Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Marley & Me	Comedy	PG	$106,664,046	14,855,717	$106,664,048
2	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$60,691,979	8,452,922	$60,691,980
3	The Bank Job	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,060,660	4,186,721	$30,060,657
4	W.	Drama	PG-13	$25,534,493	3,556,336	$25,534,492
5	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$24,957,785	3,476,015	$24,957,788
6	Milk	Drama	R	$17,157,994	2,389,693	$17,157,996
7	The Duchess	Drama	PG-13	$13,848,978	1,928,827	$13,848,978
8	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$13,791,114	1,920,768	$13,791,114
9	The Longshots	Drama	PG	$11,511,323	1,603,248	$11,511,321
10	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,520,299	$10,915,747
11	The Express	Drama	PG	$9,793,406	1,363,984	$9,793,405
12	Cadillac Records	Drama	R	$8,134,217	1,132,899	$8,134,215
13	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$6,291,176	876,208	$6,291,173
14	Mongol	Drama	R	$5,705,761	794,674	$5,705,759
15	The Counterfeiters	Drama	R	$5,488,570	764,425	$5,488,572
16	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,355,159	745,844	$5,355,160
17	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	711,334	$5,107,378
18	Flash of Genius	Drama	PG-13	$4,442,377	618,715	$4,442,374
19	Persepolis	Drama	PG-13	$4,280,031	596,105	$4,280,034
20	Bottle Shock	Drama	PG-13	$4,048,523	563,861	$4,048,522
21	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,440,718	479,209	$3,440,721
22	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Drama	PG-13	$1,071,240	149,198	$1,071,242
23	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama	R	$1,031,872	143,715	$1,031,874
24	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,013,910	141,213	$1,013,909
25	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$874,343	121,775	$874,345
26	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$872,427	121,508	$872,427
27	Savage Grace	Drama	Not Rated	$434,417	60,504	$434,419
28	Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham	Drama	Not Rated	$320,896	44,693	$320,896
29	Il Divo	Drama		$239,294	33,328	$239,295
30	La Vie en Rose	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	32,134	$230,722
31	The Errand of Angels	Drama	PG	$195,184	27,184	$195,181
32	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$90,774	12,643	$90,777
33	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$84,787	11,809	$84,789
34	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Comedy	Not Rated	$80,037	11,147	$80,035
35	What We Do Is Secret	Drama	R	$58,776	8,186	$58,775
36	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	7,829	$56,212
37	A Plumm Summer	Adventure	PG	$53,752	7,486	$53,749
38	Control	Drama	R	$35,106	4,889	$35,103
39	The Edge of Love	Drama	R	$33,260	4,632	$33,258
40	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,261	$30,594
41	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Western	R	$30,501	4,248	$30,501
42	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,771	$12,716
43	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama	Not Rated	$6,975	971	$6,972
44	Arranged	Drama	Not Rated	$6,312	879	$6,311
45	Death Defying Acts	Drama	PG	$3,561	496	$3,561
46	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$1,980	276	$1,982
47	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$447	62	$445
Total Gross of All Movies				$384,091,530
Total Tickets Sold					53,494,641
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$384,091,522

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.