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Drama box office · May 2008

Drama Box Office, May 2008: Top-Grossing Releases, Page 2

Sex and the City (2008) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in May 2008, with $418.8M worldwide, ahead of The Strangers (2008) at $82.4M and The Edge of Heaven (2008) at $17.8M. 58 drama films released in May 2008 report a worldwide gross, $582.6M in all, 37% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 46% on April 2008, whose releases took $400M. By language, Chinese leads with $421.2M across 4 drama releases.

May 2008 releases with a gross
58
combined worldwide
$582.6M
film crossed $100M
1
vs April 2008
+46%
Sex and the City (2008) movie poster #1 of 58
#1 drama movie of May 2008

Sex and the City (2008)

2008 · Drama, Comedy

$418.8M worldwide · 72% of the chart's total

$152.6M US & Canada · 36% $266.1M elsewhere · 64%
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Every Drama Release of May 2008, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 51 to 58 of 58. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in May 2008.

  1. 51 Better Things (2008) movie poster
    Better Things (2008) May 17, 2008 · English · Drama $40K worldwide
    May 17, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40K
  2. 52 Yo soy sola (2008) movie poster
    Yo soy sola (2008) May 15, 2008 · Spanish · Comedy, Drama $38.5K worldwide
    May 15, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.5K
  3. 53 Liverpool (2008) movie poster
    Liverpool (2008) May 19, 2008 · Spanish · Drama $24K worldwide
    May 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24K
  4. 54 The Fall (2008) movie poster
    The Fall (2008) May 9, 2008 · English · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy $23.4K worldwide
    May 9, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.4K
  5. 55 Shultes (2008) movie poster
    Shultes (2008) May 22, 2008 · Russian · Drama, Crime $23.1K worldwide
    May 22, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.1K
  6. 56 Noise (2008) movie poster
    Noise (2008) May 9, 2008 · Dutch · Drama, Comedy, Crime $16.9K worldwide
    May 9, 2008 US and Canada: $16.5K Rest of the world: $421 Worldwide: $16.9K
  7. 57 Soi Cowboy (2008) movie poster
    Soi Cowboy (2008) May 16, 2008 · Thai · Drama $5.7K worldwide
    May 16, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7K
  8. 58 Turn the River (2008) movie poster
    Turn the River (2008) May 9, 2008 · English · Drama $5.1K worldwide
    May 9, 2008 US and Canada: $5.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.1K
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Drama Box Office in 2008, Month by Month

The months of 2008 with their totals: December leads with $2.2B, led by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).