Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Troy	Action	R	$133,298,577	21,430,639	$147,442,796
2	Van Helsing	Action	PG-13	$120,150,546	19,316,808	$132,899,639
3	Starsky & Hutch	Comedy	PG-13	$88,200,225	14,180,100	$97,559,088
4	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Comedy	PG-13	$84,136,909	13,526,834	$93,064,618
5	Hidalgo	Western	PG-13	$67,286,731	10,817,802	$74,426,478
6	The Manchurian Candidate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$65,948,711	10,602,687	$72,946,487
7	Jet Li's Hero	Action	PG-13	$53,652,140	8,625,746	$59,345,132
8	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$51,895,392	8,343,311	$57,401,980
9	King Arthur	Adventure	PG-13	$51,877,963	8,340,509	$57,382,702
10	Exorcist: The Beginning	Horror	R	$41,814,863	6,722,647	$46,251,811
11	Finding Neverland	Drama	PG	$24,676,372	3,967,262	$27,294,763
12	Around the World in 80 Days	Adventure	PG	$24,004,159	3,859,190	$26,551,227
13	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$21,093,238	3,391,196	$23,331,428
14	The Life of Brian	Comedy		$19,868,659	3,194,318	$21,976,908
15	Flight of the Phoenix	Adventure	PG-13	$16,720,242	2,688,142	$18,494,417
16	The Phantom of the Opera	Musical	PG-13	$16,178,431	2,601,034	$17,895,114
17	Vanity Fair	Drama	PG-13	$16,123,851	2,592,259	$17,834,742
18	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$13,796,334	2,218,060	$15,260,253
19	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,144,260	$14,752,509
20	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$10,920,242	1,755,666	$12,078,982
21	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$10,769,122	1,731,370	$11,911,826
22	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$6,204,235	997,465	$6,862,559
23	House of Flying Daggers	Action	PG-13	$4,157,199	668,360	$4,598,317
24	Being Julia	Drama	R	$3,555,620	571,643	$3,932,904
25	A Very Long Engagement	Drama	R	$2,653,129	426,548	$2,934,650
26	The Dreamers	Drama	NC-17	$2,531,462	406,987	$2,800,071
27	Bon Voyage	Comedy	PG-13	$2,353,728	378,413	$2,603,481
28	Vera Drake	Drama	R	$2,122,643	341,261	$2,347,876
29	The Chorus	Drama	PG-13	$1,821,951	292,918	$2,015,276
30	Bad Education	Drama	NC-17	$1,759,188	282,828	$1,945,857
31	Dogville	Drama	R	$1,530,386	246,043	$1,692,776
32	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Drama	R	$1,110,186	178,486	$1,227,984
33	A Home at the End of the World	Drama	R	$1,029,017	165,437	$1,138,207
34	Nouvelle-France	Drama	Not Rated	$921,364	148,129	$1,019,128
35	Zatoichi	Action	R	$853,718	137,254	$944,308
36	The Missing	Western	R	$778,532	125,166	$861,142
37	Lakshya	Adventure	Not Rated	$752,344	120,956	$832,177
38	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$536,363	86,232	$593,276
39	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$283,543	45,586	$313,632
40	Carandiru	Drama	R	$213,954	34,398	$236,658
41	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$163,137	26,228	$180,449
42	The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra		PG	$110,536	17,771	$122,264
43	The Merchant of Venice	Drama	R	$103,260	16,601	$114,215
44	The Mudge Boy	Drama	R	$62,544	10,055	$69,178
45	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,326	$36,643
46	Bandido	Western	R	$4,064	653	$4,493
Total Gross of All Movies				$981,395,234
Total Tickets Sold					157,780,584
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,085,530,418

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.