Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$370,270,943	59,529,091	$409,560,146
2	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Adventure	PG	$249,538,952	40,118,803	$276,017,365
3	The Bourne Supremacy	Action	PG-13	$176,087,450	28,309,879	$194,771,968
4	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$155,112,441	24,937,691	$171,571,314
5	I, Robot	Action	PG-13	$144,801,023	23,279,907	$160,165,760
6	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,430,639	$147,442,796
7	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Comedy	PG	$94,616,745	15,211,695	$104,656,462
8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$86,616,364	13,925,460	$95,807,165
9	Mean Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$86,047,227	13,833,959	$95,177,638
10	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,022,795	$89,596,830
11	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$73,077,009	11,748,715	$80,831,159
12	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,255,921	9,848,219	$67,755,747
13	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$58,107,982	9,342,119	$64,273,779
14	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$57,978,659	9,321,328	$64,130,737
15	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,343,311	$57,401,980
16	Secret Window	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$47,958,031	7,710,294	$53,046,823
17	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,411,245	$44,109,366
18	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,761,223	$39,637,214
19	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Comedy	R	$34,366,518	5,525,164	$38,013,128
20	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,682,342	5,254,396	$36,150,244
21	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Comedy	PG	$29,331,068	4,715,606	$32,443,369
22	Ella Enchanted	Comedy	PG	$22,913,677	3,683,871	$25,345,032
23	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,601,962	$24,781,499
24	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,592,259	$17,834,742
25	Paycheck	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,144,861	2,434,865	$16,751,871
26	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$14,238,615	2,289,166	$15,749,462
27	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$10,920,242	1,755,666	$12,078,982
28	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,731,370	$11,911,826
29	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,225,373	$8,430,566
30	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,106,066	$7,609,734
31	The Big Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$6,471,394	1,040,417	$7,158,069
32	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	907,488	$6,243,517
33	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$4,264,441	685,601	$4,716,935
34	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	616,648	$4,242,538
35	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	571,643	$3,932,904
36	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,000,000	482,315	$3,318,327
37	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Adventure	G	$2,922,354	469,832	$3,232,444
38	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,078	$3,124,057
39	City of God	Drama	R	$2,770,844	445,473	$3,064,854
40	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	426,548	$2,934,650
41	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	327,580	$2,253,750
42	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$1,634,788	262,828	$1,808,257
43	I'm not Scared	Drama	R	$1,615,118	259,665	$1,786,495
44	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,092	$1,307,833
45	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,503	$1,283,141
46	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,032	$1,169,820
47	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	167,870	$1,154,946
48	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,437	$1,138,207
49	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$933,637	150,102	$1,032,702
50	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,254	$944,308
51	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,166	$861,142
52	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$634,064	101,940	$701,347
53	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,232	$593,276
54	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$418,399	67,267	$462,797
55	The Hunting of the President	Documentary		$376,552	60,539	$416,508
56	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$367,501	59,084	$406,498
57	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Comedy	R	$365,248	58,722	$404,007
58	Enduring Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$349,117	56,128	$386,161
59	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,010	$364,709
60	I Am David	Drama	PG	$284,002	45,659	$314,134
61	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$278,502	44,775	$308,052
62	The Bulgarian Lovers	Comedy		$249,530	40,117	$276,005
63	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$175,972	28,291	$194,642
64	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,201	$194,023
65	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,228	$180,449
66	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Comedy	PG	$133,128	21,403	$147,253
67	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,601	$114,215
68	Riding the Bullet	Horror	R	$101,107	16,255	$111,834
69	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,343	$105,560
70	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$89,931	14,458	$99,471
71	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$84,392	13,568	$93,348
72	Alila	Drama		$48,493	7,796	$53,636
73	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$44,599	7,170	$49,330
74	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,716	$46,206
75	Anatomy of Hell	Drama	Not Rated	$31,131	5,005	$34,434
76	Fear and Trembling	Comedy	Not Rated	$23,965	3,853	$26,509
77	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,816	$26,254
78	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,180	$21,878
79	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$14,445	2,322	$15,975
80	Spin	Drama	PG-13	$9,858	1,585	$10,905
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,283,610,650
Total Tickets Sold					367,139,973
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,525,923,014

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.