Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Adventure	PG-13	$317,101,119	44,164,501	$348,457,913
2	10,000 B.C.	Adventure	PG-13	$94,784,201	13,201,142	$104,157,010
3	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$46,686,713	6,502,328	$51,303,368
4	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,795,491	5,542,547	$43,730,696
5	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,233,676	5,325,025	$42,014,447
6	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$37,525,311	5,226,366	$41,236,028
7	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,479,698	4,662,911	$36,790,368
8	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$33,205,061	4,624,660	$36,488,567
9	Leatherheads	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,373,938	4,369,629	$34,476,373
10	The Other Boleyn Girl	Drama	PG-13	$26,814,957	3,734,674	$29,466,578
11	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Musical	R	$22,288,215	3,104,208	$24,492,201
12	Appaloosa	Western	R	$20,080,574	2,796,737	$22,066,255
13	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$18,705,481	2,605,220	$20,555,186
14	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Drama	G	$17,657,973	2,459,328	$19,404,098
15	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,313,694	1,714,999	$13,531,342
16	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$8,854,137	1,233,167	$9,729,688
17	Miracle at St. Anna	Drama	R	$7,916,887	1,102,631	$8,699,759
18	Brideshead Revisited	Drama	PG-13	$6,432,256	895,857	$7,068,312
19	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$4,435,251	617,723	$4,873,834
20	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$4,072,431	567,191	$4,475,137
21	The Wackness	Comedy	R	$2,077,046	289,282	$2,282,435
22	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,785,505	248,678	$1,962,069
23	Married Life	Drama	PG-13	$1,506,998	209,888	$1,656,016
24	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$1,375,749	191,608	$1,511,787
25	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$1,200,234	167,164	$1,318,924
26	4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile	Drama	Not Rated	$1,124,397	156,601	$1,235,582
27	Brick Lane	Drama	PG-13	$1,094,998	152,507	$1,203,280
28	Before the Rains	Drama	PG-13	$1,037,128	144,447	$1,139,687
29	O Ano em Que Meus Pais Sa�ram de F�rias	Drama	PG	$807,117	112,412	$886,931
30	Un �t� sans point ni coup s�r	Drama	Not Rated	$712,036	99,169	$782,443
31	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$634,379	88,354	$697,113
32	Obsluhoval jsem anglick�ho kr�le	Black Comedy	R	$617,228	85,965	$678,264
33	Un secret	Drama	Not Rated	$578,051	80,508	$635,208
34	Maman est chez le coiffeur	Drama	Not Rated	$552,984	77,017	$607,664
35	Le Piege Americain	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$407,447	56,747	$447,734
36	Towelhead	Drama	R	$372,124	51,828	$408,923
37	Ne touchez pas la hache	Drama	Not Rated	$278,601	38,802	$306,148
38	Mio Fratello � Figlio Unico	Drama	R	$255,620	35,602	$280,900
39	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$252,103	35,112	$277,034
40	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$223,526	31,132	$245,631
41	Battle in Seattle	Drama	R	$223,051	31,066	$245,111
42	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$204,682	28,507	$224,920
43	Defiance	Drama	R	$200,614	27,941	$220,454
44	Ce qu'il faut pour vivre	Drama	Not Rated	$170,543	23,753	$187,411
45	Youth Without Youth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$110,516	15,392	$121,443
46	Beaufort	Action	Not Rated	$102,342	14,254	$112,464
47	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$90,774	12,643	$99,753
48	Se jie	Drama	NC-17	$69,253	9,645	$76,099
49	Yihe yuan	Drama	Not Rated	$62,707	8,734	$68,911
50	Sukiyaki Western Django	Action	R	$50,659	7,056	$55,672
51	The Alphabet Killer	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$32,728
52	The World Unseen	Drama	PG-13	$17,808	2,480	$19,567
53	Military Intelligence and You!	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$14,251	1,985	$15,662
54	Good	Drama	R	$13,651	1,901	$14,999
55	August	Drama	R	$11,762	1,638	$12,924
56	Tropa de Elite	Action	R	$8,744	1,218	$9,610
57	Jerusalema		R	$7,294	1,016	$8,016
58	Viva	Comedy	R	$7,197	1,002	$7,906
59	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	597	$4,710
Total Gross of All Movies				$840,050,250
Total Tickets Sold					116,998,643
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$923,119,293

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.