Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,766,007	24,607,694	$169,300,935
2	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,535,318	23,650,524	$162,715,605
3	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,568,138	18,680,574	$128,522,349
4	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$59,003,384	13,349,182	$91,842,372
5	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,554,258	13,247,570	$91,143,282
6	Twelve Monkeys	Drama	R	$56,882,564	12,869,358	$88,541,183
7	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,894,048	11,966,979	$82,332,816
8	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$51,045,801	11,548,824	$79,455,909
9	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$44,798,596	10,135,429	$69,731,752
10	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,269,018	8,884,393	$61,124,624
11	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$38,655,329	8,745,550	$60,169,384
12	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,645,957	8,743,429	$60,154,792
13	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,639,061	7,836,892	$53,917,817
14	Heat	Drama	R	$30,943,723	7,000,842	$48,165,793
15	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$48,134,516
16	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,281,015	6,624,664	$45,577,688
17	The English Patient	Drama	R	$28,007,132	6,336,455	$43,594,810
18	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,792,700	6,061,697	$41,704,475
19	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,632,746	5,799,264	$39,898,936
20	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,455,717	5,532,968	$38,066,820
21	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,278,055	4,587,795	$31,564,030
22	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$29,531,444
23	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,378,193	3,931,718	$27,050,220
24	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,785	3,733,436	$25,686,040
25	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$22,842,797
26	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,407,578	3,259,633	$22,426,275
27	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,919,488	2,922,961	$20,109,972
28	The Postman	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$19,902,643
29	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$19,600,535
30	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,504,190	2,602,758	$17,906,975
31	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,330,458	2,563,452	$17,636,550
32	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,101,856	2,511,732	$17,280,716
33	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,926,246	2,472,001	$17,007,367
34	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$10,129,807	2,291,812	$15,767,667
35	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$15,765,341
36	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,993,012	2,260,862	$15,554,731
37	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,642,118	1,955,230	$13,451,982
38	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,271,534
39	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$10,769,691
40	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$6,694,360	1,514,561	$10,420,180
41	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,682,383	1,511,851	$10,401,535
42	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$6,237,238	1,411,140	$9,708,643
43	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,089,661	1,377,751	$9,478,927
44	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$9,117,610
45	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$5,782,753	1,308,315	$9,001,207
46	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,707,094	1,291,198	$8,883,442
47	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,691,854	1,287,750	$8,859,720
48	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,200,601	1,176,607	$8,095,056
49	Casino	Drama	R	$4,955,775	1,121,216	$7,713,966
50	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$7,647,292
51	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,652,487	1,052,599	$7,241,881
52	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,573,330	1,034,690	$7,118,667
53	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$6,440,499
54	Antonia's Line	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$6,300,064
55	Restoration	Drama	R	$4,024,486	910,517	$6,264,357
56	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,608,238	816,343	$5,616,440
57	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,443,047	778,970	$5,359,314
58	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$5,278,006
59	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,124,440	706,887	$4,863,383
60	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,962,051	670,147	$4,610,611
61	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,592,989	586,649	$4,036,145
62	Othello	Drama	R	$2,319,934	524,872	$3,611,119
63	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,291,255	518,383	$3,566,475
64	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,993,899	451,108	$3,103,623
65	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,805,885	408,571	$2,810,968
66	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,773,648	401,278	$2,760,793
67	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$1,744,214	394,619	$2,714,979
68	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$2,617,647
69	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,582,546	358,042	$2,463,329
70	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,448,968	327,821	$2,255,408
71	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,107,310
72	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$1,328,006	300,454	$2,067,124
73	Le hussard sur le toit	Drama	R	$1,320,043	298,652	$2,054,726
74	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,008,368
75	Nueba Yol	Drama	Not Rated	$1,229,715	278,216	$1,914,126
76	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,212,799	274,389	$1,887,796
77	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$956,919	216,498	$1,489,506
78	The White Balloon	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,383,616
79	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,326,753
80	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,149,270
81	Trees Lounge	Drama	R	$673,269	152,323	$1,047,982
82	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$665,025	150,458	$1,035,151
83	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,017,559
84	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$650,710	147,219	$1,012,867
85	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,005,443
86	Blazing Sun	Drama	PG-13	$618,090	139,839	$962,092
87	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$961,384
88	Ma Saison Preferee	Drama		$555,900	125,769	$865,291
89	American Buffalo	Drama	R	$540,364	122,254	$841,108
90	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$536,052	121,279	$834,400
91	Carrington	Drama	R	$509,592	115,292	$793,209
92	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$506,058	114,493	$787,712
93	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$493,007	111,540	$767,395
94	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$451,074	102,053	$702,125
95	Bitter Sugar	Drama		$450,060	101,824	$700,549
96	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$429,720	97,222	$668,887
97	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$421,572	95,378	$656,201
98	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$355,334	80,392	$553,097
99	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$344,863	78,023	$536,798
100	Chungking Express	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$516,784
101	Bitter Sugar	Drama		$328,768	74,382	$511,748
102	La cérémonie	Drama	Not Rated	$314,375	71,126	$489,347
103	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$474,128
104	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$298,598	67,556	$464,785
105	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$279,564	63,250	$435,160
106	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$271,740	61,480	$422,982
107	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$247,299	55,950	$384,936
108	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$74,317	16,814	$115,680
109	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$6,398
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,350,761,928
Total Tickets Sold					305,602,245
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,102,543,446

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.