Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$370,270,943	59,624,951	$470,440,863
2	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,043,766	$102,915,314
3	The Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,032,279	12,404,554	$97,871,931
4	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,531,572	$90,984,103
5	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,371,181	10,365,730	$81,785,610
6	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,188,085	9,853,154	$77,741,385
7	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$57,978,659	9,336,338	$73,663,707
8	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,356,746	$65,934,726
9	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,451,932	$50,905,743
10	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,770,500	$45,529,245
11	Monster	Drama	R	$34,011,553	5,476,901	$43,212,749
12	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,079,129	$40,074,328
13	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,422,022	$34,889,754
14	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,308,253	$33,992,116
15	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$24,676,372	3,973,651	$31,352,106
16	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,607,763	$28,465,250
17	Two Brothers	Drama	PG	$18,947,630	3,051,148	$24,073,558
18	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,596,433	$20,485,856
19	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,532,190	$19,978,979
20	Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2	Drama	PG-13	$14,140,215	2,277,007	$17,965,585
21	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,221,632	$17,528,676
22	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,147,713	$16,945,456
23	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,979,443	2,090,087	$16,490,786
24	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,734,158	$13,682,507
25	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,676,647	$13,228,745
26	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,375	1,647,886	$13,001,821
27	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,445,497	$11,404,971
28	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,227,347	$9,683,768
29	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,107,847	$8,740,913
30	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,084,432	$8,556,168
31	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,517,198	1,049,468	$8,280,303
32	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,407,656	1,031,829	$8,141,131
33	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	947,102	$7,472,635
34	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	932,822	$7,359,966
35	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	928,160	$7,323,182
36	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	908,949	$7,171,608
37	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	767,073	$6,052,206
38	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	617,641	$4,873,187
39	Benji: Off the Leash!	Drama	PG	$3,816,912	614,640	$4,849,510
40	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	572,564	$4,517,530
41	Les invasions barbares	Drama	R	$3,501,357	563,826	$4,448,587
42	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,870	$3,652,044
43	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,809	$3,588,443
44	Cidade de Deus	Drama	R	$2,770,844	446,191	$3,520,447
45	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,828	$3,422,903
46	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	427,235	$3,370,884
47	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	407,643	$3,216,303
48	Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom	Drama	R	$2,380,788	383,380	$3,024,868
49	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,810	$2,696,881
50	Confidences trop intimes	Drama	R	$2,106,677	339,239	$2,676,596
51	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	328,107	$2,588,764
52	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,517	$2,497,319
53	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,817	$2,436,566
54	Les Choristes	Drama	PG-13	$1,821,951	293,390	$2,314,847
55	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,876	$2,255,562
56	La mala educaci�n	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	283,283	$2,235,103
57	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	277,368	$2,188,434
58	Io non ho paura	Drama	R	$1,615,118	260,083	$2,052,055
59	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	259,290	$2,045,798
60	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,439	$1,944,404
61	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,471	$1,849,976
62	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,398	$1,502,240
63	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,803	$1,473,876
64	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,771	$1,449,953
65	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,535	$1,432,311
66	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,774	$1,410,527
67	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,097,765	176,774	$1,394,747
68	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	171,055	$1,349,624
69	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,781	$1,347,462
70	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,306	$1,343,714
71	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	168,140	$1,326,625
72	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,703	$1,307,397
73	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,540	$1,235,101
74	Criminal	Drama	R	$923,426	148,700	$1,173,243
75	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,368	$1,170,624
76	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	134,157	$1,058,499
77	La Battaglia di Algeri	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,295	$1,035,918
78	Stage Beauty	Drama	R	$776,691	125,071	$986,810
79	Young Adam	Drama	NC-17	$767,240	123,549	$974,802
80	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$748,132	120,472	$950,524
81	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$727,467	117,144	$924,266
82	The Saddest Music in the World	Drama	R	$669,128	107,750	$850,148
83	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$634,064	102,104	$805,601
84	Japanese Story	Drama	R	$614,355	98,930	$780,558
85	Mean Creek	Drama	R	$603,943	97,253	$767,326
86	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,666	$746,915
87	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,227	$688,221
88	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,371	$681,467
89	The Twilight Samurai	Drama	Not Rated	$529,212	85,219	$672,378
90	The Return	Drama	PG-13	$501,752	80,797	$637,488
91	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	79,026	$623,515
92	Strayed	Drama	Not Rated	$482,357	77,674	$612,848
93	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,638	$604,674
94	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,728	$542,264
95	Primer	Drama	PG-13	$424,760	68,399	$539,668
96	Knafayim Shvurot	Drama	R	$405,818	65,349	$515,604
97	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,119	$505,899
98	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,894	$464,674
99	Since Otar Left	Drama	Not Rated	$344,974	55,551	$438,297
100	The United States of Leland	Drama	R	$343,816	55,365	$436,830
101	Yuva	Drama	Not Rated	$331,166	53,328	$420,758
102	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,262	$420,237
103	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,095	$418,920
104	Mickey	Drama	PG	$293,793	47,310	$373,276
105	I Am David	Drama	PG	$284,002	45,733	$360,833
106	Valentin	Drama	Not Rated	$275,363	44,342	$349,858
107	The Reckoning	Drama	R	$256,620	41,324	$326,046
108	Asa Nu Maan Watna Da	Drama	Not Rated	$235,075	37,854	$298,668
109	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,453	$271,834
110	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,823	$251,083
111	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,171	$245,939
112	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	31,035	$244,866
113	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$175,972	28,337	$223,579
114	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,246	$222,861
115	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,071	$221,480
116	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,270	$207,270
117	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,673	$202,560
118	Crimson Gold	Drama	Not Rated	$147,844	23,807	$187,837
119	Mar adentro	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,943	$181,020
120	Zhou Yu's Train	Drama	PG-13	$141,666	22,813	$179,995
121	Tokyo Godfathers	Drama	PG-13	$128,985	20,771	$163,883
122	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,995	$157,761
123	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$109,790	17,680	$139,495
124	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$105,349	16,964	$133,846
125	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,628	$131,195
126	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,578	$130,800
127	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,368	$121,254
128	Distant	Drama	Not Rated	$95,182	15,327	$120,930
129	Secret Things	Drama	Not Rated	$95,112	15,316	$120,843
130	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$91,110	14,671	$115,754
131	Un monde presque paisible	Drama	Not Rated	$89,931	14,482	$114,263
132	Phir Milenge	Drama	Not Rated	$89,868	14,471	$114,176
133	Mou gaan dou	Drama	R	$89,594	14,427	$113,829
134	Dev	Drama	Not Rated	$84,728	13,644	$107,651
135	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$78,181	12,590	$99,335
136	Reconstruction	Drama	Not Rated	$73,287	11,801	$93,110
137	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$71,044	11,440	$90,262
138	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$70,282	11,318	$89,299
139	The Inheritance	Drama	Not Rated	$63,886	10,288	$81,172
140	James' Journey to Jerusalem	Drama	Not Rated	$63,768	10,269	$81,022
141	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,071	$79,460
142	Time of the Wolf	Drama	Not Rated	$61,439	9,894	$78,064
143	Noi Albinoi	Drama	PG-13	$60,135	9,684	$76,407
144	Her Majesty	Drama	PG	$56,921	9,166	$72,320
145	I Vitelloni	Drama	Not Rated	$55,604	8,954	$70,647
146	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,898	$70,205
147	Twentynine Palms	Drama	Not Rated	$54,523	8,780	$69,274
148	Gozu	Drama	Not Rated	$54,419	8,763	$69,140
149	The Tracker	Drama	Not Rated	$52,717	8,489	$66,978
150	L.A. Twister	Drama	Not Rated	$50,980	8,209	$64,769
151	Twist	Drama	R	$50,968	8,207	$64,753
152	Alila	Drama	Not Rated	$48,493	7,809	$61,613
153	A Thousand Clouds of Peace	Drama	Not Rated	$45,933	7,397	$58,362
154	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$44,599	7,182	$56,666
155	Lana's Rain	Drama	R	$44,287	7,132	$56,271
156	You'll Get Over It	Drama	Not Rated	$42,811	6,894	$54,394
157	Springtime in a Small Town	Drama	PG	$42,258	6,805	$53,691
158	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,726	$53,068
159	Poco pi� di un anno fa	Drama	Not Rated	$41,703	6,715	$52,981
160	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$41,099	6,618	$52,216
161	Grand Champion	Drama	G	$40,874	6,582	$51,932
162	Hukkle	Drama	Not Rated	$40,456	6,515	$51,403
163	La vie promise	Drama		$39,157	6,305	$49,746
164	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$38,798	6,248	$49,297
165	Apr�s la vie	Drama	Not Rated	$38,773	6,244	$49,265
166	Father and Son	Drama	Not Rated	$38,150	6,143	$48,468
167	After Freedom	Drama	Not Rated	$35,639	5,739	$45,281
168	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$35,499	5,716	$45,099
169	Mang jing	Drama	Not Rated	$33,272	5,358	$42,275
170	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,334	$42,085
171	L'�ge d'or	Drama		$32,712	5,268	$41,565
172	Anatomie de l'enfer	Drama	Not Rated	$31,131	5,013	$39,553
173	Gypsy 83	Drama	R	$29,367	4,729	$37,312
174	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,453	$35,134
175	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$26,316	4,238	$33,438
176	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,822	$30,156
177	Bang Rajan	Drama	Not Rated	$22,826	3,676	$29,004
178	Incantato	Drama	Not Rated	$22,758	3,665	$28,917
179	Son Frere	Drama	Not Rated	$22,503	3,624	$28,593
180	La petite Lili	Drama	Not Rated	$21,983	3,540	$27,931
181	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,185	$25,130
182	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,147	$24,830
183	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,142	$24,790
184	Stander	Drama	R	$19,067	3,070	$24,222
185	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,585	$20,396
186	It's Easier for a Camel	Drama	Not Rated	$15,787	2,542	$20,056
187	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,285	$18,029
188	The 24th Day	Drama	R	$14,107	2,272	$17,926
189	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$12,366	1,991	$15,709
190	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,979	$15,614
191	Deserted Station	Drama	Not Rated	$11,837	1,906	$15,038
192	Intoxicating	Drama	Not Rated	$11,560	1,862	$14,691
193	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$10,645	1,714	$13,523
194	Spin	Drama	PG-13	$9,858	1,587	$12,521
195	Virgin	Drama	Not Rated	$9,501	1,530	$12,072
196	Mind the Gap	Drama	Not Rated	$9,496	1,529	$12,064
197	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$9,129	1,470	$11,598
198	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,457	$11,496
199	Imagining Argentina	Drama	R	$7,951	1,280	$10,099
200	The Intended	Drama	R	$7,522	1,211	$9,555
201	Carnages	Drama	Not Rated	$7,455	1,200	$9,468
202	The Last Place on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$6,505	1,048	$8,269
203	Wake	Drama	Not Rated	$6,164	993	$7,835
204	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	885	$6,983
205	Akarui mirai	Drama	Not Rated	$4,762	767	$6,052
206	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	756	$5,965
207	Dolls	Drama	Not Rated	$4,067	655	$5,168
208	11'09''01 - September 11	Drama	Not Rated	$3,962	638	$5,034
209	Open My Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$3,771	607	$4,789
210	Duze zwierze	Drama	Not Rated	$3,733	601	$4,742
211	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,058	492	$3,882
212	Conspiracy of Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$2,598	418	$3,298
213	Swing	Drama	R	$2,509	404	$3,188
214	Firedancer	Drama	Not Rated	$2,422	390	$3,077
215	Abouna	Drama	Not Rated	$2,350	378	$2,982
216	On the Down Low	Drama	Not Rated	$1,987	320	$2,525
217	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,965	316	$2,493
218	Free Radicals	Drama	Not Rated	$1,443	232	$1,830
219	Artworks	Drama	R	$1,348	217	$1,712
220	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,326
221	The Mongol King	Drama	Not Rated	$900	145	$1,144
222	The Road to Love	Drama	Not Rated	$867	140	$1,105
223	Cremaster 3	Drama	Not Rated	$661	106	$836
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,379,577,887
Total Tickets Sold					222,154,245
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,752,796,993

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.