Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$31,910,305	4,638,126	$31,910,307
2	The Bank Job	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,760,608	4,325,670	$29,760,610
3	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$16,969,956	2,466,563	$16,969,953
4	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,855,075	1,577,773	$10,855,078
5	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	742,352	$5,107,382
6	The Counterfeiters	Drama	R	$4,440,307	645,393	$4,440,304
7	Persepolis	Drama	PG-13	$4,259,680	619,140	$4,259,683
8	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,440,718	500,104	$3,440,716
9	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,820,717	264,639	$1,820,716
10	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$1,395,340	202,811	$1,395,340
11	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,145,920	166,558	$1,145,919
12	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$341,763	49,675	$341,764
13	La Vie en Rose	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	33,535	$230,721
14	Control	Drama	R	$70,465	10,242	$70,465
15	A Plumm Summer	Adventure	PG	$60,668	8,818	$60,668
16	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	8,171	$56,216
17	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$26,965	3,919	$26,963
18	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,849	$12,721
19	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama		$6,672	970	$6,674
Total Gross of All Movies				$111,912,193
Total Tickets Sold					16,266,308
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$111,912,199

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.