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 Saíram de Férias
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$807,117 |
112,412 |
$886,931 |
| 30 |
Un été sans point ni coup sűr
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$712,036 |
99,169 |
$782,443 |
| 31 |
Fugitive Pieces
|
Drama
|
R
|
$634,379 |
88,354 |
$697,113 |
| 32 |
Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále
|
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 č 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.
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