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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Box Office Performance for Sequel Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith Adventure PG-13 $380,270,577 59,324,583 $408,153,131
2 Meet the Fockers Comedy PG-13 $116,706,205 18,206,896 $125,263,444
3 Saw II Horror R $87,025,093 13,576,458 $93,406,031
4 The Ring Two Horror PG-13 $75,941,727 11,847,383 $81,509,995
5 Herbie: Fully Loaded Comedy G $66,010,682 10,298,078 $70,850,777
6 Be Cool Comedy PG-13 $55,849,401 8,712,855 $59,944,442
7 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Comedy PG $50,313,031 7,849,147 $54,002,131
8 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Comedy PG-13 $48,478,006 7,562,871 $52,032,552
9 The Legend of Zorro Adventure PG $45,575,336 7,110,037 $48,917,055
10 The Transporter 2 Action PG-13 $43,095,856 6,723,222 $46,255,767
11 Zathura Adventure PG $28,045,540 4,375,279 $30,101,920
12 XXX: State of the Union Action PG-13 $26,873,932 4,192,501 $28,844,407
13 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Comedy R $22,400,154 3,494,564 $24,042,600
14 Ocean's Twelve Adventure PG-13 $18,525,290 2,890,061 $19,883,620
15 The Devil's Rejects Horror R $17,044,981 2,659,123 $18,294,766
16 Son of the Mask Comedy PG $17,018,422 2,654,980 $18,266,262
17 Blade: Trinity Action R $4,317,450 673,549 $4,634,017
18 The Work and the Glory: American Zion Drama PG-13 $1,917,246 299,102 $2,057,822
19 State Property 2 Action R $1,691,706 263,917 $1,815,749
20 Oldboy Thriller/Suspense R $707,391 110,357 $759,256
21 Dominion: A Prequel to the Exorcist Horror R $251,495 39,235 $269,937
Total Gross of All Movies$1,108,059,521
Total Tickets Sold172,864,198
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,189,305,682

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.