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	$428,107,148
2	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,043,766	$93,654,240
3	The Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,032,279	12,404,554	$89,064,698
4	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,531,572	$82,796,687
5	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,371,181	10,365,730	$74,425,941
6	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,188,085	9,853,154	$70,745,646
7	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$57,978,659	9,336,338	$67,034,907
8	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,356,746	$60,001,436
9	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,451,932	$46,324,872
10	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,770,500	$41,432,190
11	Monster	Drama	R	$34,011,553	5,476,901	$39,324,149
12	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,079,129	$36,468,146
13	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,422,022	$31,750,118
14	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,308,253	$30,933,257
15	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$24,676,372	3,973,651	$28,530,814
16	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,607,763	$25,903,738
17	Two Brothers	Drama	PG	$18,947,630	3,051,148	$21,907,243
18	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,596,433	$18,642,389
19	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,532,190	$18,181,124
20	Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2	Drama	PG-13	$14,140,215	2,277,007	$16,348,910
21	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,221,632	$15,951,318
22	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,147,713	$15,420,579
23	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,979,443	2,090,087	$15,006,825
24	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,734,158	$12,451,254
25	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,676,647	$12,038,325
26	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,375	1,647,886	$11,831,821
27	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,445,497	$10,378,668
28	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,227,347	$8,812,351
29	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,107,847	$7,954,341
30	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,084,432	$7,786,222
31	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,517,198	1,049,468	$7,535,180
32	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,407,656	1,031,829	$7,408,532
33	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	947,102	$6,800,192
34	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	932,822	$6,697,662
35	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	928,160	$6,664,189
36	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	908,949	$6,526,254
37	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	767,073	$5,507,584
38	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	617,641	$4,434,662
39	Benji: Off the Leash!	Drama	PG	$3,816,912	614,640	$4,413,115
40	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	572,564	$4,111,010
41	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	563,826	$4,048,271
42	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,870	$3,323,407
43	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,809	$3,265,529
44	City of God	Drama	R	$2,770,844	446,191	$3,203,651
45	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,828	$3,114,885
46	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	427,235	$3,067,547
47	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	407,643	$2,926,877
48	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	383,380	$2,752,668
49	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,810	$2,454,196
50	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	339,239	$2,435,736
51	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	328,107	$2,355,808
52	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,517	$2,272,592
53	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,817	$2,217,306
54	The Chorus	Drama	PG-13	$1,821,951	293,390	$2,106,540
55	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,876	$2,052,590
56	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	283,283	$2,033,972
57	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	277,368	$1,991,502
58	I'm not Scared	Drama	R	$1,615,118	260,083	$1,867,396
59	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	259,290	$1,861,702
60	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,439	$1,769,432
61	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,471	$1,683,502
62	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,398	$1,367,058
63	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,803	$1,341,246
64	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,771	$1,319,476
65	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,535	$1,303,421
66	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,774	$1,283,597
67	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,097,765	176,774	$1,269,237
68	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	171,055	$1,228,175
69	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,781	$1,226,208
70	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,306	$1,222,797
71	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	168,140	$1,207,245
72	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,703	$1,189,748
73	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,540	$1,123,957
74	Criminal	Drama	R	$923,426	148,700	$1,067,666
75	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,368	$1,065,282
76	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	134,157	$963,247
77	The Battle of Algiers	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,295	$942,698
78	Stage Beauty	Drama	R	$776,691	125,071	$898,010
79	Young Adam	Drama	NC-17	$767,240	123,549	$887,082
80	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$748,132	120,472	$864,989
81	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$727,467	117,144	$841,094
82	The Saddest Music in the World	Drama	R	$669,128	107,750	$773,645
83	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$634,064	102,104	$733,107
84	Japanese Story	Drama	R	$614,355	98,930	$710,317
85	Mean Creek	Drama	R	$603,943	97,253	$698,277
86	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,666	$679,702
87	Facing Window	Drama	R	$541,682	87,227	$626,290
88	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,371	$620,144
89	The Twilight Samurai	Drama	Not Rated	$529,212	85,219	$611,872
90	The Return	Drama	PG-13	$501,752	80,797	$580,122
91	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	79,026	$567,407
92	Strayed	Drama	Not Rated	$482,357	77,674	$557,699
93	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,638	$550,261
94	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,728	$493,467
95	Primer	Drama	PG-13	$424,760	68,399	$491,105
96	Broken Wings	Drama	R	$405,818	65,349	$469,206
97	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,119	$460,374
98	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,894	$422,859
99	Since Otar Left	Drama	Not Rated	$344,974	55,551	$398,856
100	The United States of Leland	Drama	R	$343,816	55,365	$397,521
101	Yuva	Drama	Not Rated	$331,166	53,328	$382,895
102	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,262	$382,421
103	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,095	$381,222
104	Mickey	Drama	PG	$293,793	47,310	$339,686
105	I Am David	Drama	PG	$284,002	45,733	$328,363
106	Valentin	Drama	Not Rated	$275,363	44,342	$318,376
107	The Reckoning	Drama	R	$256,620	41,324	$296,706
108	Asa Nu Maan Watna Da	Drama	Not Rated	$235,075	37,854	$271,792
109	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,453	$247,373
110	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,823	$228,489
111	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,171	$223,808
112	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	31,035	$222,831
113	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$175,972	28,337	$203,460
114	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,246	$202,806
115	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,071	$201,550
116	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,270	$188,619
117	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,673	$184,332
118	Crimson Gold	Drama	Not Rated	$147,844	23,807	$170,934
119	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,943	$164,731
120	Zhou Yu's Train	Drama	PG-13	$141,666	22,813	$163,797
121	Tokyo Godfathers	Drama	PG-13	$128,985	20,771	$149,136
122	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,995	$143,564
123	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$109,790	17,680	$126,942
124	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$105,349	16,964	$121,802
125	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,628	$119,389
126	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,578	$119,030
127	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,368	$110,342
128	Distant	Drama	Not Rated	$95,182	15,327	$110,048
129	Secret Things	Drama	Not Rated	$95,112	15,316	$109,969
130	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$91,110	14,671	$105,338
131	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$89,931	14,482	$103,981
132	Phir Milenge	Drama	Not Rated	$89,868	14,471	$103,902
133	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,427	$103,586
134	Dev	Drama	Not Rated	$84,728	13,644	$97,964
135	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$78,181	12,590	$90,396
136	Reconstruction	Drama	Not Rated	$73,287	11,801	$84,731
137	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$71,044	11,440	$82,139
138	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$70,282	11,318	$81,263
139	The Inheritance	Drama	Not Rated	$63,886	10,288	$73,868
140	James' Journey to Jerusalem	Drama	Not Rated	$63,768	10,269	$73,731
141	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,071	$72,310
142	Time of the Wolf	Drama	Not Rated	$61,439	9,894	$71,039
143	Noi Albinoi	Drama	PG-13	$60,135	9,684	$69,531
144	Her Majesty	Drama	PG	$56,921	9,166	$65,812
145	I Vitelloni	Drama	Not Rated	$55,604	8,954	$64,290
146	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,898	$63,888
147	Twentynine Palms	Drama	Not Rated	$54,523	8,780	$63,040
148	Gozu	Drama	Not Rated	$54,419	8,763	$62,918
149	The Tracker	Drama	Not Rated	$52,717	8,489	$60,951
150	L.A. Twister	Drama	Not Rated	$50,980	8,209	$58,941
151	Twist	Drama	R	$50,968	8,207	$58,926
152	Alila	Drama	Not Rated	$48,493	7,809	$56,069
153	A Thousand Clouds of Peace	Drama	Not Rated	$45,933	7,397	$53,110
154	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$44,599	7,182	$51,567
155	Lana's Rain	Drama	R	$44,287	7,132	$51,208
156	You'll Get Over It	Drama	Not Rated	$42,811	6,894	$49,499
157	Springtime in a Small Town	Drama	PG	$42,258	6,805	$48,860
158	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,726	$48,293
159	Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star	Drama	Not Rated	$41,703	6,715	$48,214
160	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$41,099	6,618	$47,517
161	Grand Champion	Drama	G	$40,874	6,582	$47,259
162	Hukkle	Drama	Not Rated	$40,456	6,515	$46,778
163	The Promised Life	Drama		$39,157	6,305	$45,270
164	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$38,798	6,248	$44,861
165	After the Life	Drama	Not Rated	$38,773	6,244	$44,832
166	Father and Son	Drama	Not Rated	$38,150	6,143	$44,107
167	After Freedom	Drama	Not Rated	$35,639	5,739	$41,206
168	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$35,499	5,716	$41,041
169	Blind Shaft	Drama	Not Rated	$33,272	5,358	$38,470
170	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,334	$38,298
171	The Golden Age	Drama		$32,712	5,268	$37,824
172	Anatomy of Hell	Drama	Not Rated	$31,131	5,013	$35,993
173	Gypsy 83	Drama	R	$29,367	4,729	$33,954
174	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,453	$31,973
175	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$26,316	4,238	$30,429
176	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,822	$27,442
177	Bang Rajan	Drama	Not Rated	$22,826	3,676	$26,394
178	Incantato	Drama	Not Rated	$22,758	3,665	$26,315
179	Son Frere	Drama	Not Rated	$22,503	3,624	$26,020
180	Petite Lili, La	Drama	Not Rated	$21,983	3,540	$25,417
181	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,185	$22,868
182	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,147	$22,595
183	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,142	$22,560
184	Stander	Drama	R	$19,067	3,070	$22,043
185	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,585	$18,560
186	It's Easier for a Camel	Drama	Not Rated	$15,787	2,542	$18,252
187	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,285	$16,406
188	The 24th Day	Drama	R	$14,107	2,272	$16,313
189	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$12,366	1,991	$14,295
190	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,979	$14,209
191	Deserted Station	Drama	Not Rated	$11,837	1,906	$13,685
192	Intoxicating	Drama	Not Rated	$11,560	1,862	$13,369
193	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$10,645	1,714	$12,307
194	Spin	Drama	PG-13	$9,858	1,587	$11,395
195	Virgin	Drama	Not Rated	$9,501	1,530	$10,985
196	Mind the Gap	Drama	Not Rated	$9,496	1,529	$10,978
197	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$9,129	1,470	$10,555
198	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,457	$10,461
199	Imagining Argentina	Drama	R	$7,951	1,280	$9,190
200	The Intended	Drama	R	$7,522	1,211	$8,695
201	Carnage	Drama	Not Rated	$7,455	1,200	$8,616
202	The Last Place on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$6,505	1,048	$7,525
203	Wake	Drama	Not Rated	$6,164	993	$7,130
204	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	885	$6,354
205	Bright Future	Drama	Not Rated	$4,762	767	$5,507
206	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	756	$5,428
207	Dolls	Drama	Not Rated	$4,067	655	$4,703
208	September 11	Drama	Not Rated	$3,962	638	$4,581
209	Open My Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$3,771	607	$4,358
210	Big Animal	Drama	Not Rated	$3,733	601	$4,315
211	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,058	492	$3,533
212	Conspiracy of Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$2,598	418	$3,001
213	Swing	Drama	R	$2,509	404	$2,901
214	Firedancer	Drama	Not Rated	$2,422	390	$2,800
215	Abouna	Drama	Not Rated	$2,350	378	$2,714
216	On the Down Low	Drama	Not Rated	$1,987	320	$2,298
217	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,965	316	$2,269
218	Free Radicals	Drama	Not Rated	$1,443	232	$1,666
219	Artworks	Drama	R	$1,348	217	$1,558
220	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,206
221	The Mongol King	Drama	Not Rated	$900	145	$1,041
222	The Road to Love	Drama	Not Rated	$867	140	$1,005
223	Cremaster 3	Drama	Not Rated	$661	106	$761
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,379,577,887
Total Tickets Sold					222,154,245
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,595,067,479

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.