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	$117,211,607
2	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$60,733,921	8,458,763	$66,739,640
3	The Bank Job	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,060,660	4,186,721	$33,033,229
4	W.	Drama	PG-13	$25,534,493	3,556,336	$28,059,491
5	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$24,957,785	3,476,015	$27,425,758
6	Milk	Drama	R	$17,157,994	2,389,693	$18,854,678
7	The Duchess	Drama	PG-13	$13,848,978	1,928,827	$15,218,445
8	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$13,791,114	1,920,768	$15,154,860
9	The Longshots	Drama	PG	$11,511,323	1,603,248	$12,649,627
10	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,520,299	$11,995,159
11	The Express	Drama	PG	$9,793,406	1,363,984	$10,761,834
12	Cadillac Records	Drama	R	$8,134,217	1,132,899	$8,938,573
13	Frost/Nixon	Drama	R	$6,291,176	876,208	$6,913,281
14	Mongol	Drama	R	$5,705,761	794,674	$6,269,978
15	Die F�lscher	Drama	R	$5,488,570	764,425	$6,031,313
16	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,355,159	745,844	$5,884,709
17	Le Scaphandre et le Papillon	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	711,334	$5,612,425
18	Flash of Genius	Drama	PG-13	$4,442,377	618,715	$4,881,661
19	Persepolis	Drama	PG-13	$4,280,031	596,105	$4,703,268
20	Bottle Shock	Drama	PG-13	$4,048,523	563,861	$4,448,863
21	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,444,629	479,753	$3,785,251
22	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Drama	PG-13	$1,071,240	149,198	$1,177,172
23	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama	R	$1,031,872	143,715	$1,133,911
24	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,013,910	141,213	$1,114,171
25	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$874,343	121,775	$960,805
26	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$872,427	121,508	$958,698
27	Savage Grace	Drama	Not Rated	$434,417	60,504	$477,377
28	Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham	Drama	Not Rated	$320,896	44,693	$352,628
29	Il Divo	Drama		$240,159	33,448	$263,905
30	La M�me	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	32,134	$253,537
31	The Errand of Angels	Drama	PG	$195,184	27,184	$214,482
32	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$90,774	12,643	$99,753
33	Plus tard	Drama	Not Rated	$84,787	11,809	$93,173
34	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Comedy	Not Rated	$80,037	11,147	$87,950
35	What We Do Is Secret	Drama	R	$58,776	8,186	$64,588
36	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	7,829	$61,771
37	A Plumm Summer	Adventure	PG	$53,752	7,486	$59,065
38	Control	Drama	R	$35,106	4,889	$38,574
39	The Edge of Love	Drama	R	$33,260	4,632	$36,546
40	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,261	$33,619
41	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Western	R	$30,501	4,248	$33,517
42	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,771	$13,973
43	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama	Not Rated	$6,975	971	$7,661
44	Arranged	Drama	Not Rated	$6,312	879	$6,935
45	Death Defying Acts	Drama	PG	$3,561	496	$3,913
46	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$1,980	276	$2,178
47	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$447	62	$489
Total Gross of All Movies				$384,138,248
Total Tickets Sold					53,501,146
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$422,124,042

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.