Box Office Performance for R 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	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,430,639	$147,442,796
3	Fahrenheit 9/11	Documentary	R	$119,114,517	19,150,244	$131,753,679
4	Collateral	Action	R	$100,170,152	16,104,526	$110,799,139
5	Man on Fire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,906,816	12,525,212	$86,173,459
6	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Action	R	$66,207,920	10,644,360	$73,233,197
7	The Manchurian Candidate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$65,948,711	10,602,687	$72,946,487
8	Dawn of the Dead	Horror	R	$58,990,765	9,484,046	$65,250,236
9	The Butterfly Effect	Drama	R	$57,924,679	9,312,649	$64,071,025
10	Saw	Horror	R	$55,185,045	8,872,194	$61,040,695
11	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,343,311	$57,401,980
12	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Horror	R	$50,740,078	8,157,569	$56,124,075
13	Blade: Trinity	Action	R	$48,079,939	7,729,894	$53,181,671
14	Exorcist: The Beginning	Horror	R	$41,814,863	6,722,647	$46,251,811
15	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$39,877,945	6,411,245	$44,109,366
16	The Ladykillers	Comedy	R	$39,692,139	6,381,373	$43,903,846
17	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,761,223	$39,637,214
18	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Comedy	R	$34,366,518	5,525,164	$38,013,128
19	Monster	Drama	R	$34,365,611	5,525,018	$38,012,124
20	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,466,287	$37,608,055
21	The Punisher	Action	R	$33,664,370	5,412,278	$37,236,473
22	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$32,749,828	5,265,246	$36,224,892
23	Taking Lives	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,682,342	5,254,396	$36,150,244
24	Open Water	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,500,882	4,903,679	$33,737,312
25	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,414,912	$30,374,595
26	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,301,327	$29,593,130
27	Twisted	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,195,050	4,050,651	$27,868,479
28	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,601,962	$24,781,499
29	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,391,196	$23,331,428
30	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Comedy	R	$18,225,165	2,930,091	$20,159,026
31	Eurotrip	Comedy	R	$17,718,223	2,848,589	$19,598,292
32	Seed of Chucky	Horror	R	$17,016,190	2,735,722	$18,821,767
33	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,528,119	$17,393,459
34	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$14,794,828	2,378,590	$16,364,699
35	The Girl Next Door	Romantic Comedy	R	$14,589,444	2,345,570	$16,137,522
36	Soul Plane	Comedy	R	$13,922,211	2,238,298	$15,399,490
37	Shaun of the Dead	Comedy	R	$13,542,874	2,177,311	$14,979,900
38	Alfie	Comedy	R	$13,386,312	2,152,140	$14,806,723
39	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,998,892	2,089,854	$14,378,196
40	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$12,596,975	2,025,237	$13,933,631
41	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,443,173	$9,929,030
42	Suspect Zero	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,712,564	1,400,734	$9,637,050
43	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,225,373	$8,430,566
44	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,106,066	$7,609,734
45	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,082,688	$7,448,893
46	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,529,624	1,049,779	$7,222,480
47	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,455,348	1,037,837	$7,140,319
48	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	931,322	$6,407,495
49	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	926,668	$6,375,476
50	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	907,488	$6,243,517
51	Club Dread	Comedy	R	$5,001,655	804,125	$5,532,380
52	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	765,840	$5,268,979
53	Touching the Void	Documentary	R	$4,593,598	738,521	$5,081,024
54	Spartan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,357,745	700,602	$4,820,142
55	A Day Without a Mexican	Comedy	R	$4,180,870	672,166	$4,624,502
56	Goodbye, Lenin!	Comedy	R	$4,063,859	653,354	$4,495,076
57	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	616,648	$4,242,538
58	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	571,643	$3,932,904
59	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	562,919	$3,872,883
60	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$3,150,732	506,549	$3,485,057
61	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,078	$3,124,057
62	City of God	Drama	R	$2,770,844	445,473	$3,064,854
63	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	426,548	$2,934,650
64	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	382,763	$2,633,409
65	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,261	$2,347,876
66	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	338,694	$2,330,215
67	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,042,363	328,354	$2,259,076
68	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	327,580	$2,253,750
69	Coffee and Cigarettes	Comedy	R	$1,971,135	316,903	$2,180,293
70	I'm not Scared	Drama	R	$1,615,118	259,665	$1,786,495
71	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,043	$1,692,776
72	Gothika	Horror	R	$1,363,734	219,250	$1,508,440
73	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,174,079	188,759	$1,298,662
74	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,159,947	186,487	$1,283,031
75	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,486	$1,227,984
76	Nicotina	Black Comedy	R	$1,109,100	178,312	$1,226,787
77	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	170,780	$1,174,966
78	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,437	$1,138,207
79	Silver City	Black Comedy	R	$1,017,376	163,565	$1,125,327
80	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,004,511	161,497	$1,111,099
81	The Matrix Revolutions	Action	R	$965,331	155,198	$1,067,762
82	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$933,637	150,102	$1,032,702
83	Criminal	Drama	R	$929,233	149,394	$1,027,831
84	Intermission	Comedy	R	$889,857	143,064	$984,280
85	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,254	$944,308
86	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	133,942	$921,521
87	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,166	$861,142
88	Stage Beauty	Drama	R	$776,691	124,870	$859,106
89	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$753,647	121,165	$833,615
90	Fade to Black	Documentary	R	$728,802	117,171	$806,136
91	The Saddest Music in the World	Drama	R	$669,128	107,577	$740,130
92	Japanese Story	Drama	R	$647,054	104,028	$715,713
93	Mean Creek	Drama	R	$603,951	97,098	$668,034
94	Touch of Pink	Romantic Comedy	R	$564,535	90,761	$624,436
95	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,555	$512,938
96	The Statement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$444,556	71,472	$491,727
97	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$443,078	71,234	$490,090
98	Broken Wings	Drama	R	$405,818	65,244	$448,879
99	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,016	$440,430
100	Highwaymen		R	$367,027	59,008	$405,975
101	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass	Comedy	R	$365,248	58,722	$404,007
102	She Hate Me	Comedy	R	$365,134	58,703	$403,877
103	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Thriller/Suspense	R	$358,804	57,686	$396,880
104	Enduring Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$349,117	56,128	$386,161
105	The United States of Leland	Drama	R	$343,816	55,276	$380,299
106	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,010	$364,709
107	Ju-On: The Grudge	Horror	R	$325,661	52,357	$360,216
108	Bukowski: Born Into This	Documentary	R	$311,431	50,069	$344,475
109	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$283,543	45,586	$313,632
110	The Reckoning	Drama	R	$256,620	41,257	$283,848
111	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Comedy	R	$233,053	37,468	$257,780
112	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,398	$236,658
113	Yes Men	Documentary	R	$198,975	31,990	$220,091
114	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,772	$218,591
115	Code 46		R	$197,148	31,696	$218,068
116	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,121	$214,112
117	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,201	$194,023
118	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,025	$192,812
119	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,632	$176,348
120	The Gatekeeper		R	$137,225	22,062	$151,787
121	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,963	$137,345
122	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones		R	$116,869	18,789	$129,268
123	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,601	$114,215
124	Riding the Bullet	Horror	R	$101,107	16,255	$111,834
125	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,343	$105,560
126	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,404	$99,100
127	Seeing Other People	Romantic Comedy	R	$87,923	14,136	$97,256
128	Ned Kelly		R	$86,959	13,981	$96,189
129	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Documentary	R	$85,992	13,825	$95,116
130	Decoys		R	$84,733	13,623	$93,726
131	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$84,392	13,568	$93,348
132	Warriors of Heaven and Earth	Action	R	$82,382	13,245	$91,126
133	Malevolence	Horror	R	$81,250	13,063	$89,873
134	Underworld	Action	R	$78,026	12,544	$86,303
135	Yossi & Jagger		R	$75,378	12,119	$83,379
136	Eulogy	Comedy	R	$70,527	11,339	$78,012
137	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$66,096	10,626	$73,107
138	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,055	$69,178
139	Proteus	Documentary	R	$61,858	9,945	$68,422
140	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,883	$61,115
141	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$55,045	8,850	$60,888
142	Twist	Drama	R	$50,968	8,194	$56,375
143	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$48,818	7,849	$54,001
144	Lana's Rain	Drama	R	$44,287	7,120	$48,986
145	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,716	$46,206
146	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$38,798	6,238	$42,917
147	The Animation Show	Multiple Genres	R	$36,709	5,902	$40,606
148	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$36,553	5,877	$40,434
149	A Tale of Two Sisters	Horror	R	$35,710	5,741	$39,498
150	Last Life in the Universe	Comedy	R	$31,747	5,104	$35,116
151	Chooch	Comedy	R	$30,792	4,950	$34,056
152	Gypsy 83	Drama	R	$29,367	4,721	$32,480
153	Emerald Cowboy		R	$28,048	4,509	$31,022
154	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,446	$30,588
155	A Fish Without a Bicycle	Comedy	R	$26,642	4,283	$29,467
156	Shade		R	$22,183	3,566	$24,534
157	Easy	Romantic Comedy	R	$21,589	3,471	$23,880
158	The Burial Society	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,580	3,309	$22,766
159	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,180	$21,878
160	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,136	$21,576
161	Stander	Drama	R	$19,067	3,065	$21,087
162	Fabled	Horror	R	$18,224	2,930	$20,158
163	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,581	$17,757
164	The Hebrew Hammer		R	$14,942	2,402	$16,526
165	Off the Lip	Comedy	R	$14,773	2,375	$16,340
166	Reeseville	Thriller/Suspense	R	$14,496	2,331	$16,037
167	The 24th Day	Drama	R	$14,107	2,268	$15,604
168	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,976	$13,595
169	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,834	$12,618
170	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$9,142	1,470	$10,114
171	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,454	$10,004
172	Evil Remains	Horror	R	$8,396	1,350	$9,288
173	Imagining Argentina	Drama	R	$7,951	1,278	$8,793
174	Wasabi Tuna	Comedy	R	$7,950	1,278	$8,793
175	The Intended	Drama	R	$7,522	1,209	$8,318
176	Love Object		R	$6,028	969	$6,667
177	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	883	$6,075
178	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	755	$5,194
179	Demonlover		R	$4,391	706	$4,857
180	Bandido	Western	R	$4,064	653	$4,493
181	Stella Street	Comedy	R	$2,574	414	$2,848
182	Swing	Drama	R	$2,509	403	$2,773
183	The Green Butchers	Comedy	R	$2,483	399	$2,745
184	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$2,358	379	$2,608
185	Artworks	Drama	R	$2,187	352	$2,422
186	The Flower of Evil		R	$1,749	281	$1,933
187	800 Bullets	Comedy	R	$866	139	$956
188	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$337
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,098,112,372
Total Tickets Sold					337,317,107
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,320,741,696

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.