Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,420,458	11,859,832	$85,153,594
2	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,261,491	8,882,690	$63,777,714
3	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,709,317	8,531,520	$61,256,314
4	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,852,774	2,455,379	$17,629,621
5	White Squall	Adventure	PG-13	$10,229,300	2,314,321	$16,616,825
6	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,850,234
7	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,064,096	1,371,967	$9,850,723
8	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$3,542,807	801,540	$5,755,057
9	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,729,067	617,436	$4,433,190
10	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,174,060	491,869	$3,531,619
11	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,985,001	449,095	$3,224,502
12	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,667,299	377,217	$2,708,418
13	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	Drama	Not Rated	$630,269	142,595	$1,023,832
14	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$540,898	122,375	$878,653
15	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$523,295	118,393	$850,062
16	Evita	Musical	PG	$334,440	75,665	$543,275
17	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Drama	R	$330,466	74,766	$536,820
18	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$494,803
19	Carrington	Drama	R	$277,906	62,875	$451,443
20	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Drama	PG-13	$225,161	50,941	$365,756
21	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$114,309	25,862	$185,689
22	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$6,677
Total Gross of All Movies				$180,447,319
Total Tickets Sold					40,825,184
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$293,124,821

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.