Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Incredibles	Adventure	PG	$251,657,004	40,459,325	$278,360,156
2	The Day After Tomorrow	Adventure	PG-13	$186,740,799	30,022,636	$206,555,736
3	Shark Tale	Adventure	PG	$160,762,022	25,845,984	$177,820,370
4	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$154,522,305	24,842,814	$170,918,560
5	50 First Dates	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,776,832	19,417,497	$133,592,379
6	Van Helsing	Action	PG-13	$120,150,546	19,316,808	$132,899,639
7	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Comedy	PG-13	$114,326,736	18,380,504	$126,457,868
8	The Village	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$114,197,520	18,359,730	$126,314,942
9	Collateral	Action	R	$100,170,152	16,104,526	$110,799,139
10	Along Came Polly	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$88,073,507	14,159,728	$97,418,929
11	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,526,834	$93,064,618
12	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$73,870,841	11,876,341	$81,709,226
13	White Chicks	Comedy	PG-13	$69,148,997	11,117,202	$76,486,350
14	Hidalgo	Western	PG-13	$67,286,731	10,817,802	$74,426,478
15	The Forgotton	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$66,711,892	10,725,385	$73,790,649
16	The Butterfly Effect	Drama	R	$57,924,679	9,312,649	$64,071,025
17	13 Going On 30	Comedy	PG-13	$57,139,723	9,186,451	$63,202,783
18	Saw	Horror	R	$55,185,045	8,872,194	$61,040,695
19	Jet Li's Hero	Action	PG-13	$53,652,140	8,625,746	$59,345,132
20	Home on the Range	Comedy	PG	$50,026,353	8,042,822	$55,334,615
21	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,473,566	6,989,319	$48,086,515
22	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,441,559	$44,317,926
23	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Adventure	PG	$37,760,080	6,070,752	$41,766,774
24	Raising Helen	Comedy	PG-13	$37,485,528	6,026,612	$41,463,091
25	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,265,246	$36,224,892
26	Cellular	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,003,620	5,145,277	$35,399,506
27	Johnson Family Vacation	Comedy	PG-13	$31,203,964	5,016,714	$34,514,992
28	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$31,001,588	4,984,178	$34,291,145
29	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,903,679	$33,737,312
30	The Prince & Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$28,165,882	4,528,277	$31,154,546
31	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$28,113,925	4,519,924	$31,097,077
32	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,301,327	$29,593,130
33	Jersey Girl	Comedy	PG-13	$25,266,129	4,062,079	$27,947,104
34	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,050,651	$27,868,479
35	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$24,058,422	3,867,914	$26,611,248
36	Mr. 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$21,800,302	3,504,872	$24,113,519
37	Torque	Action	PG-13	$21,176,322	3,404,553	$23,423,325
38	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,391,196	$23,331,428
39	Little Black Book	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,422,207	3,283,313	$22,589,193
40	The Life of Brian	Comedy		$19,868,659	3,194,318	$21,976,908
41	Two Brothers	Drama	PG	$18,947,630	3,046,243	$20,958,152
42	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,930,091	$20,159,026
43	Laws of Attraction	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,848,322	2,869,505	$19,742,194
44	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,848,589	$19,598,292
45	My Baby's Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,321,573	2,784,819	$19,159,555
46	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,980,098	2,729,919	$18,781,843
47	Wimbledon	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,862,585	2,711,027	$18,651,866
48	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$16,626,820	2,673,122	$18,391,079
49	Paparazzi	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,712,072	2,526,057	$17,379,272
50	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,378,590	$16,364,699
51	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,345,570	$16,137,522
52	Welcome to Mooseport	Comedy	PG-13	$14,469,428	2,326,275	$16,004,772
53	Godsend	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,334,645	2,304,605	$15,855,682
54	New York Minute	Comedy	PG	$14,018,364	2,253,756	$15,505,841
55	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,238,298	$15,399,490
56	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,218,060	$15,260,253
57	Envy	Comedy	PG-13	$13,548,322	2,178,187	$14,985,927
58	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,542,874	2,177,311	$14,979,900
59	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,998,892	2,089,854	$14,378,196
60	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,025,237	$13,933,631
61	Breakin' All the Rules	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,232,382	1,966,621	$13,530,352
62	Chasing Liberty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,189,514	1,959,729	$13,482,936
63	The Cookout	Comedy	PG-13	$11,540,112	1,855,323	$12,764,622
64	Surviving Christmas	Comedy	PG-13	$11,198,345	1,800,377	$12,386,594
65	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,673,952	$11,516,790
66	The Perfect Score	Comedy	PG-13	$10,387,706	1,670,049	$11,489,937
67	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,765	1,645,300	$11,319,664
68	Sleepover	Comedy	PG	$9,408,183	1,512,570	$10,406,482
69	First Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG	$9,055,010	1,455,789	$10,015,828
70	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,443,173	$9,929,030
71	Saved!	Comedy	PG-13	$8,886,160	1,428,643	$9,829,064
72	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,400,734	$9,637,050
73	Connie & Carla	Comedy	PG-13	$8,047,525	1,293,814	$8,901,440
74	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,529,624	1,049,779	$7,222,480
75	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,455,348	1,037,837	$7,140,319
76	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$6,204,235	997,465	$6,862,559
77	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	926,668	$6,375,476
78	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	804,125	$5,532,380
79	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	765,840	$5,268,979
80	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	700,602	$4,820,142
81	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	672,166	$4,624,502
82	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$4,157,199	668,360	$4,598,317
83	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	653,354	$4,495,076
84	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	562,919	$3,872,883
85	Camping Sauvage	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,479,302	559,373	$3,848,486
86	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,150,732	506,549	$3,485,057
87	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$3,111,335	500,215	$3,441,479
88	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,126	$3,179,427
89	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,830,964	455,139	$3,131,356
90	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,130	$2,979,934
91	Elf	Comedy	PG	$2,560,874	411,716	$2,832,606
92	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	406,987	$2,800,071
93	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	382,763	$2,633,409
94	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	378,413	$2,603,481
95	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,177,670	350,108	$2,408,743
96	Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - Le film	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,164,047	347,918	$2,393,676
97	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,261	$2,347,876
98	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	338,694	$2,330,215
99	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,354	$2,259,076
100	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$2,038,979	327,810	$2,255,333
101	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	316,903	$2,180,293
102	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,008	$2,174,135
103	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	282,828	$1,945,857
104	The Story of the Weeping Camel	Documentary	PG	$1,751,698	281,623	$1,937,566
105	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	276,922	$1,905,223
106	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	258,874	$1,781,053
107	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,043	$1,692,776
108	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,094	$1,610,567
109	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,250	$1,508,440
110	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,341,671	215,703	$1,484,037
111	A Dirty Shame	Comedy	NC-17	$1,339,668	215,381	$1,481,821
112	The Best Two Years	Comedy	PG	$1,163,450	187,050	$1,286,904
113	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,159,947	186,487	$1,283,031
114	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,243	$1,246,952
115	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,486	$1,227,984
116	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,312	$1,226,787
117	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	170,780	$1,174,966
118	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,506	$1,173,081
119	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$1,029,147	165,458	$1,138,351
120	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,565	$1,125,327
121	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,497	$1,111,099
122	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,289	$1,075,268
123	Criminal	Drama	R	$929,233	149,394	$1,027,831
124	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,129	$1,019,128
125	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$833,648	134,027	$922,106
126	The Battle of Algiers	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,084	$901,858
127	Hum Tum	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$796,641	128,077	$881,170
128	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$753,647	121,165	$833,615
129	Lakshya	Adventure	Not Rated	$752,344	120,956	$832,177
130	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$727,467	116,956	$804,657
131	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$699,304	112,428	$773,505
132	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,514	$650,256
133	Love Me If You Dare	Romantic Comedy	R	$548,707	88,217	$606,933
134	Final Cut	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$548,039	88,109	$606,190
135	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,087	$599,159
136	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	78,899	$542,825
137	Shaolin Soccer	Comedy		$488,872	78,597	$540,747
138	Seducing Doctor Lewis	Comedy		$469,551	75,491	$519,378
139	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,234	$490,090
140	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,618	$472,092
141	Primer	Drama	PG-13	$424,760	68,289	$469,828
142	Broken Wings	Drama	R	$405,818	65,244	$448,879
143	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,016	$440,430
144	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	Comedy	PG-13	$392,000	63,023	$433,598
145	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$383,357	61,633	$424,035
146	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,800	$404,544
147	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,703	$403,877
148	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$326,706	52,525	$361,372
149	Hair Show	Comedy	PG-13	$302,990	48,712	$335,139
150	Dhoom	Action	Not Rated	$245,756	39,511	$271,836
151	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$225,031	36,179	$248,912
152	Remember Me, My Love	Comedy	Not Rated	$223,878	35,993	$247,632
153	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,398	$236,658
154	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,772	$218,591
155	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,121	$214,112
156	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,025	$192,812
157	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,632	$176,348
158	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$152,512	24,520	$168,698
159	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,963	$137,345
160	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama		$117,656	18,916	$130,142
161	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$109,790	17,651	$121,439
162	Hulchul	Comedy	Not Rated	$108,952	17,516	$120,510
163	Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi	Comedy		$107,063	17,213	$118,425
164	Phir Milenge	Drama	Not Rated	$89,868	14,448	$99,402
165	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,404	$99,100
166	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy		$82,516	13,266	$91,270
167	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Action	R	$82,382	13,245	$91,126
168	Malevolence	Horror	R	$81,250	13,063	$89,873
169	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,544	$86,303
170	Reconstruction	Drama	Not Rated	$73,287	11,782	$81,060
171	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$71,044	11,422	$78,583
172	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,339	$78,012
173	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$70,282	11,299	$77,737
174	Hollywood Buddha	Comedy	Not Rated	$67,862	10,910	$75,061
175	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,626	$73,107
176	On the Run	Thriller/Suspense		$64,796	10,417	$71,669
177	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,055	$69,178
178	Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star	Drama		$41,703	6,705	$46,130
179	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$41,099	6,608	$45,463
180	Grand Champion	Drama	G	$40,874	6,571	$45,208
181	Sex is Comedy	Comedy	Not Rated	$37,212	5,983	$41,163
182	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$36,553	5,877	$40,434
183	A Tale of Two Sisters	Horror	R	$35,710	5,741	$39,498
184	After Freedom	Drama		$35,639	5,730	$39,422
185	Cowboys and Angels	Comedy	PG	$33,700	5,418	$37,276
186	Blind Shaft	Drama		$33,272	5,349	$36,801
187	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,380	5,045	$34,710
188	Vodka Lemon	Comedy	Not Rated	$31,173	5,012	$34,483
189	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,950	$34,056
190	The Raspberry Reich	Comedy	Not Rated	$28,883	4,644	$31,951
191	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,957	4,495	$30,926
192	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,446	$30,588
193	A Foreign Affair	Comedy	PG-13	$27,516	4,424	$30,437
194	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,283	$29,467
195	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$26,316	4,231	$29,109
196	Incantato	Drama	Not Rated	$22,758	3,659	$25,174
197	Easy	Romantic Comedy	R	$21,589	3,471	$23,880
198	After Midnight	Comedy	Not Rated	$20,881	3,357	$23,096
199	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,309	$22,766
200	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$20,444	3,287	$22,615
201	Merci Docteur Rey	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,590	3,150	$21,672
202	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,142	$21,617
203	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,136	$21,576
204	Fabled	Horror	R	$18,224	2,930	$20,158
205	You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya)	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,456	2,646	$18,204
206	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$16,104	2,589	$17,812
207	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,581	$17,757
208	It's Easier for a Camel	Drama	Not Rated	$15,787	2,538	$17,461
209	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$14,295	2,298	$15,810
210	Yes Nurse! No Nurse!	Musical	Not Rated	$12,517	2,012	$13,843
211	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$12,366	1,988	$13,677
212	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,976	$13,595
213	The Manson Family	Horror	Not Rated	$11,657	1,874	$12,893
214	Intoxicating	Drama	Not Rated	$11,560	1,859	$12,790
215	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$10,645	1,711	$11,772
216	Who Killed Bambi?	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$9,675	1,555	$10,698
217	Virgin	Drama	Not Rated	$9,501	1,527	$10,506
218	Mind the Gap	Drama	Not Rated	$9,496	1,527	$10,506
219	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$9,129	1,468	$10,100
220	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,454	$10,004
221	Evil Remains	Horror	R	$8,396	1,350	$9,288
222	The Dust Factory		PG	$8,000	1,286	$8,848
223	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,278	$8,793
224	Carnage	Drama		$7,455	1,199	$8,249
225	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	883	$6,075
226	Bright Future	Drama	Not Rated	$4,762	766	$5,270
227	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	755	$5,194
228	Dolls	Drama	Not Rated	$4,067	654	$4,500
229	September 11	Drama		$3,962	637	$4,383
230	Open My Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$3,771	606	$4,169
231	Big Animal	Drama		$3,733	600	$4,128
232	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,058	492	$3,385
233	Sky Blue	Action	Not Rated	$3,022	486	$3,344
234	Conspiracy of Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$2,598	418	$2,876
235	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$2,848
236	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	399	$2,745
237	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	379	$2,608
238	Abouna	Drama		$2,350	378	$2,601
239	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$2,187	352	$2,422
240	Artworks	Drama	R	$2,187	352	$2,422
241	Blue Gate Crossing	Romantic Comedy		$2,104	338	$2,325
242	On the Down Low	Drama		$1,987	319	$2,195
243	800 Bullets	Comedy	R	$866	139	$956
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,209,588,976
Total Tickets Sold					516,011,093
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,550,156,320

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.