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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Box Office Performance for Remake Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The War of the Worlds Action PG-13 $234,280,354 36,549,197 $251,458,475
2 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Comedy PG $206,459,076 32,208,904 $221,597,260
3 King Kong Adventure PG-13 $168,505,310 26,287,880 $180,860,614
4 The Longest Yard Comedy PG-13 $158,119,460 24,667,622 $169,713,239
5 Guess Who Comedy PG-13 $68,915,888 10,751,309 $73,969,006
6 The Amityville Horror Horror R $65,233,369 10,176,813 $70,016,473
7 Fun With Dick And Jane Comedy PG-13 $60,104,858 9,376,733 $64,511,923
8 Yours, Mine and Ours Comedy PG $50,733,384 7,914,724 $54,453,301
9 The Bad News Bears Comedy PG-13 $32,868,349 5,127,668 $35,278,356
10 House of Wax Horror R $32,064,800 5,002,309 $34,415,886
11 The Fog Horror PG-13 $29,511,112 4,603,918 $31,674,956
12 Dark Water Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $25,473,093 3,973,961 $27,340,852
13 Assault On Precinct 13 Action R $20,040,895 3,126,505 $21,510,354
14 The Producers: The Movie Musical Musical PG-13 $10,628,097 1,658,049 $11,407,377
15 Flight of the Phoenix Adventure PG-13 $4,288,938 669,101 $4,603,415
16 The Chorus Drama PG-13 $1,807,807 282,029 $1,940,360
17 Shall We Dance? Romantic Comedy PG-13 $738,014 115,135 $792,129
18 Taxi Action PG-13 $247,679 38,639 $265,836
19 Alfie Comedy R $9,627 1,502 $10,334
Total Gross of All Movies$1,170,030,110
Total Tickets Sold182,531,998
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,255,820,146

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.