Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2008

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2008 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Charlie Wilson's War	Drama	R	$31,910,305	4,638,126	$31,910,307
2	The Bank Job	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,060,660	4,369,282	$30,060,660
3	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$16,969,956	2,466,563	$16,969,953
4	Stop-Loss	Drama	R	$10,915,744	1,586,591	$10,915,746
5	The Longshots	Drama	PG	$8,333,241	1,211,227	$8,333,242
6	Mongol	Drama	R	$5,686,505	826,527	$5,686,506
7	The Counterfeiters	Drama	R	$5,484,715	797,197	$5,484,715
8	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Drama	PG-13	$5,107,379	742,352	$5,107,382
9	Persepolis	Drama	PG-13	$4,280,031	622,098	$4,280,034
10	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,889,015	565,264	$3,889,016
11	Bottle Shock	Drama	PG-13	$3,619,905	526,149	$3,619,905
12	Jodhaa Akbar	Drama	Not Rated	$3,440,718	500,104	$3,440,716
13	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$1,357,240	197,273	$1,357,238
14	American Gangster	Drama	R	$1,145,920	166,558	$1,145,919
15	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Drama	PG-13	$909,521	132,198	$909,522
16	The Children of Huang Shi	Drama		$832,762	121,041	$832,762
17	Emma Smith: My Story	Drama	PG	$801,703	116,527	$801,706
18	Savage Grace	Drama		$434,417	63,142	$434,417
19	La Vie en Rose	Drama	PG-13	$230,722	33,535	$230,721
20	Control	Drama	R	$70,465	10,242	$70,465
21	A Plumm Summer	Adventure	PG	$60,668	8,818	$60,668
22	Chapter 27	Drama	R	$56,215	8,171	$56,216
23	What We Do Is Secret	Drama	R	$44,701	6,497	$44,699
24	Dark Matter	Drama	R	$30,591	4,446	$30,588
25	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$12,718	1,849	$12,721
26	The Killing of John Lennon	Drama		$6,672	970	$6,674
27	Death Defying Acts	Drama		$3,561	518	$3,564
Total Gross of All Movies				$135,696,050
Total Tickets Sold					19,723,265
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$135,696,063

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.