Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2007

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2007 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	300	Action	R	$210,592,590	30,609,388	$219,775,406
2	Hairspray	Musical	PG	$118,871,849	17,277,885	$124,055,214
3	Dreamgirls	Musical	PG-13	$62,017,400	9,014,157	$64,721,647
4	3:10 to Yuma	Western	R	$53,606,916	7,791,703	$55,944,428
5	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$41,068,444	5,969,251	$42,859,222
6	Pan's Labyrinth	Horror	R	$37,065,974	5,387,496	$38,682,221
7	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Musical	R	$30,609,858	4,449,107	$31,944,588
8	Hannibal Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,669,725	4,021,762	$28,876,251
9	Across the Universe	Musical	PG-13	$24,343,673	3,538,325	$25,405,174
10	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$21,651,382	3,147,003	$22,595,482
11	Reign Over Me	Drama	R	$19,661,987	2,857,847	$20,519,341
12	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$14,244,720	2,070,453	$14,865,853
13	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$13,439,713	1,953,447	$14,025,749
14	The Lives of Others	Drama	R	$11,284,657	1,640,212	$11,776,722
15	Pathfinder	Adventure	R	$9,970,985	1,449,271	$10,405,766
16	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$8,212,399	1,193,663	$8,570,500
17	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$7,563,049	1,099,280	$7,892,830
18	The Last Legion	Action	PG-13	$5,932,060	862,218	$6,190,725
19	Lucky You	Drama	PG-13	$5,755,286	836,524	$6,006,242
20	Rescue Dawn	Action	PG-13	$5,484,375	797,148	$5,723,523
21	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$5,046,481	733,500	$5,266,530
22	Love in the Time of Cholera	Drama	R	$4,617,608	671,164	$4,818,958
23	Lust, Caution	Drama	NC-17	$4,535,729	659,263	$4,733,508
24	Black Book	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,398,392	639,301	$4,590,181
25	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$2,165,848	314,803	$2,260,286
26	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Drama	Not Rated	$1,829,142	265,864	$1,908,904
27	Eklavya - The Royal Guard	Action	Not Rated	$1,290,212	187,531	$1,346,473
28	Silk	Drama	R	$1,103,075	160,331	$1,151,177
29	The Golden Door	Drama	PG-13	$1,063,647	154,600	$1,110,028
30	The Ten Commandments	Adventure	PG	$952,820	138,491	$994,365
31	September Dawn	Western	R	$901,857	131,084	$941,183
32	The Good German	Drama	R	$850,043	123,553	$887,111
33	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$786,686	114,344	$820,990
34	Lady Chatterley	Drama	R	$687,414	99,915	$717,390
35	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$650,622	94,567	$678,991
36	Journey from the Fall	Drama	R	$635,305	92,341	$663,008
37	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$615,343	89,439	$642,172
38	The Italian	Drama	PG-13	$552,546	80,312	$576,640
39	Brooklyn Rules	Drama	R	$458,232	66,603	$478,210
40	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$427,023	62,067	$445,641
41	Seraphim Falls	Western	R	$418,296	60,799	$436,537
42	The Last Sin Eater	Drama	PG-13	$388,390	56,452	$405,325
43	This is England	Drama	Not Rated	$327,919	47,663	$342,220
44	Days of Glory	Drama	Not Rated	$320,700	46,613	$334,681
45	Ten Canoes	Comedy	Not Rated	$277,991	40,406	$290,115
46	O Jerusalem	Drama	R	$234,480	34,081	$244,702
47	Starter for Ten	Drama	PG-13	$216,839	31,517	$226,292
48	Live-In Maid	Drama	Not Rated	$200,433	29,133	$209,175
49	Blame It On Fidel	Drama	Not Rated	$168,065	24,428	$175,393
50	Youth Without Youth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$128,979	18,747	$134,603
51	Katyn	Drama	Not Rated	$118,095	17,165	$123,245
52	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$98,410	14,304	$102,703
53	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$87,175	12,671	$90,978
54	Nomad	Drama	R	$79,123	11,500	$82,570
55	The Witnesses	Drama	Not Rated	$77,300	11,235	$80,667
56	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Drama	Not Rated	$71,924	10,454	$75,060
57	Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story	Comedy		$71,190	10,347	$74,291
58	Unconscious	Comedy	R	$67,336	9,787	$70,271
59	Diggers	Comedy	R	$66,517	9,668	$69,416
60	Love and Honor	Drama	Not Rated	$60,154	8,743	$62,775
61	Exiled	Action	Not Rated	$51,957	7,552	$54,223
62	Home of the Brave	Drama	R	$43,753	6,359	$45,658
63	Local Color	Drama	R	$32,788	4,766	$34,220
64	Summer '04	Drama	Not Rated	$20,475	2,976	$21,368
65	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$15,777	2,293	$16,464
66	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	Horror	R	$11,401	1,657	$11,897
67	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$5,060	735	$5,277
Total Gross of All Movies				$766,275,594
Total Tickets Sold					111,377,264
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$799,688,756

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2007. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2007. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2006 will most likely earn money in 2006 and 2007. 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.