The Big Picture: Top Sports Movies Of 2005

The following presents the top sports movies of ’05, ranked by total gross box office sales, through December 20. Rankings presented are among all ’05 releases. “The Longest Yard” was No. 1 among sports films, with total box office sales over $90M higher than the rest of the competition (THE DAILY).

RK	MOVIE	RELEASE DATE	TOTAL GROSS	STUDIO
10)	The Longest Yard	May 27	$158.09	Paramount
32)	Coach Carter	January 14	$67.25	Paramount
34)	Herbie: Fully Loaded	June 24	$66.00	Buena Vista
39)	Cinderella Man	June 3	$61.58	Universal
46)	Kicking And Screaming	May 13	$52.58	Universal
50)	Racing Stripes	January 14	$49.19	Warner Bros.
60)	Fever Pitch	April 18	$42.01	Fox
69)	Bad News Bears	July 22	$32.84	Paramount
72)	Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story	October 21	$32.21	DreamWorks
89)	Ice Princess	March 18	$24.38	Buena Vista
113)	Rebound	July 1	$16.76	Fox
117)	The Greatest Game Ever Played	September 30	$15.33	Buena Vista
123)	Lords Of Dogtown	June 3	$11.01	Sony
160)	Supercross	August 19	$3.08	Fox
174)	Murderball	July 8	$1.43	Think
203)	First Descent	December 2	$0.74	Universal
229)	The Game Of Their Lives	April 22	$0.37	IFC
251)	Green Street Hooligans	September 9	$0.24	Free
260)	Down And Derby	April 15	$0.17	Free
261)	3-Iron	April 29	$0.17	SPC
292)	National Lampoon's Blackball	February 11	$0.05	First
312)	Swimming Upstream	February 4	$0.03	MGM