Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2007
| Rank | Movie | Genre | MPAA | 2007 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$309,420,425 |
44,973,899 |
$354,844,063 |
| 2 |
300
|
Action
|
R
|
$210,592,590 |
30,609,388 |
$241,508,071 |
| 3 |
Hairspray
|
Musical
|
PG
|
$118,871,849 |
17,277,885 |
$136,322,513 |
| 4 |
Dreamgirls
|
Musical
|
PG-13
|
$62,017,400 |
9,014,157 |
$71,121,699 |
| 5 |
3:10 to Yuma
|
Western
|
R
|
$53,606,916 |
7,791,703 |
$61,476,537 |
| 6 |
No Country for Old Men
|
Action
|
R
|
$41,068,444 |
5,969,251 |
$47,097,390 |
| 7 |
El Laberinto del Fauno
|
Horror
|
R
|
$37,065,974 |
5,387,496 |
$42,507,343 |
| 8 |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
|
Musical
|
R
|
$30,609,858 |
4,449,107 |
$35,103,454 |
| 9 |
Hannibal Rising
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$27,669,725 |
4,021,762 |
$31,731,702 |
| 10 |
Across the Universe
|
Musical
|
PG-13
|
$24,343,673 |
3,538,325 |
$27,917,384 |
| 11 |
Blood Diamond
|
Action
|
R
|
$21,651,382 |
3,147,003 |
$24,829,854 |
| 12 |
Reign Over Me
|
Drama
|
R
|
$19,661,987 |
2,857,847 |
$22,548,413 |
| 13 |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$14,244,720 |
2,070,453 |
$16,335,874 |
| 14 |
Letters from Iwo Jima
|
Drama
|
R
|
$13,439,713 |
1,953,447 |
$15,412,697 |
| 15 |
Das Leben der Anderen
|
Drama
|
R
|
$11,284,657 |
1,640,212 |
$12,941,273 |
| 16 |
Pathfinder
|
Action
|
R
|
$9,970,985 |
1,449,271 |
$11,434,748 |
| 17 |
Apocalypto
|
Adventure
|
R
|
$8,212,399 |
1,193,663 |
$9,418,001 |
| 18 |
The Painted Veil
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$7,563,049 |
1,099,280 |
$8,673,319 |
| 19 |
The Last Legion
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$5,932,060 |
862,218 |
$6,802,900 |
| 20 |
Lucky You
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$5,755,286 |
836,524 |
$6,600,174 |
| 21 |
Rescue Dawn
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$5,484,375 |
797,148 |
$6,289,498 |
| 22 |
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
|
Action
|
R
|
$5,046,481 |
733,500 |
$5,787,315 |
| 23 |
Love in the Time of Cholera
|
Drama
|
R
|
$4,617,608 |
671,164 |
$5,295,484 |
| 24 |
Se jie
|
Drama
|
NC-17
|
$4,535,729 |
659,263 |
$5,201,585 |
| 25 |
Zwartboek
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$4,398,392 |
639,301 |
$5,044,085 |
| 26 |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
|
Drama
|
R
|
$2,165,848 |
314,803 |
$2,483,796 |
| 27 |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$1,829,142 |
265,864 |
$2,097,667 |
| 28 |
Eklavya - The Royal Guard
|
Action
|
Not Rated
|
$1,290,212 |
187,531 |
$1,479,620 |
| 29 |
Silk
|
Drama
|
R
|
$1,103,075 |
160,331 |
$1,265,012 |
| 30 |
Nuovomondo
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$1,063,647 |
154,600 |
$1,219,794 |
| 31 |
The Ten Commandments
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$952,820 |
138,491 |
$1,092,694 |
| 32 |
The Good German
|
Drama
|
R
|
$850,043 |
123,553 |
$974,833 |
| 33 |
Sweet Land
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$786,686 |
114,344 |
$902,174 |
| 34 |
Lady Chatterley
|
Drama
|
R
|
$687,414 |
99,915 |
$788,329 |
| 35 |
The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$650,622 |
94,567 |
$746,134 |
| 36 |
Journey from the Fall
|
Drama
|
R
|
$635,305 |
92,341 |
$728,570 |
| 37 |
The Prestige
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$615,343 |
89,439 |
$705,674 |
| 38 |
Italianetz
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$552,546 |
80,312 |
$633,662 |
| 39 |
Brooklyn Rules
|
Drama
|
R
|
$458,232 |
66,603 |
$525,498 |
| 40 |
There Will Be Blood
|
Drama
|
R
|
$427,023 |
62,067 |
$489,709 |
| 41 |
Seraphim Falls
|
Western
|
R
|
$418,296 |
60,799 |
$479,704 |
| 42 |
The Last Sin Eater
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$388,390 |
56,452 |
$445,406 |
| 43 |
This is England
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$327,919 |
47,663 |
$376,061 |
| 44 |
Indigènes
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$320,700 |
46,613 |
$367,777 |
| 45 |
Ten Canoes
|
Comedy
|
Not Rated
|
$277,991 |
40,406 |
$318,803 |
| 46 |
O Jerusalem
|
Drama
|
R
|
$234,480 |
34,081 |
$268,899 |
| 47 |
Starter for Ten
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$216,839 |
31,517 |
$248,669 |
| 48 |
Cama adentro
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$200,433 |
29,133 |
$229,859 |
| 49 |
La faute à Fidel
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$168,065 |
24,428 |
$192,737 |
| 50 |
Youth Without Youth
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$128,979 |
18,747 |
$147,914 |
| 51 |
Katyn
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$118,095 |
17,165 |
$135,432 |
| 52 |
The Illusionist
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$98,410 |
14,304 |
$112,859 |
| 53 |
L'armée des ombres
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$87,175 |
12,671 |
$99,974 |
| 54 |
Nomad
|
Drama
|
R
|
$79,123 |
11,500 |
$90,735 |
| 55 |
Les Témoins
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$77,300 |
11,235 |
$88,644 |
| 56 |
4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$71,924 |
10,454 |
$82,482 |
| 57 |
Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story
|
Comedy
|
|
$71,190 |
10,347 |
$81,638 |
| 58 |
Inconscientes
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$67,336 |
9,787 |
$77,219 |
| 59 |
Diggers
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$66,517 |
9,668 |
$76,281 |
| 60 |
Bushi no ichibun
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$60,154 |
8,743 |
$68,982 |
| 61 |
Fong juk
|
Action
|
Not Rated
|
$51,957 |
7,552 |
$59,585 |
| 62 |
Home of the Brave
|
Drama
|
R
|
$43,753 |
6,359 |
$50,173 |
| 63 |
Local Color
|
Drama
|
R
|
$32,788 |
4,766 |
$37,604 |
| 64 |
Sommer '04
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$20,475 |
2,976 |
$23,481 |
| 65 |
Honeydripper
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$15,777 |
2,293 |
$18,092 |
| 66 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
|
Horror
|
R
|
$11,401 |
1,657 |
$13,074 |
| 67 |
Qian li zou dan qi
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$5,060 |
735 |
$5,799 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,074,794,162 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 156,220,079 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $1,232,576,423 |
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.
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