Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Help	Drama	PG-13	$169,499,546	21,374,470	$168,644,568
2	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Action	PG-13	$136,910,219	17,264,845	$136,219,627
3	True Grit	Western	PG-13	$84,572,623	10,664,896	$84,146,029
4	Water for Elephants	Drama	PG-13	$58,709,717	7,403,495	$58,413,576
5	The Debt	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,177,548	3,931,595	$31,020,285
6	The Three Musketeers 3D	Adventure	PG-13	$20,374,484	2,569,292	$20,271,714
7	The Eagle	Action	PG-13	$19,490,041	2,457,761	$19,391,734
8	The Tree of Life	Drama	PG-13	$13,305,665	1,677,890	$13,238,552
9	The Rum Diary	Drama	R	$13,109,815	1,653,192	$13,043,685
10	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG-13	$11,242,660	1,417,738	$11,185,953
11	My Week with Marilyn	Drama	R	$8,935,721	1,126,825	$8,890,649
12	Take Me Home Tonight	Comedy		$6,928,068	873,653	$6,893,122
13	The Artist	Drama	PG-13	$5,044,344	636,109	$5,018,900
14	Anonymous	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$4,463,292	562,836	$4,440,776
15	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,280,186	539,746	$4,258,596
16	Albert Nobbs	Drama	R	$2,934,097	370,000	$2,919,300
17	L'illusionniste	Adventure	PG	$2,107,998	265,826	$2,097,367
18	Potiche	Comedy	R	$1,618,844	204,142	$1,610,680
19	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	Drama	PG-13	$1,348,205	170,013	$1,341,403
20	Kill the Irishman	Drama	R	$1,188,194	149,835	$1,182,198
21	Meek's Cutoff	Drama	PG	$977,772	123,300	$972,837
22	Higher Ground	Drama	R	$841,056	106,060	$836,813
23	Casino Jack	Thriller/Suspense	R	$808,865	102,001	$804,788
24	J�san-nin no shikaku	Action	R	$802,778	101,233	$798,728
25	Les femmes du 6�me �tage	Comedy		$733,294	92,471	$729,596
26	Mozart's Sister	Drama		$684,496	86,317	$681,041
27	Winter in Wartime	Drama	R	$542,860	68,456	$540,118
28	Bride Flight	Drama	R	$501,360	63,223	$498,829
29	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$474,754	59,868	$472,359
30	Frisson des Collines	Drama		$434,589	54,803	$432,396
31	La princesse de Montpensier	Drama		$352,428	44,442	$350,647
32	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Drama	PG-13	$352,417	44,441	$350,639
33	The Mill and the Cross	Drama		$264,873	33,401	$263,534
34	Brighton Rock	Drama		$229,653	28,960	$228,494
35	Ip Man: Legend of the Grand Master	Action	R	$205,675	25,936	$204,635
36	Blackthorn	Adventure	R	$186,660	23,538	$185,715
37	Amigo	Drama	R	$180,582	22,772	$179,671
38	The Last Godfather	Comedy	PG-13	$164,247	20,712	$163,418
39	Xinhai geming	Drama	R	$135,739	17,117	$135,053
40	Vision	Drama		$115,591	14,576	$115,005
41	Mysteries of Lisbon	Thriller/Suspense		$110,507	13,935	$109,947
42	Young Goethe in Love	Drama		$101,237	12,766	$100,724
43	The Warrior's Way	Western	R	$97,039	12,237	$96,550
44	Shaolin	Action	R	$66,099	8,335	$65,763
45	Dirty Girl	Drama	R	$53,630	6,763	$53,360
46	In The Land of Blood and Honey	Drama	R	$53,356	6,728	$53,084
47	Jing mo fung wan: Chen Zhen	Action	R	$50,433	6,360	$50,180
48	The Tempest	Drama	PG-13	$46,310	5,840	$46,078
49	Choejongbyungki Hwal	Action	R	$40,685	5,131	$40,484
50	The Last Circus	Black Comedy	R	$40,548	5,113	$40,342
51	Baiyin diguo	Drama		$40,052	5,051	$39,852
52	White Irish Drinkers	Drama	R	$31,056	3,916	$30,897
53	Cracks	Drama	R	$29,683	3,743	$29,532
54	Black Death	Horror	R	$22,554	2,844	$22,439
55	Night Catches Us	Drama	R	$21,271	2,682	$21,161
56	Bereavement	Horror	R	$20,744	2,616	$20,640
57	Skateland	Drama	PG-13	$19,412	2,448	$19,315
58	L'apollonide - souvenirs de la maison close	Drama		$19,327	2,437	$19,228
59	The Little Traitor	Drama		$16,284	2,053	$16,198
60	Korkoro	Drama		$8,242	1,039	$8,198
61	That's What I Am	Drama	PG	$6,400	807	$6,367
62	Grease	Musical	PG	$4,907	619	$4,884
63	Burke & Hare	Black Comedy	R	$4,833	609	$4,805
64	Kyatapira	Drama		$4,157	524	$4,134
65	To Die Like a Man	Musical		$4,029	508	$4,008
66	Prince of the Himalayas	Drama		$2,883	364	$2,872
67	Jitsuroku rengo sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi	Drama		$2,659	335	$2,643
Total Gross of All Movies				$607,149,293
Total Tickets Sold					76,563,589
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$604,086,717

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2011. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.