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.