Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction 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	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,465,149	$169,360,026
3	Van Helsing	Action	PG-13	$120,150,546	19,347,914	$152,655,041
4	Starsky & Hutch	Comedy	PG-13	$88,200,225	14,202,935	$112,061,157
5	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,548,617	$106,898,588
6	Hidalgo	Western	PG-13	$67,286,731	10,835,222	$85,489,902
7	The Manchurian Candidate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$65,948,711	10,619,760	$83,789,906
8	Jet Li's Hero	Action	PG-13	$53,652,140	8,639,636	$68,166,728
9	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,356,746	$65,934,726
10	King Arthur	Adventure	PG-13	$51,877,963	8,353,939	$65,912,579
11	Exorcist: The Beginning	Horror	R	$41,814,863	6,733,472	$53,127,094
12	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$24,676,372	3,973,651	$31,352,106
13	Around the World in 80 Days	Adventure	PG	$24,004,159	3,865,404	$30,498,038
14	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,396,657	$26,799,624
15	The Life of Brian	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,868,649	3,199,460	$25,243,739
16	Flight of the Phoenix	Adventure	PG-13	$16,720,242	2,692,471	$21,243,596
17	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	PG-13	$16,178,431	2,605,222	$20,555,202
18	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,596,433	$20,485,856
19	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,221,632	$17,528,676
20	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,147,713	$16,945,456
21	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$10,920,242	1,758,493	$13,874,510
22	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,734,158	$13,682,507
23	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$5,901,590	950,337	$7,498,159
24	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$4,157,199	669,436	$5,281,850
25	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	572,564	$4,517,530
26	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	427,235	$3,370,884
27	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	407,643	$3,216,303
28	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	379,022	$2,990,484
29	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,810	$2,696,881
30	Les Choristes	Drama	PG-13	$1,821,951	293,390	$2,314,847
31	La mala educaci�n	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	283,283	$2,235,103
32	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,439	$1,944,404
33	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,774	$1,410,527
34	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,703	$1,307,397
35	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$931,755	150,041	$1,183,823
36	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,368	$1,170,624
37	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,475	$1,084,678
38	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,367	$989,146
39	Lakshya	Adventure	Not Rated	$752,344	121,150	$955,874
40	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,371	$681,467
41	The Twilight Samurai	Drama	Not Rated	$529,212	85,219	$672,378
42	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,453	$271,834
43	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,270	$207,270
44	The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra		PG	$110,536	17,800	$140,442
45	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,628	$131,195
46	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$101,910	16,411	$129,483
47	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,071	$79,460
48	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,334	$42,085
49	Bandido	Western	R	$4,064	654	$5,160
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,352,642,856
Total Tickets Sold					217,816,883
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,718,575,207

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.