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	$176,586,033
2	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,464,977	23,634,610	$169,696,500
3	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,450,788	18,654,024	$133,935,892
4	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$58,918,501	13,329,978	$95,709,242
5	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,451,483	13,224,317	$94,950,596
6	Twelve Monkeys	Drama	R	$56,838,334	12,859,352	$92,330,147
7	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,420,458	11,859,832	$85,153,594
8	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$50,984,674	11,534,994	$82,821,257
9	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$43,820,000	9,914,027	$71,182,714
10	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,261,491	8,882,690	$63,777,714
11	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,628,080	8,739,385	$62,748,784
12	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,236,771	7,745,876	$55,615,390
13	Heat	Drama	R	$30,928,683	6,997,440	$50,241,619
14	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$50,233,405
15	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,218,365	6,610,490	$47,463,318
16	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$27,942,124	6,321,748	$45,390,151
17	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$43,420,231
18	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,458,013	5,759,731	$41,354,869
19	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,537,424	$39,758,704
20	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,268,760	5,490,670	$39,423,011
21	The English Patient	Drama	R	$22,758,252	5,148,926	$36,969,289
22	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,231,760	4,577,321	$32,865,165
23	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$30,819,152
24	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,369,541	3,929,760	$28,215,677
25	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,000	3,733,258	$26,804,792
26	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$23,838,849
27	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,259,205	3,226,064	$23,163,140
28	The Postman	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$20,770,491
29	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$20,455,210
30	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$19,808,751
31	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,375,390	2,573,618	$18,478,577
32	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,090,856	2,509,243	$18,016,365
33	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,066,839	2,503,810	$17,977,356
34	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,852,774	2,455,379	$17,629,621
35	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$16,452,783
36	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,974,397	2,256,651	$16,202,754
37	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,619,397	1,950,090	$14,001,646
38	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,850,234
39	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$11,239,299
40	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,484,780	1,467,145	$10,534,101
41	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,064,096	1,371,967	$9,850,723
42	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$9,515,180
43	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,660,056	1,280,556	$9,194,392
44	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,615,008	1,270,364	$9,121,214
45	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$8,679,371
46	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$5,272,449	1,192,862	$8,564,749
47	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,150,192	1,165,202	$8,366,150
48	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$7,980,750
49	Casino	Drama	R	$4,905,635	1,109,872	$7,968,881
50	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,376,355	990,126	$7,109,105
51	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$6,721,334
52	Antonia's Line	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$6,574,776
53	Restoration	Drama	R	$3,826,224	865,662	$6,215,453
54	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$3,542,807	801,540	$5,755,057
55	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,539,660	800,828	$5,749,945
56	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$5,508,151
57	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,363,968	761,079	$5,464,547
58	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,028,433	685,166	$4,919,492
59	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,729,067	617,436	$4,433,190
60	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,340,466	529,517	$3,801,932
61	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,259,372	511,170	$3,670,201
62	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,174,060	491,869	$3,531,619
63	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,985,001	449,095	$3,224,502
64	Othello	Drama	R	$1,967,708	445,183	$3,196,414
65	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$2,731,789
66	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,667,299	377,217	$2,708,418
67	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,410,163	319,041	$2,290,714
68	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,409,439	318,878	$2,289,544
69	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,199,198
70	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,095,943
71	The Horseman on the Roof	Drama	R	$1,286,429	291,047	$2,089,717
72	Nueba Yol	Drama	Not Rated	$1,229,715	278,216	$1,997,591
73	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,106,233	250,279	$1,797,003
74	Dead Man	Western	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,665,839
75	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,510,356
76	The White Balloon	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,443,948
77	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$872,570	197,414	$1,417,433
78	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,384,606
79	Ridicule	Drama	R	$851,953	192,750	$1,383,945
80	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,199,383
81	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,061,929
82	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,049,285
83	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	Drama	Not Rated	$630,269	142,595	$1,023,832
84	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$1,003,304
85	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$586,693	132,736	$953,044
86	My Favorite Season	Drama	Not Rated	$555,900	125,769	$903,021
87	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$540,898	122,375	$878,653
88	American Buffalo	Drama	R	$540,364	122,254	$877,784
89	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$523,295	118,393	$850,062
90	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$509,458	115,262	$827,581
91	Trees Lounge	Drama	R	$508,532	115,052	$826,073
92	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$477,367	108,002	$775,454
93	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$739,282
94	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$716,227
95	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$392,371	88,772	$637,383
96	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$381,812	86,383	$620,230
97	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$358,748	81,165	$582,765
98	Bitter Sugar	Drama		$354,572	80,220	$575,980
99	Chungking Express	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$539,319
100	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Drama	R	$330,466	74,766	$536,820
101	Bitter Sugar	Drama		$328,768	74,382	$534,063
102	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$494,803
103	Carrington	Drama	R	$277,906	62,875	$451,443
104	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Drama	PG-13	$225,161	50,941	$365,756
105	The Star Maker	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$361,621
106	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$169,757	38,407	$275,762
107	Carried Away	Drama	R	$156,975	35,515	$254,998
108	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$148,321	33,557	$240,939
109	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$143,564	32,481	$233,214
110	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$133,651	30,238	$217,109
111	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$209,512
112	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$114,309	25,862	$185,689
113	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$58,418	13,217	$94,898
114	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$65,230
115	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$29,612	6,700	$48,106
116	The Big Squeeze	Drama	R	$23,567	5,332	$38,284
117	Captives	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
118	August	Drama	PG	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
119	A Boy Called Hate	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
120	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$6,677
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,332,949,763
Total Tickets Sold					301,572,350
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,165,289,473

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.