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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Box Office Performance for Universal Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 King Kong Adventure PG-13 $168,505,310 26,287,880 $180,860,614
2 Meet the Fockers Comedy PG-13 $116,706,205 18,206,896 $125,263,444
3 The 40 Year-old Virgin Comedy R $109,449,237 17,074,764 $117,474,376
4 The Interpreter Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $72,708,161 11,342,927 $78,039,338
5 Jarhead Drama R $62,454,785 9,743,336 $67,034,152
6 Cinderella Man Drama PG-13 $61,649,911 9,617,771 $66,170,264
7 White Noise Drama PG-13 $56,094,360 8,751,070 $60,207,362
8 Kicking and Screaming Comedy PG $52,842,724 8,243,795 $56,717,310
9 The Skeleton Key Horror PG-13 $47,907,715 7,473,902 $51,420,446
10 In Good Company Comedy PG-13 $45,264,721 7,061,579 $48,583,664
11 The Wedding Date Romantic Comedy PG-13 $31,726,995 4,949,609 $34,053,310
12 Doom Horror R $28,212,337 4,401,301 $30,280,951
13 Serenity Action PG-13 $25,514,517 3,980,424 $27,385,317
14 2 For the Money Drama R $22,991,379 3,586,799 $24,677,177
15 Prime Romantic Comedy PG-13 $22,827,153 3,561,178 $24,500,905
16 George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Horror R $20,700,082 3,229,342 $22,217,873
17 The Perfect Man Romantic Comedy PG $16,535,005 2,579,564 $17,747,400
18 Munich Drama R $14,270,545 2,226,294 $15,316,903
19 The Producers: The Movie Musical Musical PG-13 $10,628,097 1,658,049 $11,407,377
20 Ray Drama PG-13 $3,694,930 576,432 $3,965,852
21 First Descent Documentary PG-13 $739,690 115,396 $793,924
22 Inside Deep Throat Documentary NC-17 $691,880 107,938 $742,613
23 Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason Romantic Comedy R $325,075 50,714 $348,912
Total Gross of All Movies$992,440,814
Total Tickets Sold154,826,960
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,065,209,485

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.