Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,032,279	12,404,554	$97,871,931
2	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,531,572	$90,984,103
3	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,371,181	10,365,730	$81,785,610
4	Monster	Drama	R	$34,011,553	5,476,901	$43,212,749
5	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,475,089	$43,198,452
6	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,079,129	$40,074,328
7	The Alamo	Western	PG-13	$22,406,362	3,608,110	$28,467,988
8	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,532,190	$19,978,979
9	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,084,432	$8,556,168
10	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	947,102	$7,472,635
11	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,828	$3,422,903
12	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,817	$2,436,566
13	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,876	$2,255,562
14	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,719,072	276,823	$2,184,133
15	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,172,345	188,783	$1,489,498
16	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,771	$1,449,953
17	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,540	$1,235,101
18	La Battaglia di Algeri	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,295	$1,035,918
19	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	Documentary	PG-13	$613,252	98,752	$779,153
20	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,638	$604,674
21	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,675	$589,186
22	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,728	$542,264
23	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,262	$420,237
24	America's Heart and Soul	Documentary	Not Rated	$314,000	50,564	$398,950
25	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	31,035	$244,866
26	The Five Obstructions	Documentary	Not Rated	$150,966	24,310	$191,806
27	Mar adentro	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,943	$181,020
28	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,578	$130,800
29	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,898	$70,205
30	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,822	$30,156
31	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,285	$18,029
32	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,837	$14,494
33	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,326
34	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$387
Total Gross of All Movies				$378,841,597
Total Tickets Sold					61,005,086
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$481,330,129

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.