Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Twilight	Drama	PG-13	$176,922,850	24,641,065	$194,418,003
2	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Drama	PG-13	$79,297,086	11,044,162	$87,138,438
3	Seven Pounds	Drama	PG-13	$60,147,298	8,377,061	$66,095,011
4	Step Up 2 the Streets	Drama	PG-13	$58,017,783	8,080,471	$63,754,916
5	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$46,686,713	6,502,328	$51,303,368
6	Nights in Rodanthe	Drama	PG-13	$41,802,381	5,822,059	$45,936,046
7	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,795,491	5,542,547	$43,730,696
8	Atonement	Drama	R	$37,979,097	5,289,568	$41,734,692
9	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$37,525,311	5,226,366	$41,236,028
10	Fireproof	Drama	PG	$33,256,544	4,631,831	$36,545,147
11	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Drama	PG-13	$31,487,293	4,385,417	$34,600,940
12	Slumdog Millionaire	Drama	R	$28,676,598	3,993,955	$31,512,305
13	The Other Boleyn Girl	Drama	PG-13	$26,814,957	3,734,674	$29,466,578
14	W.	Drama	PG-13	$25,534,493	3,556,336	$28,059,491
15	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$24,957,785	3,476,015	$27,425,758
16	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Drama	PG	$18,731,137	2,608,793	$20,583,377
17	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$18,705,481	2,605,220	$20,555,186
18	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Drama	G	$17,657,973	2,459,328	$19,404,098
19	Milk	Drama	R	$17,157,994	2,389,693	$18,854,678
20	Pride and Glory	Drama	R	$15,740,721	2,192,301	$17,297,255
21	The Duchess	Drama	PG-13	$13,848,978	1,928,827	$15,218,445
22	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$13,791,114	1,920,768	$15,154,860
23	La misma luna	Drama	PG-13	$12,590,147	1,753,502	$13,835,131
24	The Longshots	Drama	PG	$11,511,323	1,603,248	$12,649,627
25	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,520,299	$11,995,159
26	Rachel Getting Married	Drama	R	$10,307,424	1,435,574	$11,326,679
27	Penelope	Drama	PG	$10,011,996	1,394,428	$11,002,037
28	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,866,490	1,374,163	$10,842,146
29	Gran Torino	Drama	R	$9,820,554	1,367,765	$10,791,666
30	The Express	Drama	PG	$9,793,406	1,363,984	$10,761,834
31	The Kite Runner	Drama	PG-13	$9,372,753	1,305,397	$10,299,582
32	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$8,854,137	1,233,167	$9,729,688
33	Cadillac Records	Drama	R	$8,134,217	1,132,899	$8,938,573
34	Miracle at St. Anna	Drama	R	$7,916,887	1,102,631	$8,699,759
35	How She Move	Drama	PG-13	$7,070,641	984,769	$7,769,827
36	Brideshead Revisited	Drama	PG-13	$6,432,256	895,857	$7,068,312
37	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$6,291,176	876,208	$6,913,281
38	Mongol	Drama	R	$5,705,761	794,674	$6,269,978
39	Die F�lscher	Drama	R	$5,488,570	764,425	$6,031,313
40	Le Scaphandre et le Papillon	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	711,334	$5,612,425
41	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,654,390	648,244	$5,114,645
42	Flash of Genius	Drama	PG-13	$4,442,377	618,715	$4,881,661
43	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$4,435,251	617,723	$4,873,834
44	Persepolis	Drama	PG-13	$4,280,031	596,105	$4,703,268
45	Bottle Shock	Drama	PG-13	$4,048,523	563,861	$4,448,863
46	Elegy	Drama	R	$3,577,210	498,219	$3,930,948
47	The Reader	Drama	R	$3,553,578	494,927	$3,904,974
48	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,444,629	479,753	$3,785,251
49	Synecdoche, New York	Drama	R	$2,705,849	376,859	$2,973,418
50	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	Drama	Not Rated	$2,355,979	328,131	$2,588,954
51	Frozen River	Drama	R	$2,309,148	321,608	$2,537,487
52	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Drama	Not Rated	$2,040,699	284,220	$2,242,496
53	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$1,852,764	258,045	$2,035,975
54	Talento de Barrio	Drama	R	$1,667,294	232,214	$1,832,168
55	Married Life	Drama	PG-13	$1,506,998	209,888	$1,656,016
56	August Rush	Drama	PG	$1,490,945	207,653	$1,638,382
57	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$1,375,749	191,608	$1,511,787
58	The Wrestler	Drama	R	$1,324,228	184,433	$1,455,176
59	Into the Wild	Drama	R	$1,295,247	180,397	$1,423,332
60	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$1,200,234	167,164	$1,318,924
61	4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile	Drama	Not Rated	$1,124,397	156,601	$1,235,582
62	Brick Lane	Drama	PG-13	$1,094,998	152,507	$1,203,280
63	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Drama	PG-13	$1,071,240	149,198	$1,177,172
64	Babine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,056,082	147,087	$1,160,516
65	Before the Rains	Drama	PG-13	$1,037,128	144,447	$1,139,687
66	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama	R	$1,031,872	143,715	$1,133,911
67	U Me Aur Hum	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028,191	143,202	$1,129,864
68	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,013,910	141,213	$1,114,171
69	Sarkar Raj	Drama	Not Rated	$1,009,065	140,538	$1,108,845
70	Un conte de Noël	Drama	Not Rated	$992,052	138,169	$1,090,153
71	Cassandra's Dream	Drama	PG-13	$973,018	135,518	$1,069,237
72	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$874,343	121,775	$960,805
73	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$872,427	121,508	$958,698
74	My Blueberry Nights	Drama	PG-13	$866,778	120,721	$952,489
75	O Ano em Que Meus Pais Sa�ram de F�rias	Drama	PG	$807,117	112,412	$886,931
76	Une vieille ma�tresse	Drama	Not Rated	$785,671	109,425	$863,363
77	Auf der anderen Seite	Drama	Not Rated	$742,349	103,391	$815,755
78	Forever Strong	Drama	PG-13	$719,556	100,217	$790,712
79	Un �t� sans point ni coup s�r	Drama	Not Rated	$712,036	99,169	$782,443
80	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	92,109	$726,740
81	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$634,379	88,354	$697,113
82	Un secret	Drama	Not Rated	$578,051	80,508	$635,208
83	Taare Zameen Par	Drama	PG	$560,672	78,088	$616,114
84	Reprise	Drama	R	$554,826	77,274	$609,692
85	Maman est chez le coiffeur	Drama	Not Rated	$552,984	77,017	$607,664
86	Bonneville	Drama	PG	$488,393	68,021	$536,686
87	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$486,021	67,691	$534,082
88	La Ligne Bris�e	Drama	Not Rated	$466,309	64,946	$512,424
89	Bella	Drama	PG-13	$462,020	64,348	$507,706
90	Le voyage du ballon rouge	Drama	Not Rated	$459,364	63,978	$504,786
91	Bhoothnath	Drama	Not Rated	$449,776	62,643	$494,253
92	Savage Grace	Drama	Not Rated	$434,417	60,504	$477,377
93	Starting Out in the Evening	Drama	PG-13	$422,075	58,785	$463,814
94	Snow Angels	Drama	R	$402,858	56,108	$442,692
95	Towelhead	Drama	R	$372,124	51,828	$408,923
96	La Rivi�re aux Castors	Drama	Not Rated	$360,886	50,263	$396,575
97	Last Chance Harvey	Drama	PG-13	$350,947	48,878	$385,647
98	Jellyfish	Drama	Not Rated	$341,221	47,524	$374,964
99	Tout est Parfait	Drama	Not Rated	$336,569	46,876	$369,852
100	Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic	Drama	Not Rated	$335,874	46,779	$369,086
101	Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham	Drama	Not Rated	$320,896	44,693	$352,628
102	Cidade dos Homens	Drama	R	$307,076	42,768	$337,440
103	Life Before Her Eyes	Drama	R	$303,439	42,262	$333,447
104	Ne touchez pas la hache	Drama	Not Rated	$278,601	38,802	$306,148
105	Le Fils d'�picier	Drama	Not Rated	$276,454	38,503	$303,789
106	The Lucky Ones	Drama	R	$266,967	37,182	$293,366
107	Mio Fratello � Figlio Unico	Drama	R	$255,620	35,602	$280,900
108	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$252,103	35,112	$277,034
109	Il Divo	Drama		$240,159	33,448	$263,905
110	La M�me	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	32,134	$253,537
111	Goal! 2: Living the Dream...	Drama	PG-13	$225,067	31,346	$247,320
112	Battle in Seattle	Drama	R	$223,051	31,066	$245,111
113	La Graine et le Mulet	Drama	Not Rated	$203,490	28,341	$223,610
114	Hofshat Kaits	Drama	Not Rated	$203,304	28,315	$223,405
115	Defiance	Drama	R	$200,614	27,941	$220,454
116	The Errand of Angels	Drama	PG	$195,184	27,184	$214,482
117	Ben X	Drama	Not Rated	$193,137	26,899	$212,233
118	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$191,989	26,739	$210,971
119	This Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$189,864	26,443	$208,635
120	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	Drama	Not Rated	$172,177	23,980	$189,202
121	Ce qu'il faut pour vivre	Drama	Not Rated	$170,543	23,753	$187,411
122	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$168,972	23,534	$185,683
123	Shelter	Drama	R	$142,666	19,870	$156,774
124	Baghead	Drama	R	$140,016	19,501	$153,863
125	Hounddog	Drama	R	$132,016	18,387	$145,073
126	Proud American	Drama	PG	$131,672	18,339	$144,695
127	Alexandra	Drama	Not Rated	$124,085	17,282	$136,355
128	Chop Shop	Drama	Not Rated	$123,731	17,233	$135,968
129	Wendy and Lucy	Drama	R	$111,329	15,505	$122,334
130	Boy A	Drama	R	$106,368	14,814	$116,882
131	Greetings from the Shore	Drama	R	$94,715	13,192	$104,085
132	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$90,774	12,643	$99,753
133	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$90,774	12,643	$99,753
134	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Drama	Not Rated	$89,672	12,489	$98,538
135	Tuyade Hunshi	Drama	Not Rated	$88,148	12,277	$96,866
136	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,248	$96,637
137	Plus tard	Drama	Not Rated	$84,787	11,809	$93,173
138	Me & You, Us, Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$84,093	11,712	$92,408
139	Save Me	Drama	Not Rated	$82,369	11,472	$90,514
140	Ballast	Drama	Not Rated	$80,203	11,170	$88,131
141	Ping Pong Playa	Drama	PG-13	$77,907	10,851	$85,614
142	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$77,368	10,775	$85,015
143	La Naissance des Pieuvres	Drama	Not Rated	$77,310	10,767	$84,952
144	Love Comes Lately	Drama	Not Rated	$76,872	10,706	$84,470
145	A Thousand Years of Good Prayers	Drama	Not Rated	$76,806	10,697	$84,399
146	Sanxia haoren	Drama	Not Rated	$75,985	10,583	$83,500
147	The Stone Angel	Drama	R	$75,139	10,465	$82,569
148	August Evening	Drama	PG-13	$74,494	10,375	$81,859
149	Take Out	Drama	Not Rated	$69,816	9,724	$76,722
150	Se jie	Drama	NC-17	$69,253	9,645	$76,099
151	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$62,708	8,734	$68,911
152	Yihe yuan	Drama	Not Rated	$62,707	8,734	$68,911
153	A Casa de Alice	Drama	Not Rated	$61,678	8,590	$67,775
154	Deal	Drama	PG-13	$61,626	8,583	$67,720
155	Mister Foe	Drama	R	$60,641	8,446	$66,639
156	What We Do Is Secret	Drama	R	$58,776	8,186	$64,588
157	Sodot Ha	Drama	R	$57,509	8,010	$63,199
158	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	7,829	$61,771
159	Human Condition Trilogy	Drama		$54,828	7,636	$60,248
160	Holly	Drama	R	$54,817	7,635	$60,240
161	El Violin	Drama	Not Rated	$54,633	7,609	$60,035
162	Padre Nuestro	Drama	Not Rated	$54,166	7,544	$59,522
163	XXY	Drama	Not Rated	$46,011	6,408	$50,559
164	Undoing	Drama	R	$44,999	6,267	$49,447
165	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$44,852	6,247	$49,289
166	All Roads Lead Home	Drama	PG	$43,905	6,115	$48,247
167	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$43,383	6,042	$47,671
168	How About You	Drama	Not Rated	$39,763	5,538	$43,695
169	Shotgun Stories	Drama	PG-13	$37,116	5,169	$40,783
170	Control	Drama	R	$35,106	4,889	$38,574
171	The Edge of Love	Drama	R	$33,260	4,632	$36,546
172	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,261	$33,619
173	Jannat	Drama	Not Rated	$30,316	4,222	$33,312
174	Yella	Drama	Not Rated	$30,309	4,221	$33,304
175	Good Dick	Drama	R	$28,835	4,016	$31,686
176	The Dukes	Comedy	PG-13	$26,157	3,643	$28,743
177	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,590	$28,325
178	Avant que j'oublie	Drama	Not Rated	$25,209	3,511	$27,702
179	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,732	3,445	$27,181
180	On Broadway	Drama	Not Rated	$23,095	3,217	$25,382
181	The Elephant King	Drama	R	$22,251	3,099	$24,451
182	In Search Of	Drama	Not Rated	$22,094	3,077	$24,278
183	Maldeamores	Drama	R	$22,000	3,064	$24,175
184	Garden Party	Drama	Not Rated	$19,853	2,765	$21,816
185	The World Unseen	Drama	PG-13	$17,808	2,480	$19,567
186	Holding Trevor	Drama	R	$16,814	2,342	$18,478
187	Day Zero	Drama	R	$16,659	2,320	$18,305
188	Never Forever	Drama	R	$14,485	2,017	$15,914
189	Ripple Effect	Drama	R	$14,059	1,958	$15,449
190	Good	Drama	R	$13,651	1,901	$14,999
191	Mumbai Meri Jaan	Drama		$13,588	1,892	$14,928
192	Grace Is Gone	Drama	PG	$13,467	1,876	$14,802
193	Mang Shan	Drama	Not Rated	$13,164	1,833	$14,462
194	Eden	Drama	Not Rated	$13,053	1,818	$14,344
195	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,771	$13,973
196	Lake City	Drama	R	$12,686	1,767	$13,942
197	Jake's Corner	Drama	PG	$12,522	1,744	$13,760
198	Shoot on Sight	Drama	R	$12,500	1,741	$13,736
199	The Tracey Fragments	Drama	R	$12,459	1,735	$13,689
200	Backseat	Drama	Not Rated	$12,343	1,719	$13,563
201	Vice	Drama	R	$12,000	1,671	$13,184
202	The Go-Getter	Drama	R	$11,931	1,662	$13,113
203	Quid Pro Quo	Drama	R	$11,864	1,652	$13,034
204	Contre-Enquete	Drama	Not Rated	$11,846	1,650	$13,019
205	August	Drama	R	$11,762	1,638	$12,924
206	Gardens of the Night	Drama	R	$11,436	1,593	$12,569
207	Caos Calmo	Drama		$11,434	1,592	$12,561
208	Dark Streets	Drama	R	$10,958	1,526	$12,040
209	Ping Guo	Drama	Not Rated	$10,827	1,508	$11,898
210	The Pleasure of Being Robbed	Drama	Not Rated	$10,687	1,488	$11,740
211	The Black Balloon	Drama	PG-13	$10,342	1,440	$11,362
212	Live Fast, Die Young	Drama	Not Rated	$9,841	1,371	$10,817
213	A Good Day to be Black and Sexy	Drama	Not Rated	$8,629	1,202	$9,484
214	Amexicano	Drama	PG-13	$8,387	1,168	$9,216
215	Otto; Or, Up with Dead People	Drama	Not Rated	$7,733	1,077	$8,498
216	Special	Drama	R	$7,202	1,003	$7,914
217	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama	Not Rated	$6,975	971	$7,661
218	Take	Drama	R	$6,627	923	$7,282
219	The Sensation of Sight	Drama	R	$6,558	913	$7,204
220	Ek Vivah Aisa Nhi	Drama	Not Rated	$6,437	897	$7,077
221	It's a Free World...	Drama	Not Rated	$6,389	890	$7,022
222	Arranged	Drama	Not Rated	$6,312	879	$6,935
223	Bes Vakit	Drama	Not Rated	$6,176	860	$6,785
224	Red Roses and Petrol	Drama	R	$6,000	836	$6,596
225	The Restless	Drama		$5,976	832	$6,564
226	Choose Connor	Drama	Not Rated	$5,788	806	$6,359
227	Fraulein	Drama	Not Rated	$5,715	796	$6,280
228	Gomorra	Drama	Not Rated	$5,532	770	$6,075
229	Nights and Weekends	Drama	Not Rated	$5,430	756	$5,965
230	The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	Drama	R	$5,384	750	$5,918
231	Beed-e majnoon	Drama	Not Rated	$5,120	713	$5,626
232	Tre	Drama	Not Rated	$4,759	663	$5,231
233	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	597	$4,710
234	Where God Left His Shoes	Drama	Not Rated	$3,911	545	$4,300
235	Death Defying Acts	Drama	PG	$3,561	496	$3,913
236	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,547	494	$3,898
237	Nothing But the Truth	Drama	R	$3,500	487	$3,842
238	Das Haus der schlafenden Sch�nen	Drama	Not Rated	$3,387	472	$3,724
239	Wonderful Town	Drama	Not Rated	$3,239	451	$3,558
240	Turn the River	Drama	R	$2,722	379	$2,990
241	Polar Opposites	Drama	PG-13	$2,377	331	$2,612
242	13 Months of Sunshine	Drama	Not Rated	$2,237	312	$2,462
243	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$1,980	276	$2,178
244	La Leon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,708	238	$1,878
245	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$1,403	195	$1,539
246	Flashbacks of a Fool	Drama	R	$1,020	142	$1,120
247	Oublier Cheyenne	Drama	R	$722	101	$797
248	Disfigured	Drama	Not Rated	$586	82	$647
249	Rome & Jewel	Drama	Not Rated	$470	65	$513
250	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$447	62	$489
251	L'homme de sa vie	Drama	Not Rated	$424	59	$466
252	Look	Drama	R	$410	57	$450
253	The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang	Drama	Not Rated	$401	56	$442
254	Ha-Buah	Drama	Not Rated	$314	44	$347
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,110,442,732
Total Tickets Sold					154,657,757
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,220,249,703

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2008. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2008. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2007 will most likely earn money in 2007 and 2008. 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.