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	$317,101,117
2	10,000 B.C.	Adventure	PG-13	$94,784,201	13,201,142	$94,784,200
3	Australia	Drama	PG-13	$46,686,713	6,502,328	$46,686,715
4	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,795,491	5,542,547	$39,795,487
5	Meet the Spartans	Comedy	PG-13	$38,233,676	5,325,025	$38,233,680
6	The Secret Life of Bees	Drama	PG-13	$37,525,311	5,226,366	$37,525,308
7	Semi-Pro	Comedy	R	$33,479,698	4,662,911	$33,479,701
8	No Country for Old Men	Action	R	$33,205,061	4,624,660	$33,205,059
9	Leatherheads	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$31,373,938	4,369,629	$31,373,936
10	The Other Boleyn Girl	Drama	PG-13	$26,814,957	3,734,674	$26,814,959
11	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Musical	R	$22,288,215	3,104,208	$22,288,213
12	Appaloosa	Western	R	$20,080,574	2,796,737	$20,080,572
13	Doubt	Drama	PG-13	$18,705,481	2,605,220	$18,705,480
14	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Drama	G	$17,657,973	2,459,328	$17,657,975
15	Fly Me To the Moon	Adventure	G	$12,564,415	1,749,919	$12,564,418
16	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Comedy	PG-13	$12,313,694	1,714,999	$12,313,693
17	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Drama	PG-13	$8,854,137	1,233,167	$8,854,139
18	Miracle at St. Anna	Drama	R	$7,916,887	1,102,631	$7,916,891
19	Brideshead Revisited	Drama	PG-13	$6,432,256	895,857	$6,432,253
20	Passchendaele	Drama	Not Rated	$4,435,251	617,723	$4,435,251
21	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Comedy	R	$4,072,431	567,191	$4,072,431
22	The Wackness	Comedy	R	$2,077,046	289,282	$2,077,045
23	Son of Rambow: A Home Movie	Comedy	PG-13	$1,785,505	248,678	$1,785,508
24	Married Life	Drama	PG-13	$1,506,998	209,888	$1,506,996
25	Revolutionary Road	Drama	R	$1,375,749	191,608	$1,375,745
26	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$1,200,234	167,164	$1,200,238
27	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Drama	Not Rated	$1,124,397	156,601	$1,124,395
28	Brick Lane	Drama	PG-13	$1,094,998	152,507	$1,095,000
29	Before the Rains	Drama	PG-13	$1,037,128	144,447	$1,037,129
30	The Year My Parents Went on Vacation	Drama	PG	$807,117	112,412	$807,118
31	Un �t� sans point ni coup s�r	Drama	Not Rated	$712,036	99,169	$712,033
32	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$634,379	88,354	$634,382
33	I Served the King of England	Black Comedy	R	$617,228	85,965	$617,229
34	A Secret	Drama	Not Rated	$578,051	80,508	$578,047
35	Maman est chez le coiffeur	Drama	Not Rated	$552,984	77,017	$552,982
36	Le Piege Americain	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$407,447	56,747	$407,443
37	Towelhead	Drama	R	$372,124	51,828	$372,125
38	The Duchess of Langeais	Drama	Not Rated	$278,601	38,802	$278,598
39	My Brother Is an Only Child	Drama	R	$255,620	35,602	$255,622
40	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$252,103	35,112	$252,104
41	Sixty Six	Comedy	PG-13	$223,526	31,132	$223,528
42	Battle in Seattle	Drama	R	$223,051	31,066	$223,054
43	The Legend of God's Gun	Western	Not Rated	$204,682	28,507	$204,680
44	Defiance	Drama	R	$200,614	27,941	$200,616
45	Ce qu'il faut pour vivre	Drama	Not Rated	$170,543	23,753	$170,547
46	Youth Without Youth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$110,516	15,392	$110,515
47	Beaufort	Action	Not Rated	$102,342	14,254	$102,344
48	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$90,774	12,643	$90,777
49	Lust, Caution	Drama	NC-17	$69,253	9,645	$69,251
50	Summer Palace	Drama	Not Rated	$62,707	8,734	$62,710
51	Sukiyaki Western Django	Action	R	$50,659	7,056	$50,662
52	The Alphabet Killer	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,784	4,148	$29,783
53	The World Unseen	Drama	PG-13	$17,808	2,480	$17,806
54	Military Intelligence and You!	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$14,251	1,985	$14,252
55	Good	Drama	Not Rated	$13,651	1,901	$13,649
56	August	Drama	R	$11,762	1,638	$11,761
57	Elite Squad	Action	R	$8,744	1,218	$8,745
58	Viva	Comedy	Not Rated	$7,197	1,002	$7,194
59	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	597	$4,286
Total Gross of All Movies				$852,607,371
Total Tickets Sold					118,747,546
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$852,607,380

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.