Box Office Performance for Dramatization 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 Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,032,279	12,404,554	$89,064,698
3	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,531,572	$82,796,687
4	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,371,181	10,365,730	$74,425,941
5	Monster	Drama	R	$34,011,553	5,476,901	$39,324,149
6	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,475,089	$39,311,139
7	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,079,129	$36,468,146
8	The Alamo	Western	PG-13	$22,406,362	3,608,110	$25,906,230
9	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,532,190	$18,181,124
10	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,084,432	$7,786,222
11	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	947,102	$6,800,192
12	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,828	$3,114,885
13	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,817	$2,217,306
14	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,876	$2,052,590
15	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,719,072	276,823	$1,987,589
16	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,172,345	188,783	$1,355,462
17	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,771	$1,319,476
18	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,540	$1,123,957
19	The Battle of Algiers	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,295	$942,698
20	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	Documentary	PG-13	$613,252	98,752	$709,039
21	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,638	$550,261
22	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,675	$536,167
23	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,728	$493,467
24	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,262	$382,421
25	America's Heart and Soul	Documentary	Not Rated	$314,000	50,564	$363,050
26	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	31,035	$222,831
27	The Five Obstructions	Documentary	Not Rated	$150,966	24,310	$174,546
28	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,943	$164,731
29	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,578	$119,030
30	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,898	$63,888
31	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,822	$27,442
32	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,285	$16,406
33	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,837	$13,190
34	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,206
35	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$352
Total Gross of All Movies				$749,112,540
Total Tickets Sold					120,630,037
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$866,123,666

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.