Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Bourne Supremacy	Action	PG-13	$176,087,450	28,309,879	$194,771,968
2	Meet the Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$162,461,370	26,119,191	$179,700,034
3	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$154,522,305	24,842,814	$170,918,560
4	50 First Dates	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,776,832	19,417,497	$133,592,379
5	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,326,736	18,380,504	$126,457,868
6	The Village	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$114,197,520	18,359,730	$126,314,942
7	The Grudge	Horror	PG-13	$110,359,362	17,742,663	$122,069,521
8	Ocean's Twelve	Adventure	PG-13	$107,006,344	17,203,592	$118,360,713
9	Collateral	Action	R	$100,170,152	16,104,526	$110,799,139
10	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Romantic Comedy	G	$95,149,435	15,297,337	$105,245,679
11	Along Came Polly	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$88,073,507	14,159,728	$97,418,929
12	Mean Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$86,047,227	13,833,959	$95,177,638
13	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,022,795	$89,596,830
14	Man on Fire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,906,816	12,525,212	$86,173,459
15	Garfield	Comedy	PG	$75,367,693	12,116,992	$83,364,905
16	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$73,870,841	11,876,341	$81,709,226
17	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$73,077,009	11,748,715	$80,831,159
18	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,117,202	$76,486,350
19	The Forgotton	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$66,711,892	10,725,385	$73,790,649
20	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Action	R	$66,207,920	10,644,360	$73,233,197
21	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	Comedy	PG-13	$65,070,412	10,461,481	$71,974,989
22	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,255,921	9,848,219	$67,755,747
23	The Stepford Wives	Comedy	PG-13	$59,475,623	9,561,997	$65,786,539
24	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$58,107,982	9,342,119	$64,273,779
25	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$57,149,868	9,188,082	$63,214,004
26	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,186,451	$63,202,783
27	Saw	Horror	R	$55,185,045	8,872,194	$61,040,695
28	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$52,994,449	8,520,008	$58,617,655
29	A Cinderella Story	Romantic Comedy	PG	$51,438,175	8,269,803	$56,896,245
30	Walking Tall	Action	PG-13	$46,213,824	7,429,875	$51,117,540
31	Napoleon Dynamite	Comedy	PG	$44,411,050	7,140,040	$49,123,475
32	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,473,566	6,989,319	$48,086,515
33	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,441,559	$44,317,926
34	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,411,245	$44,109,366
35	The Ladykillers	Comedy	R	$39,692,139	6,381,373	$43,903,846
36	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,026,612	$41,463,091
37	Taxi	Action	PG-13	$36,362,287	5,846,027	$40,220,666
38	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,761,223	$39,637,214
39	Fat Albert	Comedy	PG	$33,325,622	5,357,817	$36,861,781
40	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,265,246	$36,224,892
41	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,682,342	5,254,396	$36,150,244
42	Cellular	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,003,620	5,145,277	$35,399,506
43	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Horror	PG-13	$31,526,393	5,068,552	$34,871,638
44	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,203,964	5,016,714	$34,514,992
45	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,984,178	$34,291,145
46	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,903,679	$33,737,312
47	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Comedy	PG	$29,331,068	4,715,606	$32,443,369
48	The Prince & Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$28,165,882	4,528,277	$31,154,546
49	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$28,113,925	4,519,924	$31,097,077
50	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,414,912	$30,374,595
51	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,301,327	$29,593,130
52	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,062,079	$27,947,104
53	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,050,651	$27,868,479
54	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,867,914	$26,611,248
55	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,601,962	$24,781,499
56	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,504,872	$24,113,519
57	Torque	Action	PG-13	$21,176,322	3,404,553	$23,423,325
58	Little Black Book	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,422,207	3,283,313	$22,589,193
59	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,930,091	$20,159,026
60	Laws of Attraction	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,848,322	2,869,505	$19,742,194
61	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,848,589	$19,598,292
62	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,784,819	$19,159,555
63	Seed of Chucky	Horror	R	$17,016,190	2,735,722	$18,821,767
64	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,980,098	2,729,919	$18,781,843
65	Wimbledon	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,862,585	2,711,027	$18,651,866
66	Catch That Kid	Adventure	PG	$16,703,799	2,685,498	$18,476,226
67	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$16,626,820	2,673,122	$18,391,079
68	The Whole Ten Yards	Comedy	PG-13	$16,323,969	2,624,432	$18,056,092
69	Paparazzi	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,712,072	2,526,057	$17,379,272
70	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,378,590	$16,364,699
71	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,345,570	$16,137,522
72	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,326,275	$16,004,772
73	Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2	Drama	PG-13	$14,140,215	2,273,346	$15,640,620
74	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,253,756	$15,505,841
75	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,238,298	$15,399,490
76	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,178,187	$14,985,927
77	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,542,874	2,177,311	$14,979,900
78	Alfie	Comedy	R	$13,386,312	2,152,140	$14,806,723
79	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,998,892	2,089,854	$14,378,196
80	Wicker Park	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$12,831,121	2,062,881	$14,192,621
81	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,025,237	$13,933,631
82	Breakin' All the Rules	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,232,382	1,966,621	$13,530,352
83	Chasing Liberty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,189,514	1,959,729	$13,482,936
84	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,855,323	$12,764,622
85	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,800,377	$12,386,594
86	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,673,952	$11,516,790
87	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,670,049	$11,489,937
88	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,765	1,645,300	$11,319,664
89	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,512,570	$10,406,482
90	First Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,055,010	1,455,789	$10,015,828
91	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,443,173	$9,929,030
92	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,428,643	$9,829,064
93	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,400,734	$9,637,050
94	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,293,814	$8,901,440
95	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,225,373	$8,430,566
96	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,106,066	$7,609,734
97	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,529,624	1,049,779	$7,222,480
98	The Big Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$6,471,394	1,040,417	$7,158,069
99	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,455,348	1,037,837	$7,140,319
100	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	931,322	$6,407,495
101	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	926,668	$6,375,476
102	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	907,488	$6,243,517
103	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	804,125	$5,532,380
104	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	765,840	$5,268,979
105	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	700,602	$4,820,142
106	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	672,166	$4,624,502
107	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	653,354	$4,495,076
108	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	616,648	$4,242,538
109	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	562,919	$3,872,883
110	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	559,373	$3,848,486
111	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,150,732	506,549	$3,485,057
112	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,111,335	500,215	$3,441,479
113	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,126	$3,179,427
114	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,078	$3,124,057
115	City of God	Drama	R	$2,770,844	445,473	$3,064,854
116	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	382,763	$2,633,409
117	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	338,694	$2,330,215
118	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,354	$2,259,076
119	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	327,580	$2,253,750
120	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	316,903	$2,180,293
121	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,008	$2,174,135
122	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	276,922	$1,905,223
123	I'm not Scared	Drama	R	$1,615,118	259,665	$1,786,495
124	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	258,874	$1,781,053
125	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,094	$1,610,567
126	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,250	$1,508,440
127	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	215,703	$1,484,037
128	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,381	$1,481,821
129	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,092	$1,307,833
130	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,050	$1,286,904
131	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,503	$1,283,141
132	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,159,947	186,487	$1,283,031
133	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,243	$1,246,952
134	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,312	$1,226,787
135	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	170,780	$1,174,966
136	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,506	$1,173,081
137	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,032	$1,169,820
138	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	167,870	$1,154,946
139	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,029,147	165,458	$1,138,351
140	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,565	$1,125,327
141	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,497	$1,111,099
142	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	133,942	$921,521
143	Hum Tum	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$796,641	128,077	$881,170
144	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$699,304	112,428	$773,505
145	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,514	$650,256
146	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	78,899	$542,825
147	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,234	$490,090
148	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$436,687	70,207	$483,024
149	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$418,399	67,267	$462,797
150	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,023	$433,598
151	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,800	$404,544
152	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$326,706	52,525	$361,372
153	Ju-On: The Grudge	Horror	R	$325,661	52,357	$360,216
154	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$278,502	44,775	$308,052
155	The Bulgarian Lovers	Comedy		$249,530	40,117	$276,005
156	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,179	$248,912
157	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,772	$218,591
158	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$152,512	24,520	$168,698
159	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,404	$99,100
160	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,544	$86,303
161	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,626	$73,107
162	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$41,933	6,742	$46,385
163	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$36,553	5,877	$40,434
164	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,380	5,045	$34,710
165	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,950	$34,056
166	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,957	4,495	$30,926
167	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,309	$22,766
168	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,180	$21,878
169	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,142	$21,617
170	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$16,104	2,589	$17,812
171	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$14,295	2,298	$15,810
172	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$9,142	1,470	$10,114
173	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,454	$10,004
174	Carnage	Drama		$7,455	1,199	$8,249
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,076,249,370
Total Tickets Sold					655,345,562
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,508,777,467

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.