Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2007

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2007 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	300	Action	R	$210,614,939	30,612,636	$210,614,936
2	Hairspray	Musical	PG	$118,823,091	17,270,798	$118,823,090
3	Dreamgirls	Musical	PG-13	$66,301,561	9,636,855	$66,301,562
4	3:10 to Yuma	Western	R	$53,606,916	7,791,703	$53,606,917
5	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$41,068,444	5,969,251	$41,068,447
6	Pan's Labyrinth	Horror	R	$37,065,974	5,387,496	$37,065,972
7	Hannibal Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,669,725	4,021,762	$27,669,723
8	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Musical	R	$26,913,596	3,911,860	$26,913,597
9	Across the Universe	Musical	PG-13	$24,343,673	3,538,325	$24,343,676
10	Blood Diamond	Action	R	$21,651,382	3,147,003	$21,651,381
11	Reign Over Me	Drama	R	$19,661,987	2,857,847	$19,661,987
12	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$13,439,713	1,953,447	$13,439,715
13	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$12,423,244	1,805,704	$12,423,244
14	The Lives of Others	Drama	R	$11,284,657	1,640,212	$11,284,659
15	Pathfinder	Adventure	R	$10,232,081	1,487,221	$10,232,080
16	Apocalypto	Adventure	R	$8,212,399	1,193,663	$8,212,401
17	The Painted Veil	Drama	PG-13	$7,563,049	1,099,280	$7,563,046
18	The Last Legion	Action	PG-13	$5,932,060	862,218	$5,932,060
19	Lucky You	Drama	PG-13	$5,755,286	836,524	$5,755,285
20	Rescue Dawn	Action	PG-13	$5,490,423	798,027	$5,490,426
21	Curse of the Golden Flower	Action	R	$5,046,481	733,500	$5,046,480
22	Love in the Time of Cholera	Drama	R	$4,617,608	671,164	$4,617,608
23	Lust, Caution	Drama	NC-17	$4,523,146	657,434	$4,523,146
24	Black Book	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,398,392	639,301	$4,398,391
25	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Action	R	$3,876,717	563,476	$3,876,715
26	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Drama	R	$2,165,848	314,803	$2,165,845
27	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Drama	Not Rated	$1,829,142	265,864	$1,829,144
28	Eklavya - The Royal Guard	Action	Not Rated	$1,290,212	187,531	$1,290,213
29	Silk	Drama	R	$1,103,075	160,331	$1,103,077
30	The Golden Door	Drama	PG-13	$1,063,647	154,600	$1,063,648
31	The Ten Commandments	Adventure	PG	$952,820	138,491	$952,818
32	September Dawn	Western	R	$901,857	131,084	$901,858
33	The Good German	Drama	R	$850,043	123,553	$850,045
34	Sweet Land	Drama	Not Rated	$786,686	114,344	$786,687
35	The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided	Drama	PG	$703,077	102,191	$703,074
36	Lady Chatterley	Drama	R	$687,414	99,915	$687,415
37	Journey from the Fall	Drama	R	$635,305	92,341	$635,306
38	The Prestige	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$615,343	89,439	$615,340
39	The Italian	Drama	PG-13	$552,546	80,312	$552,547
40	Brooklyn Rules	Drama	R	$458,232	66,603	$458,229
41	Seraphim Falls	Western	R	$418,296	60,799	$418,297
42	The Last Sin Eater	Drama	PG-13	$388,390	56,452	$388,390
43	This is England	Drama		$327,919	47,663	$327,921
44	Days of Glory	Drama		$320,700	46,613	$320,697
45	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$314,917	45,773	$314,918
46	Ten Canoes	Comedy		$277,991	40,406	$277,993
47	O Jerusalem	Drama	R	$234,480	34,081	$234,477
48	Starter for Ten	Drama	PG-13	$216,839	31,517	$216,837
49	Live-In Maid	Drama		$200,433	29,133	$200,435
50	Blame It On Fidel	Drama		$168,065	24,428	$168,065
51	Youth Without Youth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$128,979	18,747	$128,979
52	The Illusionist	Drama	PG-13	$98,410	14,304	$98,412
53	Army of Shadows	Drama	Not Rated	$87,175	12,671	$87,176
54	Nomad	Drama	R	$79,123	11,500	$79,120
55	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Drama	Not Rated	$71,924	10,454	$71,924
56	Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story	Comedy		$71,190	10,347	$71,187
57	Unconscious	Comedy	R	$67,694	9,839	$67,692
58	Diggers	Comedy	R	$66,517	9,668	$66,516
59	Exiled	Action		$51,957	7,552	$51,958
60	Home of the Brave	Drama	R	$43,753	6,359	$43,750
61	Local Color	Drama		$32,788	4,766	$32,790
62	Summer '04	Drama		$20,475	2,976	$20,475
63	Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles	Drama	PG	$5,060	735	$5,057
Total Gross of All Movies				$768,804,866
Total Tickets Sold					111,744,892
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$768,804,857

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.