	484,682	$3,334,612
114	Strawberry and Chocolate	Comedy	R	$1,918,424	441,017	$3,034,197
115	Safe Passage	Drama	PG-13	$1,607,000	369,425	$2,541,644
116	The River Wild	Action	PG-13	$1,445,705	332,346	$2,286,540
117	Blue in the Face	Drama	R	$1,275,000	293,103	$2,016,549
118	The Professional	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,231,340	283,067	$1,947,501
119	The Specialist	Action	R	$1,222,998	281,149	$1,934,305
120	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,209,198	277,977	$1,912,482
121	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Comedy	R	$1,173,149	269,689	$1,855,460
122	Mute Witness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,125,910	258,830	$1,780,750
123	Living in Oblivion	Comedy	R	$1,111,790	255,584	$1,758,418
124	Little Odessa	Drama	R	$1,095,885	251,928	$1,733,265
125	Vanya on 42nd Street	Drama	PG	$974,679	224,064	$1,541,560
126	Separate Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$961,147	220,953	$1,520,157
127	Stuart Saves His Family	Comedy	PG-13	$911,310	209,497	$1,441,339
128	The Crossing Guard	Drama	R	$847,704	194,874	$1,340,733
129	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Comedy	R	$781,085	179,560	$1,235,373
130	The Sum of Us	Drama	R	$766,000	176,092	$1,211,513
131	Amateur	Drama	R	$757,088	174,043	$1,197,416
132	Mixed Nuts	Comedy	PG-13	$727,577	167,259	$1,150,742
133	Kicking and Screaming	Drama	R	$704,543	161,964	$1,114,312
134	Clerks	Comedy	R	$702,485	161,491	$1,111,058
135	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$621,073	142,775	$982,292
136	Double Happiness	Comedy	PG-13	$560,491	128,849	$886,481
137	Love & Human Remains	Comedy	R	$542,985	124,824	$858,789
138	Underneath	Drama	R	$536,023	123,224	$847,781
139	Funny Bones	Comedy	R	$529,135	121,640	$836,883
140	Party Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$472,370	108,591	$747,106
141	The Run of the Country	Drama	R	$470,768	108,223	$744,574
142	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$468,240	107,641	$740,570
143	Before the Rain	Drama		$431,105	99,105	$681,842
144	Bar Girls	Romantic Comedy	R	$397,566	91,394	$628,791
145	Search and Destroy	Drama	R	$389,731	89,593	$616,400
146	Gospa	Drama	PG	$381,000	87,586	$602,592
147	Swimming with Sharks	Comedy	R	$376,928	86,650	$596,152
148	Empire Records	Comedy	PG-13	$303,841	69,849	$480,561
149	Clear and Present Danger	Action	PG-13	$254,437	58,491	$402,418
150	Jason's Lyric	Drama	R	$242,072	55,649	$382,865
151	Lie Down with Dogs	Comedy	R	$240,280	55,237	$380,031
152	Georgia	Drama	R	$215,009	49,427	$340,058
153	Milk Money	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$205,435	47,226	$324,915
154	Miracle on 34th Street	Drama	PG	$178,784	41,100	$282,768
155	Canadian Bacon	Comedy		$178,104	40,943	$281,688
156	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$144,961	33,324	$229,269
157	Dead Tired	Drama		$142,852	32,840	$225,939
158	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$138,528	31,846	$219,100
159	Roosters	Drama	R	$113,354	26,058	$179,279
160	World and Time Enough	Drama		$60,301	13,862	$95,371
161	Erotique	Drama	R	$57,595	13,240	$91,091
162	The Convent	Drama	R	$52,609	12,094	$83,207
163	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$44,108	10,140	$69,763
164	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$14,466	3,326	$22,883
165	Coldblooded	Comedy	R	$8,423	1,936	$13,320
166	Augustin	Comedy		$5,490	1,262	$8,683
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,876,979,312
Total Tickets Sold					661,374,552
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,550,256,918

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1995. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1995. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1994 will most likely earn money in 1994 and 1995. 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.