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
|
$312,809,594 |
45,466,511 |
$312,809,596 |
| 2 |
10,000 B.C.
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$94,784,201 |
13,776,773 |
$94,784,198 |
| 3 |
There Will Be Blood
|
Drama
|
R
|
$39,907,597 |
5,800,523 |
$39,907,598 |
| 4 |
Meet the Spartans
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$38,232,624 |
5,557,067 |
$38,232,621 |
| 5 |
Semi-Pro
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$33,472,850 |
4,865,240 |
$33,472,851 |
| 6 |
No Country for Old Men
|
Action
|
R
|
$33,205,061 |
4,826,317 |
$33,205,061 |
| 7 |
Leatherheads
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$31,230,175 |
4,539,270 |
$31,230,178 |
| 8 |
The Other Boleyn Girl
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$26,814,957 |
3,897,523 |
$26,814,958 |
| 9 |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
|
Musical
|
R
|
$25,984,477 |
3,776,814 |
$25,984,480 |
| 10 |
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
|
Drama
|
G
|
$13,969,000 |
2,030,378 |
$13,969,001 |
| 11 |
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$12,294,036 |
1,786,924 |
$12,294,037 |
| 12 |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$5,893,907 |
856,673 |
$5,893,910 |
| 13 |
Son of Rambow: A Home Movie
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$1,742,104 |
253,213 |
$1,742,105 |
| 14 |
Married Life
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$1,506,998 |
219,040 |
$1,506,995 |
| 15 |
Flawless
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$1,200,234 |
174,453 |
$1,200,237 |
| 16 |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
|
Drama
|
Not Rated
|
$1,124,397 |
163,430 |
$1,124,398 |
| 17 |
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$807,117 |
117,314 |
$807,120 |
| 18 |
The Wackness
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$742,897 |
107,979 |
$742,896 |
| 19 |
Fugitive Pieces
|
Drama
|
R
|
$608,810 |
88,490 |
$608,811 |
| 20 |
Brick Lane
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$547,649 |
79,600 |
$547,648 |
| 21 |
The Duchess of Langeais
|
Drama
|
|
$278,601 |
40,494 |
$278,599 |
| 22 |
Honeydripper
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$267,880 |
38,936 |
$267,880 |
| 23 |
My Brother Is an Only Child
|
Drama
|
R
|
$251,004 |
36,483 |
$251,003 |
| 24 |
Youth Without Youth
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$110,516 |
16,063 |
$110,513 |
| 25 |
Beaufort
|
Action
|
|
$102,342 |
14,875 |
$102,340 |
| 26 |
Lust, Caution
|
Drama
|
NC-17
|
$79,366 |
11,536 |
$79,368 |
| 27 |
The Witnesses
|
Drama
|
|
$77,300 |
11,235 |
$77,297 |
| 28 |
Summer Palace
|
Drama
|
|
$62,707 |
9,114 |
$62,704 |
| 29 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
|
Action
|
R
|
$31,926 |
4,640 |
$31,923 |
| 30 |
Love and Honor
|
Drama
|
|
$27,967 |
4,065 |
$27,967 |
| 31 |
The Legend of God's Gun
|
Western
|
|
$15,096 |
2,194 |
$15,095 |
| 32 |
Military Intelligence and You!
|
Black Comedy
|
|
$14,251 |
2,071 |
$14,248 |
| 33 |
August
|
Drama
|
R
|
$11,762 |
1,710 |
$11,765 |
| 34 |
Viva
|
Comedy
|
|
$7,197 |
1,046 |
$7,196 |
| 35 |
Romulus, My Father
|
Drama
|
R
|
$4,283 |
623 |
$4,286 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $678,220,883 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 98,578,617 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $678,220,885 |
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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