Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,465,149	$154,119,770
2	Van Helsing	Action	PG-13	$120,150,546	19,347,914	$138,918,023
3	Starsky & Hutch	Comedy	PG-13	$88,200,225	14,202,935	$101,977,073
4	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,548,617	$97,279,070
5	Hidalgo	Western	PG-13	$67,286,731	10,835,222	$77,796,894
6	The Manchurian Candidate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$65,948,711	10,619,760	$76,249,877
7	Jet Li's Hero	Action	PG-13	$53,652,140	8,639,636	$62,032,586
8	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,356,746	$60,001,436
9	King Arthur	Adventure	PG-13	$51,877,963	8,353,939	$59,981,282
10	Exorcist: The Beginning	Horror	R	$41,814,863	6,733,472	$48,346,329
11	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$24,676,372	3,973,651	$28,530,814
12	Around the World in 80 Days	Adventure	PG	$24,004,159	3,865,404	$27,753,601
13	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,396,657	$24,387,997
14	The Life of Brian	Comedy	Not Rated	$19,868,659	3,199,462	$22,972,137
15	Flight of the Phoenix	Adventure	PG-13	$16,720,242	2,692,471	$19,331,942
16	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	PG-13	$16,178,431	2,605,222	$18,705,494
17	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,596,433	$18,642,389
18	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,221,632	$15,951,318
19	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,147,713	$15,420,579
20	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$10,920,242	1,758,493	$12,625,980
21	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,734,158	$12,451,254
22	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$5,901,590	950,337	$6,823,420
23	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$4,157,199	669,436	$4,806,550
24	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	572,564	$4,111,010
25	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	427,235	$3,067,547
26	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	407,643	$2,926,877
27	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	379,022	$2,721,378
28	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,810	$2,454,196
29	The Chorus	Drama	PG-13	$1,821,951	293,390	$2,106,540
30	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	283,283	$2,033,972
31	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,439	$1,769,432
32	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,774	$1,283,597
33	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,703	$1,189,748
34	Bright Young Things	Comedy	R	$931,755	150,041	$1,077,294
35	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,368	$1,065,282
36	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,475	$987,071
37	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,367	$900,135
38	Lakshya	Adventure	Not Rated	$752,344	121,150	$869,857
39	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,371	$620,144
40	The Twilight Samurai	Drama	Not Rated	$529,212	85,219	$611,872
41	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,453	$247,373
42	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,270	$188,619
43	The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra		PG	$110,536	17,800	$127,804
44	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,628	$119,389
45	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$101,910	16,411	$117,831
46	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,071	$72,310
47	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,334	$38,298
48	Bandido	Western	R	$4,064	654	$4,696
Total Gross of All Movies				$982,371,923
Total Tickets Sold					158,191,934
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,135,818,086

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.