Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Wedding Crashers	Comedy	R	$209,218,368	32,639,371	$224,558,872
2	Mr. And Mrs. Smith	Action	PG-13	$186,336,279	29,069,622	$199,998,999
3	Hitch	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$177,784,257	27,735,454	$190,819,924
4	The Longest Yard	Comedy	PG-13	$158,119,460	24,667,622	$169,713,239
5	Meet the Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$116,706,205	18,206,896	$125,263,444
6	The Pacifier	Comedy	PG	$113,006,880	17,629,778	$121,292,873
7	The 40 Year-old Virgin	Comedy	R	$109,449,237	17,074,764	$117,474,376
8	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$99,448,054	15,514,517	$106,739,877
9	Flightplan	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$89,132,263	13,905,189	$95,667,700
10	Saw II	Horror	R	$87,025,093	13,576,458	$93,406,031
11	Monster-in-Law	Comedy	PG-13	$82,931,301	12,937,800	$89,012,064
12	The Dukes of Hazzard	Comedy	PG-13	$80,270,227	12,522,656	$86,155,873
13	Constantine	Action	R	$75,976,178	11,852,758	$81,546,975
14	The Ring Two	Horror	PG-13	$75,941,727	11,847,383	$81,509,995
15	Four Brothers	Drama	R	$74,494,381	11,621,588	$79,956,525
16	The Interpreter	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$72,708,161	11,342,927	$78,039,338
17	Guess Who	Comedy	PG-13	$68,915,888	10,751,309	$73,969,006
18	Sahara	Adventure	PG-13	$68,671,925	10,713,249	$73,707,153
19	Coach Carter	Drama	PG-13	$67,264,877	10,493,741	$72,196,938
20	Fun With Dick And Jane	Comedy	PG-13	$60,104,858	9,376,733	$64,511,923
21	Red-Eye	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$57,891,803	9,031,483	$62,136,603
22	White Noise	Drama	PG-13	$56,094,360	8,751,070	$60,207,362
23	Be Cool	Comedy	PG-13	$55,849,401	8,712,855	$59,944,442
24	Crash	Drama	R	$55,382,847	8,640,070	$59,443,682
25	Kicking and Screaming	Comedy	PG	$52,842,724	8,243,795	$56,717,310
26	Hide and Seek	Thriller/Suspense	R	$51,100,486	7,971,995	$54,847,326
27	Yours, Mine and Ours	Comedy	PG	$50,733,384	7,914,724	$54,453,301
28	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Drama	PG-13	$50,406,346	7,863,705	$54,102,290
29	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Comedy	PG	$50,313,031	7,849,147	$54,002,131
30	Sideways	Drama	R	$49,098,097	7,659,610	$52,698,117
31	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Comedy	PG-13	$48,478,006	7,562,871	$52,032,552
32	Just Like Heaven	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$48,318,130	7,537,930	$51,860,958
33	The Skeleton Key	Horror	PG-13	$47,907,715	7,473,902	$51,420,446
34	Boogeyman	Horror	PG-13	$46,752,382	7,293,663	$50,180,401
35	In Good Company	Comedy	PG-13	$45,264,721	7,061,579	$48,583,664
36	The Family Stone	Comedy	PG-13	$44,169,641	6,890,740	$47,408,291
37	Must Love Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$43,894,863	6,847,873	$47,113,366
38	The Transporter 2	Action	PG-13	$43,095,856	6,723,222	$46,255,767
39	Fever Pitch	Comedy	PG-13	$42,071,069	6,563,349	$45,155,841
40	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Drama	PG	$39,053,061	6,092,521	$41,916,544
41	Syriana	Thriller/Suspense	R	$37,725,004	5,885,336	$40,491,112
42	Beauty Shop	Comedy	PG-13	$36,351,350	5,671,037	$39,016,735
43	Derailed	Action	R	$35,679,977	5,566,299	$38,296,137
44	Hostage	Action	R	$34,636,443	5,403,501	$37,176,087
45	The Bad News Bears	Comedy	PG-13	$32,868,349	5,127,668	$35,278,356
46	In Her Shoes	Drama	PG-13	$32,832,249	5,122,036	$35,239,608
47	Because of Winn-Dixie	Comedy	PG	$32,647,042	5,093,142	$35,040,817
48	House of Wax	Horror	R	$32,064,800	5,002,309	$34,415,886
49	The Wedding Date	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,726,995	4,949,609	$34,053,310
50	Just Friends	Comedy	PG-13	$31,493,937	4,913,251	$33,803,167
51	A History of Violence	Drama	R	$31,198,508	4,867,162	$33,486,075
52	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Drama	R	$30,805,240	4,805,810	$33,063,973
53	The Fog	Horror	PG-13	$29,511,112	4,603,918	$31,674,956
54	XXX: State of the Union	Action	PG-13	$26,873,932	4,192,501	$28,844,407
55	Elizabethtown	Drama	PG-13	$26,850,426	4,188,834	$28,819,178
56	Danny the Dog	Action	R	$24,537,621	3,828,022	$26,336,791
57	Rumor Has It	Comedy	PG-13	$24,440,035	3,812,798	$26,232,050
58	Ice Princess	Comedy	G	$24,381,334	3,803,640	$26,169,043
59	Lord of War	Action	R	$24,149,632	3,767,493	$25,920,352
60	2 For the Money	Drama	R	$22,991,379	3,586,799	$24,677,177
61	Prime	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$22,827,153	3,561,178	$24,500,905
62	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Comedy	R	$22,400,154	3,494,564	$24,042,600
63	Hustle & Flow	Drama	R	$22,202,809	3,463,777	$23,830,786
64	A Lot Like Love	Comedy	PG-13	$21,835,784	3,406,519	$23,436,851
65	Assault On Precinct 13	Action	R	$20,040,895	3,126,505	$21,510,354
66	The Ringer	Comedy	PG-13	$19,782,053	3,086,124	$21,232,533
67	Man of the House	Comedy	PG-13	$19,699,706	3,073,277	$21,144,146
68	Into the Blue	Adventure	PG-13	$18,782,227	2,930,145	$20,159,398
69	The Upside of Anger	Drama	R	$18,761,993	2,926,988	$20,137,677
70	Ocean's Twelve	Adventure	PG-13	$18,525,290	2,890,061	$19,883,620
71	National Treasure	Adventure	PG	$18,482,697	2,883,416	$19,837,902
72	Roll Bounce	Comedy	PG-13	$17,380,866	2,711,524	$18,655,285
73	The Devil's Rejects	Horror	R	$17,044,981	2,659,123	$18,294,766
74	Rebound	Comedy	PG	$16,809,014	2,622,311	$18,041,500
75	The Perfect Man	Romantic Comedy	PG	$16,535,005	2,579,564	$17,747,400
76	Waiting...	Comedy	R	$16,124,543	2,515,529	$17,306,840
77	The Gospel	Drama	PG	$15,778,152	2,461,490	$16,935,051
78	Fat Albert	Comedy	PG	$14,788,934	2,307,166	$15,873,302
79	Broken Flowers	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,744,960	2,144,300	$14,752,784
80	The Honeymooners	Comedy	PG-13	$12,834,849	2,002,317	$13,775,941
81	The Weather Man	Drama	R	$12,482,775	1,947,391	$13,398,050
82	Spanglish	Comedy	PG-13	$11,042,733	1,722,735	$11,852,417
83	In the Mix	Comedy	PG-13	$10,223,896	1,594,992	$10,973,545
84	Shopgirl	Drama	R	$10,075,314	1,571,812	$10,814,067
85	Cry Wolf	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,047,674	1,567,500	$10,784,400
86	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Comedy	R	$9,211,898	1,437,114	$9,887,344
87	The Ice Harvest	Black Comedy	R	$9,016,782	1,406,674	$9,677,917
88	An Unfinished Life	Drama	PG-13	$8,535,575	1,331,603	$9,161,429
89	The Man	Comedy	PG-13	$8,330,720	1,299,644	$8,941,551
90	Proof	Drama	PG-13	$7,535,331	1,175,559	$8,087,846
91	Bride & Prejudice	Musical	PG-13	$6,601,079	1,029,810	$7,085,093
92	Millions	Comedy	PG	$6,584,159	1,027,170	$7,066,930
93	Closer	Drama	R	$6,527,003	1,018,253	$7,005,581
94	Underclassman	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,654,777	882,180	$6,069,398
95	Darkness	Horror	PG-13	$5,536,622	863,748	$5,942,586
96	Ong-Bak	Action	R	$4,560,061	711,398	$4,894,418
97	Mindhunters	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,476,235	698,321	$4,804,448
98	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	Comedy	R	$4,210,358	656,842	$4,519,073
99	King's Ransom	Comedy	PG-13	$4,008,527	625,355	$4,302,442
100	Me and You and Everyone We Know	Drama	R	$3,885,134	606,105	$4,170,002
101	Melinda and Melinda	Comedy	PG-13	$3,826,280	596,924	$4,106,837
102	High Tension	Horror	R	$3,681,066	574,269	$3,950,971
103	Stay	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,626,883	565,816	$3,892,814
104	Supercross	Action	PG-13	$3,102,550	484,017	$3,330,037
105	G	Drama	R	$3,020,784	471,261	$3,242,276
106	Walk on Water	Drama	Not Rated	$2,712,736	423,204	$2,911,644
107	Junebug	Drama	R	$2,678,010	417,786	$2,874,368
108	Layer Cake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,339,957	365,048	$2,511,530
109	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$2,187,600	341,279	$2,348,000
110	Look at Me	Drama	PG-13	$1,736,499	270,905	$1,863,826
111	Everything is Illuminated	Drama	PG-13	$1,705,595	266,083	$1,830,651
112	El Vacilón: The Movie	Comedy	R	$1,693,256	264,159	$1,817,414
113	State Property 2	Action	R	$1,691,706	263,917	$1,815,749
114	Salaam Namaste	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,411,065	220,135	$1,514,529
115	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$1,369,189	213,602	$1,469,582
116	Ushpizin	Drama	PG	$1,344,334	209,724	$1,442,901
117	Dear Frankie	Drama	PG-13	$1,340,891	209,187	$1,439,207
118	Thumbsucker	Comedy	R	$1,328,679	207,282	$1,426,100
119	Happy Endings	Drama	R	$1,315,701	205,258	$1,412,175
120	Off the Map	Drama	PG-13	$1,310,368	204,426	$1,406,451
121	Indigo	Drama	Not Rated	$1,190,000	185,647	$1,277,251
122	Saving Face	Comedy	R	$1,187,266	185,221	$1,274,320
123	Heights	Drama	R	$1,158,405	180,718	$1,243,340
124	Bee Season	Drama	PG-13	$1,149,335	179,303	$1,233,605
125	Undiscovered	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,069,318	166,820	$1,147,722
126	Paradise Now	Drama	PG-13	$1,032,202	161,030	$1,107,886
127	The Beat My Heart Skipped	Drama	Not Rated	$1,023,424	159,661	$1,098,468
128	Bunty Aur Babli	Adventure	Not Rated	$932,509	145,477	$1,000,882
129	Venom	Horror	R	$881,745	137,558	$946,399
130	WAQT	Drama	Not Rated	$815,064	127,155	$874,826
131	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$738,014	115,135	$792,129
132	Ladder 49	Action	PG-13	$670,866	104,659	$720,054
133	Christmas with the Kranks	Comedy	PG	$624,893	97,487	$670,711
134	Match Point	Thriller/Suspense	R	$600,542	93,688	$644,573
135	Bluff Master	Comedy	Not Rated	$578,732	90,286	$621,168
136	A Wake in Providence	Comedy	R	$393,835	61,441	$422,714
137	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Romantic Comedy	R	$325,075	50,714	$348,912
138	Caterina in the Big City	Drama	Not Rated	$295,466	46,095	$317,134
139	Christmas in the Clouds	Comedy	PG	$279,225	43,561	$299,700
140	Transamerica	Drama	R	$269,187	41,995	$288,926
141	Taxi	Action	PG-13	$247,679	38,639	$265,836
142	Birth	Drama	R	$242,374	37,812	$260,147
143	After the Sunset	Action	PG-13	$214,207	33,418	$229,916
144	Hidden	Drama	R	$204,027	31,829	$218,984
145	Eros	Drama	R	$188,248	29,368	$202,052
146	I Heart Huckabees	Comedy	R	$187,738	29,288	$201,501
147	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$162,691	25,381	$174,621
148	Napoleon Dynamite	Comedy	PG	$129,906	20,266	$139,430
149	Pure	Drama	R	$93,329	14,560	$100,173
150	Chrystal	Drama	R	$80,701	12,590	$86,619
151	The Machinist	Thriller/Suspense	R	$77,533	12,096	$83,220
152	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	Drama	Not Rated	$70,945	11,068	$76,148
153	The Matador	Thriller/Suspense	R	$69,100	10,780	$74,166
154	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$64,107	10,001	$68,807
155	The Chumscrubber	Drama	R	$49,526	7,726	$53,155
156	Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$49,000	7,644	$52,591
157	Without a Paddle	Comedy	PG-13	$48,453	7,559	$52,006
158	Shoujyo: An Adolescent	Drama	Not Rated	$40,948	6,388	$43,949
159	Classe Tous Risques	Thriller/Suspense		$37,285	5,817	$40,021
160	Bear Cub	Comedy	R	$33,165	5,174	$35,597
161	Campfire	Drama	Not Rated	$32,058	5,001	$34,407
162	Garden State	Drama	R	$28,065	4,378	$30,121
163	National Lampoon's Barely Legal	Comedy	R	$26,511	4,136	$28,456
164	Cape of Good Hope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,325	3,951	$27,183
165	Team America: World Police	Comedy	R	$25,006	3,901	$26,839
166	Rory O'Shea Was Here	Drama	R	$23,844	3,720	$25,594
167	3 Dancing Slaves	Drama	Not Rated	$21,567	3,365	$23,151
168	Alfie	Comedy	R	$9,627	1,502	$10,334
169	Marebito	Horror	Not Rated	$6,232	972	$6,687
170	My Big Fat Independent Movie	Comedy	R	$4,655	726	$4,995
171	The Californians	Drama	PG	$4,134	645	$4,438
172	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$567	88	$605
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,230,054,430
Total Tickets Sold					659,914,890
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,540,214,443

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2005. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2005. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2004 will most likely earn money in 2004 and 2005. 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.