Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Step Up 2 the Streets	Drama	PG-13	$57,899,456	8,415,619	$57,899,459
2	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,907,597	5,800,523	$39,907,598
3	Atonement	Drama	R	$39,743,016	5,776,601	$39,743,015
4	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$31,910,305	4,638,126	$31,910,307
5	P.S., I Love You	Drama	PG-13	$30,093,955	4,374,121	$30,093,952
6	The Other Boleyn Girl	Drama	PG-13	$26,814,957	3,897,523	$26,814,958
7	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Drama	PG	$23,615,552	3,432,493	$23,615,552
8	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$16,969,956	2,466,563	$16,969,953
9	88 Minutes	Drama	R	$15,925,910	2,314,812	$15,925,907
10	Under the Same Moon	Drama	PG-13	$12,102,872	1,759,138	$12,102,869
11	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,855,075	1,577,773	$10,855,078
12	The Kite Runner	Drama	PG-13	$10,403,395	1,512,121	$10,403,392
13	Penelope	Drama	PG	$9,956,977	1,447,235	$9,956,977
14	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,892,860	1,437,916	$9,892,862
15	How She Move	Drama	PG-13	$7,070,641	1,027,709	$7,070,638
16	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$5,968,495	867,514	$5,968,496
17	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	742,352	$5,107,382
18	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,919,815	715,089	$4,919,812
19	The Counterfeiters	Drama	R	$4,440,307	645,393	$4,440,304
20	Persepolis	Drama	PG-13	$4,259,680	619,140	$4,259,683
21	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,440,718	500,104	$3,440,716
22	August Rush	Drama	PG	$1,628,545	236,707	$1,628,544
23	Married Life	Drama	PG-13	$1,414,195	205,552	$1,414,198
24	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$1,395,340	202,811	$1,395,340
25	Into the Wild	Drama	R	$1,363,057	198,119	$1,363,059
26	Taare Zameen Par	Drama	Not Rated	$1,223,869	177,888	$1,223,869
27	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,145,920	166,558	$1,145,919
28	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Drama	Not Rated	$1,113,859	161,898	$1,113,858
29	You, Me and Us	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028,191	149,446	$1,028,188
30	Cassandra's Dream	Drama	PG-13	$973,018	141,427	$973,018
31	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$938,059	136,346	$938,060
32	The Year My Parents Went on Vacation	Drama	PG	$714,260	103,817	$714,261
33	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	96,125	$661,340
34	Starting Out in the Evening	Drama	PG-13	$488,410	70,990	$488,411
35	Bonneville	Drama	PG	$488,393	70,987	$488,391
36	My Blueberry Nights	Drama	PG-13	$472,087	68,617	$472,085
37	La Ligne Brisée	Drama		$466,309	67,777	$466,306
38	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$459,230	66,749	$459,233
39	Bella	Drama	PG-13	$430,396	62,558	$430,399
40	Snow Angels	Drama	R	$390,867	56,812	$390,867
41	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$341,763	49,675	$341,764
42	This Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$340,706	49,521	$340,704
43	Tout est Parfait	Drama		$336,569	48,920	$336,570
44	City of Men	Drama	R	$307,076	44,633	$307,075
45	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$263,221	38,259	$263,222
46	La Vie en Rose	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	33,535	$230,721
47	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$230,490	33,501	$230,487
48	The Duchess of Langeais	Drama		$219,490	31,903	$219,493
49	The Flight of the Red Balloon	Drama		$189,543	27,550	$189,544
50	Life Before Her Eyes	Drama	R	$181,458	26,375	$181,460
51	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$166,057	24,136	$166,056
52	Shelter	Drama	R	$137,023	19,916	$137,022
53	My Brother Is an Only Child	Drama	R	$121,159	17,610	$121,157
54	Jellyfish	Drama		$118,620	17,241	$118,618
55	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$108,000	15,698	$108,002
56	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,782	$87,940
57	Me & You, Us, Forever	Drama		$84,093	12,223	$84,094
58	Chop Shop	Drama		$79,740	11,590	$79,739
59	Lust, Caution	Drama	NC-17	$79,366	11,536	$79,368
60	The Witnesses	Drama		$74,230	10,789	$74,228
61	Control	Drama	R	$70,465	10,242	$70,465
62	Still Life	Drama		$68,236	9,918	$68,236
63	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$63,519	9,232	$63,516
64	Summer Palace	Drama		$62,707	9,114	$62,704
65	Alice's House	Drama		$61,678	8,965	$61,679
66	Deal	Drama	PG-13	$61,626	8,957	$61,624
67	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	8,171	$56,216
68	Bab'Aziz	Drama		$54,703	7,951	$54,703
69	The Violin	Drama		$54,059	7,857	$54,056
70	Holly	Drama	R	$38,551	5,603	$38,549
71	Irina Palm	Drama	R	$33,872	4,923	$33,870
72	Shotgun Stories	Drama	PG-13	$29,922	4,349	$29,921
73	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$26,965	3,919	$26,963
74	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,746	$25,772
75	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,964	3,628	$24,961
76	On Broadway	Drama		$23,095	3,357	$23,096
77	Water Lilies	Drama		$21,573	3,136	$21,576
78	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$21,000	3,052	$20,998
79	Grace Is Gone	Drama	PG	$18,835	2,738	$18,837
80	Never Forever	Drama		$14,485	2,105	$14,482
81	Day Zero	Drama	R	$13,800	2,006	$13,801
82	Blind Mountain	Drama		$12,719	1,849	$12,721
83	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,849	$12,721
84	Tuya's Marriage	Drama		$12,547	1,824	$12,549
85	The Tracey Fragments	Drama		$12,459	1,811	$12,460
86	Backseat	Drama		$12,343	1,794	$12,343
87	Lost in Beijing	Drama		$10,827	1,574	$10,829
88	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama		$6,672	970	$6,674
89	The Willow Tree	Drama		$5,120	744	$5,119
90	Tre	Drama		$4,759	692	$4,761
91	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	623	$4,286
92	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,437	500	$3,440
93	XXY	Drama		$3,241	471	$3,240
94	Turn the River	Drama	R	$2,900	422	$2,903
95	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$2,074	301	$2,071
96	Times and Winds	Drama		$2,044	297	$2,043
97	Looking for Cheyenne	Drama	R	$808	117	$805
98	Guta-yubalja-deul	Drama		$249	36	$248
Total Gross of All Movies				$392,746,773
Total Tickets Sold					57,085,285
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$392,746,761

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.