Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Step Up 2 the Streets	Drama	PG-13	$58,006,147	8,431,126	$58,006,147
2	There Will Be Blood	Drama	R	$39,907,597	5,800,523	$39,907,598
3	Atonement	Drama	R	$39,743,016	5,776,601	$39,743,015
4	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$31,910,305	4,638,126	$31,910,307
5	P.S., I Love You	Drama	PG-13	$30,108,915	4,376,296	$30,108,916
6	The Other Boleyn Girl	Drama	PG-13	$26,814,957	3,897,523	$26,814,958
7	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep	Drama	PG	$23,615,552	3,432,493	$23,615,552
8	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Drama	G	$17,470,357	2,539,296	$17,470,356
9	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$16,969,956	2,466,563	$16,969,953
10	88 Minutes	Drama	R	$16,930,884	2,460,884	$16,930,882
11	Under the Same Moon	Drama	PG-13	$12,589,108	1,829,812	$12,589,107
12	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,586,591	$10,915,746
13	The Kite Runner	Drama	PG-13	$10,403,395	1,512,121	$10,403,392
14	Penelope	Drama	PG	$10,011,274	1,455,127	$10,011,274
15	Michael Clayton	Drama	R	$9,892,860	1,437,916	$9,892,862
16	The Longshots	Drama	PG	$8,333,241	1,211,227	$8,333,242
17	How She Move	Drama	PG-13	$7,070,641	1,027,709	$7,070,638
18	Brideshead Revisited	Drama	PG-13	$5,993,471	871,144	$5,993,471
19	Mongol	Drama	R	$5,686,505	826,527	$5,686,506
20	The Counterfeiters	Drama	R	$5,484,715	797,197	$5,484,715
21	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	742,352	$5,107,382
22	The Savages	Drama	R	$4,919,815	715,089	$4,919,812
23	Persepolis	Drama	PG-13	$4,280,031	622,098	$4,280,034
24	Bottle Shock	Drama	PG-13	$3,619,905	526,149	$3,619,905
25	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,440,718	500,104	$3,440,716
26	Roman de Gare	Drama	R	$1,828,418	265,758	$1,828,415
27	Elegy	Drama	R	$1,719,321	249,901	$1,719,319
28	August Rush	Drama	PG	$1,628,545	236,707	$1,628,544
29	Married Life	Drama	PG-13	$1,506,998	219,040	$1,506,995
30	Into the Wild	Drama	R	$1,363,057	198,119	$1,363,059
31	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$1,357,240	197,273	$1,357,238
32	Taare Zameen Par	Drama	Not Rated	$1,223,869	177,888	$1,223,869
33	Flawless	Drama	PG-13	$1,200,234	174,453	$1,200,237
34	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,145,920	166,558	$1,145,919
35	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	Drama	Not Rated	$1,124,397	163,430	$1,124,398
36	You, Me and Us	Drama	Not Rated	$1,028,191	149,446	$1,028,188
37	Sarkar Raj	Drama		$1,009,065	146,666	$1,009,062
38	Cassandra's Dream	Drama	PG-13	$973,018	141,427	$973,018
39	Brick Lane	Drama	PG-13	$916,079	133,151	$916,079
40	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Drama	PG-13	$909,521	132,198	$909,522
41	My Blueberry Nights	Drama	PG-13	$866,778	125,985	$866,777
42	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama		$832,762	121,041	$832,762
43	Frozen River	Drama		$812,557	118,104	$812,556
44	The Year My Parents Went on Vacation	Drama	PG	$807,117	117,314	$807,120
45	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$801,703	116,527	$801,706
46	The Last Mistress	Drama		$716,700	104,172	$716,703
47	The Edge of Heaven	Drama		$680,026	98,841	$680,026
48	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Drama	R	$661,340	96,125	$661,340
49	Fugitive Pieces	Drama	R	$634,379	92,206	$634,377
50	Reprise	Drama	R	$554,826	80,643	$554,824
51	Starting Out in the Evening	Drama	PG-13	$495,150	71,969	$495,147
52	Bonneville	Drama	PG	$488,393	70,987	$488,391
53	Paranoid Park	Drama	R	$486,021	70,643	$486,024
54	Bella	Drama	PG-13	$470,249	68,350	$470,248
55	La Ligne Brisée	Drama		$466,309	67,777	$466,306
56	The Flight of the Red Balloon	Drama		$459,364	66,768	$459,364
57	Bhoothnath	Drama		$449,776	65,374	$449,773
58	Savage Grace	Drama		$434,417	63,142	$434,417
59	Snow Angels	Drama	R	$402,858	58,555	$402,858
60	This Christmas	Drama	PG-13	$340,706	49,521	$340,704
61	Jellyfish	Drama		$338,097	49,142	$338,097
62	Tout est Parfait	Drama		$336,569	48,920	$336,570
63	Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic	Drama		$335,874	48,819	$335,875
64	City of Men	Drama	R	$307,076	44,633	$307,075
65	Life Before Her Eyes	Drama	R	$303,439	44,105	$303,442
66	The Duchess of Langeais	Drama		$278,601	40,494	$278,599
67	Honeydripper	Drama	PG-13	$267,880	38,936	$267,880
68	My Brother Is an Only Child	Drama	R	$251,004	36,483	$251,003
69	La Vie en Rose	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	33,535	$230,721
70	Margot at the Wedding	Drama	R	$230,490	33,501	$230,487
71	The Grocer's Son	Drama		$189,033	27,476	$189,035
72	Sleepwalking	Drama	R	$168,972	24,560	$168,973
73	My Father, My Lord	Drama		$154,264	22,422	$154,263
74	Shelter	Drama	R	$142,666	20,736	$142,664
75	Chop Shop	Drama		$115,775	16,828	$115,777
76	Baghead	Drama	R	$115,383	16,771	$115,384
77	Boy A	Drama		$106,368	15,460	$106,365
78	In Search of a Midnight Kiss	Drama		$97,566	14,181	$97,565
79	Little Chenier	Drama	R	$87,939	12,782	$87,940
80	Me & You, Us, Forever	Drama		$84,093	12,223	$84,094
81	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul	Drama		$82,203	11,948	$82,202
82	Lust, Caution	Drama	NC-17	$79,366	11,536	$79,368
83	Water Lilies	Drama		$77,310	11,237	$77,311
84	The Witnesses	Drama		$77,300	11,235	$77,297
85	Still Life	Drama		$75,985	11,044	$75,983
86	The Stone Angel	Drama	R	$75,139	10,921	$75,136
87	Love Comes Lately	Drama		$75,083	10,913	$75,081
88	Control	Drama	R	$70,465	10,242	$70,465
89	Tuya's Marriage	Drama		$68,370	9,938	$68,373
90	Lions for Lambs	Drama	R	$63,519	9,232	$63,516
91	Summer Palace	Drama		$62,707	9,114	$62,704
92	Alice's House	Drama		$61,678	8,965	$61,679
93	Deal	Drama	PG-13	$61,626	8,957	$61,624
94	Take Out	Drama		$60,142	8,742	$60,145
95	Holly	Drama	R	$58,769	8,542	$58,769
96	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	8,171	$56,216
97	The Violin	Drama		$54,633	7,941	$54,634
98	Sangre de mi sangre	Drama		$54,166	7,873	$54,166
99	The Babysitters	Drama	R	$44,852	6,519	$44,851
100	What We Do Is Secret	Drama	R	$44,701	6,497	$44,699
101	Irina Palm	Drama	R	$44,064	6,405	$44,066
102	Shotgun Stories	Drama	PG-13	$41,108	5,975	$41,108
103	Love and Honor	Drama		$38,130	5,542	$38,129
104	XXY	Drama		$34,832	5,063	$34,833
105	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,446	$30,588
106	Jannat	Drama		$30,316	4,406	$30,313
107	The Air I Breathe	Drama	R	$25,775	3,746	$25,772
108	Before I Forget	Drama		$25,209	3,664	$25,208
109	The Walker	Drama	R	$24,964	3,628	$24,961
110	On Broadway	Drama		$23,095	3,357	$23,096
111	Yella	Drama		$22,713	3,301	$22,711
112	Garden Party	Drama		$19,853	2,886	$19,856
113	Grace Is Gone	Drama	PG	$18,835	2,738	$18,837
114	Holding Trevor	Drama		$16,747	2,434	$16,746
115	Never Forever	Drama		$14,485	2,105	$14,482
116	Day Zero	Drama	R	$13,800	2,006	$13,801
117	Blind Mountain	Drama		$12,719	1,849	$12,721
118	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,849	$12,721
119	No Regret	Drama	R	$12,596	1,831	$12,597
120	The Tracey Fragments	Drama		$12,459	1,811	$12,460
121	Backseat	Drama		$12,343	1,794	$12,343
122	I don't hear the guitar anymore	Drama		$12,152	1,766	$12,150
123	Vice	Drama		$12,000	1,744	$11,999
124	The Go-Getter	Drama	R	$11,931	1,734	$11,930
125	Quid Pro Quo	Drama		$11,864	1,724	$11,861
126	August	Drama	R	$11,762	1,710	$11,765
127	Lost in Beijing	Drama		$10,827	1,574	$10,829
128	Ripple Effect	Drama	R	$9,013	1,310	$9,013
129	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama		$6,672	970	$6,674
130	Times and Winds	Drama		$6,176	898	$6,178
131	Red Roses and Petrol	Drama	R	$6,000	872	$5,999
132	The Willow Tree	Drama		$5,120	744	$5,119
133	Take	Drama	R	$5,109	743	$5,112
134	Tre	Drama		$4,759	692	$4,761
135	The Sensation of Sight	Drama	R	$4,599	668	$4,596
136	Romulus, My Father	Drama	R	$4,283	623	$4,286
137	Death Defying Acts	Drama		$3,561	518	$3,564
138	Vivere	Drama	R	$3,547	516	$3,550
139	Wonderful Town	Drama		$3,239	471	$3,240
140	Turn the River	Drama	R	$2,900	422	$2,903
141	Polar Opposites	Drama	PG-13	$2,377	345	$2,374
142	13 Months of Sunshine	Drama		$2,237	325	$2,236
143	White Rainbow	Drama	PG-13	$2,074	301	$2,071
144	It's a Free World...	Drama		$1,925	280	$1,926
145	Looking for Cheyenne	Drama	R	$808	117	$805
146	Disfigured	Drama		$586	85	$585
147	Guta-yubalja-deul	Drama		$249	36	$248
Total Gross of All Movies				$446,100,954
Total Tickets Sold					64,840,251
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$446,100,927

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.