Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,261,491	8,882,690	$70,084,424
2	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,709,317	8,531,520	$67,313,693
3	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,268,760	5,490,670	$43,321,386
4	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,015,679	5,433,412	$42,869,621
5	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,852,774	2,455,379	$19,372,940
6	White Squall	Adventure	PG-13	$10,229,300	2,314,321	$18,259,993
7	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$15,219,826
8	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,064,096	1,371,967	$10,824,820
9	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,660,056	1,280,556	$10,103,587
10	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$3,542,807	801,540	$6,324,151
11	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,729,067	617,436	$4,871,570
12	When We Were Kings	Documentary	PG	$2,666,118	603,194	$4,759,201
13	Snowriders	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,035,470	460,514	$3,633,455
14	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,985,001	449,095	$3,543,360
15	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,667,299	377,217	$2,976,242
16	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$1,051,855	237,976	$1,877,631
17	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$540,898	122,375	$965,539
18	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$523,295	118,393	$934,121
19	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$509,458	115,262	$909,417
20	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Drama	R	$330,466	74,766	$589,904
21	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$543,731
22	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Drama	PG-13	$225,161	50,941	$401,924
23	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$114,309	25,862	$204,051
24	Pocahontas	Adventure	G	$28,527	6,454	$50,922
Total Gross of All Movies				$184,841,997
Total Tickets Sold					41,819,456
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$329,955,508

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.