Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Passion of the Christ	Drama	R	$370,270,943	59,529,091	$409,560,146
2	The Notebook	Drama	PG-13	$81,001,787	13,022,795	$89,596,830
3	The Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,073,959	12,391,312	$85,252,227
4	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,513,033	$79,209,667
5	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,378,093	10,350,176	$71,209,211
6	Friday Night Lights	Drama	PG-13	$61,255,921	9,848,219	$67,755,747
7	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$57,978,659	9,321,328	$64,130,737
8	The Butterfly Effect	Drama	R	$57,924,679	9,312,649	$64,071,025
9	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,343,311	$57,401,980
10	You Got Served	Drama	PG-13	$40,066,497	6,441,559	$44,317,926
11	Mystic River	Drama	R	$35,834,806	5,761,223	$39,637,214
12	Monster	Drama	R	$34,365,611	5,525,018	$38,012,124
13	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,070,963	$34,888,225
14	Closer	Drama	R	$27,460,754	4,414,912	$30,374,595
15	Garden State	Drama	R	$26,754,251	4,301,327	$29,593,130
16	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$24,676,372	3,967,262	$27,294,763
17	Sideways	Drama	R	$22,404,206	3,601,962	$24,781,499
18	Two Brothers	Drama	PG	$18,947,630	3,046,243	$20,958,152
19	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,592,259	$17,834,742
20	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,528,119	$17,393,459
21	Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2	Drama	PG-13	$14,140,215	2,273,346	$15,640,620
22	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,218,060	$15,260,253
23	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,144,260	$14,752,509
24	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$12,998,892	2,089,854	$14,378,196
25	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,731,370	$11,911,826
26	Raise Your Voice	Drama	PG	$10,411,980	1,673,952	$11,516,790
27	In America	Drama	PG-13	$10,233,765	1,645,300	$11,319,664
28	21 Grams	Drama	R	$8,976,536	1,443,173	$9,929,030
29	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$7,621,822	1,225,373	$8,430,566
30	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Drama	R	$6,879,730	1,106,066	$7,609,734
31	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,082,688	$7,448,893
32	Maria Full of Grace	Drama	R	$6,529,624	1,049,779	$7,222,480
33	The Cooler	Drama	R	$6,455,348	1,037,837	$7,140,319
34	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	945,579	$6,505,584
35	Before Sunset	Drama	R	$5,792,822	931,322	$6,407,495
36	The Clearing	Drama	R	$5,763,875	926,668	$6,375,476
37	Never Die Alone	Drama	R	$5,644,575	907,488	$6,243,517
38	Birth	Drama	R	$4,763,525	765,840	$5,268,979
39	The Door in the Floor	Drama	R	$3,835,551	616,648	$4,242,538
40	Benji: Off the Leash!	Drama	PG	$3,816,912	613,651	$4,221,919
41	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	571,643	$3,932,904
42	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$3,501,357	562,919	$3,872,883
43	Veer-Zaara	Drama	Not Rated	$2,874,425	462,126	$3,179,427
44	Monsieur Ibrahim	Drama	R	$2,824,365	454,078	$3,124,057
45	City of God	Drama	R	$2,770,844	445,473	$3,064,854
46	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,130	$2,979,934
47	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	426,548	$2,934,650
48	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	406,987	$2,800,071
49	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Drama	R	$2,380,788	382,763	$2,633,409
50	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,261	$2,347,876
51	Intimate Strangers	Drama	R	$2,106,677	338,694	$2,330,215
52	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Drama	R	$2,037,545	327,580	$2,253,750
53	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$1,965,572	316,008	$2,174,135
54	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,321	$2,121,248
55	The Chorus	Drama	PG-13	$1,821,951	292,918	$2,015,276
56	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,417	$1,963,669
57	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	282,828	$1,945,857
58	Main Hoon Na	Drama	Not Rated	$1,722,453	276,922	$1,905,223
59	I'm not Scared	Drama	R	$1,615,118	259,665	$1,786,495
60	The Blue Butterfly	Drama	PG	$1,610,194	258,874	$1,781,053
61	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,043	$1,692,776
62	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$1,456,064	234,094	$1,610,567
63	Monica La Mitraille	Drama	Not Rated	$1,182,372	190,092	$1,307,833
64	The Work and the Glory	Drama	PG	$1,160,047	186,503	$1,283,141
65	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$1,159,947	186,487	$1,283,031
66	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,476	$1,262,315
67	Osama	Drama	PG-13	$1,127,331	181,243	$1,246,952
68	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,486	$1,227,984
69	The Mother	Drama	R	$1,062,253	170,780	$1,174,966
70	Swades	Drama	Not Rated	$1,060,549	170,506	$1,173,081
71	Dernier Tunnel, Le	Drama	Not Rated	$1,057,599	170,032	$1,169,820
72	Million Dollar Baby	Drama	PG-13	$1,044,149	167,870	$1,154,946
73	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,437	$1,138,207
74	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,289	$1,075,268
75	Criminal	Drama	R	$929,233	149,394	$1,027,831
76	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,129	$1,019,128
77	Latter Days	Drama	R	$833,118	133,942	$921,521
78	The Battle of Algiers	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,084	$901,858
79	Stage Beauty	Drama	R	$776,691	124,870	$859,106
80	Young Adam	Drama	NC-17	$767,240	123,350	$848,648
81	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$753,647	121,165	$833,615
82	Rosenstrasse	Drama	PG-13	$727,467	116,956	$804,657
83	The Saddest Music in the World	Drama	R	$669,128	107,577	$740,130
84	Japanese Story	Drama	R	$647,054	104,028	$715,713
85	Red Lights	Drama	Not Rated	$634,064	101,940	$701,347
86	Mean Creek	Drama	R	$603,951	97,098	$668,034
87	Khakee	Drama	Not Rated	$587,877	94,514	$650,256
88	Facing Window	Drama		$541,682	87,087	$599,159
89	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,232	$593,276
90	The Twilight Samurai	Drama		$529,212	85,082	$585,364
91	The Return	Drama	PG-13	$501,752	80,668	$554,996
92	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$490,749	78,899	$542,825
93	Strayed	Drama		$482,357	77,549	$533,537
94	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,514	$526,416
95	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,618	$472,092
96	Primer	Drama	PG-13	$424,760	68,289	$469,828
97	Broken Wings	Drama	R	$405,818	65,244	$448,879
98	Head in the Clouds	Drama	R	$398,179	64,016	$440,430
99	The Brown Bunny	Drama	Not Rated	$365,734	58,800	$404,544
100	Since Otar Left	Drama		$344,974	55,462	$381,579
101	The United States of Leland	Drama	R	$343,816	55,276	$380,299
102	Yuva	Drama		$331,166	53,242	$366,305
103	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,177	$365,858
104	Zelary	Drama	R	$329,723	53,010	$364,709
105	Mickey	Drama	PG	$293,793	47,234	$324,970
106	I Am David	Drama	PG	$284,002	45,659	$314,134
107	Valentin	Drama		$275,363	44,271	$304,584
108	The Reckoning	Drama	R	$256,620	41,257	$283,848
109	Asa Nu Maan Watna Da	Drama		$235,075	37,793	$260,016
110	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,398	$236,658
111	The Woodsman	Drama	R	$197,623	31,772	$218,591
112	Around the Bend	Drama	R	$193,571	31,121	$214,112
113	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	30,985	$213,177
114	Testosterone	Drama	Not Rated	$175,972	28,291	$194,642
115	P.S.	Drama	R	$175,408	28,201	$194,023
116	Stateside	Drama	R	$174,318	28,025	$192,812
117	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,228	$180,449
118	When Will I Be Loved	Drama	R	$159,429	25,632	$176,348
119	Crimson Gold	Drama		$147,844	23,769	$163,531
120	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,906	$157,593
121	Zhou Yu's Train	Drama		$141,666	22,776	$156,699
122	Tokyo Godfathers	Drama	PG-13	$128,985	20,737	$142,671
123	Undertow	Drama	R	$124,171	19,963	$137,345
124	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama		$117,656	18,916	$130,142
125	Moolade	Drama	Not Rated	$109,790	17,651	$121,439
126	Secret Things	Drama		$104,533	16,806	$115,625
127	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,601	$114,215
128	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,552	$113,878
129	A Slipping Down Life	Drama	R	$95,436	15,343	$105,560
130	Distant	Drama		$95,182	15,303	$105,285
131	Almost Peaceful	Drama	Not Rated	$89,931	14,458	$99,471
132	Phir Milenge	Drama	Not Rated	$89,868	14,448	$99,402
133	Infernal Affairs	Drama	R	$89,594	14,404	$99,100
134	Dev	Drama		$84,728	13,622	$93,719
135	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$78,181	12,569	$86,475
136	Reconstruction	Drama	Not Rated	$73,287	11,782	$81,060
137	Days of Being Wild	Drama	Not Rated	$71,044	11,422	$78,583
138	Notre Musique	Drama	Not Rated	$70,282	11,299	$77,737
139	The Inheritance	Drama		$63,886	10,271	$70,664
140	James' Journey to Jerusalem	Drama		$63,768	10,252	$70,534
141	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,055	$69,178
142	Time of the Wolf	Drama		$61,439	9,878	$67,961
143	Noi Albinoi	Drama		$60,135	9,668	$66,516
144	Her Majesty	Drama	PG	$56,921	9,151	$62,959
145	I Vitelloni	Drama		$55,604	8,940	$61,507
146	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,883	$61,115
147	Twentynine Palms	Drama		$54,523	8,766	$60,310
148	Gozu	Drama	Not Rated	$54,419	8,749	$60,193
149	The Tracker	Drama		$52,717	8,475	$58,308
150	L.A. Twister	Drama	Not Rated	$50,980	8,196	$56,388
151	Twist	Drama	R	$50,968	8,194	$56,375
152	Alila	Drama		$48,493	7,796	$53,636
153	A Thousand Clouds of Peace	Drama		$45,933	7,385	$50,809
154	Untold Scandal	Drama	Not Rated	$44,599	7,170	$49,330
155	Lana's Rain	Drama	R	$44,287	7,120	$48,986
156	You'll Get Over It	Drama		$42,811	6,883	$47,355
157	Springtime in a Small Town	Drama		$42,258	6,794	$46,743
158	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Drama	R	$41,771	6,716	$46,206
159	Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star	Drama		$41,703	6,705	$46,130
160	Brother to Brother	Drama	Not Rated	$41,099	6,608	$45,463
161	Grand Champion	Drama	G	$40,874	6,571	$45,208
162	Hukkle	Drama		$40,456	6,504	$44,748
163	The Promised Life	Drama		$39,157	6,295	$43,310
164	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$38,798	6,238	$42,917
165	After the Life	Drama		$38,773	6,234	$42,890
166	Father and Son	Drama		$38,150	6,133	$42,195
167	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$36,553	5,877	$40,434
168	After Freedom	Drama		$35,639	5,730	$39,422
169	Blind Shaft	Drama		$33,272	5,349	$36,801
170	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,326	$36,643
171	The Golden Age	Drama		$32,712	5,259	$36,182
172	Anatomy of Hell	Drama	Not Rated	$31,131	5,005	$34,434
173	Gypsy 83	Drama	R	$29,367	4,721	$32,480
174	AKA	Drama	R	$27,655	4,446	$30,588
175	Goodbye Dragon Inn	Drama	Not Rated	$26,316	4,231	$29,109
176	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,816	$26,254
177	Bang Rajan	Drama	Not Rated	$22,826	3,670	$25,250
178	Incantato	Drama	Not Rated	$22,758	3,659	$25,174
179	Son Frere	Drama		$22,503	3,618	$24,892
180	Petite Lili, La	Drama	Not Rated	$21,983	3,534	$24,314
181	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$19,777	3,180	$21,878
182	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$19,545	3,142	$21,617
183	A Fond Kiss	Drama	R	$19,509	3,136	$21,576
184	Stander	Drama	R	$19,067	3,065	$21,087
185	Purple Butterfly	Drama	R	$16,051	2,581	$17,757
186	It's Easier for a Camel	Drama	Not Rated	$15,787	2,538	$17,461
187	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$14,295	2,298	$15,810
188	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,281	$15,693
189	The 24th Day	Drama	R	$14,107	2,268	$15,604
190	Face	Drama	Not Rated	$12,366	1,988	$13,677
191	Big Ain't Bad	Drama	R	$12,288	1,976	$13,595
192	Deserted Station	Drama		$11,837	1,903	$13,093
193	Intoxicating	Drama	Not Rated	$11,560	1,859	$12,790
194	A Talking Picture	Drama	Not Rated	$10,645	1,711	$11,772
195	Spin	Drama	PG-13	$9,858	1,585	$10,905
196	Virgin	Drama	Not Rated	$9,501	1,527	$10,506
197	Mind the Gap	Drama	Not Rated	$9,496	1,527	$10,506
198	A Silent Love	Drama	Not Rated	$9,129	1,468	$10,100
199	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$9,045	1,454	$10,004
200	Imagining Argentina	Drama	R	$7,951	1,278	$8,793
201	The Intended	Drama	R	$7,522	1,209	$8,318
202	Carnage	Drama		$7,455	1,199	$8,249
203	The Last Place on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$6,505	1,046	$7,196
204	Wake	Drama		$6,164	991	$6,818
205	It's All About Love	Drama	R	$5,494	883	$6,075
206	Bright Future	Drama	Not Rated	$4,762	766	$5,270
207	Imaginary Heroes	Drama	R	$4,696	755	$5,194
208	Dolls	Drama	Not Rated	$4,067	654	$4,500
209	September 11	Drama		$3,962	637	$4,383
210	Open My Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$3,771	606	$4,169
211	Big Animal	Drama		$3,733	600	$4,128
212	Silent Waters	Drama	Not Rated	$3,058	492	$3,385
213	Conspiracy of Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$2,598	418	$2,876
214	Swing	Drama	R	$2,509	403	$2,773
215	Firedancer	Drama		$2,422	389	$2,676
216	Abouna	Drama		$2,350	378	$2,601
217	Artworks	Drama	R	$2,187	352	$2,422
218	On the Down Low	Drama		$1,987	319	$2,195
219	Free Radicals	Drama	Not Rated	$1,443	232	$1,596
220	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,156
221	The Road to Love	Drama		$867	139	$956
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,438,102,500
Total Tickets Sold					231,206,186
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,590,698,560

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.