Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1995

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1995 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Toy Story	Adventure	G	$150,004,917	34,483,889	$237,249,156
2	Crimson Tide	Action	R	$91,387,195	21,008,551	$144,538,831
3	Waterworld	Action	PG-13	$88,246,220	20,286,487	$139,571,031
4	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$87,046,142	20,010,607	$137,672,976
5	While You Were Sleeping	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,057,016	18,633,797	$128,200,523
6	Outbreak	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,823,573	15,591,626	$107,270,387
7	Bad Boys	Action	R	$65,647,413	15,091,359	$103,828,550
8	Dumb & Dumber	Comedy	PG-13	$60,706,035	13,955,410	$96,013,221
9	Species	Action	R	$60,054,449	13,805,620	$94,982,666
10	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$51,055,287	11,736,848	$80,749,514
11	Something to Talk About	Comedy	R	$50,865,589	11,693,239	$80,449,484
12	The Net	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$50,621,733	11,637,180	$80,063,798
13	Pulp Fiction	Drama	R	$44,311,202	10,186,483	$70,083,003
14	Man of the House	Comedy	PG	$40,029,009	9,202,071	$63,310,248
15	French Kiss	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,863,798	8,934,206	$61,467,337
16	Higher Learning	Drama	R	$38,023,585	8,741,054	$60,138,452
17	Just Cause	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,853,222	8,472,005	$58,287,394
18	Heat	Drama	R	$36,493,095	8,389,217	$57,717,813
19	To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	Comedy	PG-13	$36,466,570	8,383,120	$57,675,866
20	Money Train	Action	R	$34,659,375	7,967,672	$54,817,583
21	Forget Paris	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,194,512	7,630,922	$52,500,743
22	Tommy Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$32,648,673	7,505,442	$51,637,441
23	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,310,128	7,197,731	$49,520,389
24	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$29,876,995	6,868,275	$47,253,732
25	Assassins	Action	R	$29,454,844	6,771,229	$46,586,056
26	Major Payne	Comedy	PG-13	$29,412,050	6,761,391	$46,518,370
27	The Lion King	Adventure	G	$28,186,600	6,479,678	$44,580,185
28	Friday	Comedy	R	$27,467,564	6,314,383	$43,442,955
29	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$26,402,222	6,069,476	$41,757,995
30	Houseguest	Comedy	PG	$26,325,256	6,051,783	$41,636,267
31	Billy Madison	Comedy	PG-13	$25,460,475	5,852,983	$40,268,523
32	Operation Dumbo Drop	Adventure	PG	$24,670,346	5,671,344	$39,018,847
33	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$24,045,877	5,527,788	$38,031,181
34	Virtuosity	Action	R	$23,998,226	5,516,834	$37,955,818
35	Boys on the Side	Drama	R	$23,418,200	5,383,494	$37,038,439
36	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$22,890,494	5,262,183	$36,203,819
37	Don Juan DeMarco	Drama	PG-13	$22,032,635	5,064,974	$34,847,021
38	Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight	Horror	R	$21,089,146	4,848,080	$33,354,790
39	Showgirls	Drama	NC-17	$20,254,932	4,656,306	$32,035,385
40	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$19,034,124	4,375,661	$30,104,548
41	The Quick and the Dead	Western	R	$18,552,460	4,264,933	$29,342,739
42	The Big Green	Comedy	PG	$17,736,619	4,077,384	$28,052,402
43	Heavy Weights	Comedy	PG	$17,671,310	4,062,370	$27,949,106
44	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$17,468,169	4,015,671	$27,627,816
45	Murder in the First	Drama	R	$17,300,238	3,977,066	$27,362,214
46	Jury Duty	Comedy	PG-13	$16,941,552	3,894,610	$26,794,917
47	The Prophecy	Horror	R	$16,091,660	3,699,232	$25,450,716
48	Mad Love	Drama	PG-13	$15,446,532	3,550,927	$24,430,378
49	Muriel's Wedding	Comedy	R	$15,185,000	3,490,805	$24,016,738
50	Ri¢hie Ri¢h	Comedy	PG	$14,737,371	3,387,901	$23,308,759
51	Sudden Death	Action	R	$13,467,140	3,095,894	$21,299,751
52	A Kid in King Arthur's Court	Adventure	PG	$13,406,717	3,082,004	$21,204,188
53	Lord of Illusions	Horror	R	$13,249,614	3,045,888	$20,955,709
54	I.Q.	Romantic Comedy	PG	$13,225,658	3,040,381	$20,917,821
55	Bye Bye Love	Comedy	PG-13	$12,073,560	2,775,531	$19,095,653
56	Tales from the Hood	Horror	R	$11,784,569	2,709,096	$18,638,580
57	Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog	Adventure	PG	$11,380,788	2,616,273	$17,999,958
58	My Family	Drama	R	$11,079,373	2,546,982	$17,523,236
59	The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain	Comedy	PG	$10,904,930	2,506,880	$17,247,334
60	The Brothers McMullen	Drama	R	$10,426,506	2,396,898	$16,490,658
61	Jade	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,812,870	2,255,832	$15,520,124
62	The Postman	Drama	PG	$9,026,521	2,075,062	$14,276,427
63	In the Mouth of Madness	Horror	R	$8,924,549	2,051,620	$14,115,146
64	Smoke	Drama	R	$8,353,284	1,920,295	$13,211,630
65	Tall Tale	Adventure	PG	$8,247,627	1,896,006	$13,044,521
66	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$8,244,193	1,895,217	$13,039,093
67	Strange Days	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,918,562	1,820,359	$12,524,070
68	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,880,033	1,811,502	$12,463,134
69	The Amazing Panda Adventure	Adventure	PG	$7,590,169	1,744,866	$12,004,678
70	The Jerky Boys	Comedy	R	$7,555,256	1,736,840	$11,949,459
71	Hackers	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$7,487,370	1,721,234	$11,842,090
72	Kids	Drama	Not Rated	$7,412,216	1,703,958	$11,723,231
73	Bushwhacked	Comedy	PG-13	$7,377,107	1,695,887	$11,667,703
74	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$7,215,860	1,658,818	$11,412,668
75	Three Wishes	Drama	PG	$7,025,496	1,615,057	$11,111,592
76	Last of the Dogmen	Western	PG	$7,008,542	1,611,159	$11,084,774
77	The Santa Clause	Comedy	PG	$7,007,259	1,610,864	$11,082,744
78	Never Talk to Strangers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,849,998	1,574,712	$10,834,019
79	Balto	Adventure	G	$6,627,045	1,523,459	$10,481,398
80	The Hunted	Action	R	$6,420,615	1,476,003	$10,154,901
81	The Walking Dead	Drama	R	$6,014,340	1,382,607	$9,512,336
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	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Adventure	PG	$5,691,405	1,308,369	$9,001,579
85	Beyond Rangoon	Drama	R	$5,656,641	1,300,377	$8,946,594
86	Drop Zone	Action	R	$5,548,797	1,275,586	$8,776,032
87	Speechless	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,377,880	1,236,294	$8,505,703
88	Before Sunrise	Drama	R	$5,274,005	1,212,415	$8,341,415
89	Miami Rhapsody	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,086,578	1,169,328	$8,044,977
90	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$5,037,971	1,158,154	$7,968,100
91	Top Dog	Action	PG-13	$4,992,085	1,147,606	$7,895,529
92	Bullets Over Broadway	Comedy	R	$4,778,133	1,098,421	$7,557,136
93	National Lampoon's Senior Trip	Comedy	R	$4,686,937	1,077,457	$7,412,904
94	Ready to Wear	Comedy	R	$4,593,006	1,055,863	$7,264,337
95	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$4,570,769	1,050,751	$7,229,167
96	Exotica	Drama	R	$4,381,544	1,007,251	$6,929,887
97	Priest	Drama	R	$4,165,845	957,666	$6,588,742
98	Gordy	Comedy	G	$3,941,146	906,011	$6,233,356
99	The Pebble and the Penguin	Adventure	G	$3,939,728	905,685	$6,231,113
100	Born to be Wild	Adventure	PG	$3,730,409	857,565	$5,900,047
101	White Man's Burden	Drama	R	$3,622,433	832,743	$5,729,272
102	New Jersey Drive	Drama	R	$3,540,207	813,841	$5,599,226
103	Bad Company	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,523,909	810,094	$5,573,447
104	The Glass Shield	Drama	PG-13	$3,270,822	751,913	$5,173,161
105	The Last Seduction	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,241,068	745,073	$5,126,102
106	Steal Big, Steal Little	Comedy	PG-13	$3,150,170	724,177	$4,982,338
107	Red	Drama	R	$2,964,147	681,413	$4,688,121
108	Stargate	Action	PG-13	$2,921,417	671,590	$4,620,539
109	Shallow Grave	Black Comedy	R	$2,834,250	651,552	$4,482,678
110	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Comedy	PG-13	$2,739,002	629,656	$4,332,033
111	Magic in the Water	Adventure	PG	$2,535,916	582,969	$4,010,827
112	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$2,521,975	579,764	$3,988,776
113	Blue Sky	Drama	PG-13	$2,517,923	578,833	$3,982,371
114	The Cure	Drama	PG-13	$2,513,250	577,759	$3,974,982
115	Burnt by the Sun	Drama	R	$2,302,338	529,273	$3,641,398
116	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Drama	R	$2,210,408	508,140	$3,496,003
117	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Action	R	$2,201,189	506,020	$3,481,418
118	Mallrats	Comedy	R	$2,108,367	484,682	$3,334,612
119	Strawberry and Chocolate	Comedy	R	$1,918,424	441,017	$3,034,197
120	The River Wild	Action	PG-13	$1,445,705	332,346	$2,286,540
121	Picture Bride	Drama	PG-13	$1,238,905	284,806	$1,959,465
122	The Professional	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,231,340	283,067	$1,947,501
123	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,209,198	277,977	$1,912,482
124	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Comedy	R	$1,173,149	269,689	$1,855,460
125	Mute Witness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,125,910	258,830	$1,780,750
126	Living in Oblivion	Comedy	R	$1,111,790	255,584	$1,758,418
127	Little Odessa	Drama	R	$1,095,885	251,928	$1,733,265
128	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Drama	R	$1,006,724	231,431	$1,592,245
129	Separate Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$961,147	220,953	$1,520,157
130	The Crossing Guard	Drama	R	$847,704	194,874	$1,340,733
131	The Swan Princess	Romantic Comedy	G	$795,554	182,886	$1,258,256
132	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Comedy	R	$781,085	179,560	$1,235,373
133	Wild Reeds	Drama	Not Rated	$759,196	174,528	$1,200,753
134	Amateur	Drama	R	$757,088	174,043	$1,197,416
135	Mixed Nuts	Comedy	PG-13	$727,577	167,259	$1,150,742
136	Kicking and Screaming	Drama	R	$704,543	161,964	$1,114,312
137	Clerks	Comedy	R	$702,485	161,491	$1,111,058
138	The Princess and the Cobbler	Adventure	G	$669,276	153,857	$1,058,536
139	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$621,073	142,775	$982,292
140	The Pagemaster	Adventure	G	$566,112	130,141	$895,370
141	Double Happiness	Comedy	PG-13	$560,491	128,849	$886,481
142	Funny Bones	Comedy	R	$529,135	121,640	$836,883
143	Party Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$472,370	108,591	$747,106
144	A Pyromaniac's Love Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$468,240	107,641	$740,570
145	Safe	Drama	R	$465,498	107,011	$736,236
146	Nadja	Horror	R	$446,934	102,743	$706,872
147	Before the Rain	Drama		$431,105	99,105	$681,842
148	A Man of No Importance	Drama	R	$427,308	98,232	$675,836
149	Gospa	Drama	PG	$381,000	87,586	$602,592
150	Swimming with Sharks	Comedy	R	$376,928	86,650	$596,152
151	Empire Records	Comedy	PG-13	$303,841	69,849	$480,561
152	The Addiction	Horror		$303,300	69,724	$479,701
153	The City of Lost Children	Adventure	R	$279,590	64,274	$442,205
154	Jason's Lyric	Drama	R	$242,072	55,649	$382,865
155	Lie Down with Dogs	Comedy	R	$240,280	55,237	$380,031
156	Georgia	Drama	R	$215,009	49,427	$340,058
157	Milk Money	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$205,435	47,226	$324,915
158	Canadian Bacon	Comedy		$178,104	40,943	$281,688
159	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$144,961	33,324	$229,269
160	Dead Tired	Drama		$142,852	32,840	$225,939
161	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$138,528	31,846	$219,100
162	Arizona Dream	Drama	R	$106,000	24,368	$167,652
163	The Stars Fell on Henrietta	Drama	PG	$99,318	22,832	$157,084
164	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$93,987	21,606	$148,649
165	World and Time Enough	Drama		$60,301	13,862	$95,371
166	Erotique	Drama	R	$57,595	13,240	$91,091
167	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$44,108	10,140	$69,763
168	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$14,466	3,326	$22,883
169	Coldblooded	Comedy	R	$8,423	1,936	$13,320
170	Augustin	Comedy		$5,490	1,262	$8,683
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,352,299,551
Total Tickets Sold					540,758,516
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,720,418,590

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.