In the genre of romantic drama, "Brokeback Mountain" is now the eighth-biggest earning movie of the last quarter century. It may soon beat "Out of Africa." ‘The Bridges of Madison County" comes in at # 13. "Romeo and Juliet" is at # 23.
Update: several readers have emailed to say that Box Office Mojo doesn’t adjust for inflation. D’oh! When it is, Brokeback slips.
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