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	$39,269,018	8,884,393	$61,124,624
2	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,769,792	8,545,202	$58,790,990
3	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,455,717	5,532,968	$38,066,820
4	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,015,679	5,433,412	$37,381,875
5	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,926,246	2,472,001	$17,007,367
6	White Squall	Adventure	PG-13	$10,229,300	2,314,321	$15,922,528
7	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,271,534
8	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$6,694,360	1,514,561	$10,420,180
9	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,089,661	1,377,751	$9,478,927
10	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$5,782,753	1,308,315	$9,001,207
11	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,691,854	1,287,750	$8,859,720
12	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,962,051	670,147	$4,610,611
13	Snowriders	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,035,470	460,514	$3,168,336
14	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,993,899	451,108	$3,103,623
15	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,773,648	401,278	$2,760,793
16	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$1,744,214	394,619	$2,714,979
17	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$1,325,867	299,970	$2,063,794
18	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$650,710	147,219	$1,012,867
19	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Drama	R	$330,466	74,766	$514,390
20	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$474,128
21	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$279,564	63,250	$435,160
22	Pocahontas	Adventure	G	$40,621	9,190	$63,227
Total Gross of All Movies				$192,891,683
Total Tickets Sold					43,640,651
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$300,247,679

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.