Box Office Performance for Based on Play Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$44,798,596	10,135,429	$69,731,752
2	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,652,487	1,052,599	$7,241,881
3	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$6,440,499
4	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,592,989	586,649	$4,036,145
5	Othello	Drama	R	$2,319,934	524,872	$3,611,119
6	Faithful	Black Comedy	R	$2,104,439	476,117	$3,275,685
7	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,460,297	330,384	$2,273,042
8	Looking for Richard	Documentary	PG-13	$1,266,417	286,520	$1,971,258
9	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$588,621	133,172	$916,223
10	American Buffalo	Drama	R	$540,364	122,254	$841,108
11	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$344,863	78,023	$536,798
12	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$271,740	61,480	$422,982
Total Gross of All Movies				$65,078,392
Total Tickets Sold					14,723,618
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$101,298,492

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996. 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.