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	$108,706,165	24,594,155	$194,047,883
2	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,464,977	23,634,610	$186,477,073
3	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,450,788	18,654,024	$147,180,249
4	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$58,918,501	13,329,978	$105,173,526
5	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,451,483	13,224,317	$104,339,861
6	Twelve Monkeys	Drama	R	$56,838,334	12,859,352	$101,460,287
7	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,420,458	11,859,832	$93,574,074
8	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$50,984,674	11,534,994	$91,011,103
9	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$43,820,000	9,914,027	$78,221,673
10	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,261,491	8,882,690	$70,084,424
11	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,628,080	8,739,385	$68,953,748
12	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,236,771	7,745,876	$61,114,962
13	Heat	Drama	R	$30,928,683	6,997,440	$55,209,802
14	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$55,200,775
15	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,218,365	6,610,490	$52,156,766
16	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$27,942,124	6,321,748	$49,878,592
17	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$47,713,876
18	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,458,013	5,759,731	$45,444,278
19	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,537,424	$43,690,275
20	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,268,760	5,490,670	$43,321,386
21	The English Patient	Drama	R	$22,758,252	5,148,926	$40,625,026
22	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,231,760	4,577,321	$36,115,063
23	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$33,866,728
24	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,369,541	3,929,760	$31,005,806
25	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,000	3,733,258	$29,455,406
26	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$26,196,173
27	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,259,205	3,226,064	$25,453,645
28	Il Postino	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$22,824,397
29	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$22,477,939
30	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$21,767,555
31	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,375,390	2,573,618	$20,305,846
32	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,090,856	2,509,243	$19,797,927
33	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,066,839	2,503,810	$19,755,061
34	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,852,774	2,455,379	$19,372,940
35	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$18,079,730
36	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,974,397	2,256,651	$17,804,976
37	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,619,397	1,950,090	$15,386,210
38	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$15,219,826
39	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$12,350,706
40	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,484,780	1,467,145	$11,575,774
41	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,064,096	1,371,967	$10,824,820
42	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$10,456,096
43	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,660,056	1,280,556	$10,103,587
44	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,615,008	1,270,364	$10,023,172
45	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$9,537,637
46	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$5,272,449	1,192,862	$9,411,681
47	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,150,192	1,165,202	$9,193,444
48	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$8,769,932
49	Casino	Drama	R	$4,905,635	1,109,872	$8,756,890
50	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,376,355	990,126	$7,812,094
51	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$7,385,979
52	Antonia	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$7,224,928
53	Restoration	Drama	R	$3,826,224	865,662	$6,830,073
54	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$3,542,807	801,540	$6,324,151
55	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,539,660	800,828	$6,318,533
56	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$6,052,829
57	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,363,968	761,079	$6,004,913
58	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,028,433	685,166	$5,405,960
59	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,729,067	617,436	$4,871,570
60	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,340,466	529,517	$4,177,889
61	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,259,372	511,170	$4,033,131
62	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,174,060	491,869	$3,880,846
63	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,985,001	449,095	$3,543,360
64	Othello	Drama	R	$1,967,708	445,183	$3,512,494
65	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$3,001,924
66	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,667,299	377,217	$2,976,242
67	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,410,163	319,041	$2,517,233
68	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,409,439	318,878	$2,515,947
69	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,416,668
70	Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,303,201
71	Le hussard sur le toit	Drama	R	$1,286,429	291,047	$2,296,361
72	Nueba Yol	Drama	Not Rated	$1,229,715	278,216	$2,195,124
73	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,106,233	250,279	$1,974,701
74	Dead Man	Drama	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,830,567
75	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,659,709
76	Badkonake sefid	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,586,734
77	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$872,570	197,414	$1,557,596
78	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,521,523
79	Ridicule	Drama	R	$851,953	192,750	$1,520,798
80	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,317,985
81	La flor de mi secreto	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,166,939
82	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,153,045
83	Beaumarchais, l'insolent	Drama	Not Rated	$630,269	142,595	$1,125,075
84	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$1,102,517
85	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$586,693	132,736	$1,047,287
86	Ma saison pr�félr�e	Drama	Not Rated	$555,900	125,769	$992,317
87	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$540,898	122,375	$965,539
88	American Buffalo	Drama	R	$540,364	122,254	$964,584
89	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$523,295	118,393	$934,121
90	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$509,458	115,262	$909,417
91	Trees Lounge	Drama	R	$508,532	115,052	$907,760
92	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$477,367	108,002	$852,136
93	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$812,386
94	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$787,051
95	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$392,371	88,772	$700,411
96	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$381,812	86,383	$681,562
97	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$358,748	81,165	$640,392
98	Bitter Sugar	Drama		$354,572	80,220	$632,936
99	Chung hing sam lam	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$592,649
100	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Drama	R	$330,466	74,766	$589,904
101	Az�car amarga	Drama		$328,768	74,382	$586,874
102	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$543,731
103	Carrington	Drama	R	$277,906	62,875	$496,084
104	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Drama	PG-13	$225,161	50,941	$401,924
105	L'uomo delle stelle	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$397,380
106	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$169,757	38,407	$303,031
107	Carried Away	Drama	R	$156,975	35,515	$280,213
108	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$148,321	33,557	$264,765
109	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$143,564	32,481	$256,275
110	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$133,651	30,238	$238,578
111	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$230,230
112	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$114,309	25,862	$204,051
113	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$58,418	13,217	$104,282
114	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$71,681
115	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$29,612	6,700	$52,863
116	The Big Squeeze	Drama	R	$23,567	5,332	$42,069
117	August	Drama	PG	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
118	A Boy Called Hate	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
119	Captives	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
120	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$7,338
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,332,949,763
Total Tickets Sold					301,572,350
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,379,405,842

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.