Box Office Performance for Dramatization 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 Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,073,959	12,391,312	$85,252,227
3	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,513,033	$79,209,667
4	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,378,093	10,350,176	$71,209,211
5	Monster	Drama	R	$34,365,611	5,525,018	$38,012,124
6	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,466,287	$37,608,055
7	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,070,963	$34,888,225
8	The Alamo	Western	PG-13	$22,406,362	3,602,309	$24,783,886
9	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,528,119	$17,393,459
10	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,082,688	$7,448,893
11	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	945,579	$6,505,584
12	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Drama	PG	$2,694,071	433,130	$2,979,934
13	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,321	$2,121,248
14	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,417	$1,963,669
15	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,719,072	276,378	$1,901,481
16	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,174,079	188,759	$1,298,662
17	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,476	$1,262,315
18	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$972,116	156,289	$1,075,268
19	The Battle of Algiers	Drama	Not Rated	$815,345	131,084	$901,858
20	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	Documentary	PG-13	$613,252	98,594	$678,327
21	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,514	$526,416
22	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,555	$512,938
23	Hotel Rwanda	Drama	PG-13	$426,803	68,618	$472,092
24	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,177	$365,858
25	America's Heart and Soul	Documentary		$314,000	50,482	$347,316
26	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	30,985	$213,177
27	The Five Obstructions	Documentary		$150,966	24,271	$166,984
28	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,906	$157,593
29	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,552	$113,878
30	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,883	$61,115
31	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$23,736	3,816	$26,254
32	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,281	$15,693
33	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,834	$12,618
34	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,156
35	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$337
Total Gross of All Movies				$749,516,924
Total Tickets Sold					120,501,114
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$829,047,664

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.